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BARK RIVER, Mich. – In a loaded field on a familiar course, the Illinois State men’s golf team opens play for the 2025 season on Sunday afternoon in the first of two days at the Island Resort Intercollegiate, hosted by South Dakota State.
Event: 2025 Island Resort Intercollegiate
When: Sunday, August 31 – Monday, September 1
Where: Sage Run Golf Course // Bark River, Michigan
Par: 72
Yardage: 7,375
Live Scoring: Scoreboard Powered by Clippd
Participants (2024-25 Final Ranking): Purdue (38), Michigan State (60), Saint Mary’s (68), Michigan (75), Nebraska (83), West Virginia (91), UTEP (97), Miami (Ohio) (101), UCF (112), Illinois State (123), Ball State (141), South Dakota State (179)
Redbird Lineup: TJ Barger, Francis Bautista, Max Faucquez, Aiden Cudney, Gonzalo Cuellar – INDIVIDUAL: Pietro Pontiggia
OSF and the Redbirds
The team doctors for Illinois State Golf are provided by OSF HealthCare, Official Health Care Provider for Illinois State Athletics.
History at the Event: During the previous three seasons, Illinois State has opened their season at this event, and has fared well, including winning the tournament in its first season, and finishing as runner-up in 2023. The 2023 season saw the Redbirds record the then-second-lowest tournament score in school history, while the 856 from the 2022 season remains tied for the 25th-lowest tournament score in the history of the program. The team’s opening-round 278 in 2023 remains tied as the 16th-lowest round score in school history, while Alex McCulla’s tournament score of 199 in 2023 remains tied for the lowest tournament score in school history.
2022: 1st / 13 (287-285-284–856)
2023: 2nd / 11 (278-280-281–839)
2024: 9th / 12 (298-301-281–880)
About the Golf Course: Sage Run, ranked among Golf Digest’s America’s Best New Courses, meanders through beautiful Upper Peninsula hardwoods and open vistas with very dramatic views. A natural drumlin, or elongated hill or ridge formed by glacial ice long ago, is the primary feature on Sage Run. A variety of golf holes meander off of and around the hill offering a scenic variety of shots creating a fun thrill ride for golfers. The challenging combination of long holes with creative short par fours lined with fescue grasses and strategic bunkering will challenge golfers of all abilities.
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