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Photo of golf ball on tee and club
The NIU Faculty-Staff Golf League is forming for the summer. This for-fun league gives golfers the opportunity to get outdoors and improve their games in a congenial atmosphere. Men and women both, actively employed and retired, are invited to participate regardless of golfing level. It is a full-handicapped league; all scores are corrected for performance...
The best amateur golfers in the world converge in Sugar Grove next week for a shot at the prestigious Western Amateur Championship trophy. Two members of the Northern Illinois University men’s golf team will have a shot of joining the likes of Tiger Woods (’94), Jack Nicklaus (’61), Phil Mickelson (’91), and Ben Crenshaw (’64)...
Palmer Cup logo
With less than one month to go until the best collegiate golfers from around the world converge in Sugar Grove to play for the Palmer Cup, the Rich Harvest Farms staff is hard at work preparing for the tournament. The Ryder Cup-style event pits the top European-born collegiate golfers against the best American-born collegiate players...
Rich Harvest Farms with NCAA logo
Northern Illinois University and Rich Harvest Farms, the home of the NIU men’s and women’s golf programs in Sugar Grove, Ill., have been selected to host the 2017 NCAA Men’s and Women’s Golf Championships, the NCAA Golf Committees announced Thursday. NIU will host its first NCAA Championship final in any sport for the first time...
Samantha Coyne
The eighth seed Northern Illinois University women’s golf team lost its final match at the Hoosier Fall Invitational 3-2 to conference rival Eastern Michigan at the Purgatory Golf Club in Noblesville Ind. Sunday. Samantha Coyne (Bartlett, Ill./Bartlett) and Lena Gautier (La Celle Saint Cloud, France/Cretiel) were the only two Huskies to win their matches. Coyne’s...
Connie Ellett
The eight seed Northern Illinois University women’s golf team lost a pair of matches Saturday at the Hoosier Fall Invitational at the Purgatory Golf Club in Noblesville Ind. “The morning round went okay for us,” said NIU head coach Kim Kester. A couple groups were getting beat by birdies. The only way to beat those...
Jordan Wetsch
NIU junior Jordan Wetsch (St. Charles, Ill./St. Charles East/Colorado State) was named the Mid-American Conference’s Golfer of the Week following his Top 5 finish at the Sagamore Fall Preview in Noblesville, Ind. “We’re extremely happy for Jordan,” said Tom Porten, director of golf at NIU. “It was a big weekend for our team, and Jordan...
NIU’s Lena Gautier (right) and Illinois’ Dana Gattone
Northern Illinois University women’s golfer Lena Gautier finished in first place and was named co-champion of the Diane Thomason Invitational as the Huskies finished in sixth after the final round of play Sunday. The sophomore from La Celle Saint Cloud, France finished with a 226 after following up here first day total of 151 with...
Sydney Brickey
The Northern Illinois University women’s golf team finished fifth after the final round of play Tuesday at the Cardinal Classic at The Players Club. The Huskies shot a 620, edging out the host Cardinals of Ball State by one stroke and well ahead of Mid-American Conference foe Central Michigan, which finished in 15th with a...
Sydney Brickey
The Northern Illinois University women’s golf team finished 11th place after the final round of play Tuesday at the Cardinal Cup at U of L Golf Club. NIU carded a final round 315 to finish the tournament with a 936 and tied with in-state foe Illinois St. and ahead of fellow Mid-American Conference rival Akron....
Connie Ellett
The Northern Illinois University women’s golf team took second place after the final round of play Monday at the Redbird Invitational at Weibring Golf Club. NIU, which led the tournament after the first two rounds, shot a final round 318 to finish in second with a 922, tied with Butler. The 922 was the Huskies’...
Liam White
The NIU Huskies closed the Northern Intercollegiate Sunday afternoon with its best score at the tournament since 2011 at Rich Harvest Farms. Senior Liam White (Waukegan, Ill./Carmel Catholic/Indian Hills CC) led a strong comeback in the Huskies last nine holes as he shot three under par (33). The NIU lineup accounted for nine birdies after...
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