Marquette University Athletics
2025-26 Men's Golf Roster
Mischa Candinas
- Class:
- Freshman
- Hometown:
- Geroldswil, Switzerland
HONORS AND AWARDS
2025-26 (Fr.): All-BIG EAST First Team selection ... Led the team in scoring average (72.51) across 33 rounds ... Became just the second Golden Eagle freshman to carry an average under 73, joining Hunter Eichhorn (71.88, 2017-18) ... Paced the lineup in counting scores (29 - 87.8%) ... Recorded five rounds in the 60s ... Capped off his year with a season-best third-place finish at the BIG EAST Championships (May 3-4) and season-low 54-hole 7-under 209 ... It was the highest finish for a Marquette freshman since 2018 when Hunter Eichhorn claimed medalist honors ... The 7-under was also the lowest score at the championships by a Golden Eagle since Eichhorn shot 7-under for his second title in 2021 ... Closed out his freshman season with back-to-back top-10 finishes, tying for 7th at the Bluegrass Collegiate Invitational (April 13-14) prior to conference tournament ... Posted a low round of 67 (-5) in the third round at the Quail Valley Invitational (Oct. 19-20) ... Recorded three top-20 finishes on the year.
Prior to Marquette: Candinas was the top-ranked Swiss under-25 golfer and earned medalist honors in 2024 at both the Swiss Golf National Championship and Swiss U-25 Championship ... He carded a 19-under 197 to win the U-25 event on Aug. 5-7 at Golfclub Markgräflerland, while breaking the club's 36 and 54-hole records, in addition to a course-record 63 in the opening round ... Just eight days earlier he won the Swiss Championship with a 137 (68-69) in the Golf & Country Club Blumisberg in Wünnewil on July 25-28, 2024 ... The native of Geroldswil in greater Zürich, Switzerland burst onto the scene last fall by winning the Bogogno International Junior Open in Italy (Oct. 30-Nov. 1) by 13 strokes to jump into the World Amateur Golf Ranking ... On the strength of his wins in the summer of 2024 in the Swiss championships and solid play in the fall, Candinas has jumped to as high as 449th in the WAGR rankings and 65th in the European Golf Rankings ... He has finished in the top 11 in each event he has played during the 2024 calendar year, outside of a pair of events he competed in with professional golfers ... Included in those 14 top-11 finishes are nine combined top-five finishes in Switzerland, Italy and the Netherlands ... Most recently, Candinas competed on Nov. 12-16, 2024 in Trinity, Texas as part of Team Switzerland in The 2024 Spirit International Amateur Golf Championship at Whispering Pines Golf Club ... He and teammate Max Schliesing placed 11th out of 20 nations playing in the event.
- 2025-26 All-BIG EAST First Team
CAREER-BESTS
- Single round score: 67 (5-under); Quail Valley Invitational, third round (10/20/25)
- 54-hole event score: 209 (7-under); BIG EAST Championships (5/3-5/4/26)
2025-26 (Fr.): All-BIG EAST First Team selection ... Led the team in scoring average (72.51) across 33 rounds ... Became just the second Golden Eagle freshman to carry an average under 73, joining Hunter Eichhorn (71.88, 2017-18) ... Paced the lineup in counting scores (29 - 87.8%) ... Recorded five rounds in the 60s ... Capped off his year with a season-best third-place finish at the BIG EAST Championships (May 3-4) and season-low 54-hole 7-under 209 ... It was the highest finish for a Marquette freshman since 2018 when Hunter Eichhorn claimed medalist honors ... The 7-under was also the lowest score at the championships by a Golden Eagle since Eichhorn shot 7-under for his second title in 2021 ... Closed out his freshman season with back-to-back top-10 finishes, tying for 7th at the Bluegrass Collegiate Invitational (April 13-14) prior to conference tournament ... Posted a low round of 67 (-5) in the third round at the Quail Valley Invitational (Oct. 19-20) ... Recorded three top-20 finishes on the year.
Prior to Marquette: Candinas was the top-ranked Swiss under-25 golfer and earned medalist honors in 2024 at both the Swiss Golf National Championship and Swiss U-25 Championship ... He carded a 19-under 197 to win the U-25 event on Aug. 5-7 at Golfclub Markgräflerland, while breaking the club's 36 and 54-hole records, in addition to a course-record 63 in the opening round ... Just eight days earlier he won the Swiss Championship with a 137 (68-69) in the Golf & Country Club Blumisberg in Wünnewil on July 25-28, 2024 ... The native of Geroldswil in greater Zürich, Switzerland burst onto the scene last fall by winning the Bogogno International Junior Open in Italy (Oct. 30-Nov. 1) by 13 strokes to jump into the World Amateur Golf Ranking ... On the strength of his wins in the summer of 2024 in the Swiss championships and solid play in the fall, Candinas has jumped to as high as 449th in the WAGR rankings and 65th in the European Golf Rankings ... He has finished in the top 11 in each event he has played during the 2024 calendar year, outside of a pair of events he competed in with professional golfers ... Included in those 14 top-11 finishes are nine combined top-five finishes in Switzerland, Italy and the Netherlands ... Most recently, Candinas competed on Nov. 12-16, 2024 in Trinity, Texas as part of Team Switzerland in The 2024 Spirit International Amateur Golf Championship at Whispering Pines Golf Club ... He and teammate Max Schliesing placed 11th out of 20 nations playing in the event.
| Season | Events | Rounds | Avg. | vs. Par | Low Rd. (54) | 60's | Par or better |
| 2025-26 | 11 | 33 | 72.51 | +0.87 | 67 (209) | 5 | 14 |
| Career | 14 | 33 | 72.51 | +0.87 | 67 (209) | 5 | 14 |
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