Men's Golf Tees off Monday at Highland Meadows Intercollegiate

Monday, April 15

Sylvania, Ohio (Highland Meadows GC)

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Bucknell University

Highland Meadows Intercollegiate

Men's Golf Tees off Monday at Highland Meadows Intercollegiate

4/14/2024 8:12:00 PM | Men's Golf

Setting the Scene
What: 2024 Highland Meadows Intercollegiate, hosted by Bowling Green
When: Monday-Tuesday, Apr. 15-16 (tee times starting at 9 a.m. Monday; 9 a.m. shotgun Tuesday)
Where: Par-71, 6,719-yard Highland Meadows Golf Club, Sylvania, Ohio
The Field: 13 teams (Bowling Green, Bucknell, Illinois, Indian Hills, Miami, Minnesota, Niagara, North Dakota State, Ohio, Saint Francis, Saint Thomas, Toledo, Youngstown State)

Live Scoring: GolfGenius

About the Bison

Bucknell will make its first appearance at Bowling Green's tournament at Highland Meadows Golf Club, a par-71 track that has hosted the LPGA Tour's Dana Open (formerly known as the Jamie Farr Classic) since 1989.
This year's event has a strong field, including the Big Ten's Illinois and Minnesota and four teams from the Mid-American Conference.
Mike Binney's lineup this week will consist of Alex Creamean, Andres Barraza, James Robbins, James Key, and Lyman Brackett. Michael Rudnick will play as an individual.
This is Bucknell's final event before the Patriot League Championship, which will be hosted by Lehigh at Saucon Valley Country Club on Apr. 26-28.
Bucknell was last in action at the end of March at the UC San Diego Invitational at Torrey Pines North. The Bison finished 12th with rounds of 305-296-292. Creamean was Bucknell's low player rounds of 75-74-72 (T30th). Key also closed with an even-par 72.
Creamean leads the team with a 72.4 scoring average over the full season, with Barraza close behind at 73.5. In spring tournaments, Barraza (72.6) and Creamean (72.7) rank 1-2. Keys is also having a strong spring with a 74.7 average.
Creamean, who won the Veterans Intercollegiate on Long Island in the fall, broke the school record with an 8-under-par 64 at the Loyola Invitational at Palm Valley GC in Arizona on Feb. 26. He shot 74-64-71 at that event and finished T8th. Barraza posted three red numbers in that event (71-67-68) and finished 6th at 10-under, which is Bucknell's 54-hole record.
Creamean broke par in five of his last six fall rounds, lowering his season scoring average to 72.076. That was just a fraction of a stroke behind Chris Tanabe (72.066 in 2019) and Blake Wisdom (72.071) for the team record for low average in a fall season. Creamean's mark was the best-ever for a freshman in his first semester of competition.