2021-22 Men's Golf Roster
Biography
2021-22
Put together the best season in UWG history, becoming the first golfer to reach NCAA Nationals in program history ... averaged 70.57 in 23 rounds, winning three tournaments individually ... posted eight sub 70 rounds including a season-low 64 at the Kiawah Island Invitational ... won at Kiawah Island, Kinderlou Forest, and the Tusculum Invitational ... best 54-hole tournament score was 201 (70-64-67) at Kiawah Island, which set a new school record ... finished second at the NCAA South/Southeast Regional with rounds of 66-74-69, qualifying for Nationals ... his 209 (-7) was the lowest round in NCAA Regional competition in school history ... shot 75-72-77 at TPC Michigan to finish tied for 19th at the NCAA Nationals ... was named First Team All-Gulf South Conference ... First Team All-South Region by the Golf Coaches Association of America (GCAA) ... Named the program's fourth All-American in school history, earning first team honors by the GCAA
2020-21 (Mississippi State)
Played in six events ... tied for the Bulldogs' third-lowest round of the year with a 66 at the SEC Championship. The Blessings Collegiate Invitational (10/5-7/20): Shot a 69 in the second round of the event and collected nine birdies. Tiger Invitational (3/15-17/21): Finished at 5-over for the tournament. Old Waverly Collegiate Championship (3/26-28/21): Shot even par for his best round on the final day. The Collegiate Invitational (4/5-7/21): Made the starting lineup and counted one round toward the team score. SEC Championship (4/21-23/21): Opened the tournament with a career-best 4-under 66 ... fired three straight birdies on the back nine before the turn and added an eagle on the second tee. NCAA Cle Elum Regional (5/17-19/21): Made the Bulldogs' starting lineup in the NCAA Tournament.
2020 Non-MSU Events: Finished as runner up at the Rice Planters Amateur (6/23-25/20) after shooting 70, 66 and 68 for a total of 12-under 204 … finished tied for seventh at the Southeastern Amateur (7/21-23/20) after shooting his best round of the summer with a 65 in the final round … carded a 67 and 69 in the final two rounds of the Georgia Open (8/6-9/20) to finish tied at 9th.
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2019-20 (Mississippi State)
Season: Played in four events, all of them starts. Fighting Irish Classic (10/7-8/19): Shot 1-over 72 in the final round. Steelwood Intercollegiate (10/26-27/19): Helped MSU earn the team victory … carded even 72 in roung two. Desert Mountain Intercollegiate (3/7-8/20): Helped team to runner-up placing … shot 4-under 68 in the first round.
2019 Non-MSU Events: Won the Rice Planters Amateur (6/19-22/19) by three shots with an impressive 12-under 276, playing all four rounds at par or better.Â
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2018-19 (Mississippi State)
Season: Played in three tournaments, once as an individual … named to the SEC Academic Honor Roll. Carmel Cup (8/31-9/02/18): Competed at Pebble Beach Golf Links to open MSU’s season. TVA Community Credit Union Invitational (10/15-16/18): Played as an individual … shot a season-best 1-under 71 in the middle round.
2018 Non-MSU Events: Tied for 17th at the Rice Planters Amateur (6/20-23/18) after shooting 1-under-par.
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2017-18 (Mississippi State)
Season: Competed at two events, both times as an individual. USA Individual (2/13-15/18): Made collegiate debut. Old Waverly Collegiate Championship (4/16-17/18): Shot a 1-over 73 in the opening round.
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Overview
Prepped at Douglas County High School … was a three-time Area Champion and two-time runner-up for the state title … earned three top ten finishes at American Junior Golf Association (AJGA) events landed him 2016 AJGA Rolex Junior All-American Honorable Mention honors: tied for sixth at Under Armour/Scott Stallings Championship, tied for fifth at Rome Junior Classic and a third place finish at City of London Junior Championship … took fourth place at the Bobby Chapman Junior Invitational … in summer of 2015, finished sixth at the AJGA Under Armour/Scott Stallings Championship and fifth at the AJGA Davis Love III Junior Open … ended summer with win at AJGA Junior at Old Silo.