Irish Creek Intercollegiate Next On Spring Schedule for Hoosiers

KANNAPOLIS, North Carolina – As the Spring season turns towards the home stretch, the Indiana men's golf team travels to North Carolina to compete at the Irish Creek Collegiate as part of a 15-team field.

The tournament is scheduled to begin with 36 holes on Saturday before Sunday's final round. There is the threat of inclement weather during the day on Saturday so the tournament schedule could be altered.

Indiana last played at Irish Creek in 2014 and finished eighth out of 16 teams with Max Kollin and Will Seger leading the way in a tie for 25th.

TOURNAMENT INFORMATION
The Club at Irish Creek • Kannapolis, N.C.
Par 71 • 7,099 yards
Live Scoring

TEAMS COMPETING (GolfStat ranking)
Georgia Tech (4)?
Clemson (15)
North Florida (29)
Kansas (35)
Middle Tennessee (64)?
West Virginia (99)
Charlotte (97)?
UNCG (100)?
Indiana (104)
James Madison (109)
Dayton (172)
Akron (184)
VCU (191)
Dartmouth (204)
Davidson (205)?

INDIANA LINEUP
The Hoosiers will send the following players to compete this weekend:

Golfer	17-18 Rounds	Scoring Avg.
Jake Brown	21	72.71
Brendon Doyle	21	73.38
Brock Ochsenreiter	21	73.29
Jack Sparrow	15	75.07
Evan Gaesser	12	78.25

DOYLE LOCKED IN DURING SPRING SEASON
Indiana senior Brendon Doyle has been as steady as ever through the first three tournaments this spring season. He opened the Spring by posting a 3-1 record at the Big Ten Match Play Championship. Then over the last two stroke play tournaments, his scoring average has been 72.33 and he has carded a score of 69 in both final rounds.

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."

Irish Creek Intercollegiate Next On Spring Schedule for Hoosiers

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Players Mentioned

Jake Brown

Brendon Doyle

Evan Gaesser

Brock Ochsenreiter

Ethan Shepherd

Jack Sparrow

Evan Yakubov

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