Indiana Golf Goes to Maui and Oakland Universities final fall tourney
Big Ten: Northwestern Golfer takes final award for the fall
ROSEMONT, Ill. – Northwestern University senior Cameron Adam has been named the Big Ten Golfer of the Week for tournaments from October 25-30.
Golfer of the Week– Cameron Adam, Northwestern
Sr. – Ediburgh, Scotland – Merchinston Castle School
- Picked up his first collegiate victory to lead the Cats to the team title at The Clerico in Tulsa, Okla.
- Carded a three-under-par 207 (67, 70, 70) to bring home individual medalist honors, highlighted by 48 holes of par or better, including nine birdies
- Finished the fall season with a team-best 70.00 stroke average and eight of his 12 rounds at par or better en route to a trio of top-five finishes
- Last Northwestern Golfer of the Week: Cameron Adam (Nov. 1, 2023)
2024-25 Big Ten Men’s Golfers of the Week
Sept. 12 – Aiden Krafft, Oregon | Rudy Sautron, Nebraska
Sept. 19 – Hunter Thomson, Michigan
Sept. 26 – Pablo Ereño, UCLA
Oct. 3 – Yuqi Liu, Michigan
Oct. 10 – Jack Buchanan, USC
Oct. 24 – Jackson Buchanan, Illinois
Oct. 31 – Cameron Adam, Northwestern
MAC Golfer of the Week
Indiana Men’s Golf Plays in Maui to finish the season
BLOOMINGTON, Ind. – The Indiana Hoosiers men’s golf program will close the fall schedule at the Ka‘anapali Classic Collegiate Invitational in Lahaina, Maui, Hawaii. The three-day event will begin on Saturday, Nov. 2 at the Royal Kā‘anapali Course.
TOURNAMENT INFORMATION
Ka‘anapali Classic Collegiate Invitational • Lahaina, Maui, Hawaii
The Royal Kā‘anapali Course
Par 71 • 6,700 yards
Live Scoring via Scoreboard
TEAMS COMPETING (21)
Boise State, Cal State Northridge, Colorado, East Tennessee State, Georgia, Gonzaga, Hawaii, INDIANA, Kansas, Liberty, Louisiana Tech, LSU, North Florida, Oklahoma, Sacramento State, San Jose State, Southern Illinois, TCU, UCONN, UC Irvine, Wyoming
INDIANA LINEUP
1. Clay Merchent 2. Cole Starnes 3. Alec Cesare 4. Bradley Chill Jr. 5. Nick Piesen * Neri Checcucci
*Competing as an individual
TOURNAMENT NOTES
• The 21-team field is headlined by No. 2 Oklahoma and No. 5 LSU. No. 26 Georgia, No. 32 Colorado, and No. 48 TCU all ranked inside the top 50 of the latest Scoreboard Powered by Clippd rankings. Indiana checked in at No. 67 in the Oct. 30 poll.
• A fundraising campaign has been launched to benefit Kā‘anapali Golf Courses’ own associates who tragically lost everything in last year’s wildfires, the largest natural disaster in Hawai‘i’s history. Donations can be made here.
Oakland University Men
CINCINNATI, Ohio – In their final competition of the fall, the Oakland Men’s Golf team finished eighth at the Musketeers Invitational.
In the first round of play Monday, the Golden Grizzlies saw three players in the top 20. Individual Ellis Kinnaird finished the first round in 14th place after shooting 72 (+2). Brennan Sullivan and Luke Kelly tied for 19th place after shooting 73 (+3). As a team, the Golden Grizzlies completed the first round with a 295 total (+15).
Kinnaird continued his individual success through the second round. In the second round, Kinnaird shot a 74 (+4), earning him 18th at the end of the round. The Golden Grizzlies slipped to 10th place following the second round after shooting 306 (+26). Luke Kelly finished the second round shooting 74 (+4) and Bhavneet Sohal shot 76 (+6).
Going into Tuesday, the Golden Grizzlies looked to have a sense of urgency for the final round. With that determination, the Men’s Golf team posted their best round. Bhavneet Sohal had his best round of the invitational, where he shot 71 (+1). Luke Kelly and Brennan Sullivan were right behind him, both shooting 72 (+2). Robert Burns completed the final round shooting 74 (+4) and Jack Zubkus shot 76 (+6).
This fall the Oakland Men’s Golf team has posted impressive results. They have earned two first-place team finishes and two second-place team finishes this fall, of their five competitions. In addition, Luke Kelly earned his first collegiate individual win at the Tom Tontimonia Invitational. At the Golden Grizzlies Intercollegiate, Robert Burns earned an individual second place finish.
With fall competition completed, the Golden Grizzlies will be preparing for the remaining tournaments that will begin in February. Spring competition will kick off with a tournament in Richmond, Kentucky, where the Golden Grizzlies will compete in the World Golf Village Collegiate.