Sam Horsfield wrapped up the 2015-16 season with a 70.55 stroke average.
Horsfield Wins Phil Mickelson Outstanding Freshman Award
Wednesday, June 1, 2016 | Men's Golf
EUGENE, Ore. – Winning three tournaments and placing in the top 25 at the NCAA Championship led University of Florida golfer Sam Horsfield to receive the Phil Mickelson Outstanding Freshman Award, the Golf Coaches Association of America (GCAA) announced Wednesday. Horsfield is the second Gator to win the Phil Mickelson Award, as Camilo Villegas also won in 2001.
The accolade is the third Horsfield received this week, as he was named a PING First-Team All-American on Tuesday and selected to the PING All-Southeast Region team on Sunday. Other honors Horsfield received this season include being chosen as the SEC Freshman of the Year, named First Team All-SEC and selected to the SEC All-Freshman Team, as well as being tabbed a semifinalist for the Ben Hogan and Jack Nicklaus awards. Horsfield will play for Team Europe at the Arnold Palmer Cup later this month.
Winning the Phil Mickelson Award earned Horsfield a spot on the All-Freshmen Team, alongside Will Gordon and Patrick Martin of Vanderbilt, California's Collin Morikawa and Alabama's Davis Riley.
All-Freshmen Team:
Sam Horsfield, FLORIDA
Will Gordon, Vanderbilt
Patrick Martin, Vanderbilt
Collin Morikawa, California
Davis Riley, Alabama
Sam Horsfield Year in Review:
Honors
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The accolade is the third Horsfield received this week, as he was named a PING First-Team All-American on Tuesday and selected to the PING All-Southeast Region team on Sunday. Other honors Horsfield received this season include being chosen as the SEC Freshman of the Year, named First Team All-SEC and selected to the SEC All-Freshman Team, as well as being tabbed a semifinalist for the Ben Hogan and Jack Nicklaus awards. Horsfield will play for Team Europe at the Arnold Palmer Cup later this month.
Winning the Phil Mickelson Award earned Horsfield a spot on the All-Freshmen Team, alongside Will Gordon and Patrick Martin of Vanderbilt, California's Collin Morikawa and Alabama's Davis Riley.
All-Freshmen Team:
Sam Horsfield, FLORIDA
Will Gordon, Vanderbilt
Patrick Martin, Vanderbilt
Collin Morikawa, California
Davis Riley, Alabama
Sam Horsfield Year in Review:
Honors
- Phil Mickelson Outstanding Freshman Award
- All-Freshmen Team
- 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)
- 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
- Fired a career-low 9-under 201 at the SunTrust Gator Invitational to tie the sixth-lowest tournament total in school history
- Tied for fifth at the SEC Championship
- Lone freshman named a Ben Hogan Award semifinalist
- 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 named a PING First-Team All-American
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