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Trio of Gophers Named B1G Golfers to Watch
8/27/2025 3:00:00 PM | Men's Golf
ROSEMONT, Ill. - Jack Crousore, Cormac Sharpe, and Chun-Ta Wu from the University of Minnesota were named Big Ten Conference Men's Golfers to Watch for 2025-26 it was Wednesday.
Crousore returns to Dinkytown for his sophomore campaign after having the Golden Gophers' fourth-best scoring average a season ago. The Bluffton, S.C., native averaged a 73.4 across 33 rounds and fired eight rounds under par, including a pair of season-low scores of 66. He closed his freshman season by earning a top-10 finish at the 2025 B1G Championship.
Entering the 2025-26 season, Sharpe is one of two seniors on the Minnesota roster and brings a veteran presence to the program. The Blairgowrie, Scotland, product had a scoring average of 73.11 in 27 rounds in 2024-25, which ranked third on the team. He carded a low round of 4-under-par 68 at the Desert Mountain Intercollegiate before placing 23rd overall at the B1G Championship to finish the campaign.
Thanks to a team-leading 12 rounds under par as a freshman a year ago, Wu finished the season second on the team with a 72.9 scoring average. The native of New South Wales, Australia, placed inside the top 20 three times in 11 events for the Maroon and Gold and fired his lowest round of the year during the fall behind a 7-under-par 64 to close the Alister MacKenzie Invitational.
Minnesota, under the direction of seventh-year head coach Justin Smith, begins the 2025-26 campaign in less than two weeks when it hosts the Gopher Invitational at Windsong Farm Golf Club Sept. 7-8.
2025-26 Preseason All-B1G Men's Golf Team
Name - School
Max Herendeen - Illinois
Dane Huddleston - Illinois
Ryan Voois - Illinois
Clay Merchant - Indiana
Nick Piesen - Indiana
Cole Starnes - Indiana
Grant Gudgel - Iowa
Gage Messingham - Iowa
Max Tjoa - Iowa
Will Gregware - Maryland
Emil Riegger - Maryland
Benjamin Siriboury - Maryland
RJ Arone - Michigan
Dean Muratore - Michigan
Nicolas Simon - Michigan
Caleb Bond - Michigan State
Ashton McCulloch - Michigan State
Lorenzo Pinili - Michigan State
Jack Crousore - Minnesota
Cormac Sharpe - Minnesota
Chun-Ta Wu - Minnesota
Brodie Cunningham - Nebraska
Evan McDermott - Nebraska
Rudy Sautron - Nebraska
Archie Finnie - Northwestern
Daniel Svärd - Northwestern
Ethan Tseng - Northwestern
Vaughn Harber - Ohio State
Tyler Sabo - Ohio State
Joe Wilson IV - Ohio State
Jay Gould Healy - Oregon
Aiden Krafft - Oregon
Ramil Saelim - Oregon
Alex Creamean - Penn State
Jackson Saroney - Penn State
Nick Werner - Penn State
Supapon Amornchaichan - Purdue
Sam Easterbrook - Purdue
Jenson Forrester - Purdue
Argyle Downes - Rutgers
Bennett Espenshade - Rutgers
Derek Gutierrez - Rutgers
Kyle An - UCLA
Baylor Larrabee - UCLA
Logan Kim - UCLA
Jack Buchanan - USC
Jaden Dumdumaya - USC
Antonio Safa - USC
Jacob Goode - Washington
Finn Koelle - Washington
Jack Murphy - Washington
Jacob Beckman - Wisconsin
William Harned - Wisconsin
Spencer Turtz - Wisconsin
Crousore returns to Dinkytown for his sophomore campaign after having the Golden Gophers' fourth-best scoring average a season ago. The Bluffton, S.C., native averaged a 73.4 across 33 rounds and fired eight rounds under par, including a pair of season-low scores of 66. He closed his freshman season by earning a top-10 finish at the 2025 B1G Championship.
Entering the 2025-26 season, Sharpe is one of two seniors on the Minnesota roster and brings a veteran presence to the program. The Blairgowrie, Scotland, product had a scoring average of 73.11 in 27 rounds in 2024-25, which ranked third on the team. He carded a low round of 4-under-par 68 at the Desert Mountain Intercollegiate before placing 23rd overall at the B1G Championship to finish the campaign.
Thanks to a team-leading 12 rounds under par as a freshman a year ago, Wu finished the season second on the team with a 72.9 scoring average. The native of New South Wales, Australia, placed inside the top 20 three times in 11 events for the Maroon and Gold and fired his lowest round of the year during the fall behind a 7-under-par 64 to close the Alister MacKenzie Invitational.
Minnesota, under the direction of seventh-year head coach Justin Smith, begins the 2025-26 campaign in less than two weeks when it hosts the Gopher Invitational at Windsong Farm Golf Club Sept. 7-8.
2025-26 Preseason All-B1G Men's Golf Team
Name - School
Max Herendeen - Illinois
Dane Huddleston - Illinois
Ryan Voois - Illinois
Clay Merchant - Indiana
Nick Piesen - Indiana
Cole Starnes - Indiana
Grant Gudgel - Iowa
Gage Messingham - Iowa
Max Tjoa - Iowa
Will Gregware - Maryland
Emil Riegger - Maryland
Benjamin Siriboury - Maryland
RJ Arone - Michigan
Dean Muratore - Michigan
Nicolas Simon - Michigan
Caleb Bond - Michigan State
Ashton McCulloch - Michigan State
Lorenzo Pinili - Michigan State
Jack Crousore - Minnesota
Cormac Sharpe - Minnesota
Chun-Ta Wu - Minnesota
Brodie Cunningham - Nebraska
Evan McDermott - Nebraska
Rudy Sautron - Nebraska
Archie Finnie - Northwestern
Daniel Svärd - Northwestern
Ethan Tseng - Northwestern
Vaughn Harber - Ohio State
Tyler Sabo - Ohio State
Joe Wilson IV - Ohio State
Jay Gould Healy - Oregon
Aiden Krafft - Oregon
Ramil Saelim - Oregon
Alex Creamean - Penn State
Jackson Saroney - Penn State
Nick Werner - Penn State
Supapon Amornchaichan - Purdue
Sam Easterbrook - Purdue
Jenson Forrester - Purdue
Argyle Downes - Rutgers
Bennett Espenshade - Rutgers
Derek Gutierrez - Rutgers
Kyle An - UCLA
Baylor Larrabee - UCLA
Logan Kim - UCLA
Jack Buchanan - USC
Jaden Dumdumaya - USC
Antonio Safa - USC
Jacob Goode - Washington
Finn Koelle - Washington
Jack Murphy - Washington
Jacob Beckman - Wisconsin
William Harned - Wisconsin
Spencer Turtz - Wisconsin
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