Indiana University Athletics
Preview: Tavistock Collegiate
10/18/2014 12:00:00 AM | Men's Golf
THIS WEEK
Oct. 19-21, 2014 -- Tavistock Collegiate Invitational
Golf Course: Lake Nona Golf and Country Club (Orlando, Fla.)
Par/Yardage: Par 72 / 7,200 yards
Live Scoring: GolfStat.com
Indiana Season Stats: Through Oct. 16
INDIANA LINEUP (2014-15 scoring avg.)
Max Kollin (79.12)
Matt Weber (77.25)
Christian Fairbanks (80.75)
Andrew Fogg (75.80)
Nicholas Grubnich (75.27)
THE FIELD (15 teams):
Arkansas, Baylor, California, Florida State, Florida, Georgia, GRU-Augusta, Illinois,
Indiana, New Mexico, North Florida, Texas Tech, UCF, UNLV, Vanderbilt
TOURNAMENT HISTORY
The Tavistock Collegiate Invitational is hosted by the University of Central Florida and began in 2004. This is the first year that the tournament will take place at Lake Nona Golf and Country Club after behing held at Isleworth Golf and Country Club each year prior. This tournament annually has some of the best teams and players from across the country claim the top individual spot, with the likes of PGA Tour members Jordan Spieth, Bud Cauley, Harris English, Russell Henley and Brian Harman to name a few.
TOURNAMENT FORMAT
Sunday's first round will see the teams play 18 holes, starting at 8:00 a.m. off the first tee and 8:25 a.m. off the 10th tee. Monday and Tuesday will also feature 18 holes of competition starting on the first and tenth tees.
IU AT THIS TOURNAMENT
The Tavistock Collegiate Invitational has been a tournament where the Hoosiers have historically had success. The team's last appearance in the event came in 2012, where they finished in 15th place. But in 2011, the Hoosiers finished T4 with California, trailing Texas, LSU and North Florida. In 2008, Jorge Campillo finished second and Alex Martin finished third, individually, and IU finished in third place as a team.
PLAYING WITH CONFIDENCE
The Hoosiers are coming off their best team performance of the season last week, finishing in seventh place out of 14 teams at the Sagamore Preview. Indiana opened with a team score of 299, marking the first time this season that they posted a score under 300. But they followed that up with a 297 in the second round - the best team score for a single round this season. All totaled, four players posted their top individual finishes of the year at the Sagamore Preview.
FAIRBANKS FINISHES T12
Indiana freshman Christian Fairbanks used a second round score of 72 (E) to vault up the leaderboard at the Sagamore Preview in Noblesville, Ind., last week. He finished T12 in the tournament, the best finish of his career and the best finish by an IU freshman since Will Seger's T4 finish at the NYX Hoosier Invitational last year.
GIVE IT UP FOR GRUB
Senior Nicholas Grubnich has started his final collegiate campaign with a couple of strong showings in very good fields. He opened the season with a T4 finish at the Northern Intercollegiate played at Rich Harvest Farms. He opened with a round of 77, but rallied to post scores of 72 and 69 and surge up the leaderboard. So far this season, Grubnich has posted rounds of 75 or better six times.
Over the summer, Grubnich claimed the Indiana state amateur title and earned a spot in the U.S. Amateur at the Atlanta Athletic Club. All of that comes on the heels of his T7 finish at the Big Ten Championship last spring.
KEEPING THE LINEUP "FRESH"
In each of the first four tournaments, head coach Mike Mayer has had two freshmen in the lineup. It started at the Northern Intercollegiate where Brendon Doyle and Christian Fairbanks made their collegiate debuts. The following week, Matt Weber joined Doyle in the lineup at Olympia Fields and those same two were in the lineup at Wolf Run. Then last week at Sagamore, Weber and Fairbanks were in the lineup while Doyle competed as an individual.
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