Friday, April 26
Scioto Country Club (Columbus, Ohio)
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Big Ten Championships
Michigan State Begins Postseason at Big Ten Championships
4/25/2024 4:58:00 PM | Men's Golf
East Lansing, Mich. – Michigan State's men's golf team tees off in the Big Ten Championships on Friday morning at the Scioto Country Club in Columbus, Ohio.
The three-day, 54-hole tournament is being played on the par-70, 7,240-yard course, the first 18-hole course in central Ohio but the Club where golf's greatest player, Jack Nicklaus, learned the game.
The 14-team field will tee off on Friday, April 26 and play 18 holes each day through Sunday, April 28. Michigan State tees off starting at 9:20 a.m., playing alongside Northwestern and Indiana.
BIG TEN CHAMPIONSHIPS
Dates: Friday, April 26 – Sunday, April 28
Course: Scioto Country Club, Columbus, Ohio
Par/Yardage: 70 / 7,240
Format: Stroke play, 54 holes / Play five, count four
Live Stats: Golfstat
Schedule: Friday – 18 holes starting with a 9 a.m. shotgun start
Saturday – 18 holes starting with a 9 a.m. shotgun start
Sunday – 18 holes starting with a 9 a.m. shotgun start
MSU LINEUP
No. 1 – Ashton McCulloch
No. 2 – August Meekhof
No. 3 – Drew Hackett
No. 4 – Brad Smithson
No. 5 – Lucas Acevedo
No. 6 – Lorenzo Pinili
SCIOTO COUNTRY CLUB
Designed as the first 18-hole golf course in central Ohio by renowned Scottish-born architect Donald Ross, it later became the Club where golf's greatest player, Jack Nicklaus, learned the game. With the opening of the golf course in 1916, the Club quickly gained national stature as a pre-eminent facility and a decade later hosted the 1926 U.S. Open Championship won by golfing legend Bobby Jones. This started the rich tournament tradition that Scioto enjoys as one of only five golf courses in the United States to have hosted five different major championships.
THE FIELD (NCAA ranking)
The Big Ten Championships field includes all 14 conference teams, with five of those squads ranked among the top-50 in the country in the latest NCAA Golf Rankings. Michigan State, ranked No.73 in the latest edition, will be joined by Illinois (18), Purdue (28), Ohio State (37), Northwestern (43), Indiana (45), Michigan (83), Iowa (86), Rutgers (88), Wisconsin (89), Minnesota (98), Penn State (114), Nebraska (115), and Maryland (192).
RESULTS
Live scoring for the event is available through Golfstat.
LAST YEAR AT THE BIG TEN CHAMPIONSHIPS
Michigan State finished in ninth place among 14 teams in a rain-shortened Big Ten Championships last year at Galloway National Golf Club in New Jersey. The Spartans shot a 26-over par 310 in the first round and finished with a two-round score of 30-over par 598. Ashton McCulloch and August Meekhof were the top finishers for MSU, tying for 23rd place at 6-over par 148.
MICHIGAN STATE IN THE BIG TEN CHAMPIONSHIPS
Michigan State has four Big Ten titles, the last of which came in 2008. MSU won three titles (2005, 2007, 2008) in a span of four years with current head coach Casey Lubahn then serving as an assistant coach. The Spartan also won the league crown in 1969.
ABOUT THE SPARTANS
Michigan State closed out the regular season with a runner-up finish at the Illini Spring Collegiate. It wrapped up a final two months of the season in which the Spartans posted five-straight top-five finishes, with runner-up showings at the Hoosier Collegiate and the Illini Spring Collegiate.
Junior Ashton McCulloch has been the team's top finisher seven times this year, including the last four events and last weekend when he finished in second place at even-par 213 (74-69-70). McCulloch leads the team with a 70.90 scoring average and has three top-5 finishes and five among the top-10. Senior August Meekhof is second on the team with a 72.48 average and has three top-20 finishes during the spring, including a tie for 10th place at Illinois last week at 5-over par 218. Graduate student Drew Hackett is third on the team with a 72.61 scoring average and has five top-20 finishes, including a tie for sixth place at the Johnnie-O at Sea Island at 7-under par 209. Graduate student Bradley Smithson carries a 72.66 average, including a season-best 10th place finish at the Illini Spring Collegiate (5-over par 218) and three-straight top-20 finishes.
