Golf Wins Sixth BIG EAST Team Championship

OKATIE, South Carolina – The Marquette University men’s golf team claimed its sixth BIG EAST Conference team championship on Monday at Callawassie Island and is headed back to the NCAA tournament.

The Golden Eagles shot a 6-under 282 on Monday to finish the event with a 17-under 847, which is 11 strokes better than tournament runner-up Xavier (6-under). All five Marquette student-athletes finished in the top 13 of the overall standings, led by Patrick Adler and Johan Widal in a tie for fourth.

Adler, a senior, posted a 5-under 67 in the final round to lead three MU players with par-or-better rounds on Monday. He jumped from a tie for 16th to begin the day. Adler tied at 3-under with Widal, while senior Max Lyons shot a 2-under 70 on Monday to tie for seventh overall at 2-under for the event.

Adler, who entered the tournament as the league’s top-ranked player in the Scoreboard NCAA Division I Men’s Golf Rankings, carded eight birdies on Monday to tie with UConn’s Alex Heard for the individual lead in the category during the week with 16. Heard won individual medalist honors with an 11-under 205 and earn an individual spot in NCAA Regional competition.

Lyons rallied from a difficult opening round for Sunday’s second-best individual score, a 5-under 67, before his 70 on Monday. The 2023-24 BIG EAST Player of the Year’s seventh-place individual finish at the event is a personal best.

The tournament at Callawassie Island uses the Magnolia Course as the front nine and the Dogwood course for the back nine. This is the seventh year the club has hosted the tournament and MU has now won four conference championships at the venue (2015, 2017, 2019, 2025).

The NCAA Division I Men’s Golf Selection Show airs live at noon Central time on Wednesday, April 30 on Golf Channel. The six sites slated to host NCAA Regional play are Amherst, Virginia (Liberty), Auburn, Bremerton (Washington), Reno (Nevada), Tallahassee (Florida State), Urbana (Illinois).

1. Marquette, -17 (285-280-282—847)
T-4. Johan Widal, -3 (71-69-73—213)
T-4. Patrick Adler, -3 (73-73-67—213)
T-7. Max Lyons, -2 (77-67-70—214)
T-13. Vincent Cervantes, +1 (74-71-72—217)
T-13. Mason Schmidtke, +1 (67-76-74—217)

PREVIOUS BIG EAST INDIVIDUAL RESULTS
Patrick Adler
2024: S; -1 (71 (final round))

Max Lyons
2024: T13th (third on MU); +6 (74-78-70—222)
2023: T12th (second on MU); +4 (72-73-75—220)
2022: T17th (fifth on MU); +2 (64*-78-76—218)

Mason Schmidtke
2024: 38th (fourth on MU); +14 (79-76-75—230)

*BIG EAST Championship 18-hole record

BIG EAST TEAM FINISHES
*at Callawassie Island
2025: 1st (-17, 285-280-282—847)*
2024: 4th (+17, 291-302-288—881)
2023: 1st (+9, 293-279-301—873)
2022: 2nd (-12, 281-289-282—852)
2021: 2nd (+11, 286-293-296—875)
2020: No Event
2019: 1st (+8, 303-288-271—872)*
2018: 2nd (+25, 290-306-291—884)*
2017: 1st (+35, 204-209-286—899)*
2016: 4th (+34, 299-293-306—898)*
2015: 1st (+33, 304-297-296—897)*
2014: 2nd (+28, 295-300-297—892)*
2013: 7th (+27, 292-305-294—891)
2012: 8th (+34, 299-301-298—898)
2011: T-7th (+52, 304-303-297—904)
2010: T-9th (+43, 306-288-301—895)
2009: 2nd (-12, 292-287-273—852)
2008: 1st (+10, 291-288-295—874)
2007: 4th (+8, 290-294-288—872)
2006: 3rd (-18, 285-278-283—846)

BIG EAST MEDALISTS – MARQUETTE
2023: Bhoom Sima-Aree (-3, 73-68-72—213)
2021: Hunter Eichhorn (-7, 68-71-70—209)
2018: Hunter Eichhorn (-2, 69-73-72—214)*
2017: Matthew Bachmann (E, 73-71-72—216)*
2015: Patrick Sanchez (-1, 73-73-69—215)*
2008: Ted Gray (-5, 68-68-75—211)

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NOTE: This press release was submitted to Urban Milwaukee and was not written by an Urban Milwaukee writer. While it is believed to be reliable, Urban Milwaukee does not guarantee its accuracy or completeness.