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2024-25 Men's Golf Roster

Walter Ylitalo

  • Height 5-11
  • Class Senior
  • Hometown Buffalo, Minn.
  • Highschool Buffalo

Biography

2024-25 (Senior)

  • Started in all seven events, finishing with a 75.0 scoring average in 15 rounds played
  • Posted his second career top-10 finish at the Saddlebrook Spring Kickoff, finishing 10th with a three-day total of +18

2023-24
Spring 2024

  • Started in all five events 
  • Recorded three top twenty-five finishes
  • Came in second on the team and T17 overall at the Lewis Spring Flyer Invite finishing with scores of 75 and 81 for a total of 156
  • GLIAC Championship
    • Finished third on the team and T25 overall with rounds of 78 and 74

Fall 2023

  • Started in all four events
  • Had two top-twenty finishes
  • Finished first on the team and tenth individually at the Flyer Intercollegiate Invite (76, 75, - 151)

2022-23

Island Resort Intercollegiate - Sage Run Golf Club - Bark River, MI, Sep 4-5, 2022:

  • Shot rounds of 86, 85, 83 for a 254, fourth best on the team
Doc Spragg Fall Invite - Findlay Country Club, Findlay, OH, Sept 19-20, 2022:
  • Shot rounds of 80, 77, 79 (+20) for a 236, placed 91 individually and fifth on the team
  • Recorded two birdies and 33 pars
Panther Invitational - Stoatin Brae Golf Club, Augusta, MI, Oct 15-16, 2022:
  • Shot rounds of 75, 75 (+8) for a 150, placed T16 individually and first on the team
  • Recorded four birdies and 22 pars
SVSU Spring Invitational - Kearney Hill Golf Links, Lexington, KY, Mar 18-19, 2023:
  • Shot rounds of 84, 76 (+16) for a 160, placed T98 individually and third on the team
  • Recorded three birdies and 16 pars
ODU Bill Blazer Memorial - Urbana Country Club - Urbana, OH, Apr 8-9, 2023:
  • Shot rounds of 78, 79 (+13) for a 157, placed T60 individually and second on the team
  • Recorded four birdies and 18 pars
Cav Classic - Glenmoor Country Club - Canton, OH, Apr 10-11, 2023:
  • Shot rounds of 76, 71 (+3) for a 147, placed T6 individually and T3 on the team
  • Recorded six birdies and 22 pars 
  • Played the par 3's at -1 (2.88 avg), T1 on the field
GLIAC Stroke Play Championships - Stoatin Brae Golf Club - Augusta, MI, Apr 14-15, 2023:
  • Shot rounds of 73, 74 (+5) for a 147, placed T28 individually and third on the team
  • Recorded six birdies and 20 pars

2021-22

  • Played in every match for the team this season. With a total score of 222, he found himself coming in 7th all-time for a 54-hole score at the Cav Classic.

2020-21

  • Played in the GLIAC Championship at the Stoatin Brae Golf Club in Augusta, Michigan. He finished 31st with a score of 149. Shot rounds of 75 and 74. 

Before NMU 

  • Qualified for and played in the Players Tour for Minnesota Jr. PGA
  • While playing in the Player's Tour, qualified for the Match Play tournament in 2018 and 2019, advancing to the round of eight
  • Qualified for multiple Player's Championships. In 2018, finished 20th overall and improved to 17th overall in 2019 
  • For his high school season, qualified for the 2019 state tournament
Personal
  • Aaron and Mindy Ylitalo
  • From Buffalo, Minnesota
  • Brother of Arthur Ylitalo, also on the NMU golf team

Historical Player Information

  • 2020-21Freshman

  • 2021-22Sophomore

  • 2022-23Sophomore

  • 2023-24Junior

    5'11"
  • 2024-25Senior

    5'11"