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ALABAMA MEN’S GOLF
DRU LOVE JUNIOR
DAVIS RILEY FRESHMAN
JONATHAN HARDEE SOPHOMORE
INTRODUCTION INTRODUCTION Quick Facts & Media Policies . . . . . . . . . . 1 Rosters & Schedule . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 2015-16 Preview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-4 COACHING STAFF Head Coach Jay Seawell . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-7 Men’s Golf Support Staff . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 Assistant Coach Jon Howell . . . . . . . . . . . 8 University President Dr. Stuart Bell . . . . . . 9 Bill Battle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10 Top-Ranked University . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11 On Campus . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12 MEET THE CRIMSON TIDE Player Bios . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13-22 - Lettermen . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13-22 Jonathan Hardee . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .13 Tyler Hitchner . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
Dru Love . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15 Tom Lovelady . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16-17 Robby Prater . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18 William Sellers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19 Steven Setterstrom . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20 Robby Shelton . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21-22 - Newcomers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23 Alex Green . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23 Davis Riley . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23 YEAR IN REVIEW 2014-15 in Review . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24-28 ACADEMICS Academic Success . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29-31 FACILITIES The Jerry Pate Center . . . . . . . . . . . . 32-33 Ol’ Colony/North River/Indian Hills . . . . .34 RECORDS AND HISTORY 2013 NCAA Championship . . . . . . . . . . . 2014 NCAA Championship . . . . . . . . . . . Coaching Records . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . National Award Winners . . . . . . . . . . . . .
35 36 37 38 All-Americans . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39 Amateur Golf Honors . . . . . . . . . . . . 40-41 The Professional Ranks . . . . . . . . . . . 42-43 Jerry Pate National Intercollegiate . . 44-45 SEC History & Championships . . . . . 46-48 NCAA Championships History . . . . . 49-51 Records . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52-57 Year-by-Year Results . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58-65 All-Time Letterwinners . . . . . . . . . . . 66-68
QUICK FACTS Location: ......................................................................................................................................... Tuscaloosa, Ala. Enrollment: .................................................................................................................................................... 36,155 Founded: ........................................................................................................................................... April 12, 1831 Conference: ......................................................................................................................................... Southeastern Colors: ......................................................................................................................... Crimson (PMS 201) & White Nickname: .......................................................................................................................................... Crimson Tide Home Course: .................................................................................................................... Ol’ Colony Golf Course President: ...................................................................................................................................... Dr. Stuart R. Bell Athletics Director: ..................................................................................................................................... Bill Battle Executive Associate AD/Chief Financial Officer: ................................................................................ Finus Gaston Senior Associate Athletics Director for Support Services (men’s golf): ............................................ Kevin Almond Faculty Athletics Representative....................................................................................................... Dr. James King
MEDIA INFORMATION ALABAMA ATHLETICS COMMUNICATIONS The Alabama Athletics Communications Office is located on the ground level of Coleman Coliseum in room 170.
MEDIA SERVICES Members of the media can obtain updated statistics and daily tournament results for the Crimson Tide men’s golf team during the season via e-mail and at the official athletics website at www.rolltide.com. The Athletics Communications office will also provide the media with rosters and tee times for any event the Tide is scheduled to host. Credentials are usually not needed to cover an Alabama-hosted men’s golf event, but notification of your intent to cover is needed by the Athletics Communications Department.
SOCIAL MEDIA You can follow the Alabama men’s golf team through social media on a variety of platforms. The men’s golf official Facebook page is AlabamaMGolf. Updates on the team can also be found on Twitter @AlabamaMGolf and via Instagram at AlabamaMGolf. You can follow all Alabama athletics on Facebook at AlabamaAthletics and on Twitter and Instagram @UA_Athletics.
SEC NETWORK The SEC now offers access to free licensed game highlights and other newsworthy event video, including select live streams, through the SEC Affiliate Network. This annual program is available exclusively to the accredited media. The program covers all teams and all sports for both men’s and women’s teams. Video is delivered through a customizable digital video player immediately after televised games/ events conclude. Participating news affiliates also can select individual clips to insert directly into online stories. Television stations also have access to an FTP account to run content on-air. INTERNET Information about The University of Alabama’s athletics can be found on the online at the Crimson Tide official athletics site: www.rolltide.com. For information about the Crimson Tide men’s golf
program, select that area from the main menu. Information on the web includes statistics, results, biographies and other historical information.
TELEVISION The University of Alabama, through the Crimson Tide Sports Network (CTSN), offers a weekly 15-minute satellite feed consisting of interviews with coaches and athletes, taped video highlights and narrated tape package from September through May. Occasionally the men’s golf team will be featured in this package. Please call the athletics communications office for more details. During the season, the golf team’s progress will be covered each week on “The Crimson Tide This Week,” a 30-minute regional sports show.
INTERVIEWS Head coach Jay Seawell and his team are available for interviews and can only be reached through the Alabama Athletics Communications Office, due to the extensive time the golf coaching staff spends outside on the course. Team practice sessions rotate times and locations daily, depending on upcoming events and areas of practice emphasis. Golf interview requests should be made at least 24 hours in advance. All golf interviews must be arranged through Aaron Jordan in the Athletics Communications office at 205-348-5401.
FACILITIES As part of the Crimson Tradition Fund facility upgrades, Alabama’s home golf course — Ol’ Colony — has some recent renovations that serve to turn the course into the Tide’s real home with new green complexes and added length. The Alabama golf program is housed in the Jerry Pate Golf Center (2004), the Tide’s private practice facility and clubhouse that includes coaches’ offices, a fully furnished locker room and a team room. The Pate Center also provides Alabama golfers a myriad of chipping and putting greens, target greens and a full driving range. Ol’ Colony, a course designed by former UA men’s golf standout Jerry Pate, serves as the team’s home course. In addition to its “home” course, the Alabama men’s golf team benefits from the opportunity of being able to access several golf courses in the Tuscaloosa area for practice, including NorthRiver Yacht Club and Indian Hills Country Club.
CREDITS The 2015-16 University of Alabama men’s golf media guide was produced by the staff of the UA Athletics Communications Office. The publication was written and designed by Aaron Jordan. Editing by Aaron Jordan, Jay Seawell, Doug Walker and Jessica Paré. Cover design by Crimson Tide Productions. Photography by UA Photography, the USGA and Robert Matre. Special thanks to the Crimson Tide coaching staff, Crimson Tide Productions and the staff of the SEC Office. Copyright 2015 by the Board of Trustees of the University of Alabama. “Roll Tide”, “Crimson Tide,” “Bama” and the primary and secondary logos are registered trademarks of The University of Alabama.
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
INTRODUCTION INTRODUCTION
TEAM INFORMATION 2014-15 Record: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2014-15 Best Finish: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2015 SEC Finish: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2015 NCAA Regional Finish: . . . . . . . . . 2014-15 Low Team Score: . . . . . . . . . . . 2013-14 Low Team Round: . . . . . . . . . . Low Individual 18 Holes: . . . . . . . . . . . 54 Holes: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Lettermen . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
93-48-3 (.656) 1st - 2014 Jerry Pate National Intercollegiate, -10 (268-285-277 – 830) T4th, -7 (269-274-290 – 833) 7th, +18 (298-299-285 – 882) 830, -10 – 2014 Jerry Pate National Intercollegiate (268-285-277) 268 (-12) – 2014 Jerry Pate National Intercollegiate (first round) 64 (-6), Tom Lovelady – 2014 Jerry Pate National Intercollegiate (third round) 201 (-15), Robby Shelton – 2015 Southern Highlands Masters Returning: 8/Lost: 1
2014-15 GOLF HONORS PING All-Americans . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Golfweek All-Americans . . . . . . . . . . . . PING All-Region . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . First-Team All-SEC . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . SEC All-Freshman . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . SEC Community Service Team . . . . . . .
Robby Shelton (1st team) Robby Shelton (2nd team) Tom Lovelady, Robby Shelton Robby Shelton Jonathan Hardee Tom Lovelady
2015-16 ALABAMA MEN’S GOLF ROSTER Name Class Exp. Alex Green Fr. HS Jonathan Hardee So. 1L Tyler Hitchner So. 1L Dru Love Jr. 1L Tom Lovelady Sr. 3L Robby Prater Jr. 2L William Sellers Jr. 1L Davis Riley Fr. HS Steve Setterstrom So. 1L Robby Shelton Jr. 2L
Career Avg. n/a 73.00 76.56 72.67 72.76 75.48 77.56 n/a 75.67 70.36
Hometown (High School/Previous School) Fairhope, Ala. (Fairhope) Greer, S.C. (Riverside) Tuscaloosa, Ala. (Home Schooled) St. Simons Island, Ga. (Frederica Academy) Birmingham, Ala. (Mountain Brook) Birmingham, Ala. (Spain Park) Montgomery, Ala. (Montgomery Academy) Hattiesburg, Miss. (Presbyterian Christian) Mobile, Ala. (McGill-Toolen) Wilmer, Ala. (St. Paul’s Episcopal School)
Hometown Dublin, Ireland
Career Stroke Avg. 72.80
COACHING STAFF Head Coach: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Alma Mater: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Years at Alabama/Overall: . . . . . . . . . . . Office Phone: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . E-Mail Address: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Jay Seawell South Carolina, 1988 14th/24th (205) 348-0383 jseawell@ia.ua.edu
Assistant: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Alma Mater: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Years at Alabama: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Office Phone: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . E-Mail Address: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Jon Howell Mississippi State, 2010 2nd (205) 348-0383 jhowell@ia.ua.edu
LETTERMEN LOST: 1 Player Gavin Moynihan
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2015-16 ALABAMA MEN’S GOLF SCHEDULE FALL Event Sept. 11-13 Carpet Capital Collegiate Sept. 18-20 Olympia Fields/Fighting Illini Invitational Sept. 25-27 DICK’s Sporting Goods Collegiate Cup Oct. 5-6 Jerry Pate National Intercollegiate Nov. 2-4 Warrior Princeville Makai Invitational
Course The Farm Golf Club Olympia Fields Country Club Golf Club at Tennessee Old Overton Golf Course Princeville Makai Golf Club
SPRING Event Feb. 21-23 Puerto Rico Classic March 7-9 Southern Highlands Collegiate Masters March 20-22 Linger Longer Invitational April 2-3 Mason Rudolph Championship April 16-18 SEC Championships May 16-18 NCAA Regional Championships May 27-June 1 NCAA Championships
Course Rio Mar Country Club (River Course) Southern Highlands Golf Club Reynolds Landing Golf Club Vanderbilt Legends Club Seaside Golf Course TBA Eugene Country Club
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Location Dalton, Ga. Olympia Fields, Ill. Nashville, Tenn. Vestavia Hills, Ala. Makai, Hawaii Location Rio Grande, Puerto Rico Las Vegas, Nev. Greensboro, Ga. Franklin, Tenn. St. Simons Island, Ga. TBA Eugene, Ore.
