2023-24 Schedule
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The Butler men's golf team will travel to such locations as Myrtle Beach and Puerto Rico during the 2023-24 season while also competing throughout the Midwest, as the schedule was announced by coach Colby Huffman Tuesday (July 25).Â
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The Bulldogs will open the season at Ball State Sept. 9 for the Earl Yestingmeier Invitational and will then participate in the Virtues Invitational at Miami (Ohio) two weeks later. Three events in October will be the Tom Tontimonia Invitational at Cleveland State (Oct. 2-3), the Purdue Fall Invitational (Oct. 9-10), and the Xavier Invitational (Oct. 16-17).Â
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The spring season kicks off in unique style, Feb. 5-6, with the BIG EAST Match Play event in West Palm Beach, Fla. Five tournaments follow, including the Don Benbow Butler Spring Invitational, which Butler will host at the Highland Golf Club, April 1-2.Â
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Prior to the season's only home event, Butler travels to Puerto Rico for the Advance Golf Partners Collegiate (Feb. 25-27) and to Myrtle Beach for the App State Surf Club Invitational (March 11-12). The regular season concludes with a pair of events in April, the Hoosier Collegiate in Bloomington (April 6-7) and the University of Illinois Invitational (April 21-22).Â
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For the second consecutive season, the BIG EAST Championships will be held at Riverton Pointe in Hardeeville, S.C., with competition scheduled April 27-29.Â
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The 2023-24 season will be Huffman's third at the helm of the program.
Damon Dickey, a junior who led the Bulldogs with a 72.88 scoring average last season, returns to lead a squad comprised of a pair of seniors, two additional juniors, and four sophomores. Â
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