2025-26 Men's Golf Roster
Widal, Johan
Johan Widal
- Height:
- 5-11
- Class:
- Senior
- Hometown:
- Halmstad, Sweden
- High School:
- Aspero HS
- Prev School:
- Tiffin University
Bio
HONORS AND AWARDS (AT MU)
2024-25 (Jr.): All-BIG EAST First Team in his first season in NCAA Division I ... Posted a 71.71 scoring average, a mark +0.21 strokes to par and both ninth all-time in MU history ... Notched 17 par-or-better rounds and seven rounds in the 60s, marks that both placed third on the team ... Second round scoring average of 70.75 was second MU behind only Max Lyons ... Tied with Patrick Adler for second on MU with four top-10 finishes ... Also recorded a pair of top-five finishes and six times inside the top 20 ... Posted a team-best seven eagles ... Second on MU with 489 par-or-better holes, including 379 pars and 103 birdies ... BIG EAST Conference Male Golfer of the Week on Feb. 6, 2025 after going undefeated in his three matches to help Marquette win BIG EAST Match Play on Feb. 3-4 at Bear Lake Country Club in West Palm Beach, Florida ... Did not reach the 17th hole in any of his matches in BIG EAST Match Play (Finals: Widal (MU) def. Bradley Sawka (UConn), 4&2; Semifinals: Widal (MU) def. Leo Zurovac (Butler), 3&2; First Round: Widal (MU) def. Vibhav Alokam (Villanova), 3&2) ... Tied for the team lead with Max Lyons in 13th place at the Kampen-Cosler Golf Course in the Purdue Fall Invitational (Sept. 22-23) with an even-par 216 (74-71-71) ... Tied for fifth to lead MU to a runner-up finish in the Dayton Flyer Invitational at NCR Country Club (Oct. 21-22) with a 1-over 214 (72-71-71) ... Led MU with an 8-under 208 (68-68-72) to tie for 11th overall in a loaded tournament field at the Puerto Rico Classic (Feb. 10-12) - MU competed against nine teams ranked in the top-37 of the Scoreboard College Golf Rankings ... His 8-under 208 is one of the top-21 54-hole marks in MU history ... Tied for first on MU with Patrick Adler at the 2025 BIG EAST Championships with a 3-under 213 (71-69-73) to help the Golden Eagles to their sixth conference title on April 26-28 at Callawassie Island ... Tied for 53rd and finished fourth on MU with a 9-over 222 (74-73-75) in the NCAA Urbana Regional at Atkins Golf Club on May 12-14.
Prior to Marquette: Widal spent two seasons at NCAA Division II Tiffin University and was a two-time All-Great Midwest Athletic Conference First Team selection and the league's player of the year as a sophomore in 2023-24.
International: Placed fifth in the 2024 Guldpokalen at Nya Banan in Båstad with a 5-over 293 (76-73-70-74) on June 8-9 ... Also posted a pair of top-six finishes two Swedish Junior events in spring of 2024 ... He finished runner up at three events in the summer of 2023 including the European Juniors International in June at Golfpark Weiherhoff in Wadern-Nunkurchen, Germany ... Recorded a 6-under 138 at the Vreta PING Junior Open in mid-May 2023 at Vreta Kloster Golfklubb and posted a 5-under 211 in the Swedish Junior Tour Division I at Viksjö Golfklubb in August.
Tiffin University (2022-24): Earned 2024 Great Midwest Athletic Conference Player of the Year as a sophomore after claiming two tournament victories along with four top-five finishes ... Was also a first team all-league pick in as a sophomore when he finished third in the Midwest in NCAA Division II in the college golf rankings according to Spikemark ... Widal dropped his scoring average from 72.94 strokes as a freshman by over one-and-a-half strokes to 71.30 in 2023-24 ... Widal fired a 3-under 207 (67-72-68) to place 14th in the 2024 NCAA DII Central/Midwest Super Regional at Kickingbird Golf Course in Edmond, Oklahoma on May 9-11 ... Placed 15th overall in the 2024 G-MAC tournament with a 5-over 221 (71-76-74) at The Pearl Club in Owensboro, Kentucky ... He earned top-four finishes in four of the six events he played in the fall of 2023, including a win at the Midwest Regional on Oct. 9-10 at St. Albans Country Club, hosted by Missouri-St. Louis at the Lewis and Clark Course ... Earned a second event victory during 2023-24 at the Music City Invitational at Trevecca on April 15-16 with a 9-under 135 (70-65) in Old Hickory, Tennessee ... He was also runner-up in the fall of 2023 at Tiffin's Kyle Ryman Memorial on Oct. 2-3 at Mohawk Golf and Country Club and Findlay's Nemacolin Intercollegiate on Oct. 23-24 at the Mystic Rock Course in Farmington, Pennsylvania ... He was a GCAA/PING Division II All-Midwest Region selection as a freshman in 2022-23 after placing 15th at the NCAA Division II Men's Central/Midwest Regional at The Bridges Golf Course in Winona, Minnesota ... He was also an All-Great Midwest Athletic Conference First Team selection as a freshman when he earned three GMAC Men's Golfer of the Week honors.
Personal: He attended Aspero Idrottgymnasium in Sweden before heading to the United States and is an accomplished European junior golfer ... Sister, Josefin, plays golf at LSU.
Bailey on Widal (Dec. 2023): "Johan has the combination of character and competitiveness that has been vital to the growth of Marquette Golf. He has used those traits to excel on and off the course, and we are very excited for the positive impact he will have on our team and campus."
