This Week in Michigan Men's Golf: Hoosier Collegiate Invitational

» Michigan heads to Bloomington, Ind., to play in IU's Hoosier Collegiate Invitational.
» The Wolverines will play the two-day, 54-hole event at IU's recently renovated Pfau Course at Indiana University.
» Playing in the No. 1 position, senior Charlie Pilon will make his 29th straight start for the Wolverines.
» Sophomore Pier Francesco De Col will make his season debut as an individual.

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Sat-Sun., April 3-4 -- at Indiana Collegiate Invitational (Bloomington, Ind.)
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Next on the Tee: Hoosier Collegiate Invitational

After a few weeks of training and prep, the University of Michigan men's golf team will head back out on the road to Bloomington, Ind., to play in IU's Hoosier Collegiate Invitational, Saturday and Sunday (April 3-4). The two-day, 54-hole competition will be played at the recently renovated Pfau Course at Indiana University. In fact, it is the first collegiate tournament at the Pfau Course after it opened in June. Scoring will be five players, count the four lowest scores. The course is scheduled to be set up as a par 71 at 7,432 yards.

Hoosier Collegiate Invitational Field

There will be nine teams competing at the Hoosier Collegiate Invitational: Ball State, Cincinnati, Eastern Michigan, Indiana, Memphis, Michigan, Michigan State, Minnesota and Nebraska.

The Hoosier Collegiate Invitational Schedule

Thursday, April 1 -- Travel Day
Friday, April 2 -- Practice Round
Saturday, April 3 -- First Round (18), 9 a.m. (shotgun start)
Saturday, April 3 -- Second Round (18), continuous play after completion of first round
Sunday, April 4 -- Final Round (18), 9 a.m. (tee times off Nos. 1 and 10)

The Hoosier Collegiate Invitational Lineup

Michigan will travel a five-member starting group to the Hoosier Collegiate Invitational led by senior Charlie Pilon. Junior Patrick Sullivan, graduate student Brent Ito, freshman Will Anderson and junior Ben Dunne round out U-M's starting five. Sophomore Pier Francesco De Col will travel and make his season debut as an individual.

Wolverine Bites

• Charlie Pilon has played in 30 career events and has started the last 28, spanning more than three seasons. He led the Wolverines the last time out at the Louisiana Classics as he posted a season-low 220 total (75-71-74) to tie for 31st. He highlighted his 54 holes with two eagles and playing eight-under on the nine par-5s. He has averaged 76.33 per round this season, with season-low 71 (-1) in the second round of the Louisiana Classics -- his 17th career sub-par tally.

• In his first career start in the No. 1 position at the season-opening Mobile Bay Invitational, Patrick Sullivan led the Wolverines, posting his first career top-25 individual finish with a tie for 21st and a career-low 215 (-1). In the final round, Sullivan posted four birdies and an eagle to card a career-low 67 (-5) -- his first career sub-70 round -- to jump 26 spots to his career-best finish. He has posted 73.78 per round, which is on a pace to be nearly two shots lower than his previous season-best (75.50, 2018-19).

• Brent Ito made his season debut at the Louisiana Classics and posted a 226 (75-72-79). He returned for a graduate year following the NCAA allowing an extra year of eligibility after the cancellation of the 2019-20 spring season due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Last season, Ito had a career year as he led U-M with a 72.67 scoring average. He earned All-Big Ten second team honors -- the first conference accolade of his career, the 21st in program history and the first for a Wolverine since 2018 (Kyle Mueller).

• Freshman Will Anderson posted his first career top-10 individual finish at Houston's Border Olympics. After rounds of 71 (-1), 72 and 73, he finished at even-par 216 to tie for ninth. His tally is the lowest by a freshman since current senior Henry Spring posted a 214 (+4) tally at the 2017 Big Ten Championships (April 27-29) at Baltimore Country Club. Anderson has started all three events this season and has a 74.55 per round average.

• After starting five events last season, Pier Francesco De Col will make his season debut at the Hoosier Collegiate Invitational, playing as an individual. Last season he posted a 74.92 per round average and led U-M at the Desert Mountain Intercollegiate. He posted a career-low 54-hole total of 219 (72-73-74) at the Royal Oaks Intercollegiate.

Up Next

Sat-Sun., April 24-25 -- at Robert Kepler Intercollegiate (Columbus, Ohio)