2015-16 OUTLOOK
OUTLOOK
MEN’S GOLF PREVIEW By Christopher Walsh
When it comes to filling out his lineup, University of Alabama men’s golf coach Jay Seawell likens the five he plays during a team event to a starting rotation in Major League Baseball.
roster. If Seawell is able to solve his biggest problem from 201415, never really finding that No. 5 starter, the Crimson Tide could be right back contending.
Each slot, one through five, means something, with different opportunities and varied expectations.
Even so, a lot will depend on the players being counted on most at the top of the lineup, namely junior Robby Shelton and senior Tom Lovelady. To the coach, Shelton isn’t just the equivalent of having a No. 1 starter, but a staff ace.
“Someone is the starting pitcher for a reason, and somebody is the No. 1 man for a reason,” said the coach who is entering his 14th season with the Crimson Tide. “Somebody is the fiveman for a reason. It doesn’t mean that they both get the ball, that they both do the same thing. If you think about it there’s a responsibility and a pressure that goes with each one. I’m looking, in my mind, trying to fill in a spot with each. “The good thing about last year is that LSU proved that you don’t have to have an No. 1 everyday starter to win the national championship. They kind of had a bunch of No. 2s and 3s.” While the national crown stayed in the Southeastern Conference, giving the league its third straight title after Alabama went backto-back in 2013 and 2014, the young Crimson Tide wasn’t on hand to attempt the three-peat. By placing seventh at the NCAA Noblesville Regional the Crimson Tide failed to reach Nationals for the first time since 2010. However, everyone’s back and there’s still only one senior on the
“I like my ace,” he said. “I like aces. That one guy, or that ace, is that guy who when you really need it at the end, whatever that round is, whether it’s the end of the NCAAs, SEC’s, regionals or really any tournament, that they’ve just got it. They have that ‘it’ about them. The more the pressure ratchets up the more things internally and flaws are always exposed. “The reason why the better players always play better in the bigger events is not because, ‘Oh, they finally show up,’ it’s because that pressure gets tighter. The reason why they’re so good shows. That’s why I like them.” Shelton arrived at the Capstone as the nation's No. 1-ranked junior golfer and during his first two years he posted two of the three lowest stroke averages in program history (70.14 in 2014 and 70.61 in 2015). The two-time All-American was named the 2014 National Freshman of the Year (Phil Mickelson Award), and the 2014 SEC Player of the Year.
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This past season he was ranked seventh in the Golfweek/Sagarin performance Index, and in addition to being a semifinalist for the prestigious Ben Hogan Award honoring the nation's top amateur golfer was named to the United States Walker Cup team and the United States Palmer Cup team -- a Ryder Cup-type event between college/university golfers. Shelton won all four of his matches to help lead the 18-12 victory over Europe.
guys really separated themselves on last year’s team.”
Over the summer he also competed in his first PGA event as an amateur and finished tied for third with a four-day total of 14-under par 270 at the Barbasol Championship on the Robert Trent Jones Golf Trail at Grand National in Opelika, Ala.
“Davis Riley is really good,” Seawell said about his 18-year-old newcomer who was ranked third by Golfweek and No. 6 by the American Junior Golf Association.
Consequently, Seawell is looking for Shelton take the next step in his career, and the coach isn’t holding back by setting the highest of goals for his junior standout. Specifically, he wants him to take aim at being the collegiate player of the year. “I think Robby is the best player in the world,” the coach explained. “He’s phenomenal and he’s still just a 20-year-old kid. As talented as he is sometimes we take him for granted a little bit, they’re so talented we think we’re robotic a little bit, and they’re not. There’s a life, a breath and a heartbeat inside of all of them, especially him. How do we go that one extra step to become that guy? That’s’ where they want to be, he should be, but there has to be that step.” Seawell’s other goal on the individual side for Lovelady to wrap up his impressive career as an All-American. The fifth-year senior and team captain was granted a medical hardship for the 201112 season and has already won two national championships and three Southeastern Conference titles.
That leaves the fifth slot, where Seawell might have another potential ace in the making. Out of Hattiesburg, Miss., freshman Davis Riley was the 2014-15 American Family Insurance ALL-USA Boys Golf Player of the Year, and played in the U.S. Open after placing eighth in a sectional qualifier.
“That fifth spot was kind of a bouncing-around spot at the end of the year. Is it someone returning from last year? Is it the Robby Praters of the world? Or is it Tyler Hitchner, or someone like that? Or is it Davis Riley? That’s what we’re going to find out. Everyone has to earn their spot when they get here. Everyone knows that, we recruit that way. “I believe in the end, with Davis, that will be the five guys that we see at the beginning of the year, but I also know that on the back end the other guys are good enough to get into the lineup,” he said. “So I’m excited about that.” Sewell got a taste of the team’s potential during the 2015-16 opening event when before fading in the final round Alabama held the lead and Davis was atop the leaderboard of the Carpet Collegiate Classic. The Crimson Tide was also without Shelton, who was in England participating in the Walker Cup (he went 1-1-2 as the United States lost to Great Britain & Ireland). “I think we have a chance to be pretty good,” Seawell said.
If those two things happen, Seawell won’t have to work too much about the team side, especially since two other spots in the lineup are pretty much locked up as well. “There’s Jonathan Hardee, who was All-SEC freshman, and Dru Love just won the Georgia State-Am,” Seawell said. “Those four ROBBY SHELTON
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Jay seawell
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HEAD COACH 14th YEAR
JAY SEAWELL Head Coach
14th Season
SOUTH CAROLINA, 1988 Jay Seawell not only rekindled the proud tradition of the Alabama Crimson Tide men’s golf program, he has entrenched the Crimson Tide into the forefront of the nation’s elite teams, securing back-to-back national championships in 2013 and 2014. The 14th-year head coach is now charged with sustaining one of the country’s top programs – something that is made easier with the return of every golfer from the 2015-16 season. The golf team’s success under Seawell has energized the Tide’s alumni base and created an excitement for Alabama golf not seen in recent memory. Named The University of Alabama’s head men’s golf coach on July 26, 2002, Seawell’s teams have captured four Southeastern Conference championships, including three over the last four seasons. He has led UA to 12 NCAA Tournament appearances and eight NCAA Championship berths – all in the past 12 years.
His 2012 team reached the NCAA Finals, falling just short to Texas. The Tide used that experience to fuel a return trip to the NCAA Finals in 2013 and 2014. Seawell is producing headline-worthy studentathletes on the course and in the classroom while his golfers also are among the most active in the Tuscaloosa community, volunteering their time at schools and helping host athletic department events for local children. Men’s golf has put 70 players on the SEC Academic Honor Roll in the last 13 years and he has seen eight players (16 honors) named to the Cleveland Golf All-America Scholar Team. Joseph Sykora, was a three-time Capital One/CoSIDA Academic AllAmerican and was voted by the league golf coaches as the SEC Scholar-Athlete of the Year an SEC-record three times. In 2008, Sykora won the SEC’s H. Boyd McWhorter Scholar-Athlete Award (all sports, all males in the league) and Alabama’s Bryant Award, as the top male student-athlete from any sport. Cory Whitsett then received the 2012 and 2013 NCAA Elite 89 Award, presented annually to the golfer at the NCAA Championships with the highest GPA. He also was named a 2013 and 2014 Capital One/CoSIDA Academic All-American and the SEC Scholar-Athlete of the Year while winning the H. Boyd McWhorter Scholar-Athlete Award and the Bryant Award in 2014. Seawell has coached 29 All-Americans during his coaching career with 14 of those coming over the last four years alone (four in 2011-12, five in 2012-13, four more in 2013-14 and one last season). His golfers at Alabama have been nominated for the sport’s highest national awards, including the Ben Hogan Award, the Jack Nicklaus Award, the Fred Haskins Award, the Phil Mickelson Award and the Byron Nelson Award. Justin Thomas won the Nicklaus, Haskins and Mickelson awards in 2012 and Robby Shelton was named the Mickelson Award winner in 2014. Seawell has coached Alabama to 42 team tournament championships with 31 individual medalists in 13 years in Tuscaloosa. The Crimson Tide won back-to-back titles in 2013
and 2014, the latest by a commanding 4-1 victory over No. 2 Oklahoma State in the NCAA Finals at the Prairie Dunes Golf Club in Hutchinson, Kan. Alabama’s dominant season broke the season-old record of team victories with nine in 12 events during the 201314 season. UA also set a school record for winning percentage with a 150-6-2 record for a winning percentage of 95.6. Seawell was named the Dave Williams National Coach of the Year and the SEC Coach of the Year in 2014. It was Seawell’s third SEC Coach of the Year Award in as many years and fourth overall. The Crimson Tide finished tied for second in the stroke-play portion of the NCAA Championships before fighting its way through three rounds of match play with victories over SMU (3-2), LSU (4-1) and Oklahoma State (4-1) in the finals. Alabama also won the school’s fifth SEC Championship, third straight and fourth under the direction of Seawell with a 16-shot win at the Sea Island Golf Club. The Tide also won its third straight and fourth overall NCAA Regional Championship with a victory in Auburn. The 2013-14 Crimson Tide team was led by a duo of first team All-Americans: Wyatt and Shelton. The Tide boasted four All-Americans in all with Trey Mullinax (second team PING and Golfweek) and Whitsett (honorable mention PING and second team Golfweek) both receiving All-America honors. Shelton was also the SEC Player and Freshman of the Year while Whitsett was the league’s Scholar-Athletes of the Year. The Tide also had a record four first team All-SEC selections. Alabama’s 2013 NCAA national championship concluded an historic season at the Capstone that saw the Crimson Tide win a school-record eight times in 12 events and post a 154-15-3 cumulative record. Alabama won seven of eight events in the fall, including the final six events. The Crimson Tide finished tied for third in the stroke-play portion of the NCAA Championships before rolling through three rounds of match play with victories over New Mexico (4-1), Georgia Tech (3-0-2)
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COACHES & STAFF JAY SEAWELL BY THE NUMBERS 39 U.S. Amateur Participants 28 All-Americans 16 NCAA Tournament Appearances 12 Palmer Cup Team Members 10 NCAA Championship Appearances
Head coach Jay Seawell congratulates Robby Shelton after winning the 2014 national championship.
