EVANSVILLE, Ind. – University of Southern Indiana Men’s Golf tees the 2025-26 campaign and the fall portion of the season at the Grover Page Classic in Memphis, Tennessee, Monday and Tuesday. The Grover Page Classic is hosted by the University of Tennessee at Martin at The Links at Audubon.
USI starts the season with six returning players (graduate Wade Worthington, senior Carter Goebel, junior Hunter Reynolds, sophomore Chandler Ornelas, sophomore Alex Peck, sophomore Jairen Stroud) and four newcomers (graduate Sam Gargis, freshman Ben Christian, freshman Weston Hardy, and freshman Ingtwan Wangrungwichaisri). Goebel is the top returning player from 2024-25, posting a 72.9 strokes per round average (spra) in 12 tournaments and 31 rounds.
Peck followed Goebel a year ago, posting a 75.9 spra in seven tournaments and 18 rounds, while Reynolds had a 77.1 spra in eight tournaments and 22 rounds.
The Eagles, as a team, averaged 291.3 spra in the 12 tournaments of 2024-25. USI’s best finish a year ago was third at the TSU Big Blue Intercollegiate.
The Grover Page Classic is a 54-hole tournament with 36 holes on Monday and a final round of 18 on Tuesday. USI was sixth a year ago with a two-round 573 (283-290) and was led by Jason Bannister, who tied for fifth with a 138 (68-70).
Following next week’s tournament, USI continues its six-tournament fall schedule by playing in the Earl Yestingsmeier Invitational, hosted by Ball State University. The invitational will be played at the Delaware Country Club September 20-21 in Muncie Indiana.
