BLUFFTON, S.C. - The East Tennessee State men's golf program opens spring action at the 2026 Colleton River Collegiate hosted by Michigan State.  The Bucs are set for 54 holes on the prestigious Pete Dye Golf Course.
 
East Tennessee State at the Colleton River Collegiate hosted by Michigan State
March 1-3 | Bluffton, S.C. | Colleton River Golf Club, Pete Dye Course
Results | Tournament Information
Par 72 | 7,403 yards
Format: 36-18 (Monday-Tuesday)
The teams in the field include Michigan State, Indiana, Cincinnati, Rutgers, ETSU, Mizzou, Chattanooga, Iowa, Kansas State, Northwestern, Kentucky, Ohio State, Minnesota, Iowa State and Memphis.
 

• 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

• For the first time this season in a single round, each player carded a score of at least one-under in the round, pacing the Bucs to each individual finishing under par for the first time in the 2025-26 season. 
• Three members of the squad each recorded one or more rounds at five-or-more-under for the first time this season.
• Yannick Malik, the senior, was the top individual for the Bucs, carding all three rounds under par with an exceptional round two score of 65(-6).  
• Gavin Tiernan, the sophomore, registered a score of 208(-5) through the three rounds with a best single-round score of 66(-5) in the second.  The second round and the tournament total were the best performance from Tiernan in the schedule thus far.
• The Bucs finished ninth overall in the tournament with a team score of 828(-24) for the best performance of the 2025-26 campaign.

Yannick Malik - SoCon Men's Golfer of the Week (Nov. 5)
 

• 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.