Three Wildcats Named Big Ten Golfers to Watch for 2025-26

EVANSTON, Ill. (August 27, 2025) – In an announcement from the Big Ten Conference Wednesday afternoon, Daniel Svärd, Ethan Tseng, and Archie Finnie have all been named Big Ten Golfers to Watch for the 2025-26 season.

Svärd enters his senior season ranked 19^th on the PGA Tour University standings, and not too long ago superior to the Round of 16 on the 125^th U.S. Amateur Championship at The Olympic Club. Svärd, a two-time Big Ten Individual Champion, positioned second on the workforce final season with a stroke common of 71.57, and claimed his third profession collegiate victory at The Goodwin in March.

Tseng begins the marketing campaign after showing in 27 rounds for the ‘Cats final yr. He picked up top-25 finishes at The Prestige (12^th) and The Goodwin (21^st) and was an All-Big Ten First Team choice in 2024, selecting up his first profession win on the 2023 Fighting Irish Classic.

Finnie rounds out the group, with the junior showing in 22 rounds within the earlier season. Finnie picked up a pair of prime ten finishes final yr, together with seventh place on the St Andrews Links Collegiate in his native Scotland.

The Wildcats are set to open the season on the Sahalee Players Championship, September 6-7, in Sammamish, Washington.