AUGUSTA, Ga. – The Illinois men’s golf team, No. 17 nationally in the latest NCAA Division I team rankings, returns to action this weekend, traveling to Augusta, Ga., to compete in the Augusta Haskins Award Invitational. The event is co-hosted by the Augusta Golf Association and the Haskins Foundation at Augusta University’s Forest Hills Golf Club – just minutes from Augusta National Golf Club – and takes place April 6-7, concluding on the eve of Masters week.
THE SETTING
The Augusta Haskins Award Invitational is hosted at the Jaguars’ home course, Forest Hills Golf Club, which features a par-72, 7,086-yard layout. The 18-hole course, rich in college golf history, was originally designed by world renowned course architect Donald Ross, and was renovated by the Arnold Palmer Company in 2004. Forest Hills is repeatedly named “Best Public Course” by Augusta Magazine and offers traditional Southern topography with level, rolling fairways surrounded by magnificent trees.
TOURNAMENT FORMAT
The 54-hole tournament will be a five-count-four format played over two days, with 36 holes slated for Saturday, followed by Sunday’s final round. Saturday begins with a shotgun start at 8:30 a.m. ET/7:30 a.m. CT. Sunday’s finale begins with tee times starting at 8:30 a.m. ET/7:30 a.m. CT.
THE FIELD
The Augusta Haskins Award Invitational features a 15-team field highlighted by some of the premier golf programs in the nation. The Illini, No. 17 in the latest NCAA Division I team rankings, are one of eight top-50 teams in the field, along with North Carolina (1), Oklahoma (14), Texas (18), East Tennessee State (19), Mississippi State (26), Oklahoma State (32), and South Florida (47). Augusta ranks just inside the top 100 at No. 86, followed by Marquette (105), Troy (129), Central Florida (155), Mercer (163), Wofford (182), and Army (270) to complete the field.
FIGHTING ILLINI LINEUP
No. 1: Jackson Buchanan
No. 2: Max Herendeen
No. 3: Ethan Wilson
No. 4: Ryan Voois
No. 5: Tyler Goecke
ILLINI AT THE AUGUSTA HASKINS AWARD INVITATIONAL
The Fighting Illini have competed in each of the last 13 Augusta Haskins Award Invitational events dating back to 2010. The Orange and Blue have notched two team wins – in 2016 and 2018 – plus a a pair of runner-up finishes in 2015 and 2023. Former Illini Dylan Meyer captured medalist…
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