NDSU Men’s Golf Prepared for Hawkeye Invitational

FARGO, N.D. – The North Dakota State Men’s Golf team heads to Iowa City, Iowa this weekend, to conclude the regular season at the Hawkeye Invitational. The tournament will be held April 13-14 and hosted by Iowa at the Finkbine Golf Course.
 
Tournament Schedule
The 54-hole tournament will be played over the course of two days, with the first 36 holes being played on Sunday and the final 18 holes on Monday. Both days will feature a shotgun start, teeing off at 8:30 a.m. CT each day.
 
The Field
Hosted by Iowa, the Hawkeye Invitational will feature 13 teams in the competition. Along with the Bison, the field will include Kansas, Missouri State, Northern Illinois, Drake, Little Rock, Kansas City, South Dakota State, Illinois State, Minnesota, Southern Illinois, and Wichita State.
 
Coverage
Live results of the 2025 Hawkeye Invitational will be provided by Golfstat.com. Links to the live results will be available on the Men’s Golf Schedule page on gobison.com once the event starts.
 
The Course
Named after W.O. Finkbine, who donated the land used for the course to the University of Iowa, Finkbine Golf Club is the home of the Iowa Hawkeyes Men’s and Women’s golf teams and the annual Hawkeye Invitational. Finkbine Golf Club is in its 70th year after opening to the public in 1955. The par-72, 7,280-yard course holds a unique, signature 13^th hole, that features an island green surrounded by the lone water feature on the course and offers two greens and multiple different tee boxes. The course hosted the Men’s Big Ten Championships in 1992 and 2002, and on the professional level, was the site of the PGA Amana VIP Pro-Am for over 20 years.
 
Bison at the Hawkeye Invitational
This will be the NDSU’s first appearance at the Hawkeye Invitational in its 31-year history. The event has been hosted by Iowa at the Finkbine course annually since 1994.
 
Last Time Out
The Bison will conclude the regular season at Finkbine, following the Old Corkscrew Intercollegiate in early April, where they finished ninth out of ten teams. Rylin Petry finished as the sole NDSU golfer in the top 15, where he finished in 13^th after shooting two rounds below par.
 
Bison Competing
The Bison will take five golfers to the Hawkeye Invitational. The golfers in the event will be Ian Simonich, Rylin Petry, Josh Galvin, Jake Skarperud, and Gabe Benson.
 
On the Links

• Rylin Petry enters the Hawkeye Invitational following a 13^th place finish at the Old Corkscrew Intercollegiate. Petry led the Bison in the fall semester with four top 10 finishes in five events and has posted back-to-back top 15 finishes this spring semester.
• Ian Simonich enters as the sole Bison to claim a tournament victory this season and has posted six finishes in the top 15 out of nine tournaments this year.
• Josh Galvin has played every round for the Bison this season and held the team’s third best scoring average in the fall with a 72.7.

 
Looking Ahead
The Hawkeye Invitational will conclude the regular season for the NDSU Men’s Golf Team. The Bison will have two weeks off before heading to the Summit League Championship April 27-29, hosted at the Longbow Golf Club in Mesa, Arizona.