LUBAHN'S THOUGHTS
"I can't begin to say how proud I am the fight that our guys have shown. Not only this year through some tough stretches, but especially over the last two months when our backs have been against the wall and they responded with some of the best golf all year. We've given ourselves a chance to play in the postseason and that starts with the Big Ten Championships. We are excited to get out on such a legendary course and hope that we can bring home some hardware."
The three-day, 54-hole tournament is being played on the par-70, 7,240-yard course, the first 18-hole course in central Ohio but the Club where golf's greatest player, Jack Nicklaus, learned the game.
The 14-team field will tee off on Friday, April 26 and play 18 holes each day through Sunday, April 28. Michigan State tees off starting at 9:20 a.m., playing alongside Northwestern and Indiana.
BIG TEN CHAMPIONSHIPS
Dates: Friday, April 26 – Sunday, April 28
Course: Scioto Country Club, Columbus, Ohio
Par/Yardage: 70 / 7,240
Format: Stroke play, 54 holes / Play five, count four
Live Stats: Golfstat
Schedule: Friday – 18 holes starting with a 9 a.m. shotgun start
Saturday – 18 holes starting with a 9 a.m. shotgun start
Sunday – 18 holes starting with a 9 a.m. shotgun start
MSU LINEUP
No. 1 – Ashton McCulloch
No. 2 – August Meekhof
No. 3 – Drew Hackett
No. 4 – Brad Smithson
No. 5 – Lucas Acevedo
No. 6 – Lorenzo Pinili
SCIOTO COUNTRY CLUB
Designed as the first 18-hole golf course in central Ohio by renowned Scottish-born architect Donald Ross, it later became the Club where golf's greatest player, Jack Nicklaus, learned the game. With the opening of the golf course in 1916, the Club quickly gained national stature as a pre-eminent facility and a decade later hosted the 1926 U.S. Open Championship won by golfing legend Bobby Jones. This started the rich tournament tradition that Scioto enjoys as one of only five golf courses in the United States to have hosted five different major championships.
THE FIELD (NCAA ranking)
The Big Ten Championships field includes all 14 conference teams, with five of those squads ranked among the top-50 in the country in the latest NCAA Golf Rankings. Michigan State, ranked No.73 in the latest edition, will be joined by Illinois (18), Purdue (28), Ohio State (37), Northwestern (43), Indiana (45), Michigan (83), Iowa (86), Rutgers (88), Wisconsin (89), Minnesota (98), Penn State (114), Nebraska (115), and Maryland (192).
RESULTS
Live scoring for the event is available through Golfstat.
LAST YEAR AT THE BIG TEN CHAMPIONSHIPS
Michigan State finished in ninth place among 14 teams in a rain-shortened Big Ten Championships last year at Galloway National Golf Club in New Jersey. The Spartans shot a 26-over par 310 in the first round and finished with a two-round score of 30-over par 598. Ashton McCulloch and August Meekhof were the top finishers for MSU, tying for 23rd place at 6-over par 148.
MICHIGAN STATE IN THE BIG TEN CHAMPIONSHIPS
Michigan State has four Big Ten titles, the last of which came in 2008. MSU won three titles (2005, 2007, 2008) in a span of four years with current head coach Casey Lubahn then serving as an assistant coach. The Spartan also won the league crown in 1969.
ABOUT THE SPARTANS
Michigan State closed out the regular season with a runner-up finish at the Illini Spring Collegiate. It wrapped up a final two months of the season in which the Spartans posted five-straight top-five finishes, with runner-up showings at the Hoosier Collegiate and the Illini Spring Collegiate.
Junior Ashton McCulloch has been the team's top finisher seven times this year, including the last four events and last weekend when he finished in second place at even-par 213 (74-69-70). McCulloch leads the team with a 70.90 scoring average and has three top-5 finishes and five among the top-10. Senior August Meekhof is second on the team with a 72.48 average and has three top-20 finishes during the spring, including a tie for 10th place at Illinois last week at 5-over par 218. Graduate student Drew Hackett is third on the team with a 72.61 scoring average and has five top-20 finishes, including a tie for sixth place at the Johnnie-O at Sea Island at 7-under par 209. Graduate student Bradley Smithson carries a 72.66 average, including a season-best 10th place finish at the Illini Spring Collegiate (5-over par 218) and three-straight top-20 finishes.
LUBAHN'S THOUGHTS
"I can't begin to say how proud I am the fight that our guys have shown. Not only this year through some tough stretches, but especially over the last two months when our backs have been against the wall and they responded with some of the best golf all year. We've given ourselves a chance to play in the postseason and that starts with the Big Ten Championships. We are excited to get out on such a legendary course and hope that we can bring home some hardware."
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