COLUMBIA, Mo. – The Illinois men’s golf team, rated No. 5 nationally by Golfstat, returns to the course this week to challenge the field at the Tiger Collegiate Invitational. The two-day event, hosted by Missouri, will be played Monday and Tuesday, April 10-11.
THE SETTING
The Tiger Collegiate Invitational is hosted at The Club at Old Hawthorne, the Tigers’ home course since 2006. Site of an NCAA regional in 2014, The Club at Old Hawthorne is built on the former grounds of a 631-acre horse farm. The golf course plays over rolling terrain with multiple water hazards lurking. The fairways are wide with strategically-placed center fairway bunkers to create many different options of how to attack the green. The par-72 course spans 7,221 yards.
TOURNAMENT FORMAT
The 54-hole tournament will be a five-count-four format played over two days, with 36 holes of continuous play set for Monday, followed by Tuesday’s final round. Both days will begin with a shotgun start at 9 a.m. CT Monday and 8:30 a.m. CT Tuesday.
THE FIELD
The Tiger Collegiate Invitational field includes 14 top programs vying for the title, highlighted by four teams rated inside the top 60 by Golfstat. The No. 5 Fighting Illini are joined by No. 25 Kansas State, No. 52 Mizzou, and No. 60 Marquette. Arkansas State (77), Minnesota (81), Rutgers (83), Iowa State (90), Lipscomb (93), Michigan (95), and ULM (99) all rank inside the top 100. The rest of the field is made up of Wyoming (103), Nebraska (121), and Nevada (144).
FIGHTING ILLINI LINEUP
No. 1: Adrien Dumont de Chassart
No. 2: Tommy Kuhl
No. 3: Jackson Buchanan
No. 4: Matthis Besard
No. 5: Piercen Hunt
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Individual: Ryan Voois
LIVE SCORING
Live scoring for the Tiger Collegiate Invitational will be available on Golfstat.com. A Recap and results will be posted on FightingIllini.com following each day of play.
ILLINI AT THE TIGER COLLEGIATE INVITATIONAL
The Illini have never competed in the Tiger Collegiate Invitational, which will be played for the sixth time since its inception in 2017 (no event was held in 2020). However, Fighting Illini transfer Matthis Besard did tee off at The Club at Old Hawthorne for the 2019 event during his time at Southern Illinois. Besard, then a true freshman for the Salukis, opened strong with scores of 70 and 72 in Round 1 and 2,…
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