DALLAS, Texas - The East Tennessee State men's golf program continues in the fall campaign at the Trinity Forest Invitational hosted by SMU over Ocober 5-7. The Bucs compete in the tournament for the first time in program history.
 
East Tennessee State at the Trinity Forest Invitational hosted by SMU
Oct. 5-7 | Dallas, Texas | Trinity Forest Golf Club
Results
Par 72 | 7,617 yards
Format: 18-18-18 (Sunday-Monday-Tuesday)
The teams in the field include SMU, Baylor, Houston, UNT, Sam Houston, Abilene Christian, Rice, USC, UTSA, Furman, Louisiana, Cal Poly, South Alabama, East Tennessee State and UTRGV.
 

• Oliver Blackadder | Fr. | Aberdeen, Scotland
• Veigar Heidarsson | Fr. | Akureyri, Iceland
• Yannick Malik | Sr. | Munich, Germany
• Richard Saunders | Fr. | Cologne, Germany
• Gavin Tiernan | So. | Dublin, Ireland

• Gavin Tiernan, the sophomore, boasted the best round of the tournament for the Bucs, shooting two-under in the opening round.  Tiernan continued on though the final two rounds as a top competitor to finish the tournament as the top individual for ETSU.
• The Bucs finished 15th overall in the tournament.
• Tiernan and Yannick Malik finished 54 holes at 217(+1).

• ETSU men's golf secured the program's fifth consecutive Southern Conference Tournament title in the 2024-25 season, and the first for O'Callaghan as head coach.
• The squad advanced to the 2025 NCAA Reno Regional where they finished ninth overall.
• Kristian Bressum, Yannick Malik and Joshua Pritchett were tabbed as Cobalt Golf Academic All-Americans following the season.
• Kristian Bressum led the program through the entirety of the season, collecting three SoCon Golfer of the Week honors and earning the SoCon Player of the Year award.  Bressum finished 21st overall at the Reno Regional (218, +7) after finishing fifth overall at the SoCon Championship (209, -7).
• Yannick Malik was the top finisher for the Bucs at the SoCon Championships, finishing second overall with a score of 207 (-9). Previously in the season, Malik recorded a career-best outing of 61 (-11) at The Virginian.
• Gavin Tiernan represented Ireland in the 2025 Walker Cup, where he out-scored American Michael La Sasso as a 2&1 winner.