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and Illinois (4-1) in the finals. Alabama also won the school’s fourth SEC championship, second straight and third under the direction of Seawell with a twoshot win at the Sea Island Golf Club. The Tide also won its second straight NCAA Regional championship with a victory in Baton Rouge. The 2012-13 Crimson Tide team was led by a trio of first team All-Americans: Whitsett, Wyatt and Thomas. The Tide boasted five All-Americans in all with Mullinax (PING) and Scott Strohmeyer (Golfweek) both receiving honorable mention AllAmerica honors. Whitsett was the SEC Player of the Year and one of the league’s Scholar-Athletes of the Year while winning two times. Thomas, a sophomore, also won twice to set Alabama’s career record for victories with six. Whitsett, Thomas and Wyatt were all selected for the United States 2013 Walker Cup team. Seawell was named the SEC Coach of the Year for the second time in as many years and third overall while also being named a finalist for the Dave Williams Award (national coach of the year). The 2011-12 Alabama team captured the SEC Championship, NCAA Athens Regional and a runnerup finish at the NCAA Championships. The Tide won the stroke-play portion of the NCAA Championships at Riviera Country Club with a 7-over 859. Alabama then dispatched of Kent State (3-1-1) in the quarterfinals of match play and California (3-2) in the semifinals. The Crimson Tide’s bid for the program’s first national championship fell one match short as the Tide were
Head coach Jay Seawell celebrates with Cory Whitsett after winning the 2013 NCAA Men’s Golf Championship at the Capital City Club.
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NCAA Regional Championship (2009, 2012, 2013 & 2014)
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SEC Championships (2008, 2012, 2013 & 2014)
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edged by Texas (3-2) in the NCAA Finals. Alabama won five of the final seven team events heading into the 2012 NCAA Championships with victories at the Puerto Rico Classic, the Schenkel Invitational, the Linger Longer Invitational, the SEC Championship and the NCAA Athens Regional. The 2011-12 Tide set school records for team season scoring average at 284.56 (.78 vs. par), low round vs. par at 20-under 268 and low 54 holes vs. par 47-under 817. Seawell was named the SEC Coach of the Year for the second time and was a finalist for the Dave Williams Award (national coach of the year). Seawell also coached impact freshman Thomas to unseen heights in 2011-12. The rookie from Goshen, Ky., won a school-record four times, including medalist honors at the SEC Championships. For his efforts, Thomas was named the SEC Player and Freshman of the Year and was the first Tide player to be selected as the national player of the year. Whitsett and Wyatt turned in successful sophomore campaigns in 2011-12. Whitsett won twice, capturing the 2011 Western Refining All-America Classic and the 2012 Linger Longer Invitational. He finished with a 71.38 scoring average and earned second-team All-America and first-team All-SEC accolades. Wyatt averaged 71.70 strokes per round and was a secondteam All-American and first-team All-SEC choice, after recording seven top-five finishes. Hamrick wrapped up his decorated Alabama career by earning 2012
honorable mention All-America honors and secondteam All-SEC plaudits. Alabama’s 2010-11 team captured five tournament titles and finished outside of the top four only once in stroke play. The Tide posted a 137-24-0 record in head-to-head meetings and had four players ranked in the top 65 of the Golfweek/Sagarin Performance Index at the end of the season. Alabama posted a runner-up finish at the SEC Championships and qualified for the NCAA Championships with a thrid-place finish at the 2011 NCAA Indiana Regional. Bud Cauley re-wrote the Alabama record book in 2010-11 with a 70.75 scoring average over 36 rounds. He finished 15 shots under par and was named a firstteam All-American by both PING and Golfweek while also being selected to the All-Nicklaus team. Whitsett garnered 2011 All-America honors under Seawell’s tutelage, being named to the second team by both PING and Golfweek while garnering first-team AllSEC and SEC Freshman of the Year honors. Wyatt was a second-team All-SEC choice. Returning only two lettermen for the 2009-10 season, Seawell was presented one of his biggest challenges. The veteran coach responded with a squad that captured its fourth straight Jerry Pate National Intercollegiate and boasted four medalists throughout the season. The win at the Jerry Pate was the program’s fourth in eight years under Seawell’s guidance. Hamrick captured medalist honors at the 2009 JPNI and the Western Refining All-America Classic while tying for first the following spring at the Schenkel E-Z-Go Invitational, on his way to honorable mention All-America honors. Cauley set a school record for scoring average at 71.32 while Hamrick finished second on the team at 72.88. Cauley won the Isleworth Collegiate and the Linger Longer Invitational while garnering 2010 first-team All-American honors. The 2008-09 team added a program first to Seawell’s resume with a victory at the NCAA Northeast Regional. It was the first regional title for the Crimson Tide’s men’s golf team and the club’s second win of the season. Seawell’s teams from 2007-09 finished sixth, 13th and 15th, respectively, in the NCAA Championships while the 2008 team also captured the school’s first Southeastern Conference Championship since 1979. The 2008-09 team finished with two tournament titles, at the Jerry Pate National Intercollegiate and the NCAA Northeast Regional. Seawell’s five-man team almost always included at least three freshmen and finished with a 292.06 average score per round. Freshman sensation Cauley garnered 2009 firstteam All-America honors from Golfweek and secondteam honors from PING. He was first-team All-SEC and the SEC Freshman of the Year. Cauley won
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THE JAY SEAWELL FILE
MEN’S GOLF SUPPORT STAFF
AMY BRAGG
ROCKY COLBURN
CLARKE HOLTER
PERFORMANCE NUTRITION
STRENGTH AND CONDITIONING
ATHLETIC TRAINER
JON DEVER
AARON JORDAN
JON DEVER JR.
ASSOCIATE A.D. STUDENT RELATIONS
ASSOCIATE DIRECTOR OF ATHLETICS COMMUNICATIONS
STUDENT MANAGER
JUNIOR WALDEN
SHERRY SELBY
EQUIPMENT MANAGER - OLYMPIC SPORTS
ADMINISTRATIVE ASSISTANT
JAMES ANDREWS
CRAIG BUETTNER
LYLE CAIN
ORTHOPEDIC SURGEON
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Hired: July 26, 2002 Education: Univeristy of South Carolina (1988) Coaching Experience: Head Coach, Anderson College (1991-96 & 1997-98) Heach Coach, Augusta State (1998-2002) Head Coach, Alabama (2002-present) NCAA Postseasons: (16) Alabama: 2003, 2005 (28th), 2006, 2007 (6th), 2008 (13th), 2009 (15th), 2010, 2011 (14th), 2012 (2nd), 2013 (1st), 2014 (1st), 2015 Augusta State: 1999, 2000, 2001 (7th), 2002 (5th)
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medalist honors at the United State Collegiate Championship while Hamrick was the medalist at the NCAA Northeast Regional. Cauley was also a semifinalist for the Ben Hogan Award (national amateur of the year) and selected to play for the Americans at the 2009 Walker Cup and the 2009 Palmer Cup. Alabama’s 2007-08 team finished the season ranked No. 3 in the final Golf World/NIKE Coaches poll and captured its first SEC golf championship in 29 years. Seawell’s success caught the attention and respect of his coaching peers, who voted him the 2008 SEC Coach of the Year. His 2008 Tide team co-led the nation in team tournament championships with six wins and also produced four medalists in 2007-08. The team set the school’s 54-hole record with the 810 it shot to win the 2007 Jerry Pate National Intercollegiate. In 2007-08, the golf team won both of the UA athletic department’s biggest awards, the men’s team with the highest GPA and the men’s community service award. Seawell’s program in 2006-07 made Alabama history, catapulting to the nation’s No. 1 ranking in all three collegiate polls in September of 2006 and holding the top spot in the Coaches poll from September through early February of 2007. The team won four tournaments and set school scoring records on its way to a sixth-place finish at the NCAA Championships and a runner-up showing at the SEC Championships. After arriving at the Capstone for the 2002-03 season, Seawell and quickly established a formula for success. His first Crimson Tide team finished sixth at the SEC Championships, after a ninth-place showing the previous year. Alabama also qualified for the NCAA East Regional, only the second appearance in six-year span for the Tide. The 2003-04 season helped build the foundation for the coming years at Alabama. The Crimson Tide finished 11th at the SEC Championships, but earlier captured its first tournament team title with a win at the Conrad Rehling Invitational, proving that the program was building for the future. That future came quickly as the Crimson Tide qualified for not only the NCAA Regionals in 2005, but tied for 28th at the NCAA Championships. It was Alabama’s first NCAA Championship appearance since the 1996 season. The Tide posted a sixth-place finish at the NCAA East Regional to qualify. The Crimson Tide again qualified for NCAA regional play in 2006, finishing 14th at the NCAA West Regional. Alabama also recorded a third-place finish at the SEC Championship, its best at that time since a third-place showing in 1990. Seawell began his coaching career at Anderson College, where he coached from 1991-96 and won five consecutive Region 10 championships. His work earned him five Region Coach of the Year Awards. After briefly leaving Anderson for another career pursuit, Seawell returned to coach Anderson again in 1997-98. Seawell was hired by Augusta State as its head coach prior to the start of 199899 season. He led ASU to four straight NCAA Regional appearances and three trips to the NCAA Championships. Seawell’s 2001 team finished seventh at the NCAAs before turning in the best finish in school history the following year with a fifth-place showing. He coached three All-Americans during his tenure at ASU, including two-time All-American Jamie Elson along with All-American and former Ryder Cup player Oliver Wilson. Seawell is a 1988 graduate of the University of South Carolina with a degree is in hotel and restaurant management. He lettered on the Gamecocks golf team and served as the president of the University’s Fellowship of Christian Athletes. Seawell and his wife, Stephanie, have three children: Brooke, Jackson and Lauren.
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jon howell ASSISTANT COACH SECOND YEAR
COACHES/STAFF benefit on the recruiting trail as someone who really understands junior golf.” Howell came to Tuscaloosa after serving nearly four years as the director of golf instruction at the Country Club of Jackson (Miss.), where he had a track record for developing some of the top junior players in the nation. A member of the PGA of America, Howell attended Mississippi State’s professional golf management program, graduating in 2010.
