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NEW YORK – The 2026 BIG EAST Men's Golf Championship presented by JEEP is set to begin on Saturday, May 2 at the Riverton Point Golf and Country Club in Hardeeville, S.C.
Marquette is looking to become the league's first back-to-back champion since 2012 - and capture its seventh BIG EAST title in program history. The Golden Eagles have won five of the last 10 conference crowns. The conference's team champion will receive the league’s automatic berth to the 2026 NCAA Championship. The individual medalist also earns an NCAA Championship invitation.
Play begins on Saturday, May 2, at 8 a.m. ET. First round tee times will be determined by NCAA team rankings via Scoreboard by Clippd. Sunday's and Monday’s groupings will be determined from the previous day’s leaderboard.
For the fourth straight year, GKLive.TV will provide online coverage of the Tournament, with live commentary from the 18th green. There are no subscription fees to watch the event. Live scoring throughout the BIG EAST Championship will be available via ScoreboardLive, powered by Clippd.
Marquette enters the 2026 BIG EAST Championship ranked 69th according to the Scoreboard by Clippd NCAA national rankings - the highest in the BIG EAST. Entering this weekend, the Golden Eagles have finished in the top two in their last two competitions, including a win at the Bell Bank "Pay It Forward" Collegiate on March 24.
Max Schmidtke leads the squad in scoring average (71.0) in 30 total rounds this season. He has posted two top five and three top 10 finishes. He was runner-up at the Bell Bank "Pay It Forward" and fifth at the Bluegrass Collegiate Invite. Mischa Candinas ranks second in scoring average (71.2), followed by Johan Widal (71.7) and Vinny Cervantes (71.8). Both Widal and Cervantes earned BIG EAST Golfer of the Week honors this season.
Xavier is 94th nationally on the Scoreboard NCAA rankings, posting four wins and five top three finishes during the 2025-26 season. The Musketeers captured two events in the fall - the Moraine Intercollegiate and the Xavier Invitational - before opening the spring slate with a pair of wins and a runner-up finish. Xavier won the Lake Jovita Invitational in February and the Peoples Championship in March, while placing second at the Wexford Intercollegiate.
Cayse Morgan (No. 193 nationally) is a three-time BIG EAST Golfer of the Week honoree and leads the Musketeers with a 70.4 scoring average. The freshman won three times in 2025-26, earning medalist honors at the Peoples Championship in March and back-to-back wins in the fall at the Moraine Intercollegiate and Xavier Invitational.
Butler has registered four victories and eight top three finishes this season. The Bulldogs earned a trio of wins during the fall campaign - the Golden Grizzlies Intercollegiate and the Virtues Intercollegiate in September and the Dayton Flyer Invitational in October. Butler also won the Don Benbow Butler Spring Invite in late March.
Derek Tabor was a three-time BIG EAST Golfer of the Week selection and leads the Dawgs in scoring average (71.7). He has posted three top three finishes and has finished under par in five of his seven starts in the spring - and on eight occasions overall. Logan Sutto (72.0 scoring average) and Leo Zurovac (72.4) have combined to earn three BIG EAST weekly awards. The pair combined to share first place at the NKU Jewell Invitational.
UConn is set to begin BIG EAST Championship play after recording two wins and five top five finishes in 2025-26. The Huskies captured the Golfweek/Stifel Spring Classic in April - going 15-under par as a team - and the UConn Invitational at GreatHorse in September. In 11 total starts, UConn has shot par or better as a team on six occasions.
Bradley Sawka leads the squad with a 71.6 scoring average, posting a win at the UConn Invitational in the fall. The sophomore finished in the top five on the individual leaderboard on five occasions, recording eight straight finishes under par between the fall and spring seasons.
Seton Hall enters championship weekend with a pair of top five finishes, finishing fourth at the Princeton Invitational and Wildcat Spring Invite. In the spring season opener, the Pirates posted a season-best 10-under par finish at the Loyola Intercollegiate in February.
The Pirates' David Lally is the team's scoring leader (72.1 avg.), while Luke Nolan (73.5) and Jace Hulett (73.7) each earned BIG EAST Golfer of the Week accolades during the 2025-26 season.
Georgetown has recorded runner-up finishes in each of its last two tournaments and enters the BIG EAST Championship with four top three finishes on the season. In its last outing, the Hoyas were a season-best 3-over par en route to finishing second at the Princeton Invitational.
Barnes Blake - the 2025 BIG EAST runner-up - was a two-time BIG EAST Golfer of the Week this season and leads the Hoyas with a 71.9 scoring average. He won the Georgetown Intercollegiate in October and has posted three top 10 finishes during the spring season. Carson Erick (73.4) was victorious at the Wildcat Spring Invite.
Villanova has posted three top five finishes this spring, including a win at the Wildcat Spring Invitational in April and a runner-up at the Golden Horseshoe Intercollegiate in March.
The Wildcats' Matt Zerfass is a two-time BIG EAST Golfer of the Week. He has logged four tournaments under-par, including a 5-under finish to win the Golden Horseshoe Intercollegiate. He was also the medalist at the Big Five Championship in November.
Creighton has registered two top three - and three top five - finishes this season, including a season-best 11-under par at the Bluejay Invitational in September. In March, CU registered an even-par finish at the UC San Diego Invitational held at Torrey Pines.
Grant Feldman leads the way for the Jays. A two-time BIG EAST weekly award winner, the senior has compiled a 70.7 stroke average in 2025-26. Feldman won the Bluejay Invitational and has four top three finishes - including consecutive runner-up finishes at the UC San Diego and SeattleU Redhawk Invitationals.
St. John's enters the weekend with five top three finishes in 2025-26, two coming during the spring season - the Gulf Coast Collegiate in February and the ECU Intercollegiate at Brook Valley in March.
The Red Storm are led by Eli Weidmann's 72.6 scoring average through 30 rounds of play, while Joseph Dolezal (73.3) - who earned BIG EAST Golfer of the Week honors on Feb. 26 - earned the win at the Gulf Coast Collegiate and has three top five finishes this season.
DePaul heads into the conference championship coming off its best result of the season - a third place finish at the Hawkeye Invitational. The Blue Demons also posted a pair of top five finishes during the spring, at the UC San Diego and Military City Invitationals.
North Chery and Dominic Lucchesi were each tabbed as BIG EAST Golfers of the Week during the spring. Chery - the team's leader in scoring average (72.7) - posted three top 10 finishes on the season while Lucchesi set a new program record of 8-under par tying for first place at the Hawkeye Invitational.
Providence returns to the BIG EAST Championship after re-establishing its men's golf program prior to the 2025-26 season. The team returns to varsity status for the first time since 2002. The Friars have captured two conference titles (1980, 1993) all-time.
Campbell Skelly and Callan Fahey lead the team in scoring average at 75.2, helping the Friars to a season-best fifth place finish at the Bash in the Boro in October.