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Two in the Top-10 as Men’s Golf in Second Place after First Round at Folds of Honor Collegiate
9/7/2026 8:44:00 PM | Men's Golf
East Lansing, Mich. – Michigan State's men's golf team put two players in the top-10 and four in the top-20 to shoot a 5-under par 279 and is in second place among 14 teams after the first round of play at the Folds of Honor Collegiate, being played at American Dunes Golf Club in Grand Haven.
The Folds of Honor Collegiate, an idea created by MSU men's golf Head Coach Casey Lubahn and Lt. Col. Dan Rooney, a former Kansas golfer who founded the Folds of Honor, was started five years ago as a men's tournament and this is the second year with a women's field. Since its inception in 2007, Folds of Honor has awarded nearly 73,000 scholarships totaling more than $340 million to the children of US Military members and first responders fallen or wounded in the line of duty.
Georgia Tech leads the field at 12-under par 272 paced by freshman Max Emberson's 8-under par 63 on Monday.
The Spartans are in second place, seven shots back, at 5-under par 279, with Notre Dame third at 4-under par 280. Kansas is in fourth place (1-under par 2830 and Alabama rounds out the top-five teams at even-par 284.
Junior Julian Menser leads the way for the Spartans, firing a 3-under par 68 – the second-best 18-hole score of his career – and is tied for fourth place. He played the back nine at 4-under par, including birdies at the par-4, 454-yard 17th hole and the par-5, 538-yard 18th hole.
Senior McCoy Biagioli is one shot back at 2-under par 69 and is tied for 8th place. He finished his round with five birdies and 12 pars.
Senior Lorenzo Pinili and sophomore Luke Mueller are tied for 20th place with scores of even-par 71 and senior Lucas Acevedo is tied for 47th place at 3-over par 74. Pinili finished his day with one birdies and a tournament-best 16 pars, while Mueller had two birdies and is tied for fourth-best with 14 pars.
Playing as an individual, freshman Louis Goodman shot a 9-over par 80 and is in 72nd place.
There are 22 different colleges and universities representing the 27 teams (15 men, 12 women) in the combined field. The field includes some of the best golf programs in the country, including eight ranked among the top-30 in the country in preseason polls, as well as Service Academies, a Division II team on each side and a men's and women's HBCU (Historically Black Colleges & Universities).
Live television coverage of the tournament can be seen on The Golf Channel, with daily broadcasts from 9:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. and again from 4:30 p.m. to 7:30 p.m. Rebroadcasts of the competition will also be aired. Last year's Collegiate reached nearly one million viewers across 12 live & replay telecasts, one of the largest unique audiences for an NCAA golf tournament on Golf Channel in 2025.
The Folds of Honor Collegiate, an idea created by MSU men's golf Head Coach Casey Lubahn and Lt. Col. Dan Rooney, a former Kansas golfer who founded the Folds of Honor, was started five years ago as a men's tournament and this is the second year with a women's field. Since its inception in 2007, Folds of Honor has awarded nearly 73,000 scholarships totaling more than $340 million to the children of US Military members and first responders fallen or wounded in the line of duty.
Georgia Tech leads the field at 12-under par 272 paced by freshman Max Emberson's 8-under par 63 on Monday.
The Spartans are in second place, seven shots back, at 5-under par 279, with Notre Dame third at 4-under par 280. Kansas is in fourth place (1-under par 2830 and Alabama rounds out the top-five teams at even-par 284.
Junior Julian Menser leads the way for the Spartans, firing a 3-under par 68 – the second-best 18-hole score of his career – and is tied for fourth place. He played the back nine at 4-under par, including birdies at the par-4, 454-yard 17th hole and the par-5, 538-yard 18th hole.
Senior McCoy Biagioli is one shot back at 2-under par 69 and is tied for 8th place. He finished his round with five birdies and 12 pars.
Senior Lorenzo Pinili and sophomore Luke Mueller are tied for 20th place with scores of even-par 71 and senior Lucas Acevedo is tied for 47th place at 3-over par 74. Pinili finished his day with one birdies and a tournament-best 16 pars, while Mueller had two birdies and is tied for fourth-best with 14 pars.
Playing as an individual, freshman Louis Goodman shot a 9-over par 80 and is in 72nd place.
There are 22 different colleges and universities representing the 27 teams (15 men, 12 women) in the combined field. The field includes some of the best golf programs in the country, including eight ranked among the top-30 in the country in preseason polls, as well as Service Academies, a Division II team on each side and a men's and women's HBCU (Historically Black Colleges & Universities).
Live television coverage of the tournament can be seen on The Golf Channel, with daily broadcasts from 9:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. and again from 4:30 p.m. to 7:30 p.m. Rebroadcasts of the competition will also be aired. Last year's Collegiate reached nearly one million viewers across 12 live & replay telecasts, one of the largest unique audiences for an NCAA golf tournament on Golf Channel in 2025.
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