JON HOWELL Assistant Coach
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MISSISSIPPI STATE, 2010 Jon Howell is in his second season as assistant men’s golf coach at the University of Alabama in 2015-16. Howell’s duties for the Crimson Tide include assisting Seawell in day-to-day operations of the program while also serving as the recruiting coordinator and assisting in player development. He serves as the Director of the Alabama Golf Academy while overseeing alumni relations and the Crimson Tide Open. “It's been great having Jon on board,” Alabama head coach Jay Seawell said. “He has done a fabulous job of developing and teaching young players as a PGA Professional. Jon is extremely valuable to our current players from an instruction standpoint and is a tremendous
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When he was hired, Howell became the fourth assistant coach in as many years for the Crimson Tide with each assistant landing a head coaching job. Former Tide assistant Mike McGraw replaced Roby Bradley, who was named the head coach at Purdue following the Crimson Tide’s 2013 NCAA Championship victory. Bradley had replaced Scott Limbaugh, who took over the Vanderbilt program in the summer of 2012, after Alabama’s NCAA runner-up finish. Howell is married to the former Kay Nobles and the couple has a daughter Sadie.
On Your Campus... Alabama president dr. Stuart R. bell Dr. Stuart R. Bell became the 29th president of The University of Alabama on July 15, 2015. Founded in 1831, the University is the state’s flagship and a student-centered, comprehensive research university. Dr. Bell has broad administrative experience and is a nearly 30-year veteran of higher education. He previously served at UA for 16 years where he founded and directed an interdisciplinary research center. “I certainly look forward to leading this university as its next president and working alongside the many men and women who have made it a great university today and who will also make it a great university in the future,” Bell said on the day he was named UA president. “It’s just great to be here in Tuscaloosa, and it’s great to be in Alabama and to, once again, be able to say Roll Tide!” Immediately prior to becoming UA’s president, Dr. Bell was executive vice president and provost at Louisiana State University. During Dr. Bell’s tenure there and earlier at the University of Kansas, where he served as dean of its College of Engineering, those institutions opened new facilities, and student recruitment, retention and success were emphasized. First joining UA in 1986 as an assistant professor in the UA College of Engineering’s department of mechanical engineering, Dr. Bell was named department head nine years later. With research interest in combustion engines, Dr. Bell has expertise in alternative fuels for engines, innovative engine designs and modeling of engine and engine processes. He directed UA’s Center for Advanced Vehicle Technologies. Dr. Bell was awarded the Society of Automotive Engineers’ Ralph Teetor Award for Outstanding Contributions to Research and Teaching in 1988. He was presented the T. Morris Hackney Faculty Leadership Award for the UA College of Engineering in 2001, and, in 2005, he received the Richard S. Woodbury Award from the American Society of Mechanical Engineers. A native of Abilene, Texas, Dr. Bell earned a nuclear engineering degree from Texas A&M University in 1979. He earned his master’s and doctorate degrees in mechanical engineering from Texas A&M in 1981 and 1986, respectively. He and his wife, Susan, have three adult children, Stuart, Stacy and Stephen.
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Enrollment at The University of Alabama reached a record high of 36,155 for fall 2014. The entering freshman class, at 6,856 students, was the largest and best qualified in UA history. More than 2,100 freshmen scored 30 or higher on the ACT, placing them in the top five percent of students taking the ACT.
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The University of Alabama is a leader among public universities nationwide in the enrollment of National Merit Scholars with more than 600 currently enrolled.
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Ranked among the top 50 public universities in the nation in U.S. News and World Report’s annual college rankings for more than a decade, UA ranked 38th among public universities in the 2015 rankings. UA’s latest college rankings include:
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The School of Law is ranked 22nd among all law schools in the nation, spring 2015.
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The School of Library and Information Studies is ranked 18th nationally in the latest rankings for library schools, spring 2013.
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University of Alabama students continue to win prestigious national awards. Forty-five UA students have been named Goldwater Scholars, including four in 2015. The University of Alabama has produced a total of 15 Rhodes Scholars, 14 Truman Scholars, 30 Hollings Scholars and six Boren Scholars.
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Twenty-eight UA faculty have received NSF CAREER Awards, the nation’s most prestigious recognition of top-performing young scientists, in disciplines ranging from nanoscience and engineering to biological sciences.
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Dr. Samantha Hansen, UA assistant professor of geological sciences, is one of many faculty recognized nationally for research. Hansen is one of 102 scientists who received the 2014 Presidential Early Career Award for Scientists and Engineers, the highest honor bestowed by the U.S. government on science and engineering professionals in the early stages of their independent research careers. Fourteen University of Alabama graduates have accepted Fulbright awards to study and teach abroad during 2015-2016. Three will be based in Spain and two each in Brazil, Malaysia and Turkey. Others will be in Czech Republic, Cyprus, France, Peru and South Korea.
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U.S. News and World Report ranks The University of Alabama’s Manderson Online Business Master’s programs 12th in the nation, up from 75th last year. The rankings are based on level of accreditation, faculty credentials, admissions selectivity, reputation for excellence among peer institutions and academic and career support services offered to students.
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Public Accounting Report’s 2014 rankings place UA’s Culverhouse School of Accountancy’s undergraduate and master’s programs eighth in the nation and the doctoral program 12th.
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PRWeek Magazine has recognized the public relations program in The University of Alabama’s College of Communication and Information Sciences as one of the top five programs in the nation six times.
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BILL BATTLE DIRECT O R O F AT H L ET IC S
William R. “Bill” Battle is in his third year as Director of Athletics at The University of Alabama. Battle took over the job on Friday, March 22, 2013, succeeding Mal Moore who had held the position since November, 1999. Battle joined the Crimson Tide after a career as a college football coach and entrepreneur that was consistently hallmarked by innovation and foresight. A native of Birmingham, Ala., Battle attended The University of Alabama on a football scholarship and enjoyed a successful playing career as a three-year starter at end for the Crimson Tide under legendary head coach Paul “Bear” Bryant from 1960-62. Battle was a member of Bryant’s first national championship team at Alabama in 1961. Generally regarded as the team’s best end throughout his playing career, Battle came to Tuscaloosa after starring in three sports at Birmingham’s West End High School. An excellent student, Battle earned a bachelor’s degree in Biology (minor in Psychology) from The University of Alabama in 1963 and a master’s degree in Education from The University of Oklahoma in 1964. He was an Academic All-SEC selection as a senior in 1962 and was selected to play in the Senior Bowl all-star game in Mobile, Ala., in January of 1963. He was named first team tight end and second team defensive end on The University of Alabama All Decade Team of the 1960s. Battle entered the coaching profession as a graduate assistant at The University of Oklahoma in 1963 under famed head coach Bud Wilkinson. In 1964 and 1965, he served as an assistant coach at the United States Military Academy while serving a two-year military tour. In 1966, he moved on to the University
of Tennessee, where he served as an assistant coach under head coach Doug Dickey for four seasons (1966-69) until he was named head coach of the Volunteers in 1970. When he was named head coach, Battle was the youngest head coach in college football at the age of 28. During his seven-year tenure as head coach (1970-76), Battle’s teams went 59-22-2, finished three seasons ranked in the nation’s top 10 among five top-20 finishes and won four out of five bowl games. Battle’s Tennessee teams won 11 games once (1970) and at least 10 games in three different seasons (1970, 1971 and 1972). His first Tennessee team finished the season ranked fourth in both national polls. His 1971 team finished ranked ninth in both national polls and the 1972 Tennessee squad finished ranked eighth by the Associated Press and 11th in the Coaches’ poll. Battle began a career in the private sector after his coaching career ended. He held various positions within Circle S Industries in Selma, Ala., and served as president of two different companies, as well as vice chairman of the Circle S Holding Company Board. During his six years at Circle S, the organization grew from two companies earning $12 million in annual sales to 10 companies earning $60 million. Battle founded The Collegiate Licensing Company (CLC) in 1981, and served as president and Chief Executive Officer (CEO) until 2002. He also served as chairman of the board of Licensing Partners International (LPI), which was created in 2001 to represent the licensing interests of non-collegiate sports properties, as well as corporate and entertainment properties. A 1981 inductee into the Alabama Sports Hall of Fame, Battle was inducted as the first member of the charter class of the National Collegiate Licensing Association Hall of Fame in 2000. He was the recipient of the 2005 Paul W. Bryant Alumni Athlete Award at The University of Alabama and was inducted into the International Licensing Industry Merchandisers’ Association (LIMA) Hall of Fame in 2008.
Battle received a National Football Foundation award in December 2008 for Outstanding Contributions to Amateur Football. In June 2010, Bill was inducted into the National Association of Collegiate Marketing Administrators’ (NACMA) Hall of Fame. He was inducted into the Tennessee Sports Hall of Fame, receiving its Lifetime Achievement Award in 2011. He currently serves on the boards of the Bryant-Jordan Student-Athlete Foundation, The University of Alabama A-Club Educational & Charitable Foundation, the Crimson Tide Foundation, and the National Football Foundation. Battle’s wife, Mary, is a summa cum laude graduate of the University of Texas School of Nursing with a Bachelor of Science degree in nursing. She earned a Master of Science in healthcare administration from the University of Alabama-Birmingham. For many years Mary worked in the healthcare industry both in the clinical setting and for healthcare corporations that developed and managed physician provider networks including the development of strategically significant relationships with payors and business and industry. Mary currently serves on the Arthritis Foundation National Board of Directors and is the chairperson of the Arthritis Foundation Leadership Council for the Birmingham market. She is also a member of the Volunteer Engagement Task Team for the Arthritis Foundation. In addition, Mary is an inaugural member of the UAB School of Medicine Board of Visitors and is active in fundraising activities for UAB that support research projects targeting more effective treatment for rheumatoid arthritis. The Battles are part of UAB’s Stem Cell Institute Board and are both active in their support of UAB’s Department of Rheumatology. In their leisure time, the Battles enjoy life on their ranch in Georgia. Mary is an avid equestrian while Bill enjoys working on various projects around the ranch.
