2016-17 Men's Golf Roster
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Horsfield, Sam
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Sam Horsfield
- Class:
- Sophomore
- Hometown:
- Davenport, Fla.
- High School:
- Ridge Community
Bio
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)
2016-17 (SOPHOMORE)
- 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
AMATEUR
- 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
PREP
- Shot rounds of 70 and 69 to become the 2013 FHSAA 3A State Champion
Sam Horsfield – Career Stats
| Best Rounds | Best Rounds | Even or Under | Top-10 | |||||
| Year | Tourn. | Rds. | Strokes | Avg. | 18 | 54 | Par Rds. | Finishes |
| ’15-‘16 ’16-‘17 |
13 11 |
40 33 |
2,822 2,356 |
70.55 71.39 |
63 65 |
201 202 |
27 21 |
8 5 |
| Career | 24 | 73 | 5,178 | 70.93 | 63 | 201 | 48 | 13 |
2016-17 (Sophomore Year)*
| Date | Tournament (Site) | Finish | Score |
| 9/9-11 | Carpet Capital Collegiate (Dalton, Ga.) | T6 | 65-72-71=208 (-8) |
| 9/25-26 | Windon Memorial Classic (Glenview, Ill.) | T54 | 81-75-74=230 (+14) |
| 10/2-4 | Nike Golf Collegiate Invitational (Dallas, Tex.) | T35 | 67-77-75=219 (+9) |
| 10/16-19 | Tavistock Collegiate (Windermere, Fla.) | 10 | 71-72-70=213 (-3) |
| 2/6-7 | Sea Best Invitational (Ponte Vedra Beach, Fla.) | T18 | 76-69-67=208 (-2) |
| 2/18-19 | SunTrust Gator Invitational (Gainesville, Fla.) | T48 | 76-72-72=220 (+10) |
| 3/6-8 | Southern Highlands Collegiate (Las Vegas, Nev.) | T53 | 74-78-75=227 (+11) |
| 3/7-9 | Schenkel Invitational (Statesboro, Ga.) | T18 | 71-70-73=214 (-2) |
| 3/31-4/2 | Mason Rudolph Championship (Franklin, Tenn.) | T3 | 69-70-66=205 (-8) |
| 4/21-23 | SEC Championship (St. Simons Island, Ga.) | T18 | 65-74-73=212 (+2) |
| 5/15-17 | NCAA Regional Championship (West Lafayette, Ind.) | T54 | 72-72-86=230 (+14) |
2015-16 (Freshman Year)*
| Date | Tournament (Site) | Finish | Score |
| 9/11-13 | Carpet Capital Collegiate (Dalton, Ga.) | T4 | 74-69-72=215 (-1) |
| 9/25-27 | Dick’s Sporting Goods Collegiate Challenge (Kingston Springs, Tenn.) | T16 | 72-70-73=215 (+2) |
| 10/5-6 | Jerry Pate National (Birmingham, Ala.) | T4 | 68-67-70=205 (-5) |
| 10/18-20 | Tavistock Collegiate (Windermere, Fla.) | T34 | 77-74-73=224 (+8) |
| 10/25-26 | Florida Gulf Coast University Collegiate (Naples, Fla.) | 3 | 71-69-73=213 (-3) |
| 2/1-2 | Sea Best Invitational (Ponte Vedra Beach, Fla.) | 1 | 65-68-70=203 (-7) |
| 2/20-21 | SunTrust Gator Invitational (Gainesville, Fla.) | 2 | 63-68-70=201 (-9) |
| 3/7-9 | Southern Highlands Collegiate (Las Vegas, Nev.) | 1 | 69-70-70=209 (-7) |
| 3/21-22 | Valspar Collegiate (Palm Beach, Fla.) | T20 | 75-72-71=218 (+5) |
| 4/2-3 | Mason Rudolph Championship (Franklin, Tenn.) | 1 | 70-70-66=206 (-7) |
| 4/15-17 | SEC Championship (St. Simons Island, Ga.) | T5 | 71-72-69=212 (+1) |
| 5/16-18 | NCAA Regional Championship (Kohler, Wis.) | T12 | 72-71-72=215 (-1) |
| 5/27-30 | NCAA Championship (Eugene, Ore.) | T22 | 70-75-72-69+286 (+6) |
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One-on-One with J.C. Deacon - Florida Men's Golf
Thursday, April 17
Noah Kent Media Availability at The Masters
Tuesday, April 08
Gators Invite Recap 2-16-25
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