PEORIA, Ill. – Bradley Men's Golf will compete in the 2026 Missouri Valley Conference Championship on April 26-28 at Annbriar Golf Course in Waterloo, Ill., just outside of St. Louis.
MISSOURI VALLEY CONFERENCE CHAMPIONSHIP
Location: Annbriar Golf Course - Waterloo, Ill.
Date: April 26-28, 2026
Live Scoring:
Scoreboard Live
Opponents (9-team field): Belmont, Drake, Evansville, Illinois State, Murray State, Northern Iowa, Southern Illinois, Valparaiso
The 2026 MVC Men's Golf Championship will be held on a par-71 layout. Sunday's round will begin at 9:30 a.m. Bradley golfers will also begin to tee off at that time on hole 10. Monday's round will also begin at 9:30 a.m., and the final round, on Championship Tuesday, will begin at 8:30 a.m.
The Braves' lineup for the event will consist of:
1.
Carter Stevenson - 10:10 a.m.
2.
Joey Cerney - 10:00 a.m.
3.
Brody McCarthy - 9:50 a.m.
4.
Brogan Smith - 9:40 a.m.
5.
Quinn Cox - 9:30 a.m.
RECAPPING THE 2025 MVC CHAMPIONSHIP
The 2025 MVC Championship was held at Des Moines Country Club in Des Moines, Iowa. The tournament was shortened to two days after poor weather postponed Sunday's round to Monday.
Carter Stevenson fired a one-under-par 215 to finish tied for eighth place, marking the seventh straight time that a Brave has finished in the top 10 of an MVC Championship individually.
Brody McCarthy carded a two-over-par 219 to finish tied for 16th. Bradley placed eighth as a team.
RECAPPING THE A-STATE SPRING INVITATIONAL
The Braves closed the regular season at the Arkansas State Spring Invitational in Jonesboro, Ark., on April 12-13.
Carter Stevenson registered his seventh top-20 finish of the season, carding a two-over-par 218 to finish tied for 16th.
Brody McCarthy had his best tournament since the turn of the calendar, carding a five-over-par 221 to finish tied for 23rd. Bradley placed fourth as a team with a score of 885.
TEAM NEWS & NOTES
- This will be the first time the MVC Championship has been held at Annbriar Golf Course since 2000. Bradley finished eighth in that year's MVC Championship. Jason Cargill (11th) and Andy Mickelson (T-15th) were Bradley's highest finishers.
- Current Bradley Head Coach Jeff Roche was in his second season as a volunteer assistant coach at the time of the most recent Men's Golf Championship at Annbriar Golf Course.
- The conference tournament was also held at the course in 1997, when Bradley finished ninth. Zach Hall and Jeff Corey were Bradley's top finishers.
- Annbriar Golf Course hosted the MVC Women's Golf Championship from 2022-25.
- This will be the third MVC Championship appearances for both Carter Stevenson and Brody McCarthy. Joey Cerney, Brogan Smith and Quinn Cox are making their MVC Championship debuts.
- At least one Brave has finished in the top 10 individually in each of the last seven conference championship tournaments, totaling 11 top-10 finishes (no championship was held in 2020).
- Carter Stevenson - 8th in 2024, 8th in 2025
- Josh Kirkham - 5th in 2023
- Roy Radke - 10th in 2022, 3rd in 2023
- Alex Ciaramitaro - 10th in 2021
- Charles Jahn - 8th in 2019
- Drake Bushong - 1st in 2018, 9th in 2019
- Ethan Brue - 2nd in 2018
- Michael Mounce - 2nd in 2018
