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THIS WEEK
March 22, 2015 -- Duke Spring Shootout
Golf Course: Duke University Golf Club
Location: Durham, N.C.
Par/Yardage: Par 72, 7,194 yards
Indiana Season Stats: 2014-15 Season
INDIANA PARTICIPANTS (Year | 2014-15 scoring avg.)
Nicholas Grubnich | Senior | 75.24
Brendon Doyle | Freshman | 77.82
Matt Weber | Freshman | 76.18
Keegan Vea | Sophomore | 75.66
Christian Fairbanks | Freshman | 79.00
THE FIELD:
Bryant
Coastal Carolina
Cornell
Duke
Alabama State
Elon
Francis Marion
Gardner-Webb
George Mason
Indiana
Manhattan College
Marshall
North Carolina Central
Villanova
Wagner
QUOTING MAYER
"We had a great week in Naples and I think we have a come a long way as a team. We are giving some different people an opportunity in the lineup this week and we look forward to seeing what they are able to do. It's been a good week and we are eager to get back into tournament mode."
--Mike Mayer, Indiana head coach
TOURNAMENT FORMAT
The teams will play 18 holes on Sunday, March 22 using tee times. The tournament is just a one round event. With the event falling on the final weekend of Spring Break for the Hoosiers, the tournament was a late addition to the Indiana schedule.
LAST TIME OUT
Indiana got off to a tough start over the first 36 holes of the Talis Park Challenge (March 15-16) and finished the event in 15th place out of 15 teams. The Hoosiers were led by senior Nicholas Grubnich, who was competing as an individual, who came in tied for 31st with a score of 5-over par 218 over the three rounds.
The top score of the five players competing for the team total was freshman Brendon Doyle's 6-over par 219, which left him tied for 34th place on the individual leaderboard.
KEEPING THE LINEUP "FRESH"
In six of the first seven tournament of the season, head coach Mike Mayer has had two freshmen in the lineup. The only time he has had fewer than two was at the Talis Park Challenge earlier this month. This week, there are three rookies (Doyle, Weber, Fairbanks) in the lineup.
Northern Intercollegiate: Brendon Doyle, Christian Fairbanks
Olympia Fields: Brendon Doyle, Matt Weber
Wolf Run: Brendon Doyle, Matt Weber
Sagamore: Matt Weber, Christian Fairbanks, Brendon Doyle (Individual)
Tavistock: Matt Weber, Christian Fairbanks
Big Ten Match Play: Brendon Doyle, Matt Weber
Talis Park Challenge: Brendon Doyle
Blue Devil Shootout: Brendon Doyle, Matthew Weber, Christian Fairbanks
BEST TEAM SCORE OF THE SEASON
In the final team tournament of the fall, the Hoosiers posted their best team score of the season to date, coming in with a score of 882 at the Tavistock Collegiate Invitational.
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. 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 10 times, including all three rounds at the Talis Park Challenge.
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.
