Golf Heads to The Johnnie-O at Sea Island

MILWAUKEE – The Marquette University men’s golf team heads to St. Simons Island, Georgia to compete in The Johnnie-O at Sea Island on March 17-18 at the Seaside Course.

THE EVENT
The Johnnie-O at Sea Island enters its third year in 2025 and is hosted by MU’s former BIG EAST Conference counterpart, Rutgers University. In addition to MU and RU, the event also includes Kansas, Florida Gulf Coast, Michigan State, West Virginia, Cincinnati, Princeton, Georgia Southern, Nebraska, Memphis, UNC-Greensboro and Penn State.

THE COURSE
Sea Island’s Seaside Course is routinely ranked among the top 100 courses in the United States. A Tom Fazio re-design of the 1929 classic by famous golf course architects Harry S. Colt and Charles Alison, today’s course ties the original Seaside with the old Marshside course. Along with the Plantation Course, it is the home of the PGA TOUR’s RSM Classic, a FedEx cup event hosted by Love.

MARQUETTE LINE UP
1. Johan Widal
2. Max Lyons
3. Patrick Adler
4. Vincent Cervantes
5. Ryan Banas
Ind.: Mason Schmidtke

The Golden Eagles are coming off a ninth-place finish at the Puerto Rico Classic on Feb. 10-12 at Grande Reserve Golf Club in Rio Grande, Puerto Rico. Johan Widal led MU with a tie for 11th finish with an 8-under 208. Seniors Max Lyons and Patrick Adler recorded MU’s best final rounds with a 6-under 66 and 4-under-68, respectively.

Adler is the highest-ranked BIG EAST golfer at No. 54 in the nation. He won medalist honors at both the Windon Memorial Classic and RedHawk Intercollegiate in the fall and boasts a career-best 70.72 scoring average (-0.61 strokes per round) to lead the team.

Lyons led the Golden Eagles a year ago at the event, finishing tied for 26th after a 1-under 215 with rounds under par.

Widal earned BIG EAST Male Golfer of the Week after his performance at the Puerto Rico Classic in MU’s first event of the spring in February.

Previous The Johnnie-O at Sea Island Results (overall (MU finish)):

Patrick Adler
2024: T-76 (5th), +11 (74-77-76-227)

Max Lyons
2024: T26 (T-1st), -1, (70-74-71-215)

Ryan Banas
2024: T-22 (Ind.), +16 (80-76-73-229)

Mason Schmidtke
2024: T67 (4th), +9, (77-75-73-225)

UP NEXT: Following The Johnnie-O at Sea Island, Marquette heads to Arizona for the Bell “Pay It Forward” Collegiate at Wigwam Golf Club in Litchfield Park on March 24-25.

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