Men’s Golf Opens 2026 at Hall Williams Collegiate

2026 HAL WILLIAMS COLLEGIATE
Date	Monday-Tuesday, Feb. 16-17, 2026
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Venue	RTJ Magnolia Grove - Crossings Course \| Mobile, Ala. \| Par: 71 \| Yards: 7,095
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MOBILE, Ala. (EMUEagles.com) — The Eastern Michigan University men's golf returns to competition for the first time following the winter break with the Eagles heading to Mobile, Ala., and the RTJ Magnolia Grove Golf Club for the 2026 Hal Williams Collegiate hosted by the University of South Alabama, Monday-Tuesday, Feb. 16-17. The Eagles, who last played Nov. 4-6, 2025, at the Pearl at Kalauao Invitational in Hawai'i, are one of 14 schools set to compete on the par-71, 7,059-yard Crossings Course.

THIS WEEK'S LINE UP
Here are the Eagles that will compete at the Hal Williams Collegiate:
1. Charlie Box (Jr.) • 69.9 avg. | 2x MAC Golfer of the Week (Oct. 3 & 10)... Won title at West Bay Collegiate
2. Robby Turnbull (Fr.) • 72.9 avg. | Season-best T24th at the Jim DeLapa Collegiate (Sept. 28-29)
3. Joshua Hess (Fr.) • 71.7 avg. | Captured first top 10 with T10th at the Pearl at Kalauao Invite in Hawai'i
4. Rory McDonald-O'Brien (Sr.) • 74.1 avg. | 2025 MAC Runner-Up... T29th at Whirlwind Collegiate
5. Tim Chan (Sr.) • 72.2 avg. | Season-best 14th-place finish at the West Bay Collegiate
IN Rupert Toomey (Fr.) | Making his collegiate debut in Alabama

CHIP INS
» Over the break, Eastern added signed four players to join the program with one on the roster this spring and three more set to join ahead of the 2026-27 season. Rupert Toomey (Australia) has been added to the current roster and will make his EMU debut in Alabama while the three coming this fall include Vicente Quiroga (Bolivia), Parin Sarasmut (Thailand), and Ben Sessions (United Kingdom).
» Two of the newcomers, Vicente Quiroga and Parin Sarasmut, have accepted invitations to play in the prestigious 2026 Junior Invitational, March 11-14, at the Sage Valley Golf Club in Graniteville, S.C. The duo is two of only 36 golfers invited to compete in the event this year.
» Several Eagles, both current and incoming, competed in events over the winter break with Tim Chang competing in the Final Qualifying of the Asian Tour Qualifying School while both Leo Mihaich and Vicente Quiroga took part in the Latin America Amateur Championships.
» Former Eagle Brett White earned his Korn Ferry Tour card at the end of 2025 and is currently competing on the tour. Through four tournaments played, White has made the cut four times and currently ranks 61st in points.
» As a team, the Eagles are currently ranked No. 120 in the Scoreboard/Clippd rankings with Charlie Box the highest ranked Eagle as he stands at No. 222 this week (Feb. 11 release).
» Charlie Box captured medalist honors at the West Bay Collegiate Invitational, Oct. 6-7, the first tournament title by an EMU player since Oct. 16-17, 2017, when Beau Breault took the win at the Dayton Flyer Invitational. The win also is the seventh in Box' career after winning six times previously with Hutchinson Community College.
» Following his win, the league coaches voted Charlie Box as the MAC Golfer of the Week, giving the accolade for the second-consecutive week. Box was previously honored after taking seventh place (the best among all MAC players in the field) at the Jim DeLapa Collegiate (Sept. 28-29).
» The Eagles are slated to play in six events this fall with stops in four different time zones, including Eastern (Michigan and Florida), Central (Illinois), Mountain (Arizona and New Mexico), and Hawaiian. All told in 2025-26, EMU will play in 12 total events, including spring events in Alabama, California, Florida, Ohio, and Texas, before playing in the 2026 MAC Championships in Zionsville, Ind. (May 3-5).
» There are five newcomers to the roster this year, including two transfers and three freshmen. The transfers include senior Leo Mihaich (Argentina/Oklahoma Christian) and junior Charlie Box (England/Hutchinson CC) while three freshmen include Joshua Hess (Switzerland), Rupert Toomey (Melbourne, Australia), and Robby Turnbull (New Zealand).

TOURNAMENT INFO: THE FACTS
The 2026 Hal Williams Collegiate will feature 14 teams playing three rounds over two days at the RTJ Magnolia Golf Club in Mobile, Ala. The event will play on the par-71, 7,059-yard Crossings Course with teams playing two rounds on Monday, Feb. 16, in an 8 a.m. (9 a.m. ET) shotgun start with the third and final round taking place Tuesday, Feb. 17, with an 8:30 a.m. (9:30 a.m. ET) shotgun start.

