Indiana University Athletics
Sunday, October 17
Vero Beach, Fla.
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Quail Valley Collegiate Invitational
Indiana Heads South for the Quail Valley Collegiate Invitational
10/16/2021 9:30:00 AM | Men's Golf
BLOOMINGTON, Ind. – The men's golf team will travel south for the Quail Valley Collegiate Invitational at the Quail Valley Country Club in Vero Beach, Fla. The event is scheduled for an 8:30 a.m. ET start on Oct. 17.
TOURNAMENT INFORMATION
Quail Valley Collegiate Invitational • Vero Beach, Fla.
Quail Valley Golf Club
Par 72 • 7350 yards
Live Scoring via GolfStat
TEAMS COMPETING (16)
Boston College, INDIANA, Jacksonville, Kansas, Kent State, Louisiana, Maryland, Memphis, Miami, Michigan State, Missouri-Kansas City, Nebraska, Northwestern, Rutgers, South Florida, Toledo
INDIANA LINEUP
1. Drew Salyers
2. Mitch Davis
3. Noah Gillard
4. Ethan Shepherd
5. Clay Merchent
TOURNAMENT NOTES
• The 54-hole tournament will be contested over two days with 36 holes being played on Monday and 18 on Tuesday. Each team will play five players (plus individuals) with four counting towards the team total score.
• Sunday will utilize a shotgun start with a start time of 8:30 a.m. ET. Monday be a tee time start at 8 a.m. ET.
• The No. 9-ranked Kansas Jayhawks highlight the field that includes six programs inside the top-50 of the latest GolfWeek rankings.
TEAM NOTES
• Sophomore Drew Salyers has twice been named the Big Ten Golfer of the Week (Sept. 8 and Sept. 22) after winning his first tournament as a member of the Cream and Crimson at the Hoosier Collegiate and earned a second-straight top-5 finish at the Fighting Illini Invitational.
• The Hoosiers check in at No. 30 in the latest GolfWeek Collegiate Rankings.
PREVIOUSLY THIS SEASON
• Indiana opened the 2021-22 season with a third-place finish (860; +6) as hosts of the 2021 Hoosier Collegiate Invitational at The Pfau Course in Bloomington. Sophomore Drew Salyers collected Big Ten Golfer of the Week honors after winning the individual tournament with a score of 208 (68-72-68; -5) over three rounds.
• The Hoosiers played to a sixth-place finish (856; +16) against a loaded field in the Fighting Illini Invitational and topped six ranked programs. Salyers led the Hoosiers for the second time in as many tournaments to open the season and finished t-fifth after shooting a 209 (68-72-69; -1).
• IU placed 10th overall (856; +4) at the Windon Memorial Classic with both Noah Gillard and Clay Merchent (211; -2) pacing the Hoosiers with t-16th individual finishes.
• Indiana earned the program's first stroke-play tournament victory since 2014 by winning the Purdue Fall Invitational by one stroke over the host Boilermakers. Mitch Davis paced the Hoosiers with a 3-under 213 to tie for third overall.
@IndianaMGolf
For all the latest on Indiana University men's golf, be sure to follow the team at @IndianaMGolf on Twitter, Facebook and Instagram.
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TOURNAMENT INFORMATION
Quail Valley Collegiate Invitational • Vero Beach, Fla.
Quail Valley Golf Club
Par 72 • 7350 yards
Live Scoring via GolfStat
TEAMS COMPETING (16)
Boston College, INDIANA, Jacksonville, Kansas, Kent State, Louisiana, Maryland, Memphis, Miami, Michigan State, Missouri-Kansas City, Nebraska, Northwestern, Rutgers, South Florida, Toledo
INDIANA LINEUP
1. Drew Salyers
2. Mitch Davis
3. Noah Gillard
4. Ethan Shepherd
5. Clay Merchent
TOURNAMENT NOTES
• The 54-hole tournament will be contested over two days with 36 holes being played on Monday and 18 on Tuesday. Each team will play five players (plus individuals) with four counting towards the team total score.
• Sunday will utilize a shotgun start with a start time of 8:30 a.m. ET. Monday be a tee time start at 8 a.m. ET.
• The No. 9-ranked Kansas Jayhawks highlight the field that includes six programs inside the top-50 of the latest GolfWeek rankings.
TEAM NOTES
• Sophomore Drew Salyers has twice been named the Big Ten Golfer of the Week (Sept. 8 and Sept. 22) after winning his first tournament as a member of the Cream and Crimson at the Hoosier Collegiate and earned a second-straight top-5 finish at the Fighting Illini Invitational.
• The Hoosiers check in at No. 30 in the latest GolfWeek Collegiate Rankings.
PREVIOUSLY THIS SEASON
• Indiana opened the 2021-22 season with a third-place finish (860; +6) as hosts of the 2021 Hoosier Collegiate Invitational at The Pfau Course in Bloomington. Sophomore Drew Salyers collected Big Ten Golfer of the Week honors after winning the individual tournament with a score of 208 (68-72-68; -5) over three rounds.
• The Hoosiers played to a sixth-place finish (856; +16) against a loaded field in the Fighting Illini Invitational and topped six ranked programs. Salyers led the Hoosiers for the second time in as many tournaments to open the season and finished t-fifth after shooting a 209 (68-72-69; -1).
• IU placed 10th overall (856; +4) at the Windon Memorial Classic with both Noah Gillard and Clay Merchent (211; -2) pacing the Hoosiers with t-16th individual finishes.
• Indiana earned the program's first stroke-play tournament victory since 2014 by winning the Purdue Fall Invitational by one stroke over the host Boilermakers. Mitch Davis paced the Hoosiers with a 3-under 213 to tie for third overall.
@IndianaMGolf
For all the latest on Indiana University men's golf, be sure to follow the team at @IndianaMGolf on Twitter, Facebook and Instagram.
#GoIU
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