FINUS GASTON
KEVIN ALMOND
MARIE ROBBINS
SAM BRANCH
JEFF PURINTON
DOUG WALKER
CHRIS BESANCENEY
SENIOR EXECUTIVE ASSOCIATE A.D. CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER
EXECUTIVE ASSOCIATE A.D. SUPPORT SERVICES
SENIOR ASSOCIATE A.D. SENIOR WOMAN ADMINISTRATOR
SENIOR ASSOCIATE A.D. DEVELOPMENT
SENIOR ASSOCIATE A.D. MARKETING & COMMUNICATIONS
SENIOR ASSOCIATE A.D. COMMUNICATIONS
ASSOCIATE A.D. TICKETING / TIDE PRIDE
JONATHAN BOWLING
JON DEVER
BRAD LEDFORD
CAROL PARK
AARON VOLD
TOMMY FORD
DR. JAMES KING
ASSOCIATE A.D. COMPLIANCE
ASSOCIATE A.D. STUDENT SERVICES
ASSOCIATE A.D. STRATEGIC MARKETING
ASSOCIATE A.D. BUSINESS
ASSOCIATE A.D. MAJOR GIFTS
ASSISTANT A.D. DONOR PROGRAMS
FACULTY ATHLETIC REPRESENTATIVE
From the architecture to the landscaping, The University of Alabama campus is one of the most beautiful places in the state of Alabama. With more than 200 academic majors, outstanding honors programs and a championship athletic tradition, UA offers a complete educational, cultural and social experience. Our undergraduate, graduate and professional programs give students the opportunity to interact with nationally ranked faculty and our distance learning programs offer learning that fits your life. Life on the UA campus is defined by opportunities. Students who want to get involved can join one of more than 350 student organizations, help plan concerts and speaker series, volunteer in the community, participate in intramural teams or run for student government. Students, faculty, staff and visitors can take advantage of a rich and varied schedule of musical, dance and theatre performances, art galleries and exhibitions, lectures and readings by writers, poets and experts on every topic imaginable. UA’s fine museums house countless historical artifacts and offer hands-on exploration opportunities. The Ferguson Center, UA’s student union, was renovated and expanded in 2014, providing more space for student activities and a larger food court and Supply Store. The new Fresh Food Company as well as Lakeside and Burke dining halls offer a wide variety of food service options. The Student Recreation Center offers first-class recreation facilities to students, faculty and staff. It includes two multi-use gyms, nine multipurpose courts, weight machines, 1/8-mile jogging track, extensive cardio area, locker rooms, indoor swimming pool, dry and steam saunas, 12 lighted tennis courts, four aerobics rooms, eight racquetball courts and a squash court—together encompassing more than 200,000 square feet. The facility’s outdoor aquatic area features a lazy river, lap swim, large water-park-type slide and lots of deck space. An additional recreation and student center is conveniently located for residential students between the Presidential 1 and II residence halls. Whatever your interests, you will find a group, an organization, an activity or a program that will appeal to you at UA.
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PLAYER PROFILES
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JONATHAN HARDEE Greer, S.C. (Riverside)
2014-15 (FRESHMAN) Named SEC All-Freshman, becoming the eighth Alabama golfer over the past six years to earn honor ... despite battling through an injury which kept him out a majority of the fall and spring seasons, he proved to be a key cog in the Crimson Tide lineup during the spring campaign ... ranked fourth on the team with a 73.00 stroke average on the season but improved that number 72.00 over his final four tournaments ... competed in six events (18 rounds) on the season, including each of the team’s final four spring tournaments ... improved his standing in each tournament during the spring, highlighted by an 11th-place showing at the 2015 SEC Championships in which he shot a career-
HARDEE’S PERSONAL BESTS Collegiate Debut: 2014 Carpet Capital Collegiate Low 18: 67 — 2015 SEC Championship Low 18 vs. Par: -3 — 2015 SEC Championship Low 54: 208 (-2) — 2015 SEC Championship Low 54 vs. Par: -2 — 2015 SEC Championship Tournaments Under Par: 2
low 54-hole score of 2-under par 208 ... carded a career-low round of 3-under par 67 in the opening round of the SEC Championships ... led the Crimson Tide in the NCAA Noblesville Regional with an 11th-place finish after carding an even par 216 (75-70-71) ... finished with a 1-under par 215 (71-71-73) in the Linger Longer Invitational, which was his first tournament action since recovering from an injury that sidelined him most of the season ... finished the season with six rounds of par or better.
PERSONAL INFORMATION Son of Jeff Hardee ... has one sister, Caroline ... majoring in business.
PROFILES
OVERVIEW Arrived at the University of Alabama as one of the nation’s top junior players and was a contributor for the Crimson Tide as a freshman ... named to the SEC AllFreshman team despite fighting an injury throughout most of his rookie season ... won the 2013 AJGA Brian Harman Junior Championship and had four top-10 finishes in national tournaments his senior year of high school.
PREP HIGHLIGHTS A four-year letterwinner at Riverside High School ... ranked as a top-40 golfer in the nation according to Golfweek/ Sagarin Index and the Polo Golf Rankings prior to coming to Alabama … 2013 Rolex honorable mention All-American … two-time runner-up at the 2013 and 2014 South Carolina AAAA Tournament … finished fourth at the 2013 AJGA Exide Technologies Junior Open … top10 finisher at the 2013 Rolex Tournament of Champions (t10th) … placed 22nd at the 2013 Junior PLAYERS Championship … added a 14th-place finish at the 2013 PING Invitational … took low medalist honors at the 2013 AJGA Brian Harman Junior Championship … all-state honors in 2013 and 2014 … finished fourth competing as an individual in the 2012 South Carolina AAAA State Tournament.
CAREER STATS Year Events Rds Strokes Avg. vs. Par Avg. vs. Par 18 54 Par or Better 60s Top 10 Wins 2014-15 6 18 1,314 73.00 +33 1.83 67 208 6 1 0 0
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TYLER HITCHNER Tuscaloosa, Ala. (home schooled)
PROFILES
OVERVIEW Competed in three events as a true freshman for the Crimson Tide ... a local product who won seven of his final 14 Southeast Junior Golf Tournaments during a two-year stretch (2012-14) ... finished out of the top 10 only twice in 20 events in his final three years on the junior circuit ... won the 2013 Greystone Invitational and the 2014 Alabama State Match Play.... will provide depth and talent for the 201415 team.
with a two-day total of 133 (rounds of 67 and 66) … won the 2013 Greystone Invitational … top-10 finisher at the AJGA Junior at Steelwood, finishing seventh … tied for 15th at the 2013 Alabama State Amateur Championship. PERSONAL INFORMATION Son of Mike and Kathy Hitchner ... has two sisters, Rylee and Halli ... majoring in engineering.
2014-15 (FRESHMAN) Saw action in three tournaments on the season ... his first event was a 57th-place finish at the John Hayt Invitational, closing play with a 233 (85-76-72) ... best showing came at the Carper Capital Collegiate where he finished with an 8-over par 224 (74-74-76) ... also competed at the Shoal Creek Intercollegiate, closing play in 52nd with a 232 (74-75-83). PREP HIGHLIGHTS Top finisher at the 2014 Alabama State Match Play Championship, winning five matches over three days … medalist at the 2013 Crabapple Junior Championship
HITCHNER’S PERSONAL BESTS Collegiate Debut: 2014 Carpet Capital Collegiate Low 18: 72 — 2014 John Hayt Invitational Low 18 vs. Par: E— 2014 John Hayt Invitational Low 54: 224 (+8) — 2014 Carpet Capital Collegiate Low 54 vs. Par: +8 — 2014 Carpet Capital Collegiate Tournaments Under Par: 0
CAREER STATS Year Events 2014-15 3
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Strokes Avg. vs. Par Avg. vs. Par 689 76.56 +41 4.56
18 72
54 Par or Better 85 1
60s Top 10 Wins 0 0 0
PLAYER PROFILES
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DRU LOVE St. Simons Island, Ga. (Frederica Academy)
2014-15 (SOPHOMORE) Made 10 starts in the Tide’s 11 tournaments ... ranked third on the team with a stroke average of 72.67 ... claimed his first career tournament victory in just the fourth tournament he ever played when he won medalist honors at the 2015 Puerto Rico Classic, finishing with a career-low score of 7-under par 209 (71-69-69) ... won that event on the same day his father, Davis Love III, was named the United States Ryder Cup captain (Feb. 24) ... finished the season with five top-20 finishes, four of which came in the Tide’s final seven events ... final ranking
LOVE’S PERSONAL BESTS Collegiate Debut: 2014 Carpet Capital Collegiate Low 18: 65 — 2014 Jerry Pate National Low 18 vs. Par: -5 — 2014 Jerry Pate National Low 54: 207 (-3) — 2014 Jerry Pate National Low 54 vs. Par: -7 — 2015 Puerto Rico Classic Tournaments Under Par: 3
of No. 109 in the nation according to the Golfweek/Sagarin performance Index ... had a 19th-place finish at the 2015 NCAA Regional in Noblesville, Ind., completing play with a 3-over par 219 (75-76-68) ... carded a career-low round of 5-under par 65 in the opening round of the 2014 Jerry Pate National Intercollegiate ... finished that event with a career-low 54-hole total of 3-under par 207 (65-72-70) ... carded six rounds in the 60s and had 15 rounds of par or lower.
PERSONAL INFORMATION Son of Robin and Davis Love III ... has one sister, Alexia ... his father Davis III is a 20-time winner on the PGA Tour, including the 1997 PGA Championship, and was the captain of the 2012 U.S. Ryder Cup team ... full name is Davis Love IV ... majoring in pre-business.
PROFILES
OVERVIEW Provides an exceptional pedigree to The University of Alabama golf program … a seasoned veteran who brings experience and leadership in his fourth season with the team (redshirted as a true freshman in 2012-13) ... returns after a stellar season in which he saw the first action of his career ... made an impact by ranking third on the team in stroke average, rounds played and top-20 finishes ... also ranked second in number of par or lower rounds ... the son of PGA professional Davis Love III.
2013-14 (FRESHMAN) Did not see any collegiate tournament action, as member of extremely deep national championship team that was fronted by three seniors among the starting five. 2012-13 (REDSHIRT SEASON) Redshirted during his first year at the Capstone. PREP HIGHLIGHTS Five-time state champion at Frederica Academy in St. Simons Island, Ga. ... captured the title for the first time as an 8th-grader in 2008 and capped off his prep career with his final championship as a senior in 2012 ... a three-time team MVP (2009, 2011 and 2012) ... finished his career with the second-lowest stroke average in school history ... also played basketball for Frederica Academy, leading his squad to one state championship.
