Golf Heads to Redhawk Intercollegiate at Pittsburg Field Club

MILWAUKEE – The Marquette University men's golf team continues the spring season at the Redhawk Intercollegiate at Pittsburgh Field Club on Apr. 16-18.

This will be MU's final 54-hole event of the regular season.

THE EVENT
The field at the Redhawk Intercollegiate will be comprised of 14 teams and 75 players. Teams competing include Bowling Green, Bucknell, Dayton, Eastern Kentucky, George Washington, Loyola, Marquette Miami (Ohio), Minnesota, North Dakota State, Oakland, Ohio, Richmond and Toledo.

The 54-hole event will begin Monday with the first round teeing off at 8:30 a.m. CT. The second round will follow the first in the afternoon. Groups will repair for Tuesday's final round with groups going off of Nos. 1 and 10. Final round tee times begin at 7:45 a.m. CT. Live scoring will be availible through Golfstat.

THE COURSE
The Pittsburgh Field Club began as a three-hole course back in 1895. The original course design was done by Alexander H. Findlay and was constructed by Fred Pickering. From the back tees the course plays as a par 71 at 6,827 yards.

The course has hosted major professional and amateur events. It hosted the 1937 PGA Championship, the 1953 U.S. Open qualifier, the 1959 Western Open and the 2003 U.S. Amateur Championship qualifying round.

THE LINEUP
Nos. 1-5: Tyler Leach, Nicolás Evangelio, Bhoom Sima-Aree, Josh Robinson, Max Lyons
INDIVIDUAL: Will Hemauer

The Redhawk Intercollegiate will mark the 10th tournament of the 2022-23 season for all five members of Marquette's lineup.

The Golden Eagles placed fourth in the Tiger Collegiate Invitational with a season-low 26-under par 838. That score is tied for the fourth-lowest 54-hole event score in program history.

Evangelio heads to Pittsburg Field Club coming off his fifth top-10 finish of the season at the Tiger Collegiate Invitational. Evangelio finished tied for sixth with a 54-hole career-low 11-under par 205. He shot a season-low single-round score of 7-under (65) in the second round. Evangelio rolled in 17 birdies with only six bogeys for the tournament.

Sima-Aree had a career-best tournament as well with an 8-under par 208. The Nonthaburi, Thailand native got off to a strong start in the tournament with a career-low 6-under 66 in the opening round. His nine rounds of par or better and four rounds in the 60s are both career bests for a season.

Leach finished tied for 31st at the Club at Old Hawthorne with a 2-under 214. Leach finished par or better in all three rounds including two rounds of 1-under par (71). Leach's 13 rounds of par or better is tied for the team lead along with Evangelio and Lyons.

Lyons shot a 4-under par 68 in the opening round at Old Hawthorne. He now has eight rounds in the 60s this season to lead the team and tie a personal best for a season.

Robinson finished tied for 41st with an even-par 216 last time out.

Freshman Will Hemauer returns to action, competing as an individual. Hemaur last competed at the Marquette Intercollegiate on Oct. 2-3.

UP NEXT:
MU will have one final tune-up against Loyola Maryland on Sunday, Apr. 23 at Anne Arundel Manor before the BIG EAST Championships.

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