THE GENERAL AT EAGLE RIDGE TURNS 25 on the 25th this month. The course also has a new look, as the nines have flipped and those hole signs have changed. You can learn more at EagleRidge.com. Golfers on Golf has more on the changes next week.

The Big Ten Champions-The Fighting Illini of Illinois.

The University of Illinois Men’s Golf Team has been selected by the NCAA to compete at the New Haven Regional.

The regional is hosted by Yale University, and will be played from May 16-18.

Illinois has now qualified for NCAA regional play for 14 straight years. But will be the #4 seed in a field of 14 teams.

The Yale Golf Course is a par 70 course, that plays to a yardage of 6,409 yards. Illinois will be the No.4 seed.

The Illini will be joined by 13 other teams. But only the low five teams and individual not on an advancing team, will move on to the NCAA National Championships May 27th through June 1st at Grayhawk Golf Club-Raptor Course in Scottsdale Arizona.

Illinois is looking to advance to the nationals for the 14th straight year. But only the University of Texas has a longer streak at 14 years, trying to make it 15 this year.

But you can learn more at FightingIllini.com.