CAREER STATS Year Events 2014-15 10
Rds 30
Strokes Avg. vs. Par Avg. vs. Par 2,180 72.67 +41 1.37
18 65
54 Par or Better 81 15
60s Top 10 Wins 6 4 1
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Senior
TOM LOVELADY Mountain Brook, Ala. (Mountain Brook)
PROFILES
OVERVIEW The lone senior on the 2015-16 team who will be looked on as this year’s leader ... was named the team captain as a junior and poised to accept the same role as a senior ... has the potential to leave his mark as one of the most decorated golfers in program history as he has been a part of two national championships (2013 and 2014) and NCAA runner-up finish (2012) ... a fifth-year student who arrived in the fall of 2011 as an elite national recruit and in-state product ... earned a spot in the Tide lineup in 2013-14, making 10 starts in 12 events ... played in three events in the fall of 2011 before an injury ended his season ... granted a medical hardship for that 2011-12 season, giving him another season of eligibility beyond 2014-15 ... made four starts and played in six events as a redshirt freshman in 2012-13 ... enters his senior season with a 72.76 career stroke average, which ranks ninth-best in program history ... has played in 30 career tournaments totaling 89 rounds ... tied for ninth place at the 2014 South Beach International ... finished in third overall at the 2015 Alabama State Amateur and tied for ninth place at the 2015 Northeast Amateur ... also had a third-place finish at the 2015 Jones Cup. 2014-15 (JUNIOR) Team captain ... named to the 2015 PING Southeastern All-Region team ... also named to the SEC Community Service team ... named to SEC Academic Honor Roll ... appeared in the Crimson Tide lineup in all 11 event events (33 rounds) ... ranked second on the team in stroke average at 72.27 (2,385 strokes in 33 rounds played) ... had a 0.91 average vs. par which ranked second on the team ...
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had three top-10 finishes, which ranked second on the team ... finished with a ranking of No. 71 in the nation according to the Golfweek/Sagarin Performance Index ... had a career-best finish of second place in the 2014 Shoal Creek Intercollegiate, closing the event with a career-low 54-hole tournament total of 10-under par 206 (70-66-70) ... finished tied for fourth at the John Hayt Invitational with a 3-over par 219 (70-75-74) ... also had a fourth-place finish at the Mason Rudolph Championship with a 3-under par 210 (71-72-67) ... placed seventh at the Linger Longer Invitational with a 6-under par 210 (69-70-71) ... carded a career-low round of 64, which was the lowest 18-hole score shot by an Crimson Tide golfer on the year, in the final round of the Jerry Pate National Intercollegiate ... the 64 tied for the third-lowest 18-hole score in program history, while the 6-under mark also ranked among the lowest rounds vs. par in the record books (tied for 17th) ... went on to finish in eighth overall at the Jerry Pate with a 54-hole 210 (76-70-64) ... finished tied for 19th overall at the Puerto Rico Classic with a 1-over par 217 (70-7968) ... placed in a tie for 25th overall at the Olympia Fields/Illini Invitational with a 223 (73-75-75) ... recorded six rounds in the 60s and had 17 rounds of par or lower on the season ... a member of the SEC Academic Honor Roll and a nominee for the Paul W. Bryant Award. 2013-14 (SOPHOMORE) Named to SEC Academic Honor Roll ... made 10 starts in 12 events for the Tide, helping Alabama win its second straight NCAA championship ... fifth on the team in stroke average at 72.27 (2,168 strokes/30 rounds) ... finished with three
top-10 finishes, highlighted by a tie for third at the NCAA Auburn Regional ... had 13 rounds of par or better and five in the 60s ... counted to team score in 22 of 30 rounds (.733) ... ranked 68th in the final Golfweek/Sagarin Performance Index and 66th in the last Golfstat.com Head-toHead Player Rankings ... recorded the first hole-in-one of his collegiate career with an ace on the 11th hole at the Vanderbilt Legends Club in the second round of the Mason Rudolph Championship ... opened the season at the home JPNI event, where he shot 1-over 211 with an firstround 68 for a seventh-place finish ... tied for 28th at the Isleworth Collegiate (Windemere,Fla.), shooting 79-68-73 for a 4-over 220 ... began the spring with a 3-under 213 at the Puerto Rico Classic, with rounds of 70-76-67 to tie for 22nd ... placed eighth at Vanderbilt’s Mason Rudolph Championship, firing rounds of 75-70-68 for and even-par 213 ... turned in one of his best performances of the season with a 3-under 213 at the NCAA Auburn Regional Championship, tying for third and a career-best finish (72-72-70) ... tied for 35th at 1-over 211 in the stroke play portion of the NCAA Championships with rounds of 67-73-71, at Prairie Dunes in Hutchinson, Kan. ... counted in all three NCAA rounds, helping the Tide tie for second in the stroke play ... went 1-2 in match play, earning a win over LSU’s Smylie Kaufman, 1 up, in the semifinals ... fell 2 up to SMU’s Harry Higgs in the quarterfinals and battled Big 12 Player of the Year Wyndam Clark of Oklahoma State in the finals, making an impressive comeback before eventually falling 3 and 1.
PLAYER PROFILES
2011-12 (FRESHMAN) Named to SEC Freshman Academic Honor Roll ... started the first three tournaments before an injury derailed his freshman season ... posted two top-25 finishes and averaged 73.67 shots per round, which ranked fifth on the team ... counted toward the team score in 8-of-9 rounds... carded a 2-over-par 218 in his collegiate debut at the Carpet Capital Collegiate (Rocky Face, Ga.), finishing tied for 21st ... placed 25th at the Olympia Fields Fighting Illini Invitational, shooting 10-over 220 ... carded a 225 (+15) at the Jerry Pate National Intercollegiate to finish 39th at the home event ... named to the SEC First-Year Academic Honor Roll ... granted a medical hardship for the 201112 season.
PREP HIGHLIGHTS Two-time Rolex Junior All-American, garnering honors in 2009 and 2010 ... listed No. 13 nationally in the Golfweek Junior Boys Rankings ... 2008 and 2011 Birmingham News Metro Player of the Year ... Alabama High School Athletics Association Class 6A medalist in 2008 and 2011 ... led his team to the 2011 Alabama 6A State Championship title ... 2011 Birmingham Kiwanis Club Golfer of the Year ... led his Mountain Brook High School team to a runner-up showing in 2008 state tournament ... low competitive round as a junior golfer was a 64 at the PGA Junior at Shoal Creek in Birmingham ... also shot 64 at the 2011 Dogwood Invitational to tie his low competitive round as a junior ... placed third at the 2012 Palmetto Amateur ... finished second to classmate Justin Thomas at the 2009 Footjoy Invitational, where he carded rounds of 69, 67, 69 and 69 ... shot 69 and 65 at the 2010 USGA Junior Amateur Qualifier ... won the 2010 Willow Point Invitational and finished fifth at the 2011 Dixie Amateur ... advanced to the round of 16 at the 2008 USGA Junior Amateur ... set the course record at Vestavia Hill Country Club with a 61 in
August of 2012 ... medalist at the 2008 West Alabama Classic. PERSONAL INFORMATION Son of the late Tim Lovelady and Kitty Lovelady ... has one sister, Annie ... was involved with FBLA, Spanish Club, Young Republicans and Future Business Leaders of America at Mountain Brook ... majoring in business.
PROFILES
2012-13 (REDSHIRT FRESHMAN) Played is six events and started four times for the Tide … posted a 74.12 stroke average over 17 competitive rounds … fired three rounds of 69 and four rounds at par or better … tied for 16th at the Puerto Rico Classic, carding rounds of 69, 76, 69 for a career-low 2-under 214 … top finish was a tie for ninth at the Savannah Quarters Invitational, after shooting 7-over 223 … started Alabama’s first event of the 2012-13 season at the Carpet Capital Collegiate (Rocky Face, Ga.), finishing 26th at 5-over 221 (7372-76) … posted a final-round 69 at the Isleworth Collegiate Invitational in Orlando … shot 6-over 222 in starting role at the Schenkel Invitational (Statesboro, Ga.), with rounds of 75, 74 and 73 … competed as an individual at the Linger Longer Invitational (Greensboro, Ga.), finishing 46th at 7-over 151 … runner-up at the Dixie Amateur, shooting a personal best 63 in the third round … finished third at the 2013 Alabama State Amateur … tied for fourth at The Players Amateur in Bluffton, S.C.
LOVELADY’S PERSONAL BESTS Collegiate Debut: 2011 Carpet Capital Collegiate Low 18: 64 — 2014 Jerry Pate National Low 18 vs. Par: -6 — 2014 Jerry Pate National Low 54: 206 (-10) — 2015 Shoal Creek Intercollegiate Low 54 vs. Par: -10 — 2015 Shoal Creek Intercollegiate Tournaments Under Par: 6
CAREER STATS Year Events Rds Strokes Avg. vs. Par Avg. vs. Par 18 54 Par or Better 60s Top 10 Wins 2011-12 3 9 663 73.67 +27 3.00 69 218 3 1 0 0 2012-13 6 17 1,260 74.12 +35 2.06 69 214 4 3 1 0 2013-14 10 30 2,168 72.27 +36 1.20 67 211 13 5 3 0 2014-15 11 33 2,385 72.27 +30 0.91 64 206 17 5 5 0 TOTALS 30 89 6,476 72.76 +128 1.44 64 206 37 14 9 0
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PLAYER PROFILES
5-8 • 150
Junior
ROBBY PRATER Birmingham, Ala. (Spain Park) OVERVIEW Former Alabama state champion who is entering his fourth year in the Crimson Tide program, after redshirting in 2012-13 ... expected to provide leadership while also competing for a spot in the lineup.
PROFILES
2014-15 (SOPHOMORE) Named to SEC Academic Honor Roll ... competed in seven tournaments (21 rounds) which ranked third most on the team ... finished with a 75.86 stroke average, which ranked sixth on the team ... carded career-best 18-hole scores of 69 on two separate occasions during the season (first round of the Jerry Pate National Intercollegiate and the first round of the SEC Championships) ... had a season-best finish when he tied for 26th overall at the Jerry Pate with a 7-over par 217 (69-73-75) ... carded a career-low tournament total of 4-over par 214 (6970-75) at the SEC Championships where he tied for 36th overall ... finished in 40th position at the Shoal Creek Intercollegiate after carding a 12-over par 228 (79-76-73).
