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Michigan State Begins Postseason at Big Ten Championships
4/24/2025 2:55:00 PM | Men's Golf
East Lansing, Mich. – Michigan State's men's golf team starts postseason play this weekend, teeing off in the first round of the Big Ten Championships on Friday, April 25 at the Baltimore Country Club in Timonium, Md.
The three-day, 54-hole tournament features all 18 Big Ten teams and tees off at 9 a.m. on Friday. It is being played on the par-70, 7,240-yard course, which has twice previously hosted the Big Ten Championships (2017-18). The tournament runs through Sunday, April 27.
BIG TEN CHAMPIONSHIPS
Dates: Friday, April 25 – Sunday, April 27
Course: Baltimore Country Club, Timonium, Md.
Par/Yardage: 70 / 7,240
Format: Stroke play, 54 holes / Play five, count four
Live Stats: Clippd
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 an 8 a.m. shotgun start
MSU LINEUP
No. 1 – Caleb Bond
No. 2 – Lorenzo Pinili
No. 3 – Drew Miller
No. 4 – Julian Menser
No. 5 – Lucas Acevedo
SUB – Juan Velasquez
BALTIMORE COUNTRY CLUB
The Big Ten Golf Championships are returning to the East Coast for the fifth time since 2017 and to the Baltimore Country Club for the first time since 2018, after the course held the championships in years 2017 (MSU, t-13th) and 2018 (7th).
The A. W. Tillinghast designed Par 70 East Course, with back-to-front pitched greens, limited water hazards, and 96 bunkers, has received many honors, including making Golfweek's list of "America's Top 100 Classic Courses" (pre 1960) numerous times, most recently in 2020. It is also listed as the best Classic or Modern (post 1960 design) Course in the state of Maryland. A restoration project was completed in 2015 by Keith Foster, bringing the course back to Tillinghast's original 1924 design.
The Club was named one of the "100 Most Prestigious Clubs in the World" by LINKS magazine. The USGA lists Baltimore Country Club as one of the first 100 clubs established in the United States.
Baltimore Country Club is one of only two clubs in the world to have hosted a Men's U.S. Open, a PGA Championship, a Men's U.S. Amateur, a U.S. Walker Cup, and a U.S. Women's Open, and a Champions Tour Major.
THE FIELD (NCAA ranking)
The Big Ten Championships field includes all 18 conference teams, with seven of those squads ranked among the top-60 in the country in the latest NCAA Golf Rankings. Illinois (13), Indiana (76), Iowa (93), Maryland (135), Michigan (68), Michigan State (60), Minnesota (108), Nebraska (79), Northwestern (27), Ohio State (81), Oregon (36), Penn State (145), Purdue (37), Rutgers (123), UCLA (12), USC (48), Washington (100) and Wisconsin (112).
RESULTS
Live scoring for the event is available through Clippd.
LAST YEAR AT THE BIG TEN CHAMPIONSHIPS
Ashton McCulloch and then-senior August Meekhof finished among the top-5 individuals overall and Michigan State finished in fourth place among 14 teams at the 2024 Big Ten Championships, held at Scioto Country Club in Columbus, Ohio … The Spartans were in second place through the first two days of play and entered the final round just three shots off the pace of first-place Northwestern … MSU struggled in the final round, finishing with a 32-over par 312 … Northwestern led the championship from start to finish and topped the 14-team field at 23-over par 863 (280-294-289) … Michigan State was fourth place (49-over par 889) … McCulloch and Meekhof earned spots on the All-Big Ten Championship team … McCulloch, who was atop the leaderboard entering the final round, shot a 5-over par 75 in the final round and tied for third place at 5-over par 215 (71-69-75). … Meekhof, who was one shot off the pace and in second place going into the final round, shot a 6-over par 76 and tied for fifth place at 7-over par 217 (67-74-76) … Sophomore Lucas Acevedo shot a 12-over par 82 and finished in 70th place.
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 has played six events during the spring season, posting three top-five finishes, including a tie for third place at the Boilermaker Invitational last weekend (10-under par 842) … Senior Caleb Bond, a transfer from Ferris State, had his best Division I finish, placing second at 9-under par 204 … Michigan State also has a team win this season, shooting a 1-under par 863 to capture the team title at the Colleton River Collegiate … Sophomore Lorenzo Pinili took medalist honors at 5-under par 211.
MSU features a young lineup with a junior transfer, two sophomores and two freshmen in the counting five … Bond is second on the team with a 71.65 scoring average, including a 70.47 average in the spring with six top-20 finishes and four among the top-10 … Freshman Drew Miller is third on the team with a 73.213 scoring average and a pair of top-20 finishes in the spring … Miller has a 72.53 average in 17 rounds during the spring … Pinili is fifth on the team with a 73.37 scoring average, including a 71.53 over six events this spring … Freshman Julian Menser has a 74.65 average over 26 rounds and nine events and is coming off a career-best tie for 18th place at the Boilermaker Invitational at 1-under par 213 (70-71-71) … Sophomore Lucas Acevedo is fifth on the team with a 71.10 scoring average in 20 rounds and seven events … He is the only player in the counting five with Big Ten Championships experience … Freshmen Juan Velazquez has a 75.56 average in six events covering 16 rounds.
LUBAHN'S THOUGHTS
"We're really excited for this weekend and the opportunities this young squad has ahead of them. I can't begin to say how proud I am of this group. We've had a lot of challenges thrown at us this year and during the spring and each week, different guys have stepped up and put us in a position that many people would not have thought possible. We know we have work to do and that starts this weekend in Baltimore at the Big Ten Championships."
