The Indiana men’s golf team opened up its fall season Monday, Sept. 4-6 in the Folds of Honor Collegiate in Grand Haven, Michigan. Head coach Mike Mayer enters his 26th year as Indiana's head coach and is fresh off of a regional appearance in last season's NCAA tournament.
Mike Mayer has taken the Hoosiers to regionals 12 different times and is the coach for three preseason Big Ten Honorees senior Drew Salyers, graduate student Thomas Hursey and redshirt senior Noah Gillard.
The Hoosiers have brought in freshmen Cole Starnes, Nick Piesen and Neri Checcucci. Additionally, junior Kieran Hogarth begins his first season as a Hoosier since transferring from Preston, Lancashire, England. The returning crew for Indiana includes sophomore Ethan Chelf, juniors Robert Bender, Clay Merchant and seniors Eric Berggren, Gillard, Hursey and Salyers.
After the season opener, the Hoosiers will travel to Muncie for the Earl Yestingsmeier Invitational on Sept. 9 at the Delaware Country Club. Indiana then head to Westchester, Illinois to face off in the Chicago Highlands Invitational on Sept. 18 and 19. To round out September, Indiana will compete in the Windon Memorial Classic on Sept. 25 and 26 at Sunset Ridge Country Club in Northfield, Illinois.
"Our 2023-24 schedule is both exciting and extremely challenging," Mayer said in an IU athletics release . “Our schedule will give us the opportunity to go head-to-head with the best teams in college golf. We will be ready for the challenge."
In October —the last month of Indiana’s fall season — the Hoosiers will take part in three competitions. Indiana will travel up to the University of Notre Dame's campus to play in the Fighting Irish Classic on Oct. 1 and 2. The Hoosiers then head to Vero Beach, Florida. to play in the Quail Valley Collegiate Invitational Oct. 15 and16. Indiana caps off their fall season at Steelwood County Club in Loxley, Alabama from Oct. 28- 29.
In the spring season, Indiana will travel to South Carolina for the first two competitions, and Florida for the third. After the warmer weather initially, the Hoosiers will play in Indianapolis for an individuals only event. To finish off the regular season, Indiana plays at The Pfau Course here in Bloomington. The Big Ten Championships begin at Scioto Country Club in Columbus, Ohio. The NCAA Championships will be held at La Costa Resort and Spa in Carlsbad, Calif. from May 24-29.
