Men’s Golf Set for All-American Intercollegiate

2026 ALL-AMERICAN INTERCOLLEGIATE
Date	Monday-Tuesday, March 16-17, 2026
Info Hub	EMU Notes (pdf)
Venue	Golf Club of Houston \| Humble, Texas \| Par: 72 \| Yards: 7,422
Live	Live Scoring: Team \| Individual (Scoreboard)
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HUMBLE, Texas (EMUEagles.com) — The Eastern Michigan University men's golf team returns to the course this week as they head to the Lone Star State to compete in the 2026 All-American Intercollegiate, hosted by the University of Houston, at the Golf Club of Houston in Humble, Texas, March 16-17. The event will feature a pair of simultaneous events on the same property as 16, five-member teams will compete on the Tournament Course while individuals representing 15 squads will compete at the same time on the Member Course. Eastern will be represented by five players in the team event and one player in the individual competition with 8 a.m. CT (9 a.m. ET) shotgun starts scheduled for both events both days.

THIS WEEK'S LINE UP
Here are the Eagles that will compete at the All-American Intercollegiate (Teams):
» Charlie Box (Jr.) • 69.9 avg. | 3x MAC Golfer of the Week... Won title at West Bay Collegiate
» Robby Turnbull (Fr.) • 71.8 avg. | Career-best T6th at Hall Williams... Name MAC Golfer of the Week (Feb. 20)
» Joshua Hess (Fr.) • 71.3 avg. | Captured first top 10 with T10th at the Pearl at Kalauao Invite in Hawai'i
» Leo Mihaich (Sr.) • 73.7 avg. | Finished T41st in his debut event with Eastern in Hawai'i
» Rory McDonald-O'Brien (Sr.) • 73.7 avg. | 2025 MAC Runner-Up... T29th at Whirlwind Collegiate
Here are the Eagles that will compete at the All-American Intercollegiate (Individuals):
» Tim Chan (Sr.) • 72.1 avg. | Season-best 14th-place finish at the West Bay Collegiate

CHIP INS
» Eastern last competed Feb. 16-17 at the Hal Williams Collegiate in Mobile, Ala., where the Eagles finished fourth at 13-under to defeat four teams ranked higher than them, including No. 58 Memphis, No. 67 Nebraska, No. 57 South Alabama, and No. 53 Rice, while also defeating MAC foe Kent State. Robby Turnbull led the way as he tied for sixth overall at 7-under.
» Robby Turnbull was named the MAC Golfer of the Week following his strong showing in Alabama. The freshman earned the fourth weekly award of the season for the Eagles while collecting his first career accolade.
» Vicente Quiroga and Parin Sarasmut, who signed to join the program ahead of the 2026-27 season, competed in the prestigious 2026 Junior Invitational, March 11-14, at the Sage Valley Golf Club in Graniteville, S.C., an event featuring 32 of the top international players in the world. Sarasmut tied for 11th and Quiroga tied for 28th.
» As a team, the Eagles are currently ranked No. 104 in the Scoreboard/Clippd rankings (March 11), down two spots from the program's highest ranking of No. 102. Individually, Charlie Box leads the way at No. 222 while Robby Turnbull and Joshua Hess are both ranked in the top 600 at No. 527 and No. 571, respectively.
» 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.
» 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).

TURNBULL EARNS MAC HONOR
Robby Turnbull posted his best collegiate finish and his first collegiate top 10 showing as he tied for sixth in the Hal Williams Collegiate (Feb. 16-17) on the Crossings Course at the RTJ Magnolia Grove in Mobile, Ala., to help the No. 120 Eagles to a fourth-place finish that featured wins over five teams ranked ahead of them, including No. 53 Rice, No. 57 South Alabama, No. 58 Memphis, No. 67 Nebraska, and No. 118 Texas State. Turnbull led the charge as he was under par in all three rounds to shoot 7-under 203 (69-67-67), which tied for the fourth-lowest score in program history. His first tournament under par as a collegiate player, the freshman lowered his previous best by eight strokes (211, Jim DeLapa Collegiate) while he captured his first top 10 showing after posting a previous best of tied for 24th at the DeLapa event. Turnbull, ranked No. 805 heading into the tournament before rising 294 spots to No. 511 afterwards, finished ahead of numerous players ranked higher than him, including nine in the top 200 and three members of the top 60.

ADDING TO THE LIST
The weekly award earned by Robby Turnbull was not only his first career honor but also marked the fourth earned this season by a member of the team after Charlie Box was honored three times previously this season. Box attained MAC Golfer of the Week honors Oct. 3, Oct. 10, and Nov. 7. The first Eagle to earn multiple honors in the same season since Ty Celone was recognized Feb. 25 and April 1, 2022, Box is only the second EMU player to earn three awards in the same season, joining Graham Hill, who accomplished the feat in 2006-07.

