Both Drake golf programs had plenty of positives in the 2023 fall season to build off of.
 
Bulldog men's golf is young at the moment with five out of its eight golfers of sophomore standing or younger.
 
Emil Riegger had a fantastic freshman debut averaging an 18-hole score of 72.82. In four out of six tournaments, Riegger finished in the top-17 or better (2^nd, 5^th, 17^th, 17^th). Nikko Ganas (74.00 average) and Jack Dumas (74.12 average) were also consistent all fall.
 
As a team, Drake men's golf was 5-2 against Missouri Valley Conference opponents with a 294.12 team scoring average, its third-lowest in the last 11 years. Six different players had a round under par and five different player registered a round in the 60's.
 
Silvester Tan had the Bulldogs' lowest round of the fall with a 66 (-6) at Des Moines Golf and Country Club, that was also the site of Drake's lowest 18-hole team round this season (283, -5) in a dual win over UNI. In addition to the team 283, the Bulldogs also turned in a team tally of 284 twice this past fall.
 
Drake men's golf will take the valuable experience gained in the fall into the spring season with plenty of individual and team goals in mind.
 
2024 Spring Drake Men's Golf Schedule
Feb. 6-8               Wyoming Desert Intercollegiate         The Classic Club
Feb. 25-27         Loyola (Md.) Intercollegiate                    Palm Valley Golf Club
March 12-13    GCU Invitational                                                GCU Golf Course
March 18-19    Twin Oaks Intercollegiate                         Twin Oaks Country Club
April 13-14        Hawkeye Invitational                                    Finkbine Golf Course
April 21-23        MVC Championships                                   The Club at Porto Cima
 
Drake women's golf had a strong close to the 2023 fall season with back-to-back Top-5 team finishes finishing fifth at the Loyola (Ill.) Parkinson Invitational and The Judson hosted by the University of Southern Mississippi.
 
Sophomore Amber Henson (75.83) had the lowest 18-hole average this season for Drake and turned in the team's lowest 18-hole score, 70 (-2) in the final round of the Johnie Imes Invitational. The Johnie Imes Invitational hosted by Missouri is also where Drake women's golf finished its lowest 54-hole total of the fall (899).
 
Out of four tournaments, Henson finished in the Top-20 three times including a season-best appearance tied for 14^th at the Johnie Imes Invitational.
 
Aayushi Sarkar (76.17), Julie Huggins (76.50) and Rylee Heryford (77.92) were not too far behind Henson when it came to round averages. Sarkar and Huggins finished in the Top-30 twice this past fall (19^th at Loyola Parkinson Invitational and 29^th at Johnie Imes Invitational). Huggins, in her first season at Drake wound up tied for 17^th at the Loyola Parkinson Invitational and 30^th at The Judson to close out the fall slate. Sarkar and Huggins joined Henson with under par rounds of 71 this fall season while Erika Holmberg shot even par (72) twice over the course of the fall season.
 
In both of the last two fall events, the Bulldogs had three Top-22 individual place finishers and the team looks to carry that momentum into the spring will tee off in 2024 in Texas on Feb. 5.
 
2024 Spring Drake Women's Golf Schedule
Feb. 5-6               Texas State Invitational                              Landa Park Golf Club
March 4-5          UTRGV Invitational                                          McAllen Country Club
March 17-19    Bama Beach Bash                                           Gulf Shores Golf Club
April 8-9               ORU Spring Invite                                             Indian Springs Country Club
April 14-16        MVC Championships                                   Annbriar Golf Course