Buckeyes Head North for Inverness Intercollegiate in Toledo – Ohio State Buckeyes
9/19/2015 12:00:00 AM | Men's Golf
Sept. 19, 2015
RELATED INFO
COLUMBUS, Ohio – The Ohio State University men’s golf team will make a short trip to the northwest corner of the state to play at the historic Inverness Club in Toledo, Ohio. A total of 15 schools are slated to compete for the Inverness Intercollegiate title over the course of two days (Sept. 21-22).
TOURNAMENT TIDBITS
Name: Inverness Intercollegiate
Live Scoring: BirdieFire
Course: Inverness Club (Toledo, Ohio)
Yardage: 7,300 yards – Par 71
Format: Play 5, count 4
Schedule of Play:
Rounds 1-2 (Monday, Sept. 21) | Shotgun start beginning at 8:30 a.m. ET
Final Round (Tuesday, Sept. 22) | Tee times off of Hole No. 1 and No. 10 beginning at 8 a.m. ET
Field (15 teams):
Akron
Austin Peay
California
East Tennessee State
Kent State
Mercer
Miami (OH)
Michigan
Michigan State
Northern Illinois
Ohio State
Purdue
Toledo
UAB
Yale
BUCKEYE LINEUP
1-Will Grimmer – Fr. (72.33 avg)
2-Clark Engle – Jr. (72.67 avg)
3-Tee-k Kelly – Sr. (78.00 avg)
4-Sean Busch – Sr. (74.33 avg)
5-Michael Bernard – r-Jr. (N/A)
THE COURSE
Inverness was founded in 1903 and played host to the 2009 NCAA Men’s Golf Championships. The course has also served as the venue for four U.S. Opens, two U.S. Senior Opens, two PGA Championships and the 1973 U.S. Amateur Championship.
WEATHER FORECAST
Weather Channel is calling for sunny skies and little to no chance of rain for Monday-Tuesday. Minimal winds are expected as well with temperature highs in the mid-to-low 70s.
GRIMMER MAKES IMMEDIATE SPLASH
Will Grimmer manned the top spot of the Buckeye lineup two weeks ago at the season-opening Carmel Cup after emerging victorious in his first team qualifier. The freshman from Cincinnati, Ohio backed it up as well, posting a top-10 finish in his first collegiate tournament.
Grimmer was ranked top-20 nationally in Junior Golf and qualified for the 2014 U.S. Open at the ripe age of 17 years old. More recently, Grimmer out-performed nearly 300 competitors to advance to the Round of 32 at the 2015 U.S. Amateur Championship. Buckeye teammate, Michael Bernard, qualified for the 312-player event as well.
ALL-BIG TEN PERFORMER BACK FOR JUNIOR SEASON
Clark Engle picked up All-Big Ten Second Team accolades a year ago, rising as high as No. 71 in the Golfweek individual national rankings. The Springfield, Ohio native was selected to the PING All-Midwest Region squad as well, determined by the Golf Coaches Association of America.
Engle fired a final round 69 in The Carmel Cup two weeks ago, jumping up into a tie for 16th place on the individual leaderboard.
NEW SHERIFF IN TOWN
First-year head coach Jay Moseley officially took over control of the Buckeye Men’s Golf program on July 9 after lifting Kennesaw State into a top-25 national program. He guided the Owls to five consecutive NCAA postseason appearances, including a pair of trips to the NCAA Championships. Moseley’s first hire at Ohio State was adding former Buckeye student-athlete Brad Smith as his assistant coach. Smith earned All-Big Ten honors while donning the Scarlet & Gray in 2011.
