Monmouth University Athletics

2017-18 (Senior) – Saw action in seven of the 11 events for the Blue and White… Made season debut at the Ryan T. Lee Memorial Collegiate (9/9-10), firing rounds of 78 and 77 good for 155… Recorded 77 at the Monmouth Invitational (9/21), good for a top-20 finish… Inked 156 (77-79) at the Bucknell Invitational (10/7-8)… Started the spring with rounds of 75-70-73 good for 218 and a new career low for a 54-hole event tournament at the FAU Spring Championships (3/23-25)… Carded 160 at the Coca-Cola Lehigh Valley Collegiate Invitational (4/1)… Compiled a three-round score of 231 (79-75-77) at the MAAC Championships (4/20-22)… Finished the year with 76.7 stroke average.

2016-17 (Junior) – Competed in all 11 events for the Blue and White… Finished the 22 rounds with a 77.2 stroke average… Opened the season with 157 (75-82) in the season opener at CCSU’s Ryan T. Lee Memorial Collegiate (9/10-11)… Carded rounds of 79, 76 and 80 at the Patriot Intercollegiate (9/25-26)… Inked 73 and 77 good for 150 at the Mathews Auto Collegiate Invitational (10/2-3)… Landed in the top-20 at La Salle’s Explorer Match Play Championships (10/10)… Captured a share of first overall with a season-low round of plus-one 72 at the Monmouth Invitational (10/13)… Compiled rounds of 77 and 79 to end the fall with 156 at the Lehigh Invitational (10/21-22)… Started the spring slate with back-to-back tournaments of 157 at the Wildcat Invitational (3/27-28) and Lehigh Valley Invite (4/2-3)… Inked 77 at the Peacock Invitational (4/11)… Recorded two rounds of 76 before firing 73 en route to a 54-hole score of 225 and a fifth place finish at the MAAC Championships.

2015-16 (Sophomore): Competed in eight events for the Blue and White, compiling a 78.1 stroke average over 15 rounds… Recorded three-straight rounds in the 70s en route to 225 (78-75-72) in the season opener at Rutgers (9/11-12/15)… Claimed third overall with his season low round of 71 at the Jasper Invitational (10/12/15)… Closed out the fall with 78 and 80 at the Lehigh Invitational (10/16-17/15)… Fired 78 in the Monmouth Invitational (4/14/16) in his first event of the spring… Inked 78 and 79 en route to 157 at La Salle’s Finegan Invitational (4/18/16)… Scored 243 (86-77-80) at the MAAC Championships (4/22-24/16).

2015 (Freshman):  Competed in six events after joining the Blue and White in January… Finished the spring with a 75.0 stroke average… Carded a score in the 70s in 10 of his 11 rounds of action… Made Monmouth debut at the Villanova Wildcat Invitational (3/30-31/15)… Fired rounds of 72 and 74 to finish the Lafayette Invitational (4/5-6/15) with a share of fifth overall… Inked 75 at the Peacock Invitational (4/14/15) before posting 76 at the Hawk Invitational (4/16/15)… Landed in the top-10 with a ninth place result at La Salle’s Finegan Invitational (4/19-20/15) after registering rounds of 72 and 73… Compiled scores of 76-75-76 (227) to finish with a share of 11th overall at the 2015 MAAC Championships (4/24-26/15).

SACRED HEART (2014): Competed for Sacred Heart in the fall of 2014.

BEFORE MONMOUTH: Three-year captain for head coach Sean McLaughlin at Sayville High School in West Sayville, N.Y… Captured the league championship three-straight seasons, while being named all-league four consecutive years… Lauded as all-county five times, while being named to the All-Long Island Second Team in ninth and 10th grades, and All-Long Island First team in 11th grade… Placed third in the state finals during junior campaign… Named all-conference all six years and captured the MVP Male Golf award on five occasions… Earned Metropolitan PGA Junior Player of the year in 2010, 2011 and 2012… Recorded a nine-hole stroke average of 37 in high school, a MET PGA average of 73.62, and a USGA Index of 0.7.

PERSONAL: Son of Marty and Carol Burke… Majoring in business management.

Burke's Career Numbers at Monmouth:

Scorecard Breakdown:

updated 5/25/18

Career Lows:
18-holes: 70, FAU Spring Championships (3/23-25) [Second Round]
36-holes: 145, La Salle's Finegan Invitational (4/19-20/15)
54-holes: 221, FAU Spring Championships (3/23-25)

MAAC Championship Finishes:
2015: t-8th / 45 --- 226 (73-76-77)
2016: 44th / 45 --- 243 (86-77-80)
2017: t-5th / 45 --- 225 (76-76-73)
2018: t-23rd / 45 --- 231 (79-75-77)