Oakland Heads off to Xavier for Intercollegiate Invite

ROCHESTER, Mich - The Oakland Men's Golf Team will be competing Monday and Tuesday, October 10th and 11th at the Xavier Intercollegiate hosted by Xavier University. Due to course renovations at Maketewah Country Club, the normal host course, the tournament will be held at TPC Rivers Bend in Cincinnati, OH, and played as a par 72, 7,180 yards.

The Golden Grizzlies will have a five-man squad featuring Senior Colin Sikkenga, Senior Anthony Comito, Junior Yaroslav Ilyenko, Sophmore Grant Tucker, and Freshman Ellis Kinnaird. Sikkenga, Comito, Ilyenko, and Kinnaird have started in all three events this fall while Tucker will make his first career start for the Golden Grizzlies.

The field will consist of twelve teams including Xavier, Villanova, DePaul, Wright State, Oakland, Northern Kentucky, Tennessee Tech, Austin Peay, Bowling Green, Western Kentucky, Morehead State, and Eastern Kentucky. Additionally, Ohio State, Butler, and West Virginia will have individual competitors.

Notes:

Last season the Golden Grizzlies finished 4th and had three linksters finish in the top 30
Thomas Giroux lead the team last season finishing runner-up
Last season, Sophomore Bhavneet Sohal made his Oakland debut at the Xavier Intercollegiate placing 24th (72,81,68)
Junior Colin Sikkenga is leading the Golden Grizzlies this season with a 72.78 scoring average which currently ranks 7th all-time in single-season scoring averages in Oakland Golf history.