2008-09 Men's Golf Roster

Kyle Simmons

  • Height 6-3
  • Weight 175
  • Class Redshirt Junior
  • Hometown St. Augustine, Fla.
  • Highschool South Alabama

Biography

At Florida

2007-08: Transferred from South Alabama.

At South Alabama

2006-07: An All-Sun Belt Conference selection after averaging 72.77 strokes per round, which led the team and was fourth in the conference … Best finish was a third-place tie at the Memphis Intercollegiate, shooting a 215 (70-68-77) … Claimed a fifth-place tie at the Sun Belt Conference Championships, finishing with a 216 (76-68-72) … Tied for sixth in the South Alabama Jaguar Classic with a score of 208 (69-70-69) … Placed sixth at the Callis Communications Intercollegiate after posting a 209 (69-71-69) … Added a ninth-place finish at the Rio Pinar Invitational in the spring … Also finished in the top-20 at the UT-Chattanooga Honors Classic, Squire Creek Classic, UCF Intercollegiate and South Alabama Spring Invitational.

2005-06: Best finish was tied for fifth at the 2006 Aeropostale Sun Belt Conference Championship with a three round score of 216 and low of 68 … 2006 All-Sun Belt Conference Member … In the fall, had a 76.17 scoring average and a low of 74.

Amateur Competition: Finished ninth at the 2007 Grey Stone Invitational, shooting a course record 64 in the second round (74-64-76) … Turned in an eighth-place finish at the 2007 St. Augustine Amateur (71-73-68) … Finished fourth at the 2006 Greystone Invitational shooting (71-71-68) ... Tied for 11th at the Rice Planter's Amateur firing a four round total of 284 (70-73-73-68) … Finished 33rd at the Eastern Amateur carding a 282 (72-72-71-67) … 2003 Ontario Juvenile Champion … Winner of the 2003 Juvenile Tournament of Champions.

Prep: Lettered in golf and tennis all four years at Bartram Trail … An all-district, all-region, all-conference and all-city selection in both golf and tennis … Member of the Canadian National Tennis Team, 1998-2000 … Member of the 2004 Can-Am Ontario Provincial Team.

Personal: Born April 30, 1987 in Toronto, Ontario … Parents are Bill and Adrienne Simmons … Lists playing the guitar, cooking and working out as his favorite hobbies … Favorite athlete is Michael Jordan … Chose to attend Florida because of the amount of Gators on the PGA Tour as well as the team competitiveness, coaches and academics … Hopes to play professional golf … Majoring in sociology.

Historical Player Information

  • 2007-08Junior

    6'3" 175 lbs
  • 2008-09Redshirt Junior

    6'3" 175 lbs