TOURNAMENT INFO: THE FIELD
The Eagles will play alongside 13 other teams, including host South Alabama, who call Magnolia Grove home. Along with the Eagles and Jaguars, the field features Abilene Christian, Davidson, Illinois, fellow MAC foe Kent State, Louisiana Tech, Memphis, Nebraska, Rice, Southern Illinois-Carbondale, Southern Miss, Texas State, and UAB.

IN THE RANKINGS • TEAMS (SCOREBOARD)
Ten of the 14 teams in the field feature in the national top 130 according to the Feb. 11 release of the Scoreboard/Clippd rankings with No. 13 Illinois leading the pack. Included in the top 100 are No. 53 Rice, No. 57 South Alabama, No. 58 Memphis, No. 65 Southern Miss, and No. 67 Nebraska, while No. 118 Texas State and No. 120 EMU round out the top 125.

IN THE RANKINGS • INDIVIDUALS (SCOREBOARD)
Thirteen golfers entered in this week's Hal Williams Collegiate are ranked among the top 200 according to the Feb. 11 release of the Scoreboard/Clippd rankings with No. 11 Max Herendeen of Illinois leading the way. Three others are ranked in the top 100, including No. 37 Yixiang Wang of Louisiana Tech, No. 60 Trey Marrion of Illinois, and No. 93 Lukas Boandi of Rice.

MOVED UP
According to the Oct. 29 Scoreboard/Clippd rankings update, the Eagles moved up one spot to No. 109 for the highest ranking in program history. Eastern, who opened the year at No. 110, entered the season with a record high of No. 142, which was earned in the penultimate release of the 2024-25 season. The Eagles are currently ranked No. 120 according to the Feb. 11 release.

RECENT ADDITION
The newest addition to the team, Rupert Toomey, will tee it up for the Eagles this week in Alabama as the freshman signed with the program in November and joined the team ahead of classes starting in January. The Melbourne, Australia, native brings a wealth of experience to Ypsilanti as he played in 21 tournaments in 2025 that saw him finish among the top 10 on seven occasions, including runner-up finishes as the Tasmanian Junior Amateur, the NSW Junior Championship, and the Victoria Junior Open. Additionally, he finished 20th at the Australian Men's Amateur Championship and was 27th at the NextGen Amateur Tour World Final.

ADDED FOR 2026-27
In addition to Rupert Toomey, the Eagles signed three more players in November that will join the program ahead of the 2026-27 season, including Vicente Quiroga (Cochabamba, Bolivia), Parin Sarasmut (Bangkok, Thailand), and Ben Sessions (Dunmow, Essex, UK).
» Quiroga is currently ranked No. 98 in the World Amateur Golf Rankings (WAGR) and holds a career-high ranking of No. 93. He recently won the title at the 1 Gira - Vuelta Bolivia after taking 38th at the Latin America Amateur Championships. During the 2025 calendar year, he competed in 16 events and won six with 13 total top five finishes that included four runner-up showings.
» Sarasmut has been a member of the Thai National Team for several years and currently ranks No. 142 in the latest WAGR. In 14 events played in 2025, he placed among the top three 10 times and collected a pair of wins. He competed twice in the U.S. where he was eighth in the Uswing Mojing Junior World Championships and second at the FCG International Junior Championships. Finally, he took fourth at the SINGHA Thailand Amateur Open and was 40th at the World Amateur Team Champs.
» Sessions recently finished 24th at the Junior Orange Bowl International in Florida. Since 2024, he has captured titles at the 2024 St. Andrews Boys Open and the 2025 England Golf South East Group Championships. After finishing third at the Spain U18 International Championships, he took third place in the 2025 Carris Trophy at the English Boys' Open Amateur while helping his team to second place. Additionally, he helped Team England to the title at the Girls' and Boys' Home Internationals in Ireland where he played singles all three rounds.

CHAN IN ASIA
In late December, Tim Chan earned a place in the Asian Tour Qualifying School Final Qualifying event in Hua Hin, Thailand, and finished tied for 144th at 4-over 146, missing the cut after the second round by four places as the top 140 advanced to the third round. Chan made the final event by carding a final-round 62 in the section final to move into the top 10 and punch his ticket to the finals.

TWO IN LATIN AMERICA
In January, two Eagles competed at the 2026 Latin America Amateur Championships in Lima, Peru, with current Eagle Leo Mihaich finished tied for ninth for Argentina while incoming player Vicente Quiroga tied for 38th for Bolivia. Mihaich, who climbed 12 spots in the standings on the final day, helped Team Argentina to the team win.

TOURING WITH BRETT
Brett White is back on the Korn Ferry Tour as the former Eagle, who last competed full time on the tour in 2022, finished fifth in the 2025 Fortinet Cup standings to earn automatic membership for the 2026 Korn Ferry Tour. He has already opened play on tour in 2026 and competed in four tournaments where he has made the cut in each. He currently ranks 61st in points on the tour.

