PISCATAWAY, N.J. – The Scarlet Knights men’s golf team is geared up and ready to kick off the 2023 spring season.
The team will open up with Big Ten match play on Feb. 4 from Palm Beach, Florida on Friday for a two-day event closing on Feb. 4. The spring season will consist of six events concluding with the Big Ten Championships in Galloway, New Jersey. RU will also host a special event in Sea Island, Georgia called the The Johnnie-O at Sea Island on March 13.
Head coach Rob Shutte is in the midst of his 12th year at the helm of the program and is excited about the competitiveness of the group.
“It’s a really exciting time for men’s golf,” Shutte said. “We have a great and talented group of guys. This is one of my favorite teams. Eight guys who are really getting along great and working hard for each other. That’s really what you want. Golf is a sport where it’s hard to control everything, but I feel like it’s all right out in front of us. We are playing a bunch of great and familiar courses and all of the boxes are checked for us to have a great spring campaign.”
The team has been on the rise for many years and was very competitive in the fall season. The three seniors on the eight-man squad are the trio of team captains in Xavier Marcoux, Luke Wells and Brendan Hansen. The leadership and expereince of the captains has been welcomed by the roster.
“We had so many great individual moments in the fall to see that the depth is there with this team,” Shutte said. “There should be some great opportunities for the team to win. Xavier and Luke have really been staples in our lineup and Brendan has been a leader of our group. I always hear that you need to get old and stale with senior leadership and we certainly have that.”
Marcoux, the Canada native is one of the most talented Scarlet Knights, who was a 2022-23 Big Ten Player to Watch at the beginning of the fall. Marcoux finished in first place individually at the Old Town Collegiate, fueled by a final round 65 (-5) in the fall.
Marcoux looks for a second-straight PING All-Region Team Selection and looks to lead the charge alongside teammate Luke Wells.
“It’s been a long three and a half years here going through COVID-19 and everything,” Marcoux said. “Through all of that I feel like our program has made so many big steps. This year we have a very mature group. As a…
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