Players of the week
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Michigan and Purdue Share Men’s Golfer of the Week Award
Wolverines’ Arone and Boilermakers’ Forrester claim honor after individual titles
ROSEMONT, Ill. – Michigan’s RJ Arone and Purdue’s Jenson Forrester have been named the Big Ten Co-Golfers of the Week for tournaments from August 29-Sept. 10.
Co-Golfers of the Week
RJ Arone, Michigan
Junior – Las Vegas, Nevada – Bishop Gorman High School – Undeclared
- Earned his first collegiate medalist honor, leading the Wolverines to a dominant 25-shot victory at the Island Resort Intercollegiate
- Posted a career-low 54-hole total of 202 (-14), tying for the fourth-lowest 54-hole score in Michigan program history
- Carded rounds of 66, 67 and 69 at Sage Run Golf Club, recording 16 birdies and just two bogeys over 54 holes
- His final-round 69 (-3) helped Michigan close at 823 (-41), the second-lowest 54-hole team total in program history.
- Last Michigan Big Ten Men’s Golfer of the Week: Hunter Thompson (April 24, 2025)
Jenson Forrester, Purdue
Senior – Wolverhampton, England – Cheslyn Hay Academy – Economics
- Tied for first in the New York Harbor Cup with a 12-under par 201 (69-64-68)
- Recorded the second-most birdies in the field with 17 birdies
- His score of 201 is tied for 3rd-best score in Purdue history and 2nd-round 64 is tied for 5th-best 18-hole score in Purdue history.
- Forrester was the last Purdue golfer to Big Ten Men’s Golfer of the Week on March 27, 2025
Big Ten 2026-27 Releases Men’s Golfers to Watch
Seven from 2026 First Team All-Big Ten highlight list
ROSEMONT, lll. – The Big Ten Conference announced Wednesday honors for 54 student-athletes who were included on the Big Ten Men’s Golfers to Watch List.
The Watch List is headlined by 12 student-athletes who earned All-Big Ten distinction last year, including the 2026 Golfer of the Year Jaden Dumdumaya of USC. It also includes 10 out of the 11 golfers who finished inside the Top-10 at the 2026 Big Ten Men’s Golf Championships, led by 2026 Big Ten Freshman of the Year and first-place finisher Josh Kim of UCLA,
27 student-athletes who received Academic All-Big Ten honors last season rounded out the list.
This spring, the Big Ten Men’s Golf Championships (April 30-May 2) will take place at Baltusrol Golf Club in Springfield, N.J., while the 2027 NCAA Golf Championships will be hosted for a fourth consecutive year at Omni La Costa Resort & Spa in Carlsbad, California.
The full list of 2026-27 men’s golf preseason honorees can be found below.
2026-27 Big Ten Men’s Golfers to Watch List
| Name | School | Yr. | Hometown |
| Max Herendeen | Illinois | Sr. | Bellevue, Wash. |
| Dane Huddleston | Illinois | Sr. | Woodland, Wash. |
| Trey Marrion | Illinois | Jr. | Chesapeake, Va. |
| Nick Piesen | Indiana | Sr. | Strongsville, Ohio |
| Jake Cesare | Indiana | So. | Westfield, Ind. |
| Bradley Chill Jr. | Indiana | Jr. | Columbia Station, Ohio |
| Ryan Shellberg | Iowa | Jr. | Prosper, Texas |
| Max Tjoa | Iowa | Sr. | Cedar Falls, Iowa |
| Grant Gudgel | Iowa | R-So. | Stillwater, Okla. |
| Emil Riegger | Maryland | Sr. | Fort Lauderdale, Fla. |
| Will Gregware | Maryland | Jr. | Conrad, Conn. |
| Griffin Barke | Maryland | So. | Crestwood, Kent. |
| RJ Arone | Michigan | Jr. | Las Vegas, Nev. |
| Dean Muratore | Michigan | Jr. | Dix Hills, N.Y. |
| Nilay Naik | Michigan | Jr. | Lake Oswego, Ore. |
| McCoy Biagioli | Michigan State | Sr. | White Lake, Mich. |
| Julian Menser | Michigan State | Jr. | South Lyon, Mich. |
| Lorenzo Pinili | Michigan State | Sr. | Rochester Hills, Mich. |
| Chun Ta Wu | Minnesota | Jr. | Manly Vale, Australia |
| Jack Crousore | Minnesota | Jr. | Bluffton, S.C. |
| Torger Ohe | Minnesota | So. | Edina, Minn. |
| Jackson Benge | Nebraska | Jr. | Omaha, Neb. |
| Caden Mickelson | Nebraska | So. | Kansas City, Mo. |
| Evan McDermott | Nebraska | Grad. | Spring Lake, Mich. |
| Kuan Zhou | Northwestern | Fr. | Houston, Texas |
| Rowan Sullivan | Northwestern | R-Fr. | Charleston, S.C. |
| Jeremy Chen | Northwestern | Sr. | Taipei City, Taiwan |
| Vaugh Harber | Ohio State | Jr. | Blacklick, Ohio |
| Tyler Sabo | Ohio State | R-Sr. | Ashland, Ohio |
| Timotej Formanek | Ohio State | Jr. | Prague, Czech Republic |
| Sebastian Desoisa | Oregon | So. | Gibraltar, United Kingdom |
| Ramil Saelim | Oregon | Jr. | Phitsanulok, Thailand |
| Jeffrey Kwak | Oregon | Sr. | La Miranda, Calif. |
| Alex Creamean | Penn State | Sr. | Winnetka, Ill. |
| Jackson Saroney | Penn State | So. | Syracuse, N.Y. |
| Tim Peters | Penn State | Sr. | State College, Pa. |
| Sam Easterbrook | Purdue | Sr. | Tamworth, England |
| Jenson Forrester | Purdue | Sr. | Wolverhampton, England |
| Supapon Amornchaichan | Purdue | Jr. | Bangkok, Thailand |
| Bennett Espenshade | Rutgers | Jr. | Baltimore, Md. |
| Lucas Politano | Rutgers | So. | Brandon, Vt. |
| TJ Thompson | Rutgers | Sr. | Coral Springs, Fl. |
| Baylor Larrabee | UCLA | Jr. | Ferndale, Wash. |
| Josh Kim | UCLA | So. | Danville, Calif. |
| Tyler Loree | UCLA | So. | Kula, Hawaii |
| Jack Buchanan Jr. | USC | Jr. | Cape Town, South Africa |
| Jaden Dumdumaya Jr. | USC | Jr. | Benicia, Calif. |
| Nico Dominguez | USC | Sr. | Mexico City, Mexico |
| Finn Koelle | Washington | Sr. | Sulzfeld, Germany |
| Emil Herstad | Washington | So. | Nittedal, Norway |
| Grady Millar | Washington | So. | Vancouver, Wash. |
| Charlie Erlandson | Wisconsin | R-Jr. | Verona, Wis. |
| Jason Shwartz | Wisconsin | Jr. | Wellington, Fl. |
| William Harned | Wisconsin | Jr. | Nashotah, Wis. |
