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Robert Kepler Intercollegiate
This Week in Michigan Men's Golf: Robert Kepler Intercollegiate
4/21/2021 4:12:00 PM | Men's Golf
» Michigan heads to Columbus, Ohio, for the Robert Kepler Intercollegiate at the OSU Golf Club's Scarlet Course.
» Eleven of the 14 Big Ten teams will compete in the Buckeyes' spring event.
» The event in Columbus is the regular-season finale for the Wolverines.
» Charlie Pilon will start his 30th straight event. Will Anderson and Patrick Sullivan also have started every event this season.
THIS WEEK
Sat-Sun., April 24-25 -- at Robert Kepler Intercollegiate (Columbus, Ohio)
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Next on the Tee: Robert Kepler Intercollegiate
With the regular-season finale upon the University of Michigan men's golf team, the Wolverines will head to Columbus, Ohio, Saturday and Sunday (April 24-25) for Ohio State's Robert Kepler Intercollegiate. The two-day, 54-hole event will be played at the OSU Golf Club's Scarlet Course and feature 11 Big Ten schools among the 16 teams in what will be the regular-season finale before next week's Big Ten Championships. Scoring will be five players, count the four lowest scores, with the Scarlet Course set up as a par 71 at 7,455 yards.
Robert Kepler Intercollegiate Field
There will be 16 teams competing at the Robert Kepler Intercollegiate: Dayton, Indiana, Illinois, Iowa, Kent State, Liberty, Maryland, Michigan, Michigan State, Northern Illinois, Northwestern, Ohio State, Penn State, Purdue, Rutgers and Toledo.
The Robert Kepler Intercollegiate Schedule
Thursday, April 22 -- Travel Day
Friday, April 23 -- Practice Round
Saturday, April 24 -- First Round (18), 7:30 a.m. (tee times off Nos. 1 and 10)
Saturday, April 24 -- Second Round (18), continuous play after completion of first round
Sunday, April 25 -- Final Round (18), 7:30 a.m. (tee times off Nos. 1 and 10)
The Robert Kepler Intercollegiate Lineup
Michigan will travel a five-member starting group to the Robert Kepler Intercollegiate led by senior Charlie Pilon. Junior Patrick Sullivan, graduate student Brent Ito and freshman Will Anderson round out the top four, while the final spot will be junior Ben Dunne.
Wolverine Bites
• Charlie Pilon has played in 31 career events and has started the last 29 straight, spanning more than three seasons. He has finished as the top Wolverine in the last two events -- Louisiana Classics (t-31st, 220) and Hoosier Collegiate Invitational (t-21st, 227). He is averaging 76.17 per round this season, with season-low 71 (-1) in the second round of the Louisiana Classics -- his 17th career sub-par tally.
• Patrick Sullivan, one of three Wolverines who has started all four events, leads U-M with a 74.58 per round average. He owns the lowest round of the season with a career-low 67 (-5) -- his first career sub-70 round -- shot in the final round of the Mobile Bay Intercollegiate. He had four birdies and an eagle en route to the top round. Using that round, he posted a U-M season-low and his career-best 215 (-1).
• Will Anderson has started all four events in his rookie campaign. He posted his first career top-10 individual finish at Houston's Border Olympics with an even-par 216 (71-72-73). Anderson's tally was the lowest by a freshman since current teammate Henry Spring posted a 214 (+4) tally at the 2017 Big Ten Championships (April 27-29) at Baltimore Country Club. Anderson is averaging 75.00 per round and 225.0 per 54-hole event.
• Brent Ito 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. He made his season debut at the Louisiana Classics with a 226 (75-72-79) and has started three events. As a senior, Ito had a career year, leading U-M with a 72.67 scoring average and earning 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).
Up Next
Fri-Sun., April 30-May 2 -- at Big Ten Championships (Carmel, Ind.)
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