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Windon Memorial Classic
This Week in Michigan Men's Golf: Windon Memorial Classic
9/13/2019 5:02:00 PM | Men's Golf
» Michigan starts its 2019-20 season at Northwestern's Windon Memorial Classic.
» The tournament will be the first for new head coach Zach Barlow.
» Junior Charlie Pilon, who was the second with a 73.46 scoring average last season, will play as U-M's No. 1 player.
» Freshman Kevin Healy will make his collegiate debut playing as U-M's invited individual.
THIS WEEK
Mon-Tue., Sept. 16-17 -- at Windon Memorial Classic (Lake Forest, Illinois)
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Next on the Tee: Windon Memorial Classic
The University of Michigan men's golf team will start its 2019-20 season in Lake Forest, Illinois, for Northwestern's Windon Memorial Classic, Monday and Tuesday, Sept. 16-17 at the Conway Farms Golf Club. The 14-team field will play 54 holes over the two-day event. The field will open with 36 holes on Monday and a final 18 on Tuesday. The course will be set up for a par 72 and 7,202 yards.
Windon Memorial Classic Field
The 14 teams in the field include East Tennessee State, Indiana, Iowa State, Kansas, Marquette, Michigan, Northern Illinois, Northwestern, Notre Dame, Ole Miss, Purdue, South Florida, UC Davis and UNLV. Selected teams will be granted an individual, including U-M.
Windon Memorial Classic Lineup
Michigan will bring a five-member starting squad and one invited individual for the Windon Memorial Classic:
• Junior Charlie Pilon (20th career start)
• Senior Brent Ito (16th career start)
• Junior Henry Spring (16th career start)
• Sophomore Ben Dunne (ninth career start)
• Sophomore Patrick Sullivan (eighth career start)
• Freshman Kevin Healy (individual, first career collegiate event)
Windon Memorial Classic Schedule
• Saturday, Sept. 14 -- Travel Day
• Sunday, Sept. 15 -- Practice Round (18), 1:30 p.m. CDT (shotgun, starting on No. 4)
• Monday, Sept. 16 -- First Round (18), 8:45 a.m. CDT (shotgun, starting on Nos. 10-13); Second Round (18), continuous play following completion of first round
• Tuesday, Sept. 17 -- Final Round (18), 8 a.m. CDT (tee times off No. 1 and 10)
Windon Memorial Classic First Day
The first day will be played in foursomes. Michigan will be paired with UC Davis, Notre Dame and Ole Miss. The Wolverines will start off on holes Nos. 10-13 in a shotgun format. U-M's individual, Kevin Healy, will tee off at No. 17, playing with an individual from Northwestern.
U-M History at the Windon Memorial Classic
Michigan will play in its 12th Windon Memorial Classic. The Wolverines have claimed medalist honors in four of their last eight tournaments hosted by Northwestern. In 2010, U-M swept the team and individual titles. U-M has eight top-five finishes in 11 events.
• 2007: Lake Shore, T5th (284-288-294/866) | Lion Kim, T22nd (70-74-72/216) [ Recap ]
• 2008: North Shore, 7th (294-291-292/877) | Nick Pumford, T25th (75-70-73/218) [ Recap ]
• 2009: Skokie, 5th (293-292-303/888) | Matt Thompson, T20th (72-75-75/222) [ Recap ]
• 2010: North Shore, 1st (285-287-282/854) | Lion Kim, 1st (69-71-67/207, -6) [ Recap ]
• 2011: Evanston, 8th (286-283-297/866) | Matt Thompson, 1st (69-71-65/205, -5) [ Recap ]
• 2012: Skokie, 9th (305-307-304/916) | Chris O'Neill, T5th (72-72-74/218) [ Recap ]
• 2013: Knollwood, 3rd (292-290-290/872) | Chris O'Neill, 1st (71-68-69/208, -8) [ Recap ]
• 2014: Evanston, T3rd (281-284-284/849) | Chris O'Neill, T14th (67-74-71/212) [ Recap ]
• 2015: Lake Shore, 2nd (281-279-284/845) | Kyle Mueller (70-67-73), Nick Carlson (71-70-69), T3rd (210) [ Recap ]
• 2016: North Shore C.C., 3rd (288-294-288/870) | Kyle Mueller, 1st (71-71-67/209, -7) [ Recap ]
• 2018: Knollwood, 5th (293-292-286/871) | Nick Carlson, T6th (69-75-68/212, -4) [ Recap ]
Wolverine Bites
• The season opener in Chicago will be the head coaching debut for new head coach Zach Barlow, who spent the last five seasons at Illinois. Over that five-year span, Barlow helped Mike Small guide Illinois to five consecutive Big Ten titles. Also during that time, Illinois won three NCAA regional championships, advanced to five consecutive NCAA finals and made it to the match play semifinal three times. [ Release ]
• In addition to the hiring of Barlow, the Wolverines welcome his college teammate Matt Hoffman as his assistant coach. After a six-year professional career, Hoffman spent the last two years as an assistant coach with one of Canada's most prestigious golf programs at Humber College (2017-19) in Toronto. In his two seasons, the Hawks won back-to-back Ontario Colleges Athletic Association (OCAA) championships and finished second in the 2019 Canadian Collegiate Athletic Association (CCAA) championships after a third-place finish in 2018. [ Release ]
• After the graduation of Nick Carlson, Michigan returns four of its top five golfers from a season ago. Junior Charlie Pilon started all 10 events last season and was second on U-M with a 73.46 scoring average. Classmate Henry Spring was just behind Pilon and started eight of nine events and closed with a 73.70 per-round tally. Senior Brent Ito returns for his final season after he closed with a 74.10 per-round average last year. After battling a broken ankle throughout the winter, sophomore Patrick Sullivan will look to be a full-time starter.
• The Wolverines will balance their 2019-20 regular-season schedule with five fall and five spring events before the postseason begins. After the season opener, the Wolverines will head to Toledo's Inverness Intercollegiate (Sept. 23-24). In October, U-M will play in Notre Dame's Fighting Irish Classic (Oct. 7-8), Indiana's Crooked Stick Invitational (Oct. 14-15) and Baylor's Royal Oaks Intercollegiate (Oct. 21-22). [ Schedule ]
Up Next
• Mon-Tue, Sept. 23-24 -- at Inverness Intercollegiate (Toledo, Ohio)
• Mon-Tue., Oct. 7-8 -- Fighting Irish Classic (South Bend, Ind.)
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