LAST TIME OUT: HAWAI'I
Charlie Box tied for sixth and Joshua Hess tied for 10th to help the team to a seventh-place finish as the Eagles closed out their 2025 fall schedule at the Pearl at Kalauao Invitational in Aiea, Hawai'i, Nov. 5-6.

In the team standings, the Eagles took seventh at 8-over 872 (289-289-294) with No. 31 West Virginia winning the team title at 21-under 843 (291-280-272) and No. 97 UC San Diego took second at 10-under 854 (290-282-282). Eastern, who entered the tournament ranked No. 109 on the national ledger, finished ahead of No. 106 Utah Tech (293-295-291) and No. 88 Butler (292-298-290), who were 10th at 15-over 879 and 11th at 16-over 880, respectively.

Box tied for sixth at 6-under 210 (70-67-73) as he posted his fourth top 10 finish of the season and third consecutive after tying for seventh at the Jim DeLapa Collegiate (Sept. 28-29) before winning the West Bay Collegiate Invitational (Oct. 6-7). Box, who posted two rounds of par or better for the fifth time in six tournaments, finished under par for the fifth time in six events as well.

Hess also had a strong finish to his first collegiate fall schedule as the rookie tied for 10th at 2-under 214 (70-73-71) to post his first top 10 finish of the season, surpassing his tie for 19th at the Highlands Invitational (Sept. 15-16). Additionally, he has scored 214 strokes in three events this season with the score recorded in back-to-back events. Overall, both Hess and Box finished ahead of two players ranked in the national top 200, including No. No. 152 Ryan Leach of WVU, who tied for 17th, and No. 176 Davis McDowell of UCSD, who tied for 26th.

MEDALIST HONORS
The victory by Charlie Box at the West Bay Collegiate Invitational (Oct. 6-7) marked the first by an EMU player since the 2017-18 season when Beau Breault captured the Dayton Flyer Invitational, Oct. 16-17, 2017. Since the start of the 2000-01 season, nine different Eagles have combined to capture 15 titles with Box' win snapping a nearly eight-year long drought for the program in the winner's circle. The previous drought was three-and-one-half years as Kyle Rodes' victory at the Loyola Intercollegiate (Feb. 25-27, 2017) halted the streak following Stuart Grehan's win at the Firestone Invitational (Oct. 7-8, 2013).

FEELING HONORED... AGAIN
Charlie Box was named the MAC Golfer of the Week, Oct. 10, marking back-to-back weeks the Eagle was honored by the conference. Most recently, Box continued his strong recent play as he tied for the title at the West Bay Collegiate Invitational at 15-under 201 before sinking a 20-foot birdie putt to win the playoff and claim medalist honors in Florida. His first accolade was earned Oct. 3 as he was the top placer among all MAC players in the Jim DeLapa Collegiate that included host Central Michigan and Northern Illinois. Box was the top finisher for the Eagles as he entered the third round in 16th before climbing nine spots to finish in a tie for seventh place at 4-under 206 (69-70-67), his lowest score in four events with the program.

GROWING LIST
The two MAC Golfer of the Week honors attained by Charlie Box this season made him the 26th different Eagle to earn a weekly award from the league since the 1999-00 season and the 10th to earn multiple awards. The first Eagle to earn multiple honors in the same season since Ty Celone was recognized Feb. 25 and April 1, 2022, Box is now one of five Eastern players to earn two awards in a career, joining Cougar Collins, Stuart Grehan, Casey Olsen, and Kyle Rodes. Cam Burke, Graham Hill, and Christopher Ross lead the way for the program with four honors each.

GOOD TO BE BELOW AVERAGE
As a team, the Eagles currently hold a four-player average of 284.9, which is the lowest in program history by 4.2 strokes, surpassing the previous record of 289.1 set in 2018-19. As it stands, this year's team average, should it hold, would be one of just two to finish below 290 as the 2016-17 team broke the record with its 290.4 average (9,875 strokes, 34 rounds).

LOGGING MILES
The Eagles will once again spread their wings and play in tournaments in 11 different states in 2025-26, including five of the six time zones across the United States. In the fall, Eastern is set to play in tournaments in Arizona, Florida, Hawaii, Illinois, Michigan, and New Mexico before taking part in events in Alabama, California, Florida, Indiana, Ohio, and Texas during the spring season.

ON THE HORIZON
Eastern returns to action in one month when the Eagles compete in the 2026 All-American Collegiate, hosted by the University of Houston, March 17-18, at the Golf Club of Houston in Humble, Texas.

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Players Mentioned

Charlie Box

Tim Chan

Joshua Hess

Rory McDonald-O'Brien

Leo Mihaich

Rupert Toomey

Robby Turnbull

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