Marquette Opens NCAA Golf Regional Play in Austin Monday

Marquette will make its fourth team appearance in NCAA Men's Golf Championships regional play, taking part in the Austin Regional at the University of Texas Golf Course beginning on Monday morning.

The Golden Eagles earned a single digit seed for the first time in program history, playing as the regional's No. 8-seeded team.

MU is one of 81 teams and 45 individuals in the 2019 NCAA Championship field - the top five teams from each of the six regional sites, as well as the top individual player not part of an advancing team, will move on to Fayetteville, Arkansas for national championship play May 24-29. Marquette earned the automatic berth from the BIG EAST Conference.

Oklahoma State, 12-time and defending national champion, is the top overall seed in the 2019 NCAA Men's Golf Championships.

ABOUT THE AUSTIN REGIONAL

Top-seed and host Texas, ranked No. 6 in the Bushnell Golfweek Coaches Poll and Golfstat NCAA Team Ranking, welcomes one of the toughest NCAA regional fields to UT Golf Club (Par 71, 7,355 yards). The Austin Regional field includes No. 2 USC (5, Golfstat rank), No. 3 Pepperdine (18), No. 4 Clemson (20), No. 5 TCU (33), No. 6 Arkansas (35), No. 7 Iowa (38), No. 8 Marquette (43), No. 9 San José State (49), No. 10 Saint Mary's (55), No. 11 Sam Houston State (90), No. 12 UMKC (96), No. 13 Prairie View A&M (185) and No. 14 Army West Point (214).

Admission is free to the grounds of UT Golf Course for all rounds of the Austin Regional. On-site parking is limited.

EVENT SCHEDULE

Practice Round: Sunday, May 12, 9 a.m. CT
Marquette tees off on hole No. 13

First Round: Monday, May 13, 8:25 a.m.-9:09 a.m. CT
Threesome with No. 7 Iowa, No. 8 Marquette, No. 9 San José State off hole No. 1

Second, Third Round: Tuesday-Wednesday, May 14-15
Tee times TBA, paired by standings positions following first round

MARQUETTE'S NCAA HISTORY

For the third year in a row, Marquette is participating in the NCAA championships. The team made its last appearance in the 2017 Sammamish, Washington Regional, finishing 13th with a 54-hole 899 score.

In 2018, BIG EAST champion Hunter Eichhorn and at-large selection Matt Murlick played in the Bryan, Texas Regional, hosted by Texas A&M at Traditions Club. Both Eichhorn (T-25 - 219, 3-over-par) and Murlick (T-19, 217, 1-over-par) posted the lowest 54-hole NCAA regional scores in program history. Murlick's tie for 19th was MU's best individual NCAA regional finish since Mike Van Sickle finished 17th at the 2007 Central Regional.

Eichhorn, Murlick, Oliver Farrell and Austin Kendziorski will each play in their second NCAA regional, while Matthew Bachmann heads to his second NCAA regional and first as the substitute, the result of an NCAA rule change enacted for championships starting in the 2017-18 season. All eight players on the Marquette roster will make the trip to Austin.