2012-13 BULLDOG GOLF MEDIA GUIDE
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forgan Stowmarket, England (Stowmarket HS) 6-2 • SR • 2L 2011-12: Earned Academic All-WAC honors … Was one of only two Bulldogs to compete in all 11 tournaments during the season … Registered a team-best 73.7 scoring average in 32 rounds … Twelve of his 32 rounds were even par or better, including a season-low 67 in the second round of the Squire Creek Invitational … Recorded six Top 20 finishes during the season, including five Top 10 finishes … Tied for fifth at the 2012 Western Athletic Conference championships (73-7572=220) … Shot a one-under-par total of 215 to tie for ninth at the Argent Financial Classic (71-74-70=215) … Tied for seventh at the Squire Creek Invitational (72-67-76=215) … Tied for ninth at the Memphis Intercollegiate (73-78-72=223) … Tied for 10th at the Rice Intercollegiate (73-73-71=217) … 2010-11: Earned Academic All-WAC honors … Competed in all 11 events during the year ... Helped lead Tech to two team titles during the season as the Bulldogs captured the Squire Creek Invitational and the Jim West Intercollegiate ...Recorded a 73.54 scoring average in 31 rounds of golf ... Twelve of his 31 rounds were even par or better ... Recorded six top 20 finishes during the year, including three top 10 finishes ... Tied for third at the Bulldog Classic (69-78-70=217) ... Tied for fifth at the Sam Hall Intercollegiate (71-67-70=208) ... Finished sixth at the Jim West Intercollegiate (70-68-78=216) ... Also recorded top 20 finishes at the Rice Intercollegiate (71-74-71=216, T11th), WAC Championships (75-81-70=226, T13th) and BancorpSouth Intercollegiate (73-73=146, T17th) ... 2009-10: Competed in three tournaments for the Bulldogs as a true freshman ... Recorded a 76.55 scoring average in those events ... Shot a 65 in the second round of the Squire Creek Invitational, which ties for the third lowest round in recorded Bulldog golf history ... His top finish was tied for 40th at the Bulldog Classic hosted by LA Tech ... Also tied for 44th at the Squire Creek Invitational ... High School: Did not compete in golf at Stowmarket High School ... Anglian League: Played five years, three years at the junior level and two at the men’s level ... In 2007, he won the Suffock Schools Championship ... One year later, his team won the league and he helped his team win the Suffock Junior Team Shield. Personal: Full name is Sam Louis Forgan ... Son of Andrew and Joanne Forgan ... Has two brothers, Ben and Jack ... Born May 15, 1990, in Kingslynn, England. Year Rounds Strokes Average Low Round Best Finish 2009-10 9 689 76.6 65, SCI T40th, BC 2010-11 31 2280 73.6 67, SHI T3rd, BC 2011-12 32 2359 73.7 67, SCI T5th, WAC Totals 72 5328 74.0 65, SCI T3rd, BC
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