2014-15 Men's Golf Roster
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J.D. Tomlinson
- Height:
- 6-0
- Weight:
- 165
- Class:
- Senior
- Hometown:
- Gainesville, Fla.
- High School:
- Oak Hall School
2014-15 BESTS
Best Finish: T2 (SunTrust Gator Invitational, 2015)
Low Round: 66 (Tavistock Collegiate Invitational, 2014)
Low Tourney Score: 206 (Tavistock Collegiate Invitational, 2014)
COLLEGIATE BESTS
Best Finish: Same
Low Round: 64 (USF Invitational, 2014)
Low Tourney Score: Same
HONORS
- 2015 GCAA All-America Scholar
- 2015 PING Honorable Mention All-America
- 2015 PING All-Southeast Region Team
- 2015 Second Team All-SEC
- 2015 SEC Academic Honor Roll
- 2014 GCAA All-America Scholar
- 2014 SEC Community Service Team
- 2014 SEC Academic Honor Roll
- 2013 SEC Academic Honor Roll
- 2012 SEC All-Freshman Team
- SENIOR)
- Named a PING Honorable Mention All-American and selected to the PING All-Southeast Regional Team
- Chosen as a member of the Second Team All-SEC after tying for 11th at the conference tournament
- Placed 13th in the individual contest at the NCAA Regional Championship, carding a 2-under 214
- Team-best stroke average of 71.90 landed him in the record book for the 16th-best single-season stroke average (since 1981-82)
- Wrapped up his senior season with 10 top-25 finishes, highlighted by three top-five performances
- Earned the best finish of his collegiate career at the SunTrust Gator Invitational, where he tied for runner-up with a score of 3-under 207
- The career-best finish led him to being chosen as the SEC Golfer of the Week
- Posted the lowest tournament score of his Florida career, a 10-under 206, at the Tavistock Collegiate Invitational to tie for third
- Recorded a 6-under 66 at the Tavistock Collegiate Invitational, his lowest and the team’s lowest round of the season
- Shot a team-best 25 rounds at or under par, including a streak at the end of the spring season in which he shot 16 of 17 rounds at or under par
- Also owned the team’s most tournaments at or under par (8) and lowest scoring differential (3.38)
- Was the only Gator to compete in every tournament
2013-14 (JUNIOR)
- Was one of just two Gators to compete in every tournament
- Led the team with a 72.55 stroke average, 98 percent of rounds counted and held a 3.94 differential
- Collected five top-10 finishes, including three top-five finishes
- Owned the best mark on the team for rounds at or under-par with 14 and made birdies (90)
- Earned the best finish of his career (T3) by firing rounds of 73-68-69 (-6) at the Shoal Creek Intercollegiate
- Shot 3-over (219) to place fourth at the Crooked Stick Intercollegiate
- Carded a career-low 64 and tournament score of 207 (T7) at the USF Invitational
- Capped off the regular season with back-to-back top 10 finishes while shooting 4-under
- Was named to the SEC Community Service Team
- Selected to the East Regional at Auburn University Club to compete as an individual where he shot rounds of 75-75-74 to finish T34
2012-13 (SOPHOMORE)
- One of two players to participate in every round for the Gators in 2012-13
- Tied for second on the team in top-20 finishes (six) and third in percentage of rounds counted (81) and top-10 finishes (two)
