This week's Missouri Valley Conference golfer of the week is Anthony De Schutter of Southern Illinois.



Three MVC men's teams (Illinois State, Southern Illinois, Valparaiso) competed at the 2025 Badger Invitational, hosted at the par-72, 7272-yard TPC Wisconsin in Madison, Wis.   SIU's Anthony De Schutter became the second golfer in Southern Illinois history to win back-to-back tournaments after shooting 205 (-11).  As a team, Southern Illinois tied with Illinois State for second place, 10 strokes behind tournament champion Southern Mississippi.  De Schutter's score of 205 is the ninth-lowest round in program history. Additionally, his third-round score of 65 is tied for the fifth-lowest round of any Saluki golfer, matching his own SIU record of 65, a score he carded on Feb. 10, 2025, at the Hal Williams Collegiate.  Using a final-round-best score of 279, Illinois State climbed two spots to tie with SIU.  The ISU team score of 13-under 851 is the 17th-lowest team tournament score in program history.   TJ Barger was ISU's top individual finisher as he tied for fifth with a 208.  Valparaiso also represented the MVC at the event, finishing 14th.

Notable:   Senior Conner Brown of Belmont posted a three-round 64-68-71=203 to finish sixth at the par-70, 6,624-yard layout at the Delaware Country Club at the Yestingsmeier Invitational in Muncie, Ind.   His 64 is tied for Belmont's third-lowest 18-hole score in its Division I era.  Belmont finished third as a team.   Drake's Jake Weissenburger and UNI's Calen Bishop also notched top-10 individual showings this week as they tied for 10th on the leaderboard at the Zach Johnson Invitational in West Des Moines, Iowa.