at 3-over 219 ... shot 67, 65 and 72 at the Schenkel ... during his win at the Linger Longer, including the four-hole playoff, he shot 13-under par in the final round with a double eagle, two eagles and seven birdies (one bogey) in 22 holes of golf ... named the Golfweek National Player of the Week for his efforts at the Longer Longer ...placed 29th at the Gary Koch Invitational with a 6-over 222 ... narrowly missed a top-10 showing at the SEC Championship, tying for 11th with a 1-over-par 211 (71-70-70) as the Tide won its third SEC Championship title ... finished third behind teammates Thomas and Wyatt at the NCAA Athens Regional ... shot 5-under-par 208 with rounds of 68, 69 and 71 as the Tide won the regional and qualified for NCAA Championships ... tied for fourth during the stroke play portion of the 2012 NCAA Men’s Golf Championships at 1-under-par 212 (73-6871) ... in NCAA match play, helped the Crimson Tide defeat Kent State in the quarterfinals with a 5 and 4 win over Kyle Kmiecik ... defeated Cal’s Brandon Hagy 2 and 1 in the semifinals but lost to Dylan Frittelli of Texas, 1 up, on the final hole in the NCAA final. 2010-11 (FRESHMAN) Finished second on the team with a 71.39 stroke average and four top-five finishes, including a win at the Linger Longer Invitational ... a consensus second team All-American by Golfweek and PING (GCAA) ... selected to the All-Mickelson Team and named to the Golfweek All-Freshman Team ... finished 15th in the Golfweek/Sagarin Performance Index and 16th in the Golfstat Cup standings ... fourth in the SEC in stroke average ... finished in the top six in four of his final five tournaments ... shot 11 rounds under par (out of 33) and had eight rounds in the 60s, including a low of 64 in the first round of the Linger Longer Invitational ... top fall finish was a tie for fifth at both the Isleworth Collegiate Invitational and the Cleveland Golf Palmetto Intercollegiate ... did not
finish outside the top-20 as a freshman, until the NCAA Championships ... opened the season with a tie for 12th at the Carpet Capital Collegiate, helping the Tide claim the team title ... shot even-par 216 at the Carpet Capital, with rounds of 69, 73 and 74 ... tied for 20th at the Olympia Field Fighting Illini Invitational with a 5-over-par 215 ... tied for 16th at the Jerry Pate Invitational with a 5-over-par total of 215 ... fired rounds of 71, 74 and 73 to lead Alabama to the team title at the prestigious Isleworth Collegiate Invitational ... finished strong at the Puerto Rico Classic with a final-round 68 to help the Tide capture their third tournament title of the season (he tied for 16th at 1-under-par 215) ... shot an opening-round 76 at the Cleveland Golf Palmetto Intercollegiate, but quickly bounced back with a career-low 65 in the second round and carded a 71 in the final round to finish at 2-over 212 and tied for fifth ... won the Linger Longer Invitational after edging teammate Bud Cauley by one stroke with a career-low 13-under 203 (64-68-71) ... tied for third at the Insperity ASU Invitational, carding rounds of 69, 72 and 69 ... tied for sixth at the SEC Championship at 2-over-par 212, with a second-round 68 ... posted a late flurry in the opening round of the NCAA Central Regional to shoot 73, then carded back-to-back even-par 71s to tie for 16th as the Crimson Tide advanced to the NCAA Championships at Karsten Creek in Stillwater, Okla. ... opened with two solid rounds at his first NCAA Championship, carding a 1-over 73 and a 1-under 71 in the second round (finished at 9-over 225). PREP HIGHLIGHTS Crowning achievement as a junior golfer was winning the 2007 United States Junior Amateur Championship at the age of 15 … one of only five players in the history of that event to win at such a young age … participated in the 2007 United States Amateur Championship, held at San Francisco’s famed Olympic
Club ... ranked No. 6 in the 2010 Golfweek/Sagarin Junior Performance Index … listed 21st in Golfweek’s men’s top-100 amateur rankings … two-time EA Sports boys golf All-American … the National High School Coaches Association selected him as the 2010 National High School Senior Athlete of the Year for men’s golf … won the 2008 Rolex Tournament of Champions and the 2008 Western Junior Championship … 2008 5A Texas state champion while playing for Memorial High School in Houston and was the state runner-up in 2009 … tied for the state title in 2010 rain-shortened tournament … 2010 runner-up at the Terra Cotta Invitational at the Naples National Golf Club … named a Rolex All-American as a sophomore.
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PERSONAL INFORMATION Son of Jeff and Mary Ann Whitsett … low completive round is a 61 at the Wilderness Golf Club in Jackson, Texas … majoring in business at Alabama.
WHITSETT’S PERSONAL BESTS Collegiate Debut: 2010 Carpet Capital Collegiate Low 18: 64 — 2010/11 Linger Longer Low 18 vs. Par: -8 — 2010/11 Linger Longer Low 54: 201 — 2012 All-America Golf Classic Low 54 vs. Par: 203 (-13) — 2010 Linger Longer Victories: 5 — 2011 Linger Longer; 2011 AllAmerican Classic; 2012 Linger Longer; 2013 Linger Longer; 2013 Aggie Invitational Career Top-Five Finishes: 15 Tournaments Under Par: 17
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