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Joe Burke

  • Class Fifth Year
  • Hometown Macomb, Ill.
  • Highschool Macomb High School

Biography

CAREER CHIP SHOTS:
Career Rounds: 59
Career Strokes: 4,652
Best Round: 71 (round three of the Beu Mussatto Invitational, 2021)
Best Finish: T-8th at the 2019 Savannah State Spring Fling

FIFTH YEAR (2020-21): Finished out his Leatherneck career by competing in five events... carried a 79.50 stroke average in 14 rounds... shot a season-low 71 in the Beu Mussatto Invitational's third round.

SENIOR (2019-20): Played 18 rounds... Averaged a career-low 77.17 per round across seven events... Fired a season-low 72 in the second round of the Crusader Collegiate... Finished tied for ninth-place after a 36-hole score of 147 (+3) at the Tiger Fall Invitational.

JUNIOR (2018-19): Played 24 rounds... Averaged 80.17 per round across 10 events... Fired a season-low 74 in the second round of the Beu Mussatto Invitational. 

SOPHOMORE (2017-18): Did not play during the 2017-18 season. 

FRESHMAN (2016-17): Played in three rounds his freshman year, all in the Beu Mussatto Invitational... Shot 73 his first two rounds and eventually tied for 26th overall.

HIGH SCHOOL: A four-time varsity sport letterman, Burke earned All-Conference three times during his high school career, while named co-captain of his team for the last two years. His greatest personal sports highlights was becoming a Leatherneck... greatest influence on his athletic career has been Jim Miner, his former coach. "He has always believed in me and has always pushed me to be great."

MAJOR: Supply Chain Management

Historical Player Information

  • 2016-17Freshman

  • 2017-18Sophomore

  • 2018-19Junior

  • 2020-21Fifth Year