Ferris State Men's Golf Tied For Fifth Place After First Round At GLIAC Championships

Big Rapids, Mich. - The Ferris State University men's golf team remains in contention following day one play on Friday (April 18) at the 2025 Great Lakes Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (GLIAC) Championships in Augusta, Mich.

FSU shot a one-over par 289 team score in round one play and is currently tied for fifth place overall on the leaderboard after 18 holes. The event is being held at Bedford Valley Golf Club in Augusta and features 10 competing schools.

After the first round, Grand Valley State holds the day one lead with a 283 team figure. Wayne State is in second place (284) with Roosevelt third (287) followed by Saginaw Valley State in fourth (288). FSU is part of a three-way tie for fifth place along with both Davenport and Parkside as all three schools carded 289 figures.

Overall, a total of only six strokes separate the top seven teams in the standings heading into the second round of action. The top four teams at the end of round two will advance.

The 2025 GLIAC Championships are continuing the format established five years ago with each league school competing in 36 holes of stroke play with a single round per day on both Friday and Saturday. The low four of five scores will count towards the respective team score for each squad.

Following round two, the top four teams will advance to head-to-head medal play on Saturday afternoon with a bracket format similar to the current format utilized at the NCAA Championships. The two winning teams following semifinal-round play will advance to the finals on Sunday in which a GLIAC Champion will be crowned.

Ferris State is the defending conference champion after winning the event a year ago.

In Friday's first-round play, the Bulldogs were paced by Sam Havey, who shot a 69 and is tied for second place overall. FSU's Drayton Cleaver and McCoy Biagioli both shot a 73 and are tied for 17th on the leaderboard. The Bulldogs' Kole Putnam shot a 74 and is tied for 25th while Zach Koerner is tied for 35th with a first-round 76 score.

Overall, the Bulldog men's golf squad has captured 22 GLIAC Men's Golf Championships in school history and won back-to-back medal match play league titles in 2019 and 2021 (no tournament was held in 2020) before earning runner-up honors in 2022 and reclaiming the league crown last year in 2024. FSU reached the semifinals each of the last five years to date.

Round two play is slated for Saturday starting at 9 a.m. (ET).