Golf

  • On the back nine, Peters not done yet

    ERIC ROBINSON | STAFF REPORTER It would not be out of the ordinary for senior golfer Jenna Peters to be at a golf course for several hours in one day, not on the course, but on the putting green practicing her short game in preparation for her final season in a Butler uniform. A season…

  • Men’s Golf looks to rebound

    BOBBY JOHNSON | STAFF REPORTER After a difficult first year in the Big East Conference, the Butler men’s golf team seems poised to contend for a much higher finish. The team managed a seventh-place finish at the conference tournament in April. Now, the Bulldogs hope to establish themselves as a possible top-five team in the…

  • Butler looks to pick up strokes

    AUSTIN MILLER | STAFF REPORTER Just five months removed from a last-place finish at the Big East Championship tournament last season, the Butler women’s golf team believes this is the year to make a name for itself within the conference. Last season the Bulldogs were unable to make any noise in the post-season, finishing 51…

  • Andrew Eiler – From Walk-On to Winner

    BRENDAN KING | Staff Reporter After waking up to sounds of shouting and horns at Culver Military Academy for four years, Butler golfer Andrew Eiler is ready for early morning tee times. Eiler is a junior on the men’s golf team. When he joined the team as a freshman, he was just a walk-on player.…

  • Golf Recap

    BRENDAN KING | Staff Reporter The Butler men’s golf team finished in second place out of four teams in the Big Four Classic on Thursday. The Big Four tournament is an annual event involving Butler, Wabash, Hanover and DePauw, held at Crooked Stick Golf Club in Carmel, Ind. DePauw finished in first place with a…

  • Golf Recap

    BRENDAN KING | Staff Reporter   The Butler men’s golf team placed eighth during Monday and Tuesday’s Villanova Invitational. The Bulldogs were looking for a strong finish in this tournament after placing fourth out of five teams at the Butler Spring Invitational last week. Butler’s next tournament will be on April 8 at the Big…

  • Butler Golf Continues its Hot Start

    MITCH RIPORTELLA | Staff Reporter The Butler men’s golf team began its season over spring break at the two-day Bulldog Invitational tournament in Jacksonville, Fla. The men had a strong showing in their second outing of the season, beating nine other teams to win the tournament. The Bulldogs ended the first day with the lowest…

  • Bulldogs begin spring season

    MITCH RIPORTELLA | Staff Reporter Butler’s men and women’s golf teams are gearing up for the start of the 2014 season this week, with their first competitions being held over Spring Break. This will be both teams’ first season in the Big East, with the men moving over from the Atlantic Ten Conference and the…