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Trio of Spartans Selected Among Big Ten Golfers to Watch
8/27/2025 4:00:00 PM | Men's Golf
East Lansing, Mich. – Michigan State's men's golf team had three golfers selected to the Big Ten Conference Golfers to Watch List ahead of the start of the season this weekend.
The Spartans open the 2025-26 season on Sunday, Aug. 31, playing in the Island Resort Intercollegiate at Sage Run Golf Course in Bark River, Mich.
Graduate Ashton McCulloch, senior Caleb Bond and junior Lorenzo Pinili were selected from the Michigan State team as the golfers to watch.
McCulloch returns to the Michigan State lineup after missing most of last year with an injury. He was the team's top finisher in three Fall events, carrying a 69.78 scoring average, but missed the spring before returning to the course over the summer. As a junior in 2023-24, McCulloch set a program record with a 70.89 season average, and enters this year with a career 71.59 average, which currently stands as the best in program history.
Bond earned All-Big Ten Second Team honors and All-Midwest Region kudos last year, carrying a 71.69 scoring average (sixth-best all-time at MSU) while posting nine top-20 finishes. He is coming off a tremendous summer as he won the 2025 Michigan Amateur title and advanced to the quarterfinals of the U.S. Amateur.
In addition to his first career win, Pinili finished third on the team with a 73.34 scoring average with two top-5 finishes, three top-10s and five among the top-20. Pinili, who fired a 5-under par 211 to win the Colleton River Collegiate in March, has a career average of 73.75 over 69 rounds. His career average ranks 13th all-time at MSU.
The Spartans open the 2025-26 season on Sunday, Aug. 31, playing in the Island Resort Intercollegiate at Sage Run Golf Course in Bark River, Mich.
Graduate Ashton McCulloch, senior Caleb Bond and junior Lorenzo Pinili were selected from the Michigan State team as the golfers to watch.
McCulloch returns to the Michigan State lineup after missing most of last year with an injury. He was the team's top finisher in three Fall events, carrying a 69.78 scoring average, but missed the spring before returning to the course over the summer. As a junior in 2023-24, McCulloch set a program record with a 70.89 season average, and enters this year with a career 71.59 average, which currently stands as the best in program history.
Bond earned All-Big Ten Second Team honors and All-Midwest Region kudos last year, carrying a 71.69 scoring average (sixth-best all-time at MSU) while posting nine top-20 finishes. He is coming off a tremendous summer as he won the 2025 Michigan Amateur title and advanced to the quarterfinals of the U.S. Amateur.
In addition to his first career win, Pinili finished third on the team with a 73.34 scoring average with two top-5 finishes, three top-10s and five among the top-20. Pinili, who fired a 5-under par 211 to win the Colleton River Collegiate in March, has a career average of 73.75 over 69 rounds. His career average ranks 13th all-time at MSU.
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