Huskers Wrap Up Regular Season at Robert Kepler Invite

The Nebraska men’s golf team closes its 2024-25 regular-season schedule by traveling to Columbus, Ohio for the Robert Kepler Invitational (April 18-19).

The two-day, 54-hole tournament on the 7,455-yard, par-71 layout of the Scarlet Course at The Ohio State University Golf Club gets underway with tee times off No. 1 and No. 10 at 6:30 a.m. (CT) on Friday, April 18. The event concludes with the final round on Saturday, again featuring tee times at 6:30 a.m. (CT).

Nebraska will take aim at its seventh top-five tournament finish of the season in a 13-team field at Ohio State. The Huskers are coming off their second straight third-place finish after totaling 854 (+14) in an 18-team field at the Tiger Intercollegiate in Columbia, Mo. (April 7-8).

The Big Red also finished third in a 16-team field at the Bell Bank “Pay It Forward” Collegiate in Litchfield Park, Ariz. (March 24-25). The Huskers fired a season-best 849 (-15) in Arizona, after tying for fifth at The Johnnie-O (March 17-18).

Nebraska has continued to show improvement throughout the season and has climbed to No. 79 in the national rankings. 

The Huskers have been led this spring by Hamish Murray, a senior from Sydney, Australia, who earned Big Ten Co-Men’s Golfer-of-the-Week honors (March 27) after tying for third with a career-best 209 (-7) that included a career-best 66 (-6) in the final round at the Bell Bank “Pay It Forward”. He added a tie for fifth at the Tiger Intercollegiate with a 212 (+2) last week. He owns a 71.65 stroke average this season, including a team-best 70.64 over 11 rounds this spring.

Brodie Cunningham has nearly matched Murray this spring. The freshman from Glasgow, Scotland, carries a 71.00 stroke average over 11 spring rounds and owns three consecutive top-15 finishes for the Huskers. He tied for eighth with a 213 (+3) in Missouri, including a career-best 66 (-4) in the final round. He also tied Murray for third at the Bell Bank “Pay It Forward” (March 24-25).

Rudy Sautron leads the Huskers on the season with a team-best 71.52 stroke average, including six top-15 finishes. Sautron, a sophomore from Reunion Island, France, tied for 12th in Arizona with a 212 (-4) that included a second-round 67 (-5).

Evan McDermott, who tied for 22nd with a 216 (+6) in Missouri and Reed Malleck have continued to solidify the Husker lineup. McDermott owns a career-best 73.31 stroke average with three top-25 finishes. He is the only Husker to join Murray for all 26 rounds in the NU lineup this season. Malleck carries a career-best 73.78 stroke average this season.

Live updates and scoring for the Robert Kepler Invitational can be found at HuskersGolf on Instagram and X, and Scoreboard.clippd.com. Complete coverage can be found at Huskers.com.

Robert Kepler Invitational