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Postseason Play Starts on Friday at the Big Ten Championships
4/30/2026 3:48:00 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, May 1 at Pumpkin Ridge Golf Club (Witch Hollow) in North Plains, Ore.
The three-day, 54-hole tournament features all 18 Big Ten teams and tees off at 9:30 a.m. on Friday. It is being played on the par-72, 7,015-yard course, where Tiger Woods came from behind to beat Steve Scott for his third-straight US Amateur Championship in 1996. The tournament runs through Sunday, May 3.
BIG TEN CHAMPIONSHIPS
Dates: Friday, May 1 – Sunday, May 3
Course: Pumpkin Ridge Golf Club (Witch Hollow), North Plains, Ore.
Par/Yardage: 72 / 7,015
Format: Stroke play, 54 holes / Play five, count four
Live Stats: Clippd
Schedule: Friday – 18 holes starting with a 9:30 a.m. shotgun start
Saturday – 18 holes starting with a 9:30 a.m. shotgun start
Sunday – 18 holes starting with a 9:30 a.m. shotgun start
MSU LINEUP
No. 1 – Caleb Bond
No. 2 – Lorenzo Pinili
No. 3 – McCoy Biagioli
No. 4 – Luke Mueller
No. 5 – Ashton McCulloch
SUB – Lucas Acevedo
THE FIELD
The Big Ten Championships field includes all 18 conference teams, with six of those squads ranked among the top-60 in the country in the latest NCAA Golf Rankings. Illinois (12), Indiana (97), Iowa (84), Maryland (98), Michigan (87), Michigan State (74), Minnesota (71), Nebraska (83), Northwestern (48), Ohio State (65), Oregon (62), Penn State (121), Purdue (42), Rutgers (86), UCLA (33), USC (26), Washington (52) and Wisconsin (108).
RESULTS
Live scoring for the event is available through Clippd.
MICHIGAN STATE IN THE BIG TEN CHAMPIONSHIPS
Michigan State has won 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.
LAST YEAR AT THE BIG TEN CHAMPIONSHIPS
Michigan State battled difficult conditions in the final round, posted the third-lowest team score of the day and finished in third place among 18 teams at the Big Ten Championships in Timonium, Md. in April 2024 … The Spartans shot a 10-over par 290 in the final round, tied for the third-lowest team round of the day … Michigan State finished the three-day, 54-hole event with a combined 14-over par 854 (281-283-290) and moved up five places after entering the third round tied for eighth … UCLA came back from a six-shot deficit after Saturday's second round, posted the best team round of the day at 2-over par 282 and topped the field at 2-over par 856 (278-282-282) … Lorenzo Pinili completed a strong weekend of play with a 1-over par 71, despite the challenging conditions … He tied for fifth place at 1-under par 209 (70-68-71) and was just six golfers in the field of 93 to finish under par … By finishing among the top-five individuals, Pinili was selected to the Big Ten Championship All-Tournament Team … Caleb Bond bounced back from a difficult second round on Saturday (6-over par 76) with a 2-under par 68 in Sunday's final round … He finished in 11th place at 1-over par 211 (67-76-68) … Bond's round of 2-under par 68 was tied for the lowest in the entire field on Sunday and was just one of five under-par rounds on the afternoon … Lucas Acevedo finished in a tie for 28th place at 7-over par 217 (71-71-75).
ABOUT THE SPARTANS
Michigan State, ranked No. 74 in the latest NCAA Rankings, has a pair of top-5 finishes over six events this spring and three top-5 showings this year … Most recently, the Spartans tied for second place at the one-day, 36-hole Muirfield Shootout, carding a 4-over par 580 as senior Ashton McCulloch finished in third place at 1-under par 143 … The Spartans also posted a third place finish at the Duck Invitational in late March, posting a 16-over par 868, with McCulloch tying for third place at 2-under par 211 … McCulloch, the team's top finisher five of six events, carried a 70.21 scoring average during 14 rounds in the spring … Overall he is second on the team with a 70.82 scoring average and has three top-5 finishes, five in the top-10 and eight in the top-20 … McCulloch's 70.82 scoring average is a career best and is currently the second-best mark in a single-season at MSU …For his career, McCulloch holds the school record for career scoring average at 71.44 … Classmate Caleb Bond leads the team with a 70.61 scoring average, the best mark in program history … Bond has 10 top-20 finishes this year and has led the four times this season, including a tie for ninth place at 5-under par 211 in the Robert Kepler Collegiate … Junior Lorenzo Pinili is third on the team with a 72.14 scoring average and freshman Luke Mueller has played in the last two events and carries a 72.60 average, tying for fourth place at the Muirfield Shootout last week at even-par 144.
