LAFAYETTE, La. - The East Tennessee State men's golf program continues spring action at the 41st Louisiana Classics hosted by Louisiana in Lafayette over March 9-10 at the Oakbourne Country Club.
 
East Tennessee State at the 41st Louisiana Classics hosted by Louisiana
March 9-10 | Lafayette, La. | Oakbourne Country Club
Results | Tournament Information
Par 72 | 6,898 yards
Format: 36-18 (Monday-Tuesday)
The teams in the field include Louisiana, Illinois State, Little Rock, Oral Roberts, Michigan, Texas State, New Mexico State, Louisiana Tech, Sam Houston, Lamar, Texas A&M, Middle Tennessee, North Texas, South Alabama, Southern Ilinois and ETSU.
 

• 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. 
• Four members of the team recorded an eagle in the same round, marking the first time in the 2025-26 season for the feat to occur.  Saunders continued on to record two total in the tournament, the first time in his career he tallied multiple in an outing.
• Gavin Tiernan was the top finisher for the Bucs, coming in at tied for fifth overall, the highest finish by a Buc in the 2025-26 schedule thus far.  He carded an opening round of -6 for the third best round score of any Buc this season of 66.
• Both Yannick Malik and Richard Saunders tapped in at tied for 19th after wrapping play at 216(E).
• The Bucs finished tied for eighth overall in the tournament with a team score of 870(+6) for the second-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.