Michigan State University Athletics
Saturday, April 11
Columbus Country Club (Columbus, Ohio)
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Robert Kepler Collegiate
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Michigan State Opens Play at the Robert Kepler Invitational on Saturday
4/10/2026 1:20:00 PM | Men's Golf
EAST LANSING, Mich. – Michigan State's men's golf team returns to the course this weekend, beginning play in the Robert Kepler Invitational this weekend at the Columbus Country Club in Ohio.
The two-day, 54-hole event tees off on Saturday, April 11, with teams playing two rounds of continuous play. The final round will be held on Sunday, April 12.
Michigan State tees off at 8:35 a.m. on Saturday from the first hole, playing alongside host Ohio State and Loyola Marymount.
ROBERT KEPLER INVITATIONAL
Dates: Saturday, April 11 – Sunday, April 12
Course: Columbus Country Club, Columbus, Ohio
Par/Yardage: 72 / 7,077 yards
Format: Stroke play, 54 holes, play five, count four
Schedule:
Saturday, April 11 – Rounds 1 & 2 (7:30 a.m., shotgun start, continuous play)
Sunday, April 12 – Round 3 (7:330 a.m., shotgun start)
MSU LINEUP
No. 1 – Caleb Bond
No. 2 – Lorenzo Pinili
No. 3 – Ashton McCulloch
No. 4 – Julian Menser
No. 5 – Luke Mueller
MICHIGAN STATE AT THE ROBERT KEPLER INVITATIONAL
This will be Michigan State's 44th appearance in the Robert Kepler Invitational and its first since 2022, when the Spartans finished in seventh place among 13 teams … MSU has 15 finishes among the top-five teams in the field and 28 among the top-10 … The tournament was first played in 1969 … After host Ohio State, Michigan State has the second-most appearances in the tournament (Kent State, 50) … Under Head Coach Casey Lubahn, Michigan State has made seven appearances in the event, with two runner-up finishes (2016 and 2019).
THE FIELD
Abilene Christian, Butler, Cal Poly, Indiana, UMKC, Kent State, LMU, Miami, Michigan, Michigan State, Minnesota, Northern Illinois, Ohio State, South Dakota State, Southern Illinois, St. Thomas
RESULTS
Live scoring for the event is available through Clippd.
LAST TIME OUT
Michigan State finished in third place out of 15 teams at the Duck Invitational, played at Eugene Country Club in Eugene, Oregon on March 24 … The third-place finish marked the Spartans best 54-hole finish of the season … MSU shot a 16-over par 868, 11 shots off the pace of team champion Illinois … For the third-straight event, senior Ashton McCulloch led the charge for the Spartans, finishing in third place after shooting 2-under par 211 (67-72-72) … His round one 4-under par 67 was his second-lowest single-round score of the season (65 at Watersound Invitational) … McCulloch has two top-five finishes on the season and eight for his career … Senior Caleb Bond finished in 12th place after shooting 3-over par 216 (70-73-73) … A 1-under par 70 marked Bond's team-leading 12th under-par round of the season … Junior Lorenzo Pinili shot an 8-over par 221 (73-74-74) to place 32nd … Pinili saw success on hole 16, a 522-yard par-5, scoring two birdies and a par over three rounds.
LUBAHN'S THOUGHTS
"We're looking forward to getting out on the course this weekend after a good performance in Oregon a couple of weeks ago. This tournament has such great tradition and we're happy to be back and get a chance to play at a great course in Columbus. We've got some work to do in the next couple of weeks but I'm confident this group is ready for the challenge."
The two-day, 54-hole event tees off on Saturday, April 11, with teams playing two rounds of continuous play. The final round will be held on Sunday, April 12.
Michigan State tees off at 8:35 a.m. on Saturday from the first hole, playing alongside host Ohio State and Loyola Marymount.
ROBERT KEPLER INVITATIONAL
Dates: Saturday, April 11 – Sunday, April 12
Course: Columbus Country Club, Columbus, Ohio
Par/Yardage: 72 / 7,077 yards
Format: Stroke play, 54 holes, play five, count four
Schedule:
Saturday, April 11 – Rounds 1 & 2 (7:30 a.m., shotgun start, continuous play)
Sunday, April 12 – Round 3 (7:330 a.m., shotgun start)
MSU LINEUP
No. 1 – Caleb Bond
No. 2 – Lorenzo Pinili
No. 3 – Ashton McCulloch
No. 4 – Julian Menser
No. 5 – Luke Mueller
MICHIGAN STATE AT THE ROBERT KEPLER INVITATIONAL
This will be Michigan State's 44th appearance in the Robert Kepler Invitational and its first since 2022, when the Spartans finished in seventh place among 13 teams … MSU has 15 finishes among the top-five teams in the field and 28 among the top-10 … The tournament was first played in 1969 … After host Ohio State, Michigan State has the second-most appearances in the tournament (Kent State, 50) … Under Head Coach Casey Lubahn, Michigan State has made seven appearances in the event, with two runner-up finishes (2016 and 2019).
THE FIELD
Abilene Christian, Butler, Cal Poly, Indiana, UMKC, Kent State, LMU, Miami, Michigan, Michigan State, Minnesota, Northern Illinois, Ohio State, South Dakota State, Southern Illinois, St. Thomas
RESULTS
Live scoring for the event is available through Clippd.
LAST TIME OUT
Michigan State finished in third place out of 15 teams at the Duck Invitational, played at Eugene Country Club in Eugene, Oregon on March 24 … The third-place finish marked the Spartans best 54-hole finish of the season … MSU shot a 16-over par 868, 11 shots off the pace of team champion Illinois … For the third-straight event, senior Ashton McCulloch led the charge for the Spartans, finishing in third place after shooting 2-under par 211 (67-72-72) … His round one 4-under par 67 was his second-lowest single-round score of the season (65 at Watersound Invitational) … McCulloch has two top-five finishes on the season and eight for his career … Senior Caleb Bond finished in 12th place after shooting 3-over par 216 (70-73-73) … A 1-under par 70 marked Bond's team-leading 12th under-par round of the season … Junior Lorenzo Pinili shot an 8-over par 221 (73-74-74) to place 32nd … Pinili saw success on hole 16, a 522-yard par-5, scoring two birdies and a par over three rounds.
LUBAHN'S THOUGHTS
"We're looking forward to getting out on the course this weekend after a good performance in Oregon a couple of weeks ago. This tournament has such great tradition and we're happy to be back and get a chance to play at a great course in Columbus. We've got some work to do in the next couple of weeks but I'm confident this group is ready for the challenge."
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