Indiana Takes on Highly Competitive Fighting Illini Invitational Field

Friday, September 17

Chicago, Ill.

Indiana University

Olympia Fields/Fighting Illini Invitational

Indiana Takes on Highly Competitive Fighting Illini Invitational Field

9/16/2021 10:00:00 AM | Men's Golf

Live Scoring

Olympia Fields Country Club to Host Nine Ranked Teams

BLOOMINGTON, Ind. – The Indiana men's golf team will play in the 15th annual Fighting Illini Invitational from Sept. 17-19 at the Olympia Fields Country Club in Chicago.

TOURNAMENT INFORMATION
2021 Fighting Illini Invitational • Chicago
Olympia Fields Country Club, North Course
Par 70 • 7205 yards
Live Scoring via GolfStat

TEAMS COMPETING (15)
Alabama, Arizona, Arizona State, Baylor, California, Florida, Florida State, Illinois, INDIANA, North Carolina, Oklahoma State, Pepperdine, Purdue, Stanford, Texas

INDIANA LINEUP
1. Drew Salyers
2. Mitch Davis
3. Noah Gillard
4. Clay Merchent
5. Ethan Shepherd

TOURNAMENT NOTES
• The tournament will be contested over a three-day timeframe with 18 holes being played on each day. Tee times will at 10 a.m. ET on both Friday and Saturday with the final round beginning at 9:30 a.m. ET.
• The tournament will feature a highly touted cast of teams with 10 schools ranked inside the top-25 of the Bushnell/Golfweek Preseason Coaches' Poll. Pepperdine (1), Oklahoma State (2), Arizona State (3), North Carolina (4), and Texas (5) headline the team rankings.
• Indiana has not won the team title in this event over the previous 14 competitions, but Alex Martin (209; -1) earned the individual victory in the event in 2008.

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.

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