Preview | Men's Golf begins MVC title defense in Edwardsville - Southern Illinois University Athletics

Preview | Men’s Golf begins MVC title defense in Edwardsville – Southern Illinois University Athletics

Posted by Admin September 8, 2024 Golf

CARBONDALE, Ill. – The Southern Illinois Men’s Golf team will make its fall debut heading to Madison, Ill., competing in the SIUE Derek Dolenc Invitational, hosted by Southern Illinois University-Edwardsville. The Salukis will compete with 18 other teams in a two-day tournament. Starting Monday, each team will play 36 holes, followed by 18 holes Tuesday.

The Salukis will send a five-man team and one individual performer to Madison – Carsen Silliman, Leon Heitz, Oliver Ulrich, Anthony De Schutter and Frank Bellino. The Individual golfer competing alongside the Salukis is Jan Wdowka.

Gateway National Golf Links spans 6,972 yards and is a par-71 event.

The Salukis are coming off of a successful 2023-2024 season and enter the fall semester as defending MVC champions. They will feature a lineup with four returners from last season, and two newcomers to round out the lineup.

The newcomers featured in the lineup are transfer junior Jan Wdowka and transfer senior Anthony De Schutter. Jan hails from the Czech Republic and comes from Webster University. He ranks 887 in the World Amateur Golf Rankings and features an average of 72.3 strokes in his first two seasons with Webster. De Schutter hails from Belgium and comes from Arkansas State University. He ranks 1,777^th in the World Amateur Golf Rankings.

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