Michigan State heads to Lake Forest, Ill., on Monday for the Windon Memorial, the Spartans’ third tournament of the season and another chance to measure where the lineup stands early in the fall.
The two-day, 54-hole event will be played at the par-70, 6,716-yard Onwentsia Club and hosted by Northwestern. MSU is set to begin play at 9:30 a.m.
ET on Monday, going off the first through fourth holes alongside Northwestern, Notre Dame and South Florida. The field will play 36 holes on Monday before finishing with 18 on Tuesday, with a 9 a.m.
ET shotgun start scheduled for the final round.
Michigan State’s lineup features Julian Menser at No. 1, followed by McCoy Biagioli, Lorenzo Pinili, Luke Mueller and Lucas Acevedo. Connor Fox will compete as an individual.
The Spartans arrive with two team results already in the books. They opened the year by tying for third among nine teams at the New York Harbor Cup, finishing at 11-under 841 with rounds of 283-280-278. Biagioli led MSU there, taking eighth at 5-under 208 after shooting 68-77-73.
MSU followed that with a tie for sixth among 14 teams at the Folds of Honor Collegiate, where it posted a 3-under 849 on rounds of 279-292-278. Menser was the top Spartan in that event, tying for ninth at 4-under 209 with rounds of 68-73-68.
Biagioli and Menser are sharing the team lead in scoring average at 69.83. Each has finished in the top 20 twice, and Menser has added two top-10 finishes.
Pinili ranks third on the team at 71.17, with his best result a tie for 19th at the New York Harbor Cup. Acevedo sits fourth at 72.67, while Mueller is right behind at 72.83, and both have been part of the scoring five in each of the first two events.
Fox has appeared once so far, tying for 51st at the Folds of Honor Collegiate at 17-over 230.
This is Michigan State’s sixth appearance at the Windon Memorial and its fourth straight trip to the event. Last year, the Spartans finished tied for sixth among 11 teams after shooting 16-under 848, with Caleb Bond and Ashton McCulloch each tying for 14th at 5-under 211. MSU placed 16th in 2024, 15th in 2023, ninth in 2021 and was runner-up in 2018.
The field includes Northwestern, Cal Poly, Charlotte, Georgia Southern, Indiana, Kansas, Kentucky, Marquette, Michigan State, Minnesota, Notre Dame, Oral Roberts, Penn State, USF, UC Davis and Washington.
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