THE BASICS
The Drake University men's golf team will participate in the the 28th annual Hawkeye Invitational at Finkbine Golf Course (Par 72| 7,002 yards) on Saturday, April 16 in its final tournament before the Missouri Valley Championship. Rounds one and two will tee off with a shotgun start at 8:30 a.m. (CT). The 54 hole invitational will conclude on Sunday April 17 with another shotgun start at 8:30 a.m. (CT).
 
THE FIELD
Drake is coming off of placing 11th out of 17 teams in the MU Tiger Invitational in Columbia, Mo., on April 11-12. The battle tested Bulldogs will be challenged once again as the course is filled with 14 of the top teams in the Midwest. Teams include the Iowa Hawkeyes,  the 28th-ranked Kansas Jayhawks, Cincinnati, Creighton, Illinois State, Iowa State, James Madison, Kansas State, Minnesota, Nebraska, Northern Illinois, South Dakota State and Kansas City. Iowa has won 16 Hawkeye Invitationals to go along with 15 individual championships. 
 
EXPERIENCE MATTERS
Senior Lucas Scherf knows a thing or two about the Finkbine Golf Course, as  during the 2020-21 campaign Scherf ended the tournament tied at 44th. The senior is coming off of shooting a team-low 74 in the third round of the MU Tiger Invitational finishing in a tie for 28th. Scherf aims to climb up the leaderboard in Iowa City before making a run in the MVC Championship where last season he finished 19th. 
 
LINEUP 
1. Tim Lim 
2. Lucas Scherf 
3. Silvester Tan
4. Nikko Ganas 
5. Zac Jenkins