The three-day, 54-hole tournament features all 18 Big Ten teams and tees off at 9 a.m. on Friday. It is being played on the par-70, 7,240-yard course, which has twice previously hosted the Big Ten Championships (2017-18). The tournament runs through Sunday, April 27.
BIG TEN CHAMPIONSHIPS
Dates: Friday, April 25 – Sunday, April 27
Course: Baltimore Country Club, Timonium, Md.
Par/Yardage: 70 / 7,240
Format: Stroke play, 54 holes / Play five, count four
Live Stats: Clippd
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 an 8 a.m. shotgun start
MSU LINEUP
No. 1 – Caleb Bond
No. 2 – Lorenzo Pinili
No. 3 – Drew Miller
No. 4 – Julian Menser
No. 5 – Lucas Acevedo
SUB – Juan Velasquez
BALTIMORE COUNTRY CLUB
The Big Ten Golf Championships are returning to the East Coast for the fifth time since 2017 and to the Baltimore Country Club for the first time since 2018, after the course held the championships in years 2017 (MSU, t-13th) and 2018 (7th).
The A. W. Tillinghast designed Par 70 East Course, with back-to-front pitched greens, limited water hazards, and 96 bunkers, has received many honors, including making Golfweek's list of "America's Top 100 Classic Courses" (pre 1960) numerous times, most recently in 2020. It is also listed as the best Classic or Modern (post 1960 design) Course in the state of Maryland. A restoration project was completed in 2015 by Keith Foster, bringing the course back to Tillinghast's original 1924 design.
The Club was named one of the "100 Most Prestigious Clubs in the World" by LINKS magazine. The USGA lists Baltimore Country Club as one of the first 100 clubs established in the United States.
Baltimore Country Club is one of only two clubs in the world to have hosted a Men's U.S. Open, a PGA Championship, a Men's U.S. Amateur, a U.S. Walker Cup, and a U.S. Women's Open, and a Champions Tour Major.
THE FIELD (NCAA ranking)
The Big Ten Championships field includes all 18 conference teams, with seven of those squads ranked among the top-60 in the country in the latest NCAA Golf Rankings. Illinois (13), Indiana (76), Iowa (93), Maryland (135), Michigan (68), Michigan State (60), Minnesota (108), Nebraska (79), Northwestern (27), Ohio State (81), Oregon (36), Penn State (145), Purdue (37), Rutgers (123), UCLA (12), USC (48), Washington (100) and Wisconsin (112).
RESULTS
Live scoring for the event is available through Clippd.
LAST YEAR AT THE BIG TEN CHAMPIONSHIPS
Ashton McCulloch and then-senior August Meekhof finished among the top-5 individuals overall and Michigan State finished in fourth place among 14 teams at the 2024 Big Ten Championships, held at Scioto Country Club in Columbus, Ohio … The Spartans were in second place through the first two days of play and entered the final round just three shots off the pace of first-place Northwestern … MSU struggled in the final round, finishing with a 32-over par 312 … Northwestern led the championship from start to finish and topped the 14-team field at 23-over par 863 (280-294-289) … Michigan State was fourth place (49-over par 889) … McCulloch and Meekhof earned spots on the All-Big Ten Championship team … McCulloch, who was atop the leaderboard entering the final round, shot a 5-over par 75 in the final round and tied for third place at 5-over par 215 (71-69-75). … Meekhof, who was one shot off the pace and in second place going into the final round, shot a 6-over par 76 and tied for fifth place at 7-over par 217 (67-74-76) … Sophomore Lucas Acevedo shot a 12-over par 82 and finished in 70th place.
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 has played six events during the spring season, posting three top-five finishes, including a tie for third place at the Boilermaker Invitational last weekend (10-under par 842) … Senior Caleb Bond, a transfer from Ferris State, had his best Division I finish, placing second at 9-under par 204 … Michigan State also has a team win this season, shooting a 1-under par 863 to capture the team title at the Colleton River Collegiate … Sophomore Lorenzo Pinili took medalist honors at 5-under par 211.
MSU features a young lineup with a junior transfer, two sophomores and two freshmen in the counting five … Bond is second on the team with a 71.65 scoring average, including a 70.47 average in the spring with six top-20 finishes and four among the top-10 … Freshman Drew Miller is third on the team with a 73.213 scoring average and a pair of top-20 finishes in the spring … Miller has a 72.53 average in 17 rounds during the spring … Pinili is fifth on the team with a 73.37 scoring average, including a 71.53 over six events this spring … Freshman Julian Menser has a 74.65 average over 26 rounds and nine events and is coming off a career-best tie for 18th place at the Boilermaker Invitational at 1-under par 213 (70-71-71) … Sophomore Lucas Acevedo is fifth on the team with a 71.10 scoring average in 20 rounds and seven events … He is the only player in the counting five with Big Ten Championships experience … Freshmen Juan Velazquez has a 75.56 average in six events covering 16 rounds.
LUBAHN'S THOUGHTS
"We're really excited for this weekend and the opportunities this young squad has ahead of them. I can't begin to say how proud I am of this group. We've had a lot of challenges thrown at us this year and during the spring and each week, different guys have stepped up and put us in a position that many people would not have thought possible. We know we have work to do and that starts this weekend in Baltimore at the Big Ten Championships."
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