FORT MYERS, FL – One of the top Division II golfers and the 2019 Minnesota State Open Champion Brady Madsen (Raymond, MN/MacCray HS/Winona State) has signed with the FGCU men's golf program as announced Wednesday by head coach Andrew Danna. Madsen will have two years of eligibility remaining after the shortened 2020 spring season.
 
"It's very clear Brady has a deep love and passion for the game of golf," said Danna. "He will fit into our culture very well with his dedication and work ethic. Brady is a great ball striker with very good command of his ball flight. I continue to be excited for the future of our program and the team we have assembled for this coming fall."
 
Madsen, currently a junior, has played the last three seasons as one of the top golfers at Winona State where he was an NSIC All-Conference performer. This past season, he was ranked 51^st in adjusted scoring average (70.86) in the Golfstat Cup Ranking which includes all collegiate golfers across all NCAA divisions. He ranked 21^st among NCAA Division II players. His 2019-20 campaign was highlighted by a low round of 64 while also averaging 4.71 subpar strokes per round.
 
He helped the Warriors to a pair of tournament wins this past season along with a fifth-place finish in the fall's NCAA Division II Super Regional Preview and a ninth-place finish in the NCAA Division II National Preview. Individually, he picked up a pair of tournament wins to his credit as well.
 
In his freshman and sophomore seasons he played a combined 50 rounds for Winona State. As a sophomore, he finished fourth at the NSIC Tournament Championship earning All-Tournament honors and a spot on the second team. This past season as a junior, he was a three-time NSIC Player of the Week before the shortened season was cancelled.
 
This past summer, Madsen won the 102^nd Minnesota State Open in July 2019. The tournament win was highlighted by a first-round score of 65 before he closed it out with a third round score of 67 to win by one stroke. In that same tournament, he edged out current Eagle and former North Dakota State University stand-out Van Holmgren who was two strokes behind with a three-round score of 205.
 
Madsen is now the sixth player to join the men's golf program. Earlier in the fall, Danna announced the signings of Austin Cherichella (Orlando, FL), Van Holmgren (Plymouth, Minn.), Jon Hopkins (Bishop's Stratford, England), Thomas Salanito (Palm Harbor, FL) and Henry Tschopp (Uster, Switzerland).
 
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