- All-BIG EAST First Team
- BIG EAST Male Golfer of the Week (Feb. 6, 2025)
- Cobalt Golf All-American Scholar (2024-25)
- BIG EAST All-Academic Team (2024-25)
2024-25 (Jr.): All-BIG EAST First Team in his first season in NCAA Division I ... Posted a 71.71 scoring average, a mark +0.21 strokes to par and both ninth all-time in MU history ... Notched 17 par-or-better rounds and seven rounds in the 60s, marks that both placed third on the team ... Second round scoring average of 70.75 was second MU behind only Max Lyons ... Tied with Patrick Adler for second on MU with four top-10 finishes ... Also recorded a pair of top-five finishes and six times inside the top 20 ... Posted a team-best seven eagles ... Second on MU with 489 par-or-better holes, including 379 pars and 103 birdies ... BIG EAST Conference Male Golfer of the Week on Feb. 6, 2025 after going undefeated in his three matches to help Marquette win BIG EAST Match Play on Feb. 3-4 at Bear Lake Country Club in West Palm Beach, Florida ... Did not reach the 17th hole in any of his matches in BIG EAST Match Play (Finals: Widal (MU) def. Bradley Sawka (UConn), 4&2; Semifinals: Widal (MU) def. Leo Zurovac (Butler), 3&2; First Round: Widal (MU) def. Vibhav Alokam (Villanova), 3&2) ... Tied for the team lead with Max Lyons in 13th place at the Kampen-Cosler Golf Course in the Purdue Fall Invitational (Sept. 22-23) with an even-par 216 (74-71-71) ... Tied for fifth to lead MU to a runner-up finish in the Dayton Flyer Invitational at NCR Country Club (Oct. 21-22) with a 1-over 214 (72-71-71) ... Led MU with an 8-under 208 (68-68-72) to tie for 11th overall in a loaded tournament field at the Puerto Rico Classic (Feb. 10-12) - MU competed against nine teams ranked in the top-37 of the Scoreboard College Golf Rankings ... His 8-under 208 is one of the top-21 54-hole marks in MU history ... Tied for first on MU with Patrick Adler at the 2025 BIG EAST Championships with a 3-under 213 (71-69-73) to help the Golden Eagles to their sixth conference title on April 26-28 at Callawassie Island ... Tied for 53rd and finished fourth on MU with a 9-over 222 (74-73-75) in the NCAA Urbana Regional at Atkins Golf Club on May 12-14.
Prior to Marquette: Widal spent two seasons at NCAA Division II Tiffin University and was a two-time All-Great Midwest Athletic Conference First Team selection and the league's player of the year as a sophomore in 2023-24.
International: Placed fifth in the 2024 Guldpokalen at Nya Banan in Båstad with a 5-over 293 (76-73-70-74) on June 8-9 ... Also posted a pair of top-six finishes two Swedish Junior events in spring of 2024 ... He finished runner up at three events in the summer of 2023 including the European Juniors International in June at Golfpark Weiherhoff in Wadern-Nunkurchen, Germany ... Recorded a 6-under 138 at the Vreta PING Junior Open in mid-May 2023 at Vreta Kloster Golfklubb and posted a 5-under 211 in the Swedish Junior Tour Division I at Viksjö Golfklubb in August.
Tiffin University (2022-24): Earned 2024 Great Midwest Athletic Conference Player of the Year as a sophomore after claiming two tournament victories along with four top-five finishes ... Was also a first team all-league pick in as a sophomore when he finished third in the Midwest in NCAA Division II in the college golf rankings according to Spikemark ... Widal dropped his scoring average from 72.94 strokes as a freshman by over one-and-a-half strokes to 71.30 in 2023-24 ... Widal fired a 3-under 207 (67-72-68) to place 14th in the 2024 NCAA DII Central/Midwest Super Regional at Kickingbird Golf Course in Edmond, Oklahoma on May 9-11 ... Placed 15th overall in the 2024 G-MAC tournament with a 5-over 221 (71-76-74) at The Pearl Club in Owensboro, Kentucky ... He earned top-four finishes in four of the six events he played in the fall of 2023, including a win at the Midwest Regional on Oct. 9-10 at St. Albans Country Club, hosted by Missouri-St. Louis at the Lewis and Clark Course ... Earned a second event victory during 2023-24 at the Music City Invitational at Trevecca on April 15-16 with a 9-under 135 (70-65) in Old Hickory, Tennessee ... He was also runner-up in the fall of 2023 at Tiffin's Kyle Ryman Memorial on Oct. 2-3 at Mohawk Golf and Country Club and Findlay's Nemacolin Intercollegiate on Oct. 23-24 at the Mystic Rock Course in Farmington, Pennsylvania ... He was a GCAA/PING Division II All-Midwest Region selection as a freshman in 2022-23 after placing 15th at the NCAA Division II Men's Central/Midwest Regional at The Bridges Golf Course in Winona, Minnesota ... He was also an All-Great Midwest Athletic Conference First Team selection as a freshman when he earned three GMAC Men's Golfer of the Week honors.
Personal: He attended Aspero Idrottgymnasium in Sweden before heading to the United States and is an accomplished European junior golfer ... Sister, Josefin, plays golf at LSU.
Bailey on Widal (Dec. 2023): "Johan has the combination of character and competitiveness that has been vital to the growth of Marquette Golf. He has used those traits to excel on and off the course, and we are very excited for the positive impact he will have on our team and campus."
| Season | Events | Rounds | Avg. | vs. Par | Low Rd. (54) | 60's | Par or better |
| 2024-25 | 12 | 34 | 71.71 | +0.21 | 66 (208) | 7 | 17 |
| Career | 12 | 34 | 71.71 | +0.21 | 66 (208) | 7 | 17 |
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