Friday, April 27
Baltimore, MD
9:40 AM
Indiana University
vs
Big Ten Men's Golf Championship
Hoosiers Take Momentum Into Big Ten Championship
4/26/2018 3:48:00 PM | Men's Golf
BALTIMORE, Maryland – Fresh off a third-place finish at the Boilermaker Invitational two weeks ago, the Indiana men's golf team is off to the East Coast to take part in the Big Ten Championship at Baltimore Country Club. The 54-hole tournament gets underway Friday morning and after 18 holes on Saturday will conclude with the final round on Sunday.
In the spring season, Indiana has recorded finishes of fifth, third, seventh, seventh and third and have been led by the 1-2 punch of Jake Brown and Brock Ochsenreiter. Brown finished tied for 10th last year at this course at the Big Ten Championship and is part of 12 players returning to the tournament this year that finished inside the top 15 last year.
Indiana will be paired with Michigan and Wisconsin for the first round, with the first group going off No. 10 tee at 9:40 a.m.
TOURNAMENT INFORMATION
Baltimore Country Club • Baltimore, Maryland
Par 70 • 7,181 yards
Live Scoring
TEAMS COMPETING (GolfStat ranking)
Illinois (13)
Northwestern (35)
Purdue ((36)
Penn State (39)
Michigan State (59)
Ohio State (73)
Iowa (74)
Minnesota (77)
Michigan (84)
Indiana (89)
Wisconsin (90)
Maryland (92)
Rutgers (143)
Nebraska (183)
INDIANA LINEUP
The Hoosiers will send the following players to compete this weekend:
A LOOK BACK AT 2016-17 BIG TEN CHAMPIONSHIP
There will be a familiar look to the Indiana lineup on the course this week in Baltimore, as two of the five golfers competed for the Hoosiers in this event last year are back in the field. Jake Brown (T10th) and Brock Ochsenreiter (T56th) return in 2017-18 looking to improve their results. As a team, the Hoosiers finished 11th with a score of 886 last year. Jack Sparrow was originally in the lineup for the 2017-18 but was replaced in the lineup just prior to round one due to a wrist injury.
B1G CHAMPIONSHIP EXPERIENCE
Indiana will bring an experienced lineup to Baltimore Country Club this weekend, with four of the five athletes playing in at least their second Big Ten Championship. Jake Brown and Brendon Doyle will be playing in their third conference tournament while Brock Ochsenreiter and Jack Sparrow will be making their second appearance. Freshman Ethan Shepherd will be making his debut.
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.
In six career rounds at the Big Ten Championship, Brown has recorded a scoring average of 72.83.
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.
Brock Ochsenreiter is taking advantage of his length on the Par 5's, posting a scoring average of 4.7108 this season, which ranks as the sixth-best season average since 1993-94 and the best since David Erdy in 2010-11.
As a team, Indiana has posted six rounds of par or better in 2017-18. It is the most such rounds in a season since 2010-11 (10).
Indiana's team scoring average of 3.25 is the fifth-best season average by an IU team since 1993-94. The Hoosiers' team scoring average of 4.8795 on Par 5's is also the fifth-best in that time span.
Brendon Doyle has made 260 birdies in his career entering this weekend. That total ranks 15th among all IU players since 1993-94.
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.
View Hole-By-Hole Layout
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."
In the spring season, Indiana has recorded finishes of fifth, third, seventh, seventh and third and have been led by the 1-2 punch of Jake Brown and Brock Ochsenreiter. Brown finished tied for 10th last year at this course at the Big Ten Championship and is part of 12 players returning to the tournament this year that finished inside the top 15 last year.
Indiana will be paired with Michigan and Wisconsin for the first round, with the first group going off No. 10 tee at 9:40 a.m.
TOURNAMENT INFORMATION
Baltimore Country Club • Baltimore, Maryland
Par 70 • 7,181 yards
Live Scoring
TEAMS COMPETING (GolfStat ranking)
Illinois (13)
Northwestern (35)
Purdue ((36)
Penn State (39)
Michigan State (59)
Ohio State (73)
Iowa (74)
Minnesota (77)
Michigan (84)
Indiana (89)
Wisconsin (90)
Maryland (92)
Rutgers (143)
Nebraska (183)
INDIANA LINEUP
The Hoosiers will send the following players to compete this weekend:
| Golfer | 17-18 Rounds | Scoring Avg. |
| Jake Brown | 26 | 72.31 |
| Brock Ochsenreiter | 26 | 73.04 |
| Brendon Doyle | 26 | 74.31 |
| Evan Gaesser | 17 | 77.59 |
| Ethan Shepherd | 20 | 75.40 |
A LOOK BACK AT 2016-17 BIG TEN CHAMPIONSHIP
There will be a familiar look to the Indiana lineup on the course this week in Baltimore, as two of the five golfers competed for the Hoosiers in this event last year are back in the field. Jake Brown (T10th) and Brock Ochsenreiter (T56th) return in 2017-18 looking to improve their results. As a team, the Hoosiers finished 11th with a score of 886 last year. Jack Sparrow was originally in the lineup for the 2017-18 but was replaced in the lineup just prior to round one due to a wrist injury.
B1G CHAMPIONSHIP EXPERIENCE
Indiana will bring an experienced lineup to Baltimore Country Club this weekend, with four of the five athletes playing in at least their second Big Ten Championship. Jake Brown and Brendon Doyle will be playing in their third conference tournament while Brock Ochsenreiter and Jack Sparrow will be making their second appearance. Freshman Ethan Shepherd will be making his debut.
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.
In six career rounds at the Big Ten Championship, Brown has recorded a scoring average of 72.83.
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.
Brock Ochsenreiter is taking advantage of his length on the Par 5's, posting a scoring average of 4.7108 this season, which ranks as the sixth-best season average since 1993-94 and the best since David Erdy in 2010-11.
As a team, Indiana has posted six rounds of par or better in 2017-18. It is the most such rounds in a season since 2010-11 (10).
Indiana's team scoring average of 3.25 is the fifth-best season average by an IU team since 1993-94. The Hoosiers' team scoring average of 4.8795 on Par 5's is also the fifth-best in that time span.
Brendon Doyle has made 260 birdies in his career entering this weekend. That total ranks 15th among all IU players since 1993-94.
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.
View Hole-By-Hole Layout
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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