- Finished in the top-10 in the team’s first event, The Invitational at The Ocean Course, by tying for eighth place
- Claimed his second top-10 of the year, finishing in a tie for ninth at the John Hayt Collegiate Invitational after recording his only tournament at or under par, scoring a 143 (-1)
- Tied for 11th place at the Jerry Pate National Intercollegiate
- Recorded a season-best nine birdies as he tied for 16th place at the Chris Schenkel Invitational
- Tied for 17th place in his first career SunTrust Gator Invitational
- In the final tournament of the regular season, tied for 19th at the Gary Koch Invitational
2011-12 (FRESHMAN)
- An SEC All-Freshman Team honoree who competed in 31 rounds and tallied three top-10 finishes
- Ranked third on the team in scoring average (73.7), percent of round counted (81 percent), scoring differential (4.54), birdies (79), and rounds at or under par (11)
- Averaged 72.0 in the spring with 16.5 of 18 rounds counted
- Helped the Gators to victories at The Bake at the Ocean Course and the Charleston Shootout
AMATEUR
- Qualified for the U.S. Amateur by virtue of winning the Golden Ocala qualifier by two strokes
- Rated the No. 9 prospect by Golfweek and the No. 10 prospect by the AJGA
- Won the Exide Technologies Junior Open and AJGA Mizuno Championship
- Runner-up at the 2010 Florida State Junior Championships
- A 2010 AJGA Rolex Second-Team Junior All-American
- Competed in the Cannon Cup and Wyndam Cup
PREP
- Three-time Gainesville Sun Golfer of the Year
- 2011 Gainesville Sun Male Athlete of the Year
- Also played basketball in high school, where he holds the school record for most career points (1,301)
J.D. Tomlinson – Career Stats
| Best Rounds | Best Rounds | Even or Under | Top-10 | |||||
| Year | Tourn. | Rds. | Strokes | Avg. | 18 | 54 | Par Rds. | Finishes |
| ‘11-‘12 | 11 | 31 | 2,285 | 73.71 | 68 | 212 | 11 | 3 |
| ’12-‘13 | 12 | 35 | 2,588 | 73.94 | 69 | 213 | 6 | 2 |
| ’13-‘14 | 12 | 36 | 2,612 | 72.55 | 64 | 207 | 14 | 5 |
| ’15-‘16 | 13 | 39 | 2,804 | 71.90 | 66 | 206 | 25 | 6 |
| Totals | 48 | 141 | 10,289 | 72.97 | 64 | 206 | 56 | 16 |
2014-15 (Senior Year)
| Date | Tournament (Site) | Finish | Score |
| 9/5-7 9/20-21 | Carpet Capital Collegiate Classic (Dalton, Ga.) Wolf Run Intercollegiate (Zionsville, Ind.) | T48 10 | 77-73-72=222 (+6) 75-70-76=221 (+8) |
| 10/19-21 10/27-28 | Tavistock Collegiate Invitational (Orlando, Fla.) FGCU Classic (Estero, Fla.) | T3 T12 | 68-72-66=206 (-10) 75-76-72=223 (+7) |
| 2/2-3 | Sea Best Invitational (Ponte Vedra Beach, Fla.) | T26 | 71-76-78=225 (+15) |
| 2/14-15 3/6-7 3/14-15 3/20-21 4/6-7 4/17-19 5/14-16 | SunTrust Gator Invitational (Gainesville, Fla.) Desert Mountain Intercollegiate (Scottsdale, Ariz.) Seminole Intercollegiate (Tallahassee, Fla.) Chris Schenkel Invitational (Statesboro, Ga.) Old Waverly Collegiate Championship (West Point, Miss.) SEC Championship (St. Simons Island, Ga.) NCAA Regional Championship (Chapel Hill, N.C.) | T2 6 T9 T24 4 T11 T13 | 67-70-70=207 (-3) 72-71-72=215 (-1) 72-69-70=211 (-5) 69-75-68=212 (-4) 70-69-70=209 (-7) 70-66-72=208 (-2) 70-73-71=214 (-2) |
| 5/29-6/3 | NCAA Championship (Bradenton, Fla.) | T108 | 70-80-81=231 (+15) |
2013-14 (Junior Year)
| Date | Tournament (Site) | Finish | Score |
