Indiana Wins 2024 Hoosier Collegiate

Saturday, April 6

Bloomington, Ind.

Indiana University

Hoosier Collegiate

4/7/2024 7:30:00 PM | Men's Golf

Results (PDF)

Gillard Earns Runner-Up Honors

BLOOMINGTON, Ind. – The Indiana men's golf team shot an 867 (291-287-289; +15) to win the 2024 Hoosier Collegiate at The Pfau Course from April 6-7. The team title marks the first since IU took the trophy at the Purdue Fall Invitational on Oct. 12, 2021.

Indiana, the 48th-ranked team in the latest Scoreboard Rankings powered by clippd, outpaced No. 27 Notre Dame (884; +32) by 17 strokes in the team standings. IU improved its season record to 93-42-2.

The Hoosiers overcame brisk temperatures and gusts of wind up to 30 miles per hour to shoot the lowest team score (289; +5) during the final round on Sunday afternoon. Indiana and Michigan State (884; +32) were the only two programs to not post a round in the 300's during the 54-hle tournament.

TOURNAMENT INFORMATION
Hoosier Collegiate • Bloomington, Ind.
The Pfau Golf Course
Par 71 • 7,355 yards
Live Scoring via GolfStat
Team Standings: 1st/15 – 867 (291-287-289; +15)
Top Indiana Player: Noah Gillard – 213 (73-69-71; E)

CHIP-INS
• Sixth-year senior Noah Gillard secured runner-up honors, his best finish as a Hoosier, with a three-round scorecard of 213 (73-69-71; E). He finished with eight total birdies and an eagle on No. 9 during first-round action. Gillard paced the field on Par-5 scoring at 4.11, a total of eight strokes under par.
• The Center Grove graduate has placed inside the top-10 in three tournaments this season and four in his Indiana career. His previous best finish came at the Battle at Briar's Creek (t-4th) on Feb. 6, 2024.
• Freshman Cole Starnes earned his second bronze-medal finish (Windon Memorial Classic) of the season with a final tally of 215 (71-71-73; +2).
• The Fishers native tied for the tournament lead with 11 birdies. He converted at least three birdie tries in all three rounds of the tournament.
• Graduate Thomas Hursey tied for seventh overall and shot a 219 (75-75-69; +6). He was the only player in the field to shoot under par during Sunday's final round. Hursey led the tournament with 40 par conversions.
• Redshirt junior Robert Bender III knocked down two birdie tries in each round of play to secure a final score of 222 (72-73-77; +9). He tied for 13th, his third top-20 of the season.
• Senior Drew Salyers concluded the event in a tie for 25th place and fired a 225 (75-74-76; +12). The Howard, Ohio, native has placed inside the top-25 in nine of the 10 tournaments he has appeared in the Hoosier lineup this season.
• Junior Kieran Hogarth and freshman Nick Piesen tied for 35th in the individual standings. Hogarth, a transfer from Chicago State, shot a 229 (75-76-78; +16) with seven birdies. Piesen, the reigning Big Ten Player of the Week, turned in a scorecard with a reading of 229 (77-76-76; +16).
• Freshman Neri Checcucci shot a 236 (81-77-78; +23) and fifth-year senior Eric Berggren finished the weekend at 239 (81-78-80; +26).

HOOSIERS IN THE STANDINGS
2. Noah Gillard – 213 (73-69-71; E)
3. Cole Starnes – 215 (71-71-73; +2)
t-7. Thomas Hursey – 219 (75-75-69; +6)
t-13. Robert Bender III – 222 (72-73-77; +9)
t-25. Drew Salyers – 225 (75-74-76; +12)

HOOSIERS IN THE STANDINGS – INDIVIDUALS
t-35. Drew Piesen – 229 (77-76-76; +16)
t-35. Kieran Hogarth – 229 (75-76-78; +16)
t-65. Neri Checcucci – 236 (81-77-78; +23)
73. Eric Berggren – 239 (81-78-80; +26)

UP NEXT
Indiana will close the 2023-24 regular season at the Robert Kepler Invitational hosted by Ohio State. The tournament will play from April 19-21 at the OSU Scarlet Course in Columbus, Ohio. Postseason play will begin on April 26 with the 2024 Big Ten Championships at the Scioto Country Club in Columbus.

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