Florida Gators

COLLEGIATE BESTS
Best Finish: 1 (4x, last Mason Rudolph Championship, 2017)
Low Round: 63 (Round 1, SunTrust Gator Invitational, 2016)
Low Tourney Score: 201 (SunTrust Gator Invitational, 2016)
 
HONORS

• 2017 PING All-American Honorable Mention
• 2017 Golfweek All-American Honorable Mention
• 2017 Second Team All-SEC
• 2016 PING First-Team All-American
• 2016 PING All-Southeast Region Team
• 2016 SEC Freshman of the Year
• 2016 First Team All-SEC
• 2016 SEC All-Freshman Team
• Selected to Team Europe for the 2016 Arnold Palmer Cup
• 2016 Ben Hogan Award Semifinalist
• 2016 Jack Nicklaus Award Semifinalist
• SEC Men’s Golfer of the Week (Feb. 10, 2016)
• Three-time SEC Freshman Men’s Golfer of the Week (Feb. 24, March 16 & April 6, 2016)

• Defended his individual tournament title at the Mason Rudolph shooting 11-under-par while helping the Gators to a season-low score of 822 (-30) over three days
• Led the Gators in rounds counted (29), birdies (123), rounds even or under par (21) and tournaments even or under par (6)
• Totaled five top-10 finishes (Carpet Capital, Tavistock, SunTrust Gator, Schenkel, and Mason Rudolph)
• Stroke average of 71.39 was second best on the team behind Alejandro Tosti
• Only one of two Gators to participate in every event in 2016-17
• Season-low round of 65 came in the first round of the season at the Carpet Capital, went on to finish sixth at the event

• Three tournament titles (Sea Best Invitational, Mason Rudolph Championship, Southern Highlands Collegiate)
• Competed in all 13 tournaments for the Gators, earning 12 top-25 finishes
• Totaled eight top-five finishes, including a streak of four-straight top-three performances
• Stroke average of 70.55 broke Camilo Villegas’ school record for lowest single-season stroke average (in records dating back to 1981-82)
• Career-low round of 63 (Round 1 of the SunTrust Gator Invitational) broke the school record for lowest freshman round
• Only Florida freshman since 1977 to earn a trio of titles in a single season
• Opened his collegiate career with a top-five finish at the Carpet Capital Collegiate, tying for fourth with a 1-under 215
• Carded rounds of 72-70-73 to tie for 16th at the Dick’s Sporting Goods Collegiate Challenge
• Recorded a 5-under 205 at the Jerry Pate National to earn his second top-five finish
• Placed third at the Florida Gulf Coast University Classic with a -3 (213) to help the Gators win the team contest by 42 strokes
• Posted a 7-under 203 to open the spring season with a win at the Sea Best Invitational
• His win at the Sea Best led Florida to a 23-shot win and its second-straight team title
• Fired a career-low 9-under 201 to earn runner-up honors at the SunTrust Gator Invitational
• Tournament total of 201 ties for the sixth-lowest 54-hole score in school history
• Shot a 7-under 209 to collect a dominant four-stroke victory at the Southern Highlands Collegiate
• Carded a 7-under 206 to win the Mason Rudolph Championship
• Victory at Mason Rudolph marked his third individual title in five spring events
• Tied for fifth at the SEC Championship
• Lone freshman named a Ben Hogan Award semifinalist
• Selected to compete for Team Europe in the 2016 Arnold Palmer Cup
• Won four SEC weekly honors in five spring tournaments
• Named a semifinalist for the Jack Nicklaus Award
• Added to the PING All-Southeast Region Team
• Shot -1 (215) to tie for 12th at the NCAA Kohler Regional Championship
• Tied for 22nd at the NCAA Championship
• Only freshman to be named a PING First-Team All-American

• Competed in the 2015 U.S. Open
• Advanced to the Round of 32 at the 2015 U.S. Amateur
• Advanced to the Quarterfinals of the 2015 Western Amateur
• Tied for fifth at the 2015 Terra Cotta Invitational
• Tied for fourth at the Junior Invitational at Sage Valley Golf Club in 2015
• Won back-to-back titles at the New Year’s Invitational, recording rounds of 69-65-71-70 in 2014 and 72-71-68-69 in 2015
• Shot 71-69-73 to win the 2014 AJGA Junior PLAYERS Championship
• Medaled at the 2014 USGA Junior Amateur by shooting 9-under par
• Won the Florida State Amateur in 2013 by 11 shots, becoming the event’s youngest winner in 96 years
• Claimed the title at the 2013 Florida State Amateur, firing rounds of 72-67-72-67
• Finished 15-under par to win the 2011 Florida State Boys’ Junior Championship

• Shot rounds of 70 and 69 to become the 2013 FHSAA 3A State Champion