Indiana University Athletics
Hoosiers Release 2007-08 Schedule
7/19/2007 12:00:00 AM | Men's Golf
July 19, 2007
BLOOMINGTON, Ind. - Indiana head men's golf coach Mike Mayer released the 2007-08 team's schedule on Tuesday morning. The slate features 12 tournaments with six taking place in the fall and six during the spring campaign.
The Hoosiers will play some of the most recognizable courses in the country, including Inverness Club (Toledo, Ohio), Olympia Fields Country Club (Chicago, Ill.), Sawgrass Country Club (Point Vedra, Fla.) and Pinehurst Country Club (Pinehurst, N.C.). Inverness, Olympia Fields and Pinehurst have all hosted U.S. Opens, while Sawgrass is home to the PGA Tour's Players Championship.
IU will also host three tournaments, beginning with the Wolf Run Intercollegiate (Sept. 22-23) at Wolf Run Golf Club in Zionsville, Ind. Indiana will host the Pinehurst Intercollegiate (March 16-18) for the third straight season before heading home for the Hoosier Invitational (March 29-30) at the IU Championship Golf Course.
"This is, by far, the toughest and best schedule that we've put together for our men's golf team since I've been associated with the program," Mayer said. "I would match this schedule up against any program in the country. It not only gives us the opportunity to compete against the best programs in the country, it also gives us the opportunity to compete on some of the best golf courses in the country. I can't wait for the season to start. It is going to be exciting, it is going to be fun, and I think we will be up to the challenge."
Indiana opens the season at the Inverness Intercollegiate on Sept. 10-11 before heading to Minneapolis for the Gopher Invitational on Sept. 15-16. Last season, the Hoosiers placed sixth at the event hosted by the University of Minnesota and Spring Hill Golf Club, while rising junior Jorge Campillo tied for fifth.
After the Wolf Run Intercollegiate, the team travels to Chicago for back-to-back events, starting with the Olympia Fields/Fighting Illini Invitational (Sept. 30-Oct. 1). A week later (Oct. 7-8), IU makes its way to Lake Shore Country Club for the Windon Memorial Classic.
Concluding its fall stretch, Indiana will attempt to tame Forest Oaks Country Club in Greensboro, N.C. at the UNCG Bridgestone Collegiate (Oct. 29-30).
The Hoosiers kick off the spring season with the Mercedes-Benz Collegiate at Sawgrass (Feb. 16-18) and then take a month off prior to the Pinehurst Intercollegiate.
Following a little home-cooking at the Hoosier Invitational, IU begins its stretch run with the Missouri Tiger Invitational (April 7-8) at The Club at Old Hawthorne in Columbia, Mo. Up next, Mayer's charges tune up for the Big Ten Championships with their fifth appearance at the Boilermaker Invitational (April 19-20) at Kampen Golf Course in West Lafayette, Ind.
Indiana will wrap up its regular season at the Big Ten Championships (April 25-27) hosted by Michigan State University on the Forest Akers West Course. NCAA Regionals will be hosted on May 15-17 at Council Fire Golf Club in Chattanooga, Tenn., (East Regional); Scarlet Golf Course in Columbus, Ohio, (Central Regional); and Gold Mountain Golf Club in Bremerton, Wash. (West Regional). Purdue University will host the NCAA Finals at Kampen on May 28-31.