PRATER’S PERSONAL BESTS Collegiate Debut: 2014 Linger Longer Invitational Low 18: 69 (2x) — 2014 Jerry Pate National, 2015 SEC Championship Low 18 vs. Par: -1 — 2014 Jerry Pate National, 2015 SEC Championship Low 54: 214 (+4) — 2015 SEC Championship Low 54 vs. Par: 221 (+4) — 2015 SEC Championship Tournaments Under Par: 0
2013-14 (FRESHMAN) Named to SEC Academic Honor Roll ... competed in two tournaments during his first year of competition at Alabama ... averaged 74.17 in six rounds played ... fired three rounds of 71, two coming at Vanderbilt’s Mason Rudolph Championship ... tied for 40th in his first collegiate event, the Linger Longer Invitational (Greensboro, Ga.), firing an 8-over par 224 ... finished 33rd with an 8-over par 221 at the Mason Rudolph Championship.
Olsen – an All-America soccer player at the University of Virginia who went on to play with the U.S. National Team – currently serves as head coach of Major League Soccer’s D.C. United (where he starred as a professional player) ... began playing golf at the age of nine ... majoring in pre-business
2012-13 (REDSHIRT SEASON) Named to SEC Freshman Academic Honor Roll ... redshirted during his first year at the Capstone. PREP HIGHLIGHTS Was a standout on the Spain Park High School golf team, leading the Jaguars to the 2008, 2009, 2010 and 2012 Alabama 6A State Championship titles ... named the Birmingham News Boys Metro Golfer of the Year ... averaged 73.9 strokes as a senior ... won the Alabama 6A state individual championship in 2009 ... shot a 64 in the first round of the Alabama State Junior Championship. PERSONAL INFORMATION Son of Jerry and Robin Prater ... has two brothers, Jay and Sam, and a sister Cambre ... also played varsity basketball at Spain Park High School, earning allarea honors as a junior ... his cousin Ben
CAREER STATS Year Events Rds Strokes Avg. vs. Par Avg. vs. Par 18 54 Par or Better 60s Top 10 Wins 2013-14 2 6 445 74.17 +16 2.33 71 (3x) 221 2 0 0 0 2014-15 7 21 1,593 75.86 +77 3.67 69 (2x) 214 3 2 0 0 TOTALS 9 27 2,038 75.48 +115 4.26 69 (2x) 214 5 2 0 0
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6-3 • 155
Junior
WILLIAM SELLERS Montgomery, Ala. (Montgomery Academy)
2014-15 (SOPHOMORE) Named to SEC Academic Honor Roll ... saw his first action with the Crimson Tide ... competed in three events and averaged 77.56 strokes per round ... first career tournament came at the 2015 Puerto Rico Classic where he finished tied for 58th with a 14-over par 230 (75-80-75) ... best finish came at the Mason Rudolph Championship where he placed in a tie for 49th with a 14-over 227 (76-76-75) ... also competed at the Southern Highland Masters where he shot a 241 (79-77-85). 2013-14 (FRESHMAN) Named to SEC Academic Honor Roll ... did not see any action for the Crimson Tide.
SELLERS’ PERSONAL BESTS Collegiate Debut: 2015 Puerto Rico Classic Low 18: 75 (3x) — 2015 Puerto Rico Classic (2x), 2015 Mason Rudolph Championship Low 18 vs. Par: +5 (3x) — 2015 Puerto Rico Classic (2x), 2015 Mason Rudolph Championship Low 54: 227 — 2015 Mason Rudolph Championship Low 54 vs. Par: +14 (3x) — 2015 Puerto Rico Classic (2x), 2015 Mason Rudolph Championship Tournaments Under Par: 0
2012-13 (REDSHIRT) Named to SEC Frehsman Academic Honor Roll ... redshirted during his first year at the Capstone. PREP HIGHLIGHTS Helped guide Montgomery Academy to five Alabama 3A State Championship titles in six years (2007, 2008, 2010, 2011 and 2012) ... earned medalist honors at the 2010, 2011 and 2012 Alabama 3A State Championships, matching former Alabama and Montgomery Academy golfer Hunter Hamrick and current Tide teammate Robby Shelton as threetime state champs ... his 2012 round of 64 in the state championship became the lowest in state history ... earned Montgomery Advertiser All-Metro honors for six straight years (2007-2012) ... named metro player of the year in 2008, 2011 and 2012 ... medalist at the 2011 Blue-Gray Classic.
PROFILES
OVERVIEW Came to Alabama as one of the top in-state recruits ... one of seven players from the state of Alabama on the 201516 roster ... entering his fourth year in the Crimson Tide program, after redshirting in 2012-13.
PERSONAL INFORMATION Son of Doug and Leslie Sellers ... has one brother, Douglas ... his aunt Leah Oldarce Taylor played golf at Alabama, lettering in 1977 and 1978 ... began playing golf at age nine ... majoring in pre-business.
CAREER STATS Year Events 2014-15 3
Rds 9
Strokes 698
Avg. 77.56
vs. Par +53
Avg. vs. Par 5.89
18 75 (3x)
54 227
Par or Better 0
60s 0
Top 10 0
Wins 0
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Sophomore
STEVEN SETTERSTROM Mobile, Ala. (McGill-Toolen) OVERVIEW The 2014 Alabama state champion who is entering his second year in the Crimson Tide program ... saw action in two tournaments during his freshman season.
PERSONAL INFORMATION Son of Steve and Laurie Setterstrom ... has two sisters, Megan and Courtney ... majoring in finance.
PROFILES
2014-15 (FRESHMAN) Played in two tournaments during his rookie season ... averaged 75.67 strokes per round over the six rounds in which he competed ... first collegiate action of career came at the 2015 John Hayt Invitational where he finished tied for 57th with a 17-over par 233 (84-75-74) ... best finish came at the Linger Longer Invitational where he placed in a tie for 56th with a 5-over 221 (74-73-74). PREP HIGHLIGHTS A four-year letterwinner at McGillToolen High School ... captured medalist honors at the 2014 AHSAA Class 6A State Tournament with a 36-hole total of 8-under 136 … accumulated four wins in the Alabama junior circuit over 2012 and 2013 (twice at the Gulf Shores Junior Championship and twice at the Lakewood Junior Classic).
SELLERS’ PERSONAL BESTS Collegiate Debut: 2015 Puerto Rico Classic Low 18: 73 — 2015 Linger Longer Invitational Low 18 vs. Par: +1 — 2015 Linger Longer Invitational Low 54: 221 — 2015 Linger Longer Invitational Low 54 vs. Par: +5 — 2015 Linger Longer Invitational Tournaments Under Par: 0
CAREER STATS Year Events 2014-15 2
Rds 6
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Strokes Avg. vs. Par Avg. vs. Par 454 75.67 +22 3.67
18 73
54 Par or Better 221 0
60s Top 10 Wins 0 0 0
PLAYER PROFILES
5-11 • 175
Junior
ROBBY SHELTON Wilmer, Ala. (St. Paul’s Episcopal School)
2014-15 (SOPHOMORE) Ranked as the No. 7 golfer in the nation by Golfweek/Sagarin performance Index and
No. 23 by Golfstat.com Head-to-Head Player Rankings ... selected to the AllNicklaus team for a second consecutive season ... tabbed a PING first team AllAmerica for a second consecutive year and Southeastern All-Region performer ... also named a first team All-SEC performer for the second straight season ... named to the United States Palmer Cup team and was a semifinalist for the prestigious Ben Hogan Award honoring the nation’s top amateur golfer ... named to SEC Academic Honor Roll ... became just the third Alabama golfer in program history to have 100 percent of his rounds count toward the team’s tournament total (33of-33) ... finished the season with a 70.61 per round stroke average and an average vs. par of -0.81, both of which ranks thirdlowest in program lore ... captured the medalist honor at the Southern Highland Masters by six strokes with a season-low 54-hole score of 15-under par 201 (67-6965) in a field that featured 12 of the top 25 golfers in the nation ... the 201 was not just his lowest tournament score of the season, but also marked his secondbest tournament tally of his career and was the ninth-lowest tournament total in the Alabama record books ... in addition, the 15-under par tied for the second-best in relation to par by an individual golfer in program history ... finished the season by recording six top-five finishes in the team’s 11 tournaments ... had 10 top-20 results on the year and now has finished among the top 20 in a tournament in 22 of 23 career events played at Alabama ... recorded a second-place finish at the Carpet Capital Collegiate, closing the event with a 10-under par 206 (69-6869) ... had a pair of third-place results at the SEC Championships, finishing with a 6-under par 204 (65-65-74), and the Shoal
Creek Intercollegiate, where he closed with a 3-under par 213 (67-73-73) ... also had two fourth-place results at the Jerry Pate National Intercollegiate (66-70-69) and the Puerto Rico Classic (69-71-71) where he finished each tournament at 5-under par 205. 2013-14 (FRESHMAN) Finished his true freshman season ranked No. 2 in the final Golfweek/Sagarin Performance Index and No. 3 the last Golfstat.com Head-to-Head Player Rankings ... selected as the Phil Mickelson Award winner as the National Freshman of the Year, joining Justin Thomas (2012) as the only Alabama players to win the award ... named the 2014 SEC Player of the Year and SEC Freshman of the Year ... first team All-American by PING and Golfweek ... named to the 2014 AllNicklaus team ... first team All-SEC and a semifinalist for the Ben Hogan Award ... named to SEC Freshman Academic Honor Roll ... finished tied for third at the NCAA Championships, which was the best finish for an Alabama player since Jerry Pate posted a runner-up showing in 1975 ... selected to the 2014 United States Palmer Cup team ... recorded eight top-five finishes in 12 events, including co-medalist honors at the Olympia Fields Fighting Illini Invitational and the Puerto Rico Classic ... 25 of his 36 rounds were at par or lower with 16 rounds in the 60s ... finished above par in only two tournaments with seven events under par and three at par ... finished 31 strokes under par for the season (-.86 strokes per round) with a team- and SEC-low 70.14 scoring average ... the 70-14 scoring average is the lowest in school history while the -0.86 average in relation to par is second-best at the Capstone ... finished third at the SEC
PROFILES
OVERVIEW Arrived at The University of Alabama as the nation’s No. 1-ranked junior golfer and is now considered one of the top players in collegiate golf ... owns two of the three lowest stroke averages in a season in program history (70.14 in 2014 and 70.61 in 2015), while his career average of 70.36 ranks the lowest in program history ... after two years, his -0.81 average vs. par ranks as the best in the Alabama record books ... was named the 2014 National Freshman of the Year (Phil Mickelson Award) ... a first team All-American in 2014 and 2015 ... also named the 2014 SEC Player of the Year and Freshman of the Year ... a two-time first team All-SEC performer ... back-to-back seasons in which he ranked among the nation’s top-10 golfers in the final Golfweek/Sagarin Performance Index (ranked No. 2 in 2014 and No. 7 in 2015) ... selected to participate in the 2014 and 2015 Palmer Cup for the United States ... named among the semifinalists for the Ben Hogan Award in each of the last two seasons ... qualified for the 2014 U.S. Open at Pinehurst No. 2 ... won the 2012 Junior PLAYERS Championship and the Junior PGA. ... has won three collegiate tournaments (2015 Southern Highlands Masters, 2014 Olympia Fields Fighting Illini Invitational and 2014 Puerto Rico Classic) ... has finished in the top-20 in a tournament in 22 of 23 career events played at Alabama ... has finished in the top 10 in 17 of 23 career events ... boasts 14 top-five results and 64 of 69 career rounds count toward the team total (93 percent).