| 9/13-15 | Olympia Fields Invitational (Chicago, Ill.) | T29 | 75-76-70=221 (+11) |
| 9/30-10/1 | Shoal Creek Intercollegiate (Birmingham, Ala.) | T3 | 73-68-69=210 (-6) |
| 10/14-15 | Crooked Stick Intercollegiate (Carmel, Ind.) | 4 | 72-75-72=219 (+3) |
| 10/27-29 | The Invitational at the Ocean Course (Kiawah Island, S.C.) | T29 | 72-76-78=226 (+10) |
| 2/3-4 | Sea Best Invitational (Ponte Vedra Beach, Fla.) | T31 | 79-75-77=231 (+15) |
| 2/15-16 | SunTrust Gator Invitational (Gainesville, Fla.) | T18 | 71-74-72=217 (+7) |
| 3/2-4 | USF Invitational (Dade City, Fla.) | T7 | 71-72-64=207 (-9) |
| 3/14-16 | Chris Schenkel Invitational (Statesboro, Ga.) | T49 | 74-73-76=223 (+7) |
| 3/24-25 | Valspar Invitational at the Floridian (Palm City, Fla.) | T6 | 68-67-74=209 (-4) |
| 4/7-8 | Old Waverly Collegiate (West Point, Miss.) | T5 | 72-70-70=212 (-4) |
| 4/25-27 | SEC Championship (St. Simons Island, Ga.) | T51 | 73-72-73=218 (+8) |
| 5/15-17 | NCAA Regionals (Auburn, Ala.) | T34 | 75-75-74=224 (+8) |
2012-13 (Sophomore Year)
| Date | Tournament (Site) | Finish | Score |
| 9/9-11 | The Invitational at The Ocean Course (Kiawah Island, S.C.) | T8 | 72-76-77=225 (+9) |
| 9/30-10/2 | Olympia Fields/Illini Invitational (Olympia Fields, Ill.) | T25 | 72-73-75=220 (+10) |
| 10/15-16 | Jerry Pate National Intercollegiate (Vestavia Hills, Ala.) | T11 | 72-72-74=218 (+8) |
| 10/21-23 | Isleworth Collegiate Invitational (Windermere, Fla.) | T21 | 74-72-75=221 (+5) |
| 2/9-10 | SunTrust Gator Invitational (Gainesville, Fla.) | T17 | 69-72-72=213 (+3) |
| 2/24-25 | John Hayt Collegiate Invitational (Ponte Vedra Beach, Fla.) | T9 | 73-70=143 (-1) |
| 3/8-10 | Southern Highlands Collegiate Masters (Las Vegas, Nev.) | T71 | 77-79-79=235 (+19) |
| 3/15-17 | Chris Schenkel Invitational (Statesboro, Ga.) | T16 | 73-73-73=219 (+3) |
| 4/8-9 | Gary Koch Invitational (Tampa, Fla.) | T19 | 74-71-73=218 (+2) |
| 4/19-21 | SEC Championship (St. Simons Island, Ga.) | T36 | 77-71-74=222 (+12) |
| 5/16-18 | NCAA Baton Rouge Regional (Baton Rouge, La.) | T48 | 77-78-77=232 (+16) |
| 5/28-30 | NCAA Championships (Woodstock, Ga.) | T136 | 80-69-73=222 (+12) |
2011-12 (Freshman Year)
| Date | Tournament (Site) | Finish | Score |
| 9/16-18 | Olympia Fields Invitational (Chicago, Ill.) | T55 | 77-76-74=227 (+17) |
| 9/27 | Inverness Intercollegiate (Toledo, Ohio) | T56 | 79 (+8) |
| 10/17-18 | The Bake at the Ocean Course (Kiawah Island, S.C.) | T23 | 75-73-75=223 (+7) |
| 10/23-25 | Isleworth Invitational (Orlando, Fla.) | T42 | 70-80-79=229 (+13) |
| 2/27-28 | Charleston Shootout (Hollywood, S.C.) | T9 | 73-68-74=215 (-1) |
| 3/9-11 | S.H. Collegiate Masters (Las Vegas, Nev.) | T8 | 71-71-76=218 (+2) |
| 3/16-18 | Schenkel Invitational (Statesboro, Ga.) | T13 | 69-72-71=212 (-4) |
| 4/7-8 | Gary Koch Invitational (Tampa, Fla.) | T18 | 73-75-71=219 (+3) |
| 4/20-22 | SEC Championship (St. Simons, Ga.) | T27 | 75-68-73=216 (+6) |
| 5/18-20 | NCAA Regionals (Greensboro, N.C.) | T5 | 73-71-72=216 (E) |
| 5/29-31 | NCAA Championships (Pacific Palisades, Calif.) | T130 | 76-82-73=231 (+18) |
SEC Champions - Men's Golf
Monday, April 28
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
Wednesday, February 19
