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Rich Harvest Farms Intercollegiate
This Week in Michigan Men's Golf: Rich Harvest Farms Intercollegiate
10/1/2021 1:23:00 PM | Men's Golf
» Michigan heads to Chicago for its third fall event of 2021 -- Northern Illinois' Rich Harvest Farms Intercollegiate being held at the prestigious Rich Harvest Farms.
» The Wolverines have opened the fall with back-to-back top-three team finishes.
» After his career performance and medalist honor at the Macdonald Cup, Will Anderson will lead the Wolverines playing in the No. 1 position.
» U-M is among five Big Ten teams competing in 13-team field.
THIS WEEK
Sat-Mon., Oct. 2-4 -- at Rich Harvest Farms Intercollegiate (Sugar Grove, Ill.)
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Next on the Tee: Rich Harvest Farms Intercollegiate
After two top-five finishes, the University of Michigan men's golf team prepares for its third fall event in Sugar Grove, Ill., and the Rich Harvest Farms Intercollegiate, Saturday through Monday (Oct. 2-4). The three-day, 54-hole event will feature a 13-team field, with selected teams bringing individuals, including the Wolverines. The course is scheduled to be set up as a par 72 at 7,033 yards.
The Rich Harvest Farms Intercollegiate Field
There will be 13 teams competing at the Rich Harvest Farms Intercollegiate, including: Arkansas State, Aurora, James Madison, Kansas State, Marquette, Miami (Ohio), Purdue, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, Nebraska, Northern Illinois and Wisconsin.
The Rich Harvest Farms Intercollegiate Schedule
Thursday, Sept. 30 -- Travel Day
Friday, Oct. 1 -- Practice Round, 10 am CDT (10th tee)
Saturday, Oct. 2 -- First Round (18), 9Â a.m. CDT (tee times off Nos. 1 and 10)
Sunday, Oct. 3 -- Second Round (18), 9Â a.m. CDT (tee times off Nos. 1 and 10)
Monday, Oct. 4 -- Final Round (18), 9:30 a.m. CDT (shotgun)
The Rich Harvest Farms Intercollegiate Lineup
Michigan will travel a five-member starting group and an individual to the Rich Harvest Farms Intercollegiate. The starting five will include sophomore Will Anderson, freshman Hunter Thomson, sophomore Jude Kim, graduate student Brendan O'Reilly and senior Patrick Sullivan. Junior Pier Francesco De Col will travel as the invited individual.
Wolverine Bites
• After winning his first collegiate event, Will Anderson was named the Big Ten's Golfer of the Week on Wednesday (Sept. 29). Carding a career-low 204 (-6), Anderson led from start to finish to win Yale's Macdonald Cup. Capitalizing on six birdies in the first round, he fired a career-low 66 (-4) and followed it with a 68 (-2). Closing with an even-par 70, Anderson won by three shots. Lowering his career-best 54-hole total by 12 shots, Anderson became the first Wolverine to win an event since Charlie Pilon won the 2019 Royal Oaks Intercollegiate.
• Despite the season being just two events old, Will Anderson has led U-M in both events with top-10 finishes -- tying for seventh at the Island Resort Intercollegiate and winning the Macdonald Cup. He leads U-M with a 70.33 per round average and has three sub-70 rounds, including a career-low 66 (-4). He has added a career-best 204 (-6) 54-hole total at the Macdonald Cup. In eight career events, Anderson has finished as the top Wolverine in four.
• After a season-opening third-place showing at the Island Resort Intercollegiate, Michigan made it two straight top-five team finishes with its runner-up finish at Yale's Macdonald Cup. It marks the first time U-M has had back-to-back top-five team finishes since 2019 and the first back-to-back top-three finishes since 2016.
• Hunter Thomson posted a career-best tie for 2nd at the Macdonald Cup with a 207 (-3) total. He fired a career-low 66 (-4) in the second round, tying Will Anderson for the Wolverines' lowest round this season. Thomson is sporting a 72.50 per round average after posting three of his six rounds below par.
• Jude Kim will make his second start in three events after a career performance as an individual at the Macdonald Cup. After firing his first career sub-70 round -- a 69 (-1) in the first round -- he followed that with an even lower career-best 67 (-3). Closing the event with a 75, he posted a 211 (+1) -- lowering his career-best 54-hole tournament tally by 14 shots, which was his 225 in the season-opening Island Resort Intercollegiate. He is third on the Wolverines with a 72.67 per round average.
• In the season opener at the Island Resort Intercollegiate, six of the eight Wolverine individuals posted a round of par or better. Sophomore Will Anderson and freshman Hunter Thomson led the way each carding 69s (-3), while junior Pier Francesco De Col and freshman Yuqi Liu each fired a 71s (-1). Senior Patrick Sullivan posted back-to-back even-par 72s, while sophomore Jude Kim added a 72 of his own.
• All three U-M freshmen made their collegiate debuts at the Island Resort Intercollegiate. In his first collegiate start, Hunter Thomson, tied for 39th (228), while Yuqi Liu and Bavake Sihota played as individuals. Liu used a career-best 71 (-1) to tie for 21st (224) in his debut, while Sihota tied for 68th (245).
• After finishing as the runner-up in 2019, Patrick Sullivan used a 2-and-1 victory over Eastern Michigan's Tyler Rayman to win the 110th Michigan Amateur Championship at Cascade Hills Country Club this summer. Sullivan becomes the 16th Wolverine to hoist the Staghorn Trophy and is the first U-M golfer to win since Andrew Chapman's title run in 2013. U-M now has 26 overall titles in the state amateur's history.
Next on the Tee
Fri-Sun., Oct. 29-31 -- White Sands Bahamas Invitation (Paradise Island, Bahamas)
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