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PROFILES
Championship, posting a 10-under 200 ... became the second Crimson Tide player in school history top open his career with a victory, earning co-medalist honors at the OFCC Fighting Illini Invitational at even-par 210 ... then shared medalist honors once again at the Puerto Rico Classic at 12-under 204 ... tied for first at the Linger Longer Invitational, but fell in a playoff after shooting 9-under 207 ... tied for fourth at the Jerry pate National Intercollegiate carding a 1-under 209 (7072-67) ... 13th at the Isleworth Collegiate Invitational, carding rounds of 71-69-76 for an even-par 216 ... finished 14th at the Gifford Collegiate (73-69-68/210) ... third at the SMU Querencia Cabo Collegiate with a 1-under 212 (73-69-68) ... tied for 17th at the Southern Highlands Collegiate Masters (72-74-77/223), where his 7-overpar total was the lone over-par finish of his collegiate career ... tied for fifth at the Mason Rudolph Championship, firing rounds of 71-71-67 for a 1-under 212 ... opened 75-73 at the NCAA Auburn Regional but finished with a 3-under 69 to tie for 13th at 1-over 217 ... carded rounds of 72-65-68 en route to a tie for third place at the NCAA Championships, just one stroke out of a playoff for medalist honors ... fell behind in all three match play rounds only to play flawless golf down the stretch each time and go 3-0 helping the Crimson Tide Capture its second straight NCAA Championshipo and advance to the program’s third straight NCAA Finals ... opened match play with a come-frombehind win over SMU’s Andrew Buchanan, 2 up ... rallied in the semifinals to defeat LSU’s Stewart Jolly 2 and 1 ... Shelton was 2 down through 12 holes in his finals match against Oklahoma State’s freshman Zachary Olsen ... he got back to 1 down by winning the 13th with birdie and pulled all square with another birdie on the 14th ... after halving the 15th with birdie, Shelton birdied the 16th to take
his first lead of the match ... the par-5 17th was halved with birdie ... with Shelton in the first cut of rough and Olsen laying two seven feet below the hole, Shelton stroked an iron 12 feet past the hole then drained the downhill put for birdie and the 1-up win ... he birided the final three holes, six of the final seven and nine of the last 13 ... Shelton’s scorecard read 63 while Olsen’s read 64. PREP HIGHLIGHTS No. 1 in the Golfweek/Sagarin Junior Rankings and first in the Polo Junior Golf Rankings … a Rolex Junior All-American … won the 2012 Junior PGA Championship (70-67-72/209) and Junior Players Championship (69-72-64-70/275)… was a member of the United States Junior Ryder Cup team in 2012 … runner-up at the 2013 Terra Cotta Invitational and the 2012 American Junior Golf Association Polo Junior Golf Classic … three-time Alabama High School Athletic Association 5A state champion (2010, 2012 and 2013) … one of four players ever to be a three-time Alabama state champion, along with current Tide teammates Bobby Wyatt (only four-time winner) and William Sellers, along with former Alabama AllAmerican Hunter Hamrick … won the 2013 state title with the lowest 36-hole
score in the tournament’s history (133) … his round of 63 in the 2012 Sub State at Arrowhead Country Club is the secondlowest round in state history during high school sanctioned events … a four-time winner of his age group at the Future Masters … finished 15th in the strokeplay portion of the 2012 U.S. Amateur at Cherry Hills (Englewood, Colo.) and was a round-of-64 winner in match play before bowing out in the round of 32. … also qualified for the 2013 U.S. Amateur, missing the cut by one shot … reached the quarterfinals of the 2013 U.S. Public Links Championship, falling to Michael Kim, 1 up … tied for seventh at the 2013 Western Amateur Championship … finished second at the Alabama State Amateur … tied for second at the Junior Invitational at Sage Valley … finished fourth at the 2011 FootJoy Invitational and second at the 2010 AJGA Junior at Steelwood. PERSONAL INFORMATION Son of Robert and Deby Shelton … has three sisters, Haley, Heather and Hunter … majoring in general studies at Alabama.
SHELTON’S PERSONAL BESTS Collegiate Debut: 2013 OFCC/Fighting Illini Invitational Low 18: 64 — 2014 Puerto Rico Classic Low 18 vs. Par: -8 — 2014 Puerto Rico Classic Low 54: 200 — 2014 SEC Championship Low 54 vs. Par: -15 (201) — 2015 Southern Highlands Masters Victories: 3 — 2013 OFCC/Fighting Illini Invitational (co-medalist); 2014 Puerto Rico Classic (co-medalist), 2015 Southern Highlands Masters Career Top-Five Finishes: 14 Tournaments Under Par: 14
CAREER STATS Year Events Rds Strokes Avg. vs. Par Avg. vs. Par 18 54 Par or Better 2013-14 12 36 2,525 70.14 -31 -0.86 64 200 25 2014-15 11 33 2,330 70.66 -25 -0.76 65 (3x) 201 21 TOTALS 23 69 4,855 70.36 -56 -0.81 64 200 46
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60s Top 10 Wins 16 8 2 12 6 1 28 14 3
PLAYER PROFILES DRUGREEN LOVE ALEX
Freshman
6-0 • 165
ALEX GREEN
DAVIS RILEY
Fairhope, Ala. (Fairhope)
Hattiesburg, Miss. (Presbyterian Christian)
OUTLOOK Brings an impressive prep resume to the Crimson Tide ... finished his junior golf career ranked No. 34 in the nation according to Golfweek's list of the top 50 players in the 2015 signing class ... listed as the top-ranked recruit in the state of Alabama, according to the Alabama Junior Golf Association (AJGA). PREP HIGHLIGHTS A four-year letterwinner at Fairhope High School ... as a freshman, he earned the 2012 6A state medalist honors ... named a four-time first team Coastal Alabama AllRegion performer (2012, 2013, 2014 and 2015) ... captured the 2014 Alabama Golf Association State Junior Championship in what was his final junior event ... won the title over current teammate Steven Setterstrom when he carded a careerbest 18-hole score of 64 in the fourth and final round ... his younger sister, Virginia, also won the 2014 Girls State Junior Championship and it is believed to be the first time in the event's 70-year history that a brother and sister has won medalist honors in the same year ... finished among the top 10 in four AJGA events, including a fourth-place result in the Future Masters and sixth-place finish in the Southern Junior ... off-thecourse accomplishments are equally as he boasted a 4.16 weighted GPA ... he was the Fairhope High School senior class president and is ranked among the top 20 in his class academically. PERSONAL INFORMATION Son of Kevin and Marie Green ... has one sister, Virginia ... intended major is finance.
Freshman
OUTLOOK Comes to Alabama after a stellar junior career ... named the 2014-15 American Family Insurance ALL-USA Boys Golf Player of the Year ... ranked No. 3 in Golfweek’s ranking and No. 6 in the American Junior Golf Association’s (AJGA) rankings ... qualified for the 2015 U.S. Open after placing eighth in the 36-hole U.S. Open sectional qualifying tournament ... was one of 10 golfers to qualify from the sectional tournament and finished tied with twotime U.S. Open champion and seven-time PGA Tour victor Retief Goosen at 6-under par 136 (69-67) ... also competed at the 2015 U.S. Amateur Championship and was one of 64 golfers who advanced to the match play portion ... represented the United States at the 2015 Junior Ryder Cup Championship in Perthsire, England, helping the U.S. defeat England, 16-8. PREP HIGHLIGHTS Played at Presbyterian Christian High School in Hattiesburg, Miss. ... named by USA Today as the 2014-15 All-USA Boys Golf Player of the Year ... won the state title four straight years, including shooting a 9-under par 63 to take individual honors by a six-stroke margin his senior season ... named as a recipient of the Byron Nelson International Junior Golf Award, which recognizes junior golf’s top performing athletes who demonstrate strong character, consistent sportsmanship, a commendable academic background as well as a commitment to serving others ... at 17, he became the youngest player to ever win the prestigious Terra Cotta Invitational ... joined Tiger Woods and Jordan Spieth as the only golfers to appear in the U.S. Junior Amateur Championship in back-to-back years where he finished runner-up both times ... a two-time AJGA
DAVIS RILEY
PROFILES
6-0 • 150
First Team All-America (2014 and 2015) ... as a sophomore in 2013, he finished inside the top 30 in every AJGA event he played and made it to the final match at the U.S. Junior. PERSONAL INFORMATION Son of David and Kim Riley ... has one sister, Caroline ... intended major is business.
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REVIEW & STATISTICS 2014-15 ALABAMA SCHEDULE AND RESULTS FALL 2014
Date Tournament Course Site Sept. 5-7 Carpet Capital Collegiate The Farms Golf Course Dalton, Ga. Sept. 12-14 Olympia Fields/Illini Invitational Olympia Fields Country Club Olympia Fields, Ill. Sept. 28-29 Shoal Creek Intercollegiate Shoal Creek Country Club Birmingham, Ala. Oct. 6-7 Jerry Pate National Intercollegiate Old Overton Golf Course Vestavia Hills, Ala.
SPRING 2015
Date Tournament Course Site Feb. 22-24 Puerto Rico Classic Rio Mar Country Club Rio Grande, Puerto Rico Feb. 27-Mar. 1 John Hayt Collegiate Invitational Sawgrass Country Club Jacksonