Golf heads to Puerto Rico Classic on Feb. 10-12

Live Scoring | Grand Reserve Golf Club

MILWAUKEE – The Marquette University men's golf team heads to Rio Grande, Puerto Rico to compete in the Puerto Rico Classic on Feb. 10-12 at Grand Reserve Golf Club.

Live scoring of the event will be available through Golfstat.

THE EVENT

This year marks the seventh time in a row that the Golden Eagles will compete in the Puerto Rico Classic and the fourth time they've played at Grand Reserve in as many years. The event, hosted by Purdue, began in 1993 and is in its 32st iteration this spring. Former MU All-American Hunter Eichhorn holds the tournament's single-round scoring record with the 11-under 61 he shot in the third round of the event in 2022.

In addition to the Golden Eagles and host Boilermakers, the field includes Ole Miss, LSU, Georgia, Wisconsin, Charleston, Iowa, UNF, USC, Ohio State, Tennessee, Minnesota, Oklahoma and Virginia.

THE COURSE

The Grand Reserve Golf Club hosts the Puerto Rico Classic for the fourth year in a row. The course, which is designed by PGA Tour professional Tom Kite and also hosts the PGA Tour's Puerto Rico Open, measures 7,152 yards and plays as a par 72. The Grand Reserve stretches along the beachfront with the El Yunque rainforest as a backdrop.

MARQUETTE LINEUP

Individuals: Mason Schmidtke

The Golden Eagles are coming off a win at BIG EAST Match Play on Feb. 3-4 at Bear Lakes Country Club in West Palm Beach, Florida, and are searching for their second stroke-play tournament win of the year. In match play, Johan Widal, Ryan Banas and Vincent Cervantes each won all three of their contests and Widal earned the first BIG EAST Male Golfer of the Week honor of his career for his efforts.

Senior Patrick Adler was ranked 40th nationally in the Scoreboard college golf rankings during the fall season. He won medalist honors at both the Windon Memorial Classic and RedHawk Intercollegiate and boasts a career-best 70.53 scoring average (-0.67 strokes per round) to lead the team.

Fellow senior Max Lyons makes his fourth appearance in the event and owns previous success in Puerto Rico. Lyons led the team with a 9-under 207 last spring and holds the Marquette freshman record for total strokes and score versus par in an event, finishing with an 11-under 205 as a freshman in 2022.

Widal earned BIG EAST Male Golfer of the Week after winning all three of his match play contests earlier this week and not reaching the 17th hole in any match. He took down Vibjav Alokam from Villanova, 3&2, Leo Zurovac of Butler, 3&2, and Bradley Sawka from UConn, 4&2.

Adler, Lyons and Schmidtke each competed as part of MU's lineup in the event last spring.

Previous Puerto Rico Classic Results (year, overall (MU finish):

Patrick Adler
2024: T-88 (5th), +14 (78-74-78—230)
2023: T-65 (Ind.), +8 (72-76-76—224)

Max Lyons
2024: T-16 (1st), -9 (67-71-69—207)
2023: T-57 (3rd), +4 (70-72-78—220)
2022: T-16 (2nd), -11 (70-67-68—205)

Mason Schmidtke
2024: 87 (4th), +11 (81-71-75—227)

UP NEXT: Following the Puerto Rico Classic, Marquette is off for over a month until the The Johnnie-O at Sea Island – Seaside Course in St. Simons Island, Georgia on March 17-18.

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