The University of Southern Indian’s Men’s Golf Head Coach Grant Saylor announced three new additions to the 2019-20 squad. USI Men’s Golf welcomes Jace Day (Bloomington, Indiana), Blake Golden (Mount Carmel, Illinois) and Peyton Short (Greenwood, Indiana).
Day attended Bloomington High School North where he was a dual sport athlete in Golf and Tennis for the Cougars. Day was selected to the All State Golf Team in 2019 during his junior year. Day won the Cardinal Ritter Invitational in 2019. He also won the Medalist Tournament in 2018 and 2019. In 2019 he set a new tournament record carding two 70s for a 140 total.
Day received All-Area First Team honors in his sophomore and junior seasons. Day helped the Cougars’ Golf team reach the regionals in his freshman, sophomore and junior seasons. He also was a part of the 2019 conference championship team. Day was named to the All-Conference Team in both of his sophomore and junior seasons.
Golden attended Mount Carmel High School where he played for the Aces. In 2017, he was named to the All-State Team. Golden later attended John A. Logan where he recorded a 78.2 strokes-per-round average. In August of 2019 Golden was the champion of the Region XXIV Preview which also lead the Vols to a first-place team finish in the tournament. The NJCAA transfer now joins the Screaming Eagles for the spring of the 2019-20 season.
Short attended Center Grove High School where he was on the golf team for three years. Short won the City C Short was named to Golf Week’s All-Midwest Team in 2016. Also, Short is a three-time Golf Week Junior Tour champion. He received All-Johnson County and All-MIC Conference honors in 2019. Short’s career low as a Trojan was a two-round total of 131 including a seven-under-par 65 and six-under-par 66. Short showed his character of the course when chose to play for the Indianapolis Junior Golf Foundation in which he raised $17,000 from 2016 to 2019. Each birdie Short recorded added to his fundraising efforts. In 2019 alone, Short had 87 birdies in the season.
Short helped the Trojans win a state championship in 2017, as well as two runner-up finishes in 2018 and 2019. Short also was a member of three Section and Regional Championship teams in 2017, 2018 and 2019. Short and Trojans were MIC Conference Champions in 2017 and 2018.
Coach Saylor was enthusiastic about the newest additions saying, “The team is really excited to have Jace Day, Peyton Short, and Blake Golden joining our golf team this coming fall. With us losing four players due to graduation, this will help replace some of the talent that we will be losing. These 3 players will help start a solid foundation for the golf team in the years to comeâ€.
Up next, Saylor and the Eagles will tee-off the spring season at the SVSU Spring Valley Invitational held on March 14-15 in Lexington, Kentucky.