The three-day, 54-hole tournament features all 18 Big Ten teams and tees off at 9:30 a.m. on Friday. It is being played on the par-72, 7,015-yard course, where Tiger Woods came from behind to beat Steve Scott for his third-straight US Amateur Championship in 1996. The tournament runs through Sunday, May 3.
BIG TEN CHAMPIONSHIPS
Dates: Friday, May 1 – Sunday, May 3
Course: Pumpkin Ridge Golf Club (Witch Hollow), North Plains, Ore.
Par/Yardage: 72 / 7,015
Format: Stroke play, 54 holes / Play five, count four
Live Stats: Clippd
Schedule: Friday – 18 holes starting with a 9:30 a.m. shotgun start
Saturday – 18 holes starting with a 9:30 a.m. shotgun start
Sunday – 18 holes starting with a 9:30 a.m. shotgun start
MSU LINEUP
No. 1 – Caleb Bond
No. 2 – Lorenzo Pinili
No. 3 – McCoy Biagioli
No. 4 – Luke Mueller
No. 5 – Ashton McCulloch
SUB – Lucas Acevedo
THE FIELD
The Big Ten Championships field includes all 18 conference teams, with six of those squads ranked among the top-60 in the country in the latest NCAA Golf Rankings. Illinois (12), Indiana (97), Iowa (84), Maryland (98), Michigan (87), Michigan State (74), Minnesota (71), Nebraska (83), Northwestern (48), Ohio State (65), Oregon (62), Penn State (121), Purdue (42), Rutgers (86), UCLA (33), USC (26), Washington (52) and Wisconsin (108).
RESULTS
Live scoring for the event is available through Clippd.
MICHIGAN STATE IN THE BIG TEN CHAMPIONSHIPS
Michigan State has won 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.
LAST YEAR AT THE BIG TEN CHAMPIONSHIPS
Michigan State battled difficult conditions in the final round, posted the third-lowest team score of the day and finished in third place among 18 teams at the Big Ten Championships in Timonium, Md. in April 2024 … The Spartans shot a 10-over par 290 in the final round, tied for the third-lowest team round of the day … Michigan State finished the three-day, 54-hole event with a combined 14-over par 854 (281-283-290) and moved up five places after entering the third round tied for eighth … UCLA came back from a six-shot deficit after Saturday's second round, posted the best team round of the day at 2-over par 282 and topped the field at 2-over par 856 (278-282-282) … Lorenzo Pinili completed a strong weekend of play with a 1-over par 71, despite the challenging conditions … He tied for fifth place at 1-under par 209 (70-68-71) and was just six golfers in the field of 93 to finish under par … By finishing among the top-five individuals, Pinili was selected to the Big Ten Championship All-Tournament Team … Caleb Bond bounced back from a difficult second round on Saturday (6-over par 76) with a 2-under par 68 in Sunday's final round … He finished in 11th place at 1-over par 211 (67-76-68) … Bond's round of 2-under par 68 was tied for the lowest in the entire field on Sunday and was just one of five under-par rounds on the afternoon … Lucas Acevedo finished in a tie for 28th place at 7-over par 217 (71-71-75).
ABOUT THE SPARTANS
Michigan State, ranked No. 74 in the latest NCAA Rankings, has a pair of top-5 finishes over six events this spring and three top-5 showings this year … Most recently, the Spartans tied for second place at the one-day, 36-hole Muirfield Shootout, carding a 4-over par 580 as senior Ashton McCulloch finished in third place at 1-under par 143 … The Spartans also posted a third place finish at the Duck Invitational in late March, posting a 16-over par 868, with McCulloch tying for third place at 2-under par 211 … McCulloch, the team's top finisher five of six events, carried a 70.21 scoring average during 14 rounds in the spring … Overall he is second on the team with a 70.82 scoring average and has three top-5 finishes, five in the top-10 and eight in the top-20 … McCulloch's 70.82 scoring average is a career best and is currently the second-best mark in a single-season at MSU …For his career, McCulloch holds the school record for career scoring average at 71.44 … Classmate Caleb Bond leads the team with a 70.61 scoring average, the best mark in program history … Bond has 10 top-20 finishes this year and has led the four times this season, including a tie for ninth place at 5-under par 211 in the Robert Kepler Collegiate … Junior Lorenzo Pinili is third on the team with a 72.14 scoring average and freshman Luke Mueller has played in the last two events and carries a 72.60 average, tying for fourth place at the Muirfield Shootout last week at even-par 144.
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