Saint John's golf returns to the course for No. 23 Gustavus Adolphus' 54-hole, Bobby Krig Invitational on Saturday and Sunday, April 18-19. – Live Scoring

THE SCHEDULE
-Saturday, April 18: 1:30 p.m. shotgun at New Prague G.C. (par 71)
-Sunday, April 19: 9 a.m. shotgun (36 holes) at Le Sueur C.C. (par 70) *may shorten to 18 holes, depending on weather conditions

A LOOK AT THE JOHNNIES: Both Saint John's golf teams finished sixth out of 17 teams at the Wartburg Spring Invitational March 28-29 at Prairie Links G.C. (par 72) in Waverly, Iowa.

Kirkwood C.C. (Iowa), the No. 4-ranked team in the National Junior College Athletic Association (NJCAA), finished first with a three-over par 579. Kirkwood and Division II Upper Iowa shot Sunday's best round at 283 (+4). Grinnell (Iowa) carded a 594 (+18) for third, followed by Kirkwood's second team (596, +20), Wartburg's second team (600, +24) and the Johnnies (601, +25).

Sophomore Connor O'Hara (Glenview, Ill./Glenbrook South) led the 10 Johnnies and SJU Blue with a two-day 147 (+3) to tie for ninth in the field of 96 golfers. O'Hara shot par or better on his first 12 holes, with back-to-back birdies on 6-7 and 11-12. His Sunday afternoon 71 (-1) was a collegiate career low and the top-10 finish was his second. 

Upper Iowa graduate student Owen Davison won the tournament with a two-day 138 (-6). He shot a round-one 71 (-1) and a five-under par 67 Sunday afternoon.

Senior Ethan Kress (Woodbury, Minn.) finished one stroke behind O'Hara in 11th to lead the first team with a round-two 76 (+4) after shooting even on Saturday. He added 11 pars to his day one total of 17 to lead the tournament. 

Junior Nate Appelhof (Blaine, Minn./Totino-Grace) collected a trio of birdies and 12 pars for a two-over par 72 on Sunday. He finished 17th (150, +6) and was fifth in the tournament with 24 pars. 

Sophomore Gavin Grahek (Maple Grove, Minn.) followed him in 20th with a two-day score of 151 (+7). Grahek birdied five holes in round two but matched that total with five bogeys and tripled his last hole of the tournament for a 75 (+3). 

Senior Tim Fultz (Stillwater, Minn./Stillwater Area) rounded out SJU Red in 27th, one shot behind Grahek, and bettered his round by six strokes on Sunday. 

Sophomore Mac Drake (Sioux Falls, S.D./O'Gorman) was second on SJU Blue and 14th overall with a day-two 76. He birdied three times on par 4s but shot five-over on his back nine. He led the tournament on par 4s, shooting an average of 3.85. 

Freshman Braxton Berlin (Lake City, Minn.) carded a 74 (+2) on Sunday to tie with Grahek at 20th overall (151, +7). Freshman Lukas Ehmke (Woodbury, Minn./East Ridge) finished 33rd (154, +5), followed by classmate Austin Roloff (Minneapolis, Minn./Spring Lake Park) and sophomore Marty Timmons (Brainerd, Minn.) in 47th (157, +8).

WHO WILL BE THERE: The Johnnies (two teams) and host Gusties (three teams) are scheduled to be joined this weekend by Alexandria C.T.C. (two teams), Augsburg, Bethel (two teams), Buena Vista (Iowa), Carleton, Concordia-Moorhead, Macalester, St. Olaf, St. Scholastica and Wisconsin-Eau Claire (two teams).

SJU'S LINEUP
Red
1. Grahek
2. Kress
3. Fultz
4. Appelhof
5. Ehmke

Blue
1. Roloff
2. Drake
3. Timmons
4. Berlin
5. O'Hara

LAST YEAR'S TOURNEY: Then-No. 25 SJU finished fourth out of 15 teams at last year's Bobby Krig Invitational on April 18-19 (2025). The host Gusties matched Friday's second round with another +7 (291) to win the tournament by 15 shots with a three-round total of 869 (+25). Then-No. 19 Wisconsin-Eau Claire was second with an 884 (+40), followed by Bethel (+42, 886), SJU (+44, 888) and Carleton (+65, 909).

SJU recorded Saturday's second-best round with a 298 (+14).

Andrew Boemer '25 led SJU in the final round with a 1-over par 72 to tie for sixth out of 90 golfers with a 220 (+9). He recorded three birdies on the back nine (four total).

Fultz, Grahek and senior Gus Briguet (Woodbury, Minn./East Ridge) all tied for 17th with a 225 (+14) each. Briguet matched Boemer's four birdies for a final-round score of 73 (+2) and Fultz tallied a 75 (+4).

Kress rounded out the Johnnies' five with a 227 (+16) to tie for 24th.

SJU Blue posted a 325 (+41) to fall four spots to ninth with a 928 (+84). Timmons led the fivesome in a tie for 36th with a 231 (+20).

Will Gruidl '25 and Cole Proctor '25 played as individuals and finished 12th (+12, 223) and 22nd (+15, 226), respectively. Proctor led the tournament with 39 pars over the three rounds.