Men’s Golf Closes Fall Season at Quail Valley Collegiate

East Lansing, Mich. – Michigan State's men's golf team returns to host the Quail Valley Collegiate for the 11th time this weekend to close out the fall campaign.

The two-day, 54-hole tournament runs starts on Sunday, Oct. 18 and concludes on Monday, Oct. 19. The 16-team field will play 36 holes on Sunday and 18 holes on Monday. Teams will tee off in a shotgun start at 8:30 a.m. both days.

This is the 11th time the Spartans will host the event, but the first since the 2023-24 season, when that year's event was postponed due to weather and last year, MSU was playing in the St. Andrews Links Collegiate in Scotland.

QUAIL VALLEY COLLEGIATE INVITATIONAL
Dates: Sunday, Oct. 18 – Monday, Oct. 19
Course: Quail Valley Golf Club / Vero Beach, Fla.
Par/Yardage: 71 / 6,754
Format: Stroke play, 54 holes / Play five, count four
Live Stats: Golfstat
Schedule – Monday – 36 holes – tee times starting at 9:30 a.m. (ET)
Tuesday – 18 holes – tee times starting at 9 a.m. (ET)

MSU LINEUP
No. 1 – McCoy Biagioli
No. 2 – Julian Menser
No. 3 – Lorenzo Pinili
No. 4 – Lucas Acevedo
No. 5 – Luke Mueller
IND – Louis Goodman
IND – Winslow Robinson

QUAIL VALLEY GOLF CLUB
Designed by Tommy Fazio and Nick Price, Quail Valley was voted as one of the Top 10 Premier Clubs by LINKS Magazine in 2010.

THE FIELD
In addition to host Michigan State, the 16-team field includes Florida, Florida Atlantic, Florida Gulf Coast, Kansas, Liberty, Marquette, Maryland, Memphis, Minnesota, Nebraska, Penn State, Rutgers, UNCG, Northern Illinois, South Florida

RESULTS
Live scoring for the event is available through Clippd.

SPARTAN NOTES

Michigan State plays its fifth team event of the season this weekend at Quail Valley.
The Spartans' best finish this year was a tie for third in the season-opening New York Harbor Cup, shooting an 11-under par 841 (283-280-278).
MSU tied for sixth place at the Folds of Honor Collegiate, followed that up with an 11th place finish at the Windon Memorial in late September and tied for seventh place at the Fighting Irish Classic.
Senior McCoy Biagioli has been the leader for the Spartans, carrying a 69.58 scoring through 12 rounds, with one top-five finish, two among the top-10 and three top-20 showings … He has had 11-of-12 rounds (91.7%) count toward the team total.
Junior Julian Menser is second on the team with a 71.33 scoring average, with two top-10 finishes and two top-20.
Senior Lorenzo Pinili is third on the team with a 71.83 scoring average, his best finish this year a tie for 18th place at the Folds of Honor Collegiate.
The scoring lineup for the weekend also includes senior Lucas Acevedo, who is fourth on the team with a 72.00 scoring average, and sophomore Luke Mueller, fifth on the team at 73.08.
A pair of freshmen, Louis Goodman and Winslow Robinson, will compete as individuals.

QUAIL VALLEY COLLEGIATE INVITATIONAL HISTORY
The Spartans won the Quail Valley Intercollegiate twice – 2015 and 2016 – in the 10-year history of the tournament and had runner-up finishes in 2017 and in 2022. After the tournament was canceled in 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic, Kansas won in 2021, firing a 35-under par 289 (277-271-281), and North Florida led from start-to-finish in 2022, finishing at 39-under par 825. Michigan State set a program record in last year's final round, firing a 23-under par 265. Drew Hackett led the way with an 8-under par 64 (tied for the best single round in program history) on the way to a program-best 16-under par 200 as he finished in second place. South Florida won the tournament in 2023 at 38-under par 826 (275-273-278), with MSU finishing in 11th place. Then-freshman Lorenzo Pinili tied for 26th place at 3-under par 213 (71-72-70).

LUBAHN'S THOUGHTS
"There is no better way for us to wrap up our Fall season of competition than by bringing teams to play at Quail Valley," Head Coach Casey Lubahn said. "It's the first time we've been back in a couple of years but we've always been very proud of what this tournament had become and we know that teams really enjoy playing here. Quail Valley is one of the best clubs in America and they welcome not only us, but all of the teams that play in this event for a special weekend of golf."