Huskers Head to Hawkeye Invitational

The Nebraska men’s golf team returns to action April 16-17 for the Hawkeye Invitational in Iowa City, Iowa.

The University of Iowa hosts the two-day, 54-hole event at Finkbine Golf Course. The field will tee off on the par-72, 7,157-yard layout at 8:30 a.m. (CT) on Saturday. The 14 teams will play the final round on Sunday with another 8:30 a.m. (CT) start.

Nebraska joins Minnesota and Iowa as Big Ten teams in a 14-team field with a strong Midwestern flavor, including Cincinnati, Creighton, Drake, Illinois State, Iowa State, James Madison, Kansas, Kansas State, Northern Illinois, South Dakota State and UMKC.

Tom Westenberger (Wuppertal, Germany) will lead Nebraska’s lineup at Iowa. The senior has been a constant for the Big Red, playing in every lineup for the 2021-22 season. His top finish of the spring season came at the Desert Mountain Intercollegiate (March 5-6), where he posted a 220 (+4) to tie for 15th. Seniors Caleb Badura (Aurora, Neb.) and Branden Meyer (Gilbert, Ariz.) will play out of the No. 2 and No. 3 positions for the Huskers. Meyer notched his career-best round late last month with a 69 in the third round at the Seahawk Intercollegiate. Badura finished within the top 25 individually at Desert Mountain by posting a three-round score of 223.

Senior Mark Foelbaek (Jelling, Denmark) and sophomore Gentry Scheve (Emporia, Kan.) round out Nebraska’s weekend lineup. Scheve made his first lineup appearance of the spring last weekend at the Stitch Intercollegiate, which was highlighted by his hole-in-one on No. 6 in the opening round. Reed Malleck (York, Neb.) will enter the invitational playing as an individual. The sophomore played as an individual last weekend and put up a one-under-par 71 in the opening round.

Live scoring will be provided by GolfStat.com.

Hawkeye Invitational

April 16-17, 2022

Iowa City, Iowa  (Host: Iowa)

Finkbine GC (Par 72, 7,157 Yards)

Live Scoring: GolfStat.com

Participating Teams (14)

Cincinnati

Creighton

Drake

Illinois State

Iowa

Iowa State

James Madison

Kansas

Kansas State

Minnesota 

Nebraska

Northern Illinois

South Dakota State

UMKC

Nebraska Lineup

1.Tom Westenberger

2. Caleb Badura

3. Branden Meyer

4. Mark Foelbaek

5. Gentry Scheve

Ind-Reed Malleck