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Ball State 2023-24 Men's Golf Schedule Features Six Events at Power 5 Schools
July 25, 2023 | Men's Golf
MUNCIE, Ind. – Ball State University men's golf coach Mike Fleck has announced a 2023-24 competition schedule of ten events, with the Cardinals eager to continue momentum after an appearance in the National Golf Invitational last month. Fleck, a 1993 Ball State graduate, begins his 26th season leading the Cardinals men's golf program.
Six of Ball State's ten team events this year will be hosted by Power 5 schools, ensuring a quality course and field as the Cards prepare for the 2024 Mid-American Conference Championships and a hopeful bid in the NCAA Championships. Last year's club finished second in the MAC Championships and, upon securing a bid in the first-ever National Golf Invitational, sophomore Kash Bellar captured the NGI's individual title.
The Cardinals tee it up Sept. 4-5 at the 2023 GolfWeek Invitational, hosted by the University of Missouri, at Dalhousie Golf Club in Cape Girardeau, Missouri. A week later, the Cardinals host their annual Earl Yestingsmeier Invitational, Sept. 9-10 at Delaware CC in Muncie.
October events feature invitational play at Wisconsin, Purdue and Arkansas-Little Rock, and the schedule resumes in February with the MAC/Atlantic 10 Challenge – a match play event conducted at Lake Jovita South Course in Dade City, Florida.
The challenging slate continues Feb. 25-27 at the Dorado Beach Collegiate, played at TPC Dorado Beach in Puerto Rico, and March 11-12 at Auburn University's Tiger Invitational in Opelika, Alabama.
Ball State concludes its regular season slate with April tournaments hosted by Vanderbilt and Illinois, in advance of the MAC Championships, April 26-28, at The Club at Chatham Hills in nearby Westfield (though hosted by the University of Toledo per the MAC's annual rotation).
2023-24 Men's Golf Tournament Schedule
Sept. 4-5 2023 GolfWeek (Missouri | Dalhousie Golf Club) Cape Girardeau, Mo.
September 9-10 Earl Yestingsmeier Invitational (BSU | Delaware CC) Muncie, Ind.
October 1-3 Badger Invitational (Wisconsin | University Ridge GC) Madison, Wisc.
October 9-10 Purdue Fall Invite (Purdue | Ackerman GC) West Lafayette, Ind.
October 16-17 UALR Invitational (Little Rock | Chenal CC) Little Rock, Ark.
February 5-6 MAC / A10 Challenge (Lake Jovita South GC) Dade City, Fla.
February 25-27 Dorado Beach Collegiate (UNCG | TPC Dorado Beach) Dorado, Puerto Rico
March 11-12 Tiger Invitational (Auburn | RTJ Grand National GC) Opelika, Alabama
April 5-7 MRC (Vanderbilt | Vanderbilt Legends Club) Franklin, Tennessee
April 20-21 Fighting Illini Spring Invite (Illinois | Atkins Golf Club) Champagne, Illinois
April 26-28 MAC Championship (The Club at Chatham Hills) Westfield, Ind.
May 13-15 NCAA Regionals (TBD)
May 24-29 NCAA Finals Carlsbad, Calif.
Six of Ball State's ten team events this year will be hosted by Power 5 schools, ensuring a quality course and field as the Cards prepare for the 2024 Mid-American Conference Championships and a hopeful bid in the NCAA Championships. Last year's club finished second in the MAC Championships and, upon securing a bid in the first-ever National Golf Invitational, sophomore Kash Bellar captured the NGI's individual title.
The Cardinals tee it up Sept. 4-5 at the 2023 GolfWeek Invitational, hosted by the University of Missouri, at Dalhousie Golf Club in Cape Girardeau, Missouri. A week later, the Cardinals host their annual Earl Yestingsmeier Invitational, Sept. 9-10 at Delaware CC in Muncie.
October events feature invitational play at Wisconsin, Purdue and Arkansas-Little Rock, and the schedule resumes in February with the MAC/Atlantic 10 Challenge – a match play event conducted at Lake Jovita South Course in Dade City, Florida.
The challenging slate continues Feb. 25-27 at the Dorado Beach Collegiate, played at TPC Dorado Beach in Puerto Rico, and March 11-12 at Auburn University's Tiger Invitational in Opelika, Alabama.
Ball State concludes its regular season slate with April tournaments hosted by Vanderbilt and Illinois, in advance of the MAC Championships, April 26-28, at The Club at Chatham Hills in nearby Westfield (though hosted by the University of Toledo per the MAC's annual rotation).
2023-24 Men's Golf Tournament Schedule
Sept. 4-5 2023 GolfWeek (Missouri | Dalhousie Golf Club) Cape Girardeau, Mo.
September 9-10 Earl Yestingsmeier Invitational (BSU | Delaware CC) Muncie, Ind.
October 1-3 Badger Invitational (Wisconsin | University Ridge GC) Madison, Wisc.
October 9-10 Purdue Fall Invite (Purdue | Ackerman GC) West Lafayette, Ind.
October 16-17 UALR Invitational (Little Rock | Chenal CC) Little Rock, Ark.
February 5-6 MAC / A10 Challenge (Lake Jovita South GC) Dade City, Fla.
February 25-27 Dorado Beach Collegiate (UNCG | TPC Dorado Beach) Dorado, Puerto Rico
March 11-12 Tiger Invitational (Auburn | RTJ Grand National GC) Opelika, Alabama
April 5-7 MRC (Vanderbilt | Vanderbilt Legends Club) Franklin, Tennessee
April 20-21 Fighting Illini Spring Invite (Illinois | Atkins Golf Club) Champagne, Illinois
April 26-28 MAC Championship (The Club at Chatham Hills) Westfield, Ind.
May 13-15 NCAA Regionals (TBD)
May 24-29 NCAA Finals Carlsbad, Calif.
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