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PREVIEW: NMU Golf Opens Fall Season in Big Rapids

Wildcats travel to the Bulldog Classic at the Katke Golf Club in Big Rapids, Michigan

MARQUETTE, Mich. -- The NMU men's and women's golf team are set for the fall, as the team will travel to Big Rapids, Michigan, to compete in the Bulldog Fall Classic.

"We're super excited to be back into it," adds head coach Ben Johnson, who spoke with nmuwildcats.com before heading out on the road trip. "The kids get the summer to play in some competitive tournaments and practice, and now they're really itching to get back into competitive golf at the collegiate level. We're really excited and looking forward to get things going."

Hosted by Ferris State, both the men and women will tee off from Katke Golf Course on the Bulldogs' campus. Located on Perry Street in Big Rapids, Katke Golf Course at Ferris State University offers 21 holes of championship golf. In addition to superb golf, Katke is also one of the finest golf learning facilities in the Midwest. From beginner to expert, golfers discover the right amount of challenge on our greens.

Both teams will tee off on Monday, September 14, and Tuesday, September 15, featuring two rounds of tournament play.

The women's field features Northern Michigan, Ferris State, Purdue Northwest, Wayne State, Parkside, Cedarville, Northwood, Lewis, and Walsh.

"We're really excited [about our women's team] because we're going to have one of our upperclassmen and our team captain, Haley Bolander, back in the lineup after redshirting last year. She's a great leader and has a great work ethic, and on top of that, she's a good golfer, so those scores are going to be huge for us in the fall and definitely in the spring. We're looking forward to having her back, [and all of our other returners] being a year older and more experienced as well.

"We have a couple of new freshman girls coming in that I think are going to bring a lot of positivity and a good work ethic with them. Everyone seems to be meshing together really well, which is awesome. This team has been the most team-driven out of any other year that I've been the head coach, so that's exciting for us, and I think it's just going to continue to grow."

The men's field features Northern Michigan, Ferris State, Purdue Northwest, Roosevelt, Northwood, Walsh, Ohio Dominican, Cedarville, and Lewis.

"We lost some good players to graduation last year, but with that, we were able to bring a couple of exciting freshmen: Boden Moore, who just won the club championship over at Marquette Golf Club, and East Aho, who's coming in from Marquette also. They grew up best friends and played junior golf together, and now they're going to play college together. A couple of local guys with some great young talent, and we're really excited to have them get rolling for us as Wildcats.

And same thing with the women's side with the men's side, everyone is really getting along well with everyone. They just didn't didn't miss a beat, and we're really excited for our guys' team. I think we're going to be super competitive."

Fans can follow along using Scoreboard, powered by Clippd, for live scoring during the rounds. Tee times will be displayed on nmuwildcats.com when made available.

"Our schedule's very similar to years past, so we're getting very familiar with these courses. Katke is a very scoreable course, and we're lucky enough that mostly everyone that's new to our team has played it at some point or another when they were playing in junior tournaments, so both the newcomers and returners are very familiar with it. We're ready to tackle Katke at Ferris State to open the year!"

At the time of writing, Big Rapids weather forecast calls for 67 degrees and cloudy skies with winds at 9 mph on Monday, followed by 70 degrees and some light rain with 14 mph winds on Tuesday.





 
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Players Mentioned

Boden Moore

Boden Moore

Freshman

Players Mentioned

Boden Moore

Boden Moore

Freshman