TOURNAMENT INFO: THE FACTS
The All-American Intercollegiate is a two-day, 54-hole tournament hosted by Houston at the Golf Club of Houston in Humble, Texas. The event will feature players from 17 schools with 16 teams of five players taking on the par-72, 7,422-yard Tournament Course while 34 individuals from 15 teams will take on the par-72, 7,508-yard Member Course. The two events will both begin with an 8 a.m. CT (9 a.m. ET) shotgun start on March 16 and March 17.

TOURNAMENT INFO: THE FIELD
The All-American Intercollegiate features 16 teams with each sending five players to the course to compete. Eastern and host Houston will be joined in the tournament by Abilene Christian, Arkansas, Houston Christian, Lamar, Louisiana Monroe, Nebraska, North Texas, Odessa College, Rice, Sam Houston, Tarleton State, Texas State, UT Arlington, and UT Rio Grande Valley. The individual portion of the tournament will see players from 15 teams on the course with two players from LSU joining.

IN THE RANKINGS • TEAMS (SCOREBOARD)
The 16-team field features 15 NCAA Division I squads along with Odessa College, the No. 2-ranked team in the NJCAA Division I rankings. The top division entrants include two teams in the top 50, including No. 4 Arkansas and No. 49 Rice, while No. 61 Houston and No. 79 Nebraska round out the top 100 squads. Six teams are among the top 150, including No. 101 North Texas, No. 104 Eastern, No. 115 Texas State, No. 121 Tarleton State, No. 131 UTRGV, and No. 144 Sam Houston.

IN THE RANKINGS • INDIVIDUALS (SCOREBOARD)
Six players in the national top 100 are set to compete in the tournament, including four players from Arkansas in No. 18 Erich Fortlage, No. 59 Gerardo Gomez, No. 63 John Daly II, and No. 66 Thomas Curry. The two remaining top 100 players included No. 42 Hudson Weibel of Houston and No. 69 Rudy Sautron of Nebraska. Odessa features eight players ranked in the top 100 of the NJCAA rankings with five set to compete in Houston, including top 20 players No. 10 Ken Gao, No. 14 Milan Ariue, and No. 19 Keegan Schutt.

LAST TIME OUT: HAL WILLIAMS
Robby Turnbull posted his best finish as a collegiate golfer while two of his teammates placed in the top 20 to help Eastern finish fourth at the Hal Williams Collegiate, Feb. 16-17, at RTJ Magnolia Grove in Mobile, Ala. The Eagles finished ahead of five teams ranked higher, including four teams in the top 100.

Eastern finished at 13-under 827 (272-271-284) to place fourth while breaking several records, including its overall score ranking as the lowest in program history by five strokes. Additionally, the Eagles' first-round 272 tied the program record before they broke it one round later with their 271 strokes. Overall, No. 13 Illinois won the team title at 31-under 809 while No. 65 Southern Miss was second at 16-under 824 and UAB third at 14-under 826. The Eagles, ranked No. 122, placed ahead of No. 58 Memphis (tied for fifth), No. 67 Nebraska (tied for fifth), No. 58 and host South Alabama (10th), and No. 53 Rice (11th).

Individually, Turnbull led the charge as he was under par in all three rounds to tie for sixth overall at 7-under 203 (69-67-67), which tied for the fourth-lowest score in program history. His first tournament under par as a collegiate player, the freshman lowered his previous best by eight strokes (211, Jim DeLapa Collegiate) while he captured his first top 10 showing after posting a previous best of tied for 24th at the DeLapa event. Turnbull, ranked No. 805 in the latest national computer rankings, finished ahead of numerous players ranked higher than him, including nine in the top 200 and three members of the top 60.

MOVED UP
The Scoreboard/Clippd rankings have the Eagles at No. 104 this week, marking the third consecutive release (March 11) Eastern has been among the top 110 nationally after climbing to No. 106 in the Feb. 18 release after its fourth-place finish at the Hal Williams Collegiate for the then-No. 120 Eagles. Since then, EMU moved up to a program-record No. 102 last week (March 4) before slipping back to No. 104 this week. Individually, three Eagles are among the national top 600 with No. 222 Charlie Box leading the way. Robby Turnbull and Joshua Hess are ranked No. 527 and No. 571, respectively.

INCOMING EAGLES TAKE ON SAGE VALLEY
Earlier this week, two players that have signed to join the program next season competed in the 2026 Junior Invitational, March 11-14, at Sage Valley Golf Club in Graniteville, S.C., a tournament that featured 32 of the best international players in the world and referred to as the top junior event in the world. Parin Sarasmut of Thailand finished the four-round event tied for 11th at 1-over 287 (70-74-74-69) while Vicente Quiroga of Bolivia tied for 28th at 11-over 299 (73-79-73-74). Both players will join the Eastern program ahead of the 2026-27 academic year in August.

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 six tournaments where he has made the cut five times. He is currently ranked No. 67 on the yearly points list.

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).

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
The Eagles are back in action March 23-24 when they head to Napa, Calif., and Silverado Country Club to compete in the Bridgestone Collegiate.

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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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