Max Scodro Senior 5-10 • 185 Chicago, Ill. Francis Parker RECORD BOOK UPDATE: Earned outright medalist finishes in two career events (’12 and ’11 BIG EAST Championships) … owned the best stroke average in program history with a 73.25 mark upon conclusion of his Irish career … finished with 19 career team-leading efforts, tied for most all-time in program history … ranks fourth in career tournament rounds played with 118 and third in rounds counted to team score (104) … his 73.30 season average in 2010-11 ranks as the sixth best mark since ’90 … he earned the top mark for single-season stroke average during 2011-12 after posting a 71.25 mark … his 209 (-7) tournament at the 2010 Firestone Invitational ties the second lowest 54-hole tournament by strokes since 1990 and tied the lowest score in relation to par … his 208 (-5) at the 2012 NCAA Central Regional set the new program low for a 54-hole tournament in relation to strokes … earned highest finish of any Irish golfer in NCAA Regional competition, sharing seventh at the 2012 NCAA Central Regional … has had 104 of his 113 rounds counted towards team scoring (.920) for the fourth-best percentage since 1990 (minimum 45 rounds). AS A SENIOR: Named a tri-captain for the Irish this season … named PING and Golfweek Honorable Mention All-American … named BIG EAST Player of the Year for second consecutive season and was named all-BIG EAST for fourth consecutive year … selected to PING All-Midwest Region team for second straight year … earned fourth monogram … posted program career low Year Tournaments Rounds Count/Poss. 2008-09 10 29 20/24 2009-10 10 27 26/27 2010-11 11 30 28/30 2011-12 12 32 30/32 Career 43 118 104/113
mark for single season stroke average with a 71.25 mark … posted team-leading effort at nine of 11 stroke play tournament on the season … finished with 16 rounds of underpar golf, while posting an additional four rounds of even-par golf en route to having 30 of his 32 rounds counted toward the team total … finished season with 10 top-25 finishes, seven top-10 results and four top-five placements … competed in all seven tournaments during spring season … led the team with a 70.76 mark in those events, concluding at -16 to-par … opened spring going 2-2 at The Match Play in helping the Irish claim the title … returned to stroke play competition at the Schenkel Invite, sharing 13th place with a 212 (-4) … posted secondstraight tournament below par, tying for fourth at the Linger Longer Invite with a 211 (-5), aided by a second round 69 (-3) … finished tied for 29th at the All-American Intercollegiate after firing a 218 (+2), including a final round 69 (-3) … posted a pair of one-over par 72’s at the Battle at the Warren to finish in third place (144, +2) … began postseason with medalist honors at the 2012 BIG EAST Championship, holding on for a one-shot victory at 210 (-6) … became first BIG EAST golfer to earn medalist honors in back-to-back seasons since Pat Fogarty of St. John’s won three straight from 1982-84 … continued success at the NCAA Central Regional, earning the highest career finish (T-7th) of any Irish golfer in regional play after posting a 208 (-5) … finished below par in each of the three rounds of the tournament and posted the lowest career 54-hole score for the Irish in strokes … played in all five events for the Irish in the fall … carded a 71.80 scoring average on 15 tournament rounds … ranked first among Irish golfers in four of five events … fired three sub-70 scores … named to Golf World’s 50 College Players to Watch list … BIG EAST Men’s Golfer of the Month for September … started season strong with sixth-place finish at Gopher Invitational with a 219, +3 effort at the Wayzata, Minn., course … followed up with an 11th-place finish at the Illini Invitational at the world renowned Olympia
SCODRO’S Career Scorecard
Strokes 2,167 1,997 2,199 2,280 8,643
Avg. 74.72 73.96 73.30 71.25 73.30
Top Rd. 67 (-5) 69 (-3) 67 (-5) 68 (-4) 67 (-5)
Top 36 157 (+13) 165 (+23) 137 (-7) 137 (-7) 137 (-7)
Fields Country Club in Chicago, Ill., after shooting a three-day total 216 (+6) … led a furious final round rally up the leaderboard with a closing 69 at the Fighting Irish Gridiron Golf Classic, finishing in solo fourth, his best finish on the fall slate … traveled to Kiawah Island, S.C. to take part in The Invitational at the Ocean Course and shot even-par 216 to claim another top-10 finish … closed out the fall season with a 22nd-place finish at the Royal Oaks Intercollegiate in Dallas, Texas, after completing another tournament at even par (213) … qualified for the U.S. Amateur at Erin Hills Country Club and made it all the way to the match play rounds in one
Top 54 213 (-3) 214 (+1) 209 (-7) 208 (-5) 209 (-7)
Top Finish (Event) T-1st (UNCG Bridgestone Collegiate Champ.) T-1st (BIG EAST Championship) 1st (BIG EAST Championship) 1st (BIG EAST Championship) 1st (‘11 BIG EAST Championship)
2011-12 MEN’S golf
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