Brown Competing As Individual at NCAA Bryan Regional

BRYAN, Texas – Indiana redshirt junior Jake Brown (Carmel, Indiana) will make his NCAA Postseason debut on Monday when he tees it up as an individual at Traditions Club in Bryan, Texas as part of the NCAA Championship Bryan Regional hosted by Texas A&M.

Brown will get his round started at 10:42 a.m. ET (9:42 a.m. CT) on Monday and will be playing with another student competing as an individual and the No. 3 player from Bradley University.

INDIANA BACK IN NCAA REGIONAL
After a four-year hiatus, Indiana head coach Mike Mayer returns to postseason play in 2017-18 with Jake Brown (Carmel, Ind.) competing as an individual at the Bryan Regional in Bryan, Texas. The regional is hosted by Texas A&M and will be played at Traditions Club from May 14-16.

Prior to Brown advancing to the Bryan Regional, the last time Indiana was represented in NCAA postseason play was 2013, when the Hoosiers advanced to the Greensboro Regional as a team.

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TOURNAMENT INFORMATION
Location: Bryan, TX
Host: Texas A&M University
Course: Traditions Club
Course Opened: 2004
Par / Yardage: 72 / 7,146
Fairway/Rough Grass: Bermuda
Greens: TifDwarf Bermuda
Designer(s): Jack Nicklaus, Jack Nicklaus II

TEAMS COMPETING
1. Texas A&M
2. Baylor
3. Clemson
4. Kentucky
5. UCLA
6. Ole Miss
7. South Carolina
8. San Francisco
9. Georgia
10. Mississippi State
11. North Carolina-Wilmington
12. Northern Colorado
13. Bradley

INDIVIDUALS
1. Michael Perras, Houston
2. Mitchell Meissner, Rice
3. Blake Elliott, McNeese State
4. Zander Lozano, Texas-San Antonio
5. Mario Carmona, Rice
6. Hunter Eichhorn, Marquette
7. Lewis George, Central Arkansas
8. Jake Brown, Indiana
9. Matt Murlick, Marquette
10. Michael Sass, College of Charleston

MAYER, HOOSIERS NO STRANGERS TO NCAA POSTSEASON
Indiana head coach Mike Mayer is in his 20th season as the head coach of the Hoosiers and he is no stranger to NCAA Regional play.

After taking over the reigns of the program for the 1998-99 season, he was able to rebuild the program and get it going in the right direction. That direction officially changed during the 2003-04 season when the Hoosiers advanced to the NCAA Central Regional.

That regional appearance marked a run of nine appearances in regional play over the next 10 years, highlighted by an appearance in the NCAA Championship in 2008. All totaled, Mayer has had a player or team in the postseason in 12 of his 20 years as head coach at Indiana.

RECENT IU INDIVIDUALS IN NCAA POSTSEASON
The last time Indiana sent an individual to an NCAA postseason was in 2007, when Jorge Campillo qualified For the NCAA Central Regional during his junior year. He went on to compete at Rich Harvest Farms in Illinois and finished tied for 72nd (235; 82-76-77).

And prior to Campillo, it was Jeff Overton going to the NCAA Regional in Manhattan, Kansas in 2003. He finished tied for 38th with a score of 218 (71-73-74).

DID YOU KNOW?
Since the 1993-94 season, redshirt junior Jake Brown's scoring average of 3.0193 this season on Par 3's is the best single-season average among all IU golfers in that time span. His scoring average of 3.0902 as a redshirt freshman ranks fifth in the category.

Brown's scoring average of 4.1282 on Par 4's this season is the best since David Erdy's 4.1146 in 2010-11.

IU TAKES THIRD PLACE AT RAIN-SHORTENED BOILERMAKER INVITATIONAL
The final event of the regular season sent the Hoosiers to a familiar location – the Kampen Course in West Lafayette for the Boilermaker Invitational. The weather forecast for the weekend was not good from the start, but somehow the 17-team field was able to complete 36 holes on Saturday. When the dust settled, Indiana was in third place as a team and had two players inside the top 8 on the leaderboard.

Jake Brown continued to trend in the right direction, earning fourth place at 3-under par while Brock Ochsenreiter tied for seventh place at 1-under par for the 36-hole event.

HOLE-IN-ONE HELPS BROWN TO SECOND PLACE AT IRISH CREEK
Jake Brown continued his outstanding redshirt junior season with a runner-up finish at Irish Creek with rounds of 74-66-72 for a total of 212 (-1). His final round 72 included a hole-in-one on the 18th hole, where he used a 3-iron from 226 to record the ace and earn his second runner-up finish of the season. Brock Ochsenreiter tied for 12th after a final round 70 left him a 4-over par for the tournament.

OCHSENREITER TIES FOR SECOND AT BIGHORN INVITATIONAL
Sophomore Brock Ochsenreiter posted his best career finish, tying for second place at 8-under par, at the Bighorn Invitational in Palm Desert, California. Brendon Doyle used a final round 69 to finish in a tie for 21st while Jake Brown posted a 68 in the final round to tie for 31st.

As a team, the Hoosiers recorded a seventh-place finish as their final round score of 278 was the third-best of the day in the 12-team field.

THIRD PLACE FINISH FOR IU AT MISSION INN SPRING SPECTACULAR
At the Mission Inn Spring Spectacular in Florida, the Hoosiers got off to a dazzling start and were in first place after the first round. After struggling in round two, the Hoosiers closed strong and brought home a third-place finish.

The top individual performer for IU was senior Brendon Doyle, whose final round 69 propelled him up the leaderboard to a T7 finish at 4-over par for the tournament. Jake Brown and Ethan Shepherd joined Doyle inside the top 15, with both finishing T13 at 6-over par.

IU PICKS UP TWO WINS OVER TOP 40 TEAMS AT BIG TEN MATCH PLAY
At the Big Ten Match Play Championship, the Hoosiers opened play by defeating No. 39 Penn State by a score of 5-1 and then losing to Michigan State by the same score. Then on day two, IU defeated Rutgers before topping No. 12 Illinois in the fifth-place match.

Freshman Ethan Shepherd posted a perfect 4-0 record at the Big Ten Match play while Brendon Doyle was 3-1 and Jake Brown went 2-1-1.

HOOSIERS CLOSE FALL IN HAWAII
Indiana took home a 16th place finish at the Ka'anapali Intercollegiate in Hawaii and were led by Brock Ochsenreiter's T34 finish and Jake Brown's T41 finish. Ochsenreiter and Brown opened with a 68 in round one but it was Brendon Doyle who led the way after 18 holes for IU with a 66.

CROOKED STICK RECAP
In a strong field with six teams ranked in the top 60 at the time, the Indiana Hoosiers finished tied for seventh with Georgia with a team score of 885 (+21). The Hoosiers used a final round score of 295 – the fifth-best score of the day – to move up the leaderboard.

The top individual performance came from junior Jake Brown, who tied for second with a score of 215 (-1). Brock Ochsenreiter tied for 14th with his score of 218 (+2). Freshman Evan Yakubov, who was competing as an individual, entered the final round tied for the lead before finishing tied for 14th at 2-over par.

DOYLE TAKES HOME CO-MEDALIST HONORS; HOOSIERS FINISH THIRD AS A TEAM AT WINDON MEMORIAL
Indiana senior Brendon Doyle used a final round 65 – his career-best – to finish with a score of 206 for the tournament and bring home co-medalist honors at 4-under par. Jake Brown finished tied for eighth, Brock Ochsenreiter was T13 and Jack Sparrow was T20 to help propel the Hoosiers to the third-place finish as a team. Doyle's co-medalist honors marked the first by an IU golfer since Jake Brown was co-medalist as the Hoosier Invitational in March 2016.

HOOSIERS CLOSE OLYMPIA FIELDS WITH 14TH PLACE FINISH
At the Olympia Fields/Fighting Illini Invitational, the Hoosiers battled a field of 15 teams – 10 of which were ranked in the top 25 – to finish in 14th place. Brock Ochsenreiter paced the Indiana attack with a T30 finish after recording a score of 218 (+8). Jake Brown opened with the low round of the tournament for IU (71) and finished in a tie for 48th.

INDIANA FINISHES 11TH AT WOLF RUN; SHEPHERD TIES FOR 18TH
The Hoosiers opened the 2017-18 season by hosting 16 teams at the Wolf Run Intercollegiate and finished 11th as a team. The top individual performer for IU was freshman Ethan Shepherd, who was making his collegiate debut and finished tied for 18th with a score of 223. Jake Brown tied for 23rd with a score of 225 to give the Hoosiers a pair of Top 25 finishes.

BOARD OF TRUSTEES APPROVES IU GOLF COURSE RENOVATION PROJECT
On Oct. 6, 2017, the Indiana University Board of Trustees approved the design for the Indiana University Golf Course Renovation, which includes a new clubhouse and entirely new course layout.

The redesigned golf course, which will include a new clubhouse and driving range, will feature new hole layouts that challenge beginning through advanced golfers. The course also will be revitalized by returning part of the current course to native landscape, including the addition of about 70 acres of new trees, shrubs and other plantings to replace and augment dead or diseased trees. Golfers will be able to choose from several tee box locations and the greens will be designed for the approach shots of many skill levels. The par 71 course has a maximum yardage of about 7,700 yards and a minimum of about 4,500 yards, depending upon the tee location selected.

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The new clubhouse with cart storage and an attached outdoor covered pavilion will be located near the Indiana University Foundation, along with the driving range. The clubhouse will include visual references to the campus including stone accents and an exterior clock with details reminiscent of the Frances Morgan Swain Student Building tower clock. The interior will include a golf shop, Alumni Hall, space to showcase the history of IU Golf, casual dining and snack bar, and public restrooms/locker rooms.

"We could not be more excited and thankful about today's approval," said Indiana Men's Golf head coach Mike Mayer. "There are numerous people that have put many long hours into this process to this point and we cannot thank them enough. This course will be a game-changer for Indiana University and our program."

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Jack Sparrow

Evan Yakubov

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