THIS WEEK
The University of Iowa men’s golf team is set compete in the Big Ten Championships in North Plains, Oregon, from May 1-3.
TOURNAMENT SCHEDULE
The tournament is three days consisting of 54 holes of stroke play, teeing off on Friday, May 1 and concluding May 3, there will be 18 holes played each day. The tournament tees off at 11:30 a.m. (CT) each day with groups teeing off on holes one and 10. The final tee time of each round one will be at 1:50 p.m. (CT).
FOLLOW THE ACTION
You can follow the action by visiting scoreboard.clippd.com for live scoring. Links can be found on the men’s golf schedule page at hawkeyesports.com. Three hours of live coverage from the final round will be televised on BTN.ย TV coverage begins on May 3 at 4:30 p.m. (CT) anchored by Rick Pizzo and Eric Ciotti in the BTN studios, and Emma Carpenter on the course.
THE FIELD
All 18 Big Ten teams will be participating in the championships: #12 Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Maryland, Michigan, Michigan State, Minnesota, Nebraska, #48 Northwestern, Ohio State, Oregon, Penn State, #42 Purdue, Rutgers, #33 UCLA, #26 USC, Washington and Wisconsin.
TOURNAMENT HISTORY
2026 marks the 104th year of the Big Ten Championships and will be hosted by Pumpkin Ridge Golf Club for the first time. The Hawkeyes have earned one team Big Ten Championship in program history. The team title came in 1992 at Finkbine Golf Course. UCLA won the 2025 Big Ten Championship at two-over par (842), defeating Illinois by one stroke. Omar Morales of UCLA was the individual champion carding a 203.
– The Hawkeyes finished 14th in 2025 with Max Tjoa being the low finisher in a tie for 28th.
– Mac McClear was the co-medalist in 2023 where he became the first Hawkeye to win multiple conference championships after also winning the event in 2021. McClear became the 16th menโs golfer to win multiple Big Ten Championships in tournament history. McClear is one of four Hawkeyes to win the individual medalist at the Big Ten Championships, joining Carson Schaake (2015), Brad Klapprott (1992), and John Jacobs (1946).
– The Hawkeyes debuted at the Big Ten Championship in 1924 where they placed seventh. This year is Iowaโs 92nd appearance all-time in the Big Ten Championships.
THE COURSE
Considered among the nation’s best classic-style courses, Bob Cupp designed the par-72, 7,017-yard Witch Hollow course to blend harmoniously with its natural surroundings in the shadows of the Cascade Mountains. Woven through a tapestry of fir, maple, oak and ash trees with dramatic views of the Tualatin Hills, the course’s undulating fairways, wide manicured greens, numerous wetland areas and variety of ponds, lakes and streams add to the layout’s mystical allure and beauty. Pumpkin Ridge was established in 1992, received the unprecedented honor of being named the host site for the United States Golf Association’s (USGA) 1996 U.S. Amateur Championship.
– Witch Hollow was named by Golf Digest the “#2 Best New Private Course in the U.S.” when it opened in 1992 and continues to garner national acclaim thanks to its imaginative design and superb conditioning. In 1996, Tiger Woods brought notoriety to Witch Hollow when he won his unprecedented third consecutive U.S. Amateur Championship in a dramatic come-from-behind finish over Steve Scott.
– In 2000, Pumpkin Ridge made history once again by hosting the U.S. Junior Amateur Championship and the U.S. Girls’ Junior Championship, marking the first time in 22 years that these two events had been held simultaneously at the same location. Numerous other prestigious amateur and professional events have been held on the two courses since then, including the 2003 U.S. Women’s Open Championship; 2006 U.S. Women’s Amateur Championship; and the LPGA’s 2009, 2010 and 2011 Safeway Classic, and the 2022 LIV Tour.
LAST TIME OUT
The Hawkeyes claimed the team title at the 32nd Hawkeye Invitational, finishing with a 13-under par (851) as a group. The score tied for the 20th-best 54-hole total in program history. Iowa won the tournament by six strokes, with Southern Illinois finishing second at 7-under par.
– The Hawkeyes posted rounds of one-under par in the opening round, followed by a tournament-best 10-under performance in the second round, and closed with a two-under par third round.