MSU women’s golf coach Stacy Slobodnik-Stoll has often talked to her No. 10 women’s golf team about harnessing potential. Two weeks ago, the Spartans showed a glimpse of their potential, shooting a school-record score of 280 at the Lady Northern Invitational.
In its last tournament, the No. 10 MSU women’s golf team shot a program record 8-under-280 en route to a tie for second place at the Lady Northern Invitational.
Sam Puryear is in his third season as the head coach of the MSU men’s golf team, but how much the program has changed under his guidance only now might begin to be seen.
The MSU men’s golf team finished seventh in the 2009 Topy Cup, its first tournament of the season.
With only one chance to play in East Lansing this fall, the No. 20 MSU women’s golf team capitalized this weekend at the 26th Annual Mary Fossum Invitational, out-shooting No. 7 Purdue on the final day for a 3-stroke come-from-behind victory at Forest Akers West Golf Course.
The MSU men’s golf team will take part in what head coach Sam Puryear called a “life-altering experience” beginning Tuesday, when they begin competition in the 27th annual Topy Cup in Tokyo.
For the MSU men’s golf team to three-peat as Big Ten Tournament champions, MSU head coach Sam Puryear said his squad is going to have to play flawless golf. But after a win this weekend at the Fossum/Spartan Invitational, he feels his team is closer than ever to reaching that summit.
After a weekend of stormy skies, gusting winds and pouring rain, the sun was shining brightly on the MSU men’s golf team in the final day of the Spartan/Fossum Invitational on Sunday at Forest Akers West Golf Course.
In 2007, the MSU men’s golf team won the Fossum/Spartan Invitational. MSU head coach Sam Puryear is expecting the same results this year. In fact, he’s not going to be satisfied with anything but a victory.
The No. 20 MSU women’s golf team practiced through gusty winds, occasional rain spurts and hailstorms Tuesday afternoon, but they didn’t let the bad weather get in the way of preparing for its biggest tournament of the season — the Big Ten Championships hosted by Purdue at Kampen Course.
A historic week for MSU golfer Jack Newman ended Friday after he fell three strokes short of making the cut at the Masters in Augusta, Ga. Newman, a junior on the MSU men’s golf team, shot a four-over-par 76 in his second round, leaving him four over par through two rounds. The cut was one over par.
MSU golfer Jack Newman fired an even-par 72 Thursday at the Masters tournament in Augusta, Ga., completing his opening round with four birdies in the final five holes.
MSU junior golfer Jack Newman opens play in the first round of the Masters is in Augusta, Ga., which begins today. On Tuesday, the pairings were announced for the first two days of the tournament. Newman will be playing with PGA Tour veterans Rocco Mediate and Fred Couples.
Next week, MSU junior Jack Newman will venture to Augusta, Georgia, for the premiere golf event in the world: the Masters Tournament. Newman will walk in the footsteps of Jack, Arnie, Tiger and Lefty — men who made their names at the famed Augusta National Golf Club.
The No. 24 MSU women’s golf team came back from five strokes down Sunday to upset No. 19 Kent State and win the Mary Fossum Invitational at Forest Akers West Golf Course. The Spartans — who shot 25 over par and trailed Kent State, 20 over par, and Notre Dame, 24 over par, after 36 holes — won by the slimmest of margins, requiring two tiebreakers to prevail.
This weekend, the MSU women’s golf team hosts the Mary Fossum Invitational, its only home tournament of the season, at Forest Akers West Golf Course.
Former MSU assistant golf coach Casey Lubahn was named head coach of the Miami (Ohio) RedHawks’ golf team on Tuesday.
As a Spartan, junior golfer Jack Newman has plenty of green attire in his closet. But now the 20-year-old has the opportunity to win golf’s ultimate green article of clothing — the fabled green jacket, which is given to the winner of the Masters Tournament.
Graduated senior Ryan Brehm and senior Randy Hutchison were selected to the Division I PING All-Midwest Region Team on Thursday by the Golf Coaches Association of America.
As defending Big Ten champions, the MSU men’s golf team hopes to earn another win at the Big Ten Championships at Forest Akers West Golf Course this weekend. Under new head coach Sam Puryear, the team has matured and deepened since the fall. The team has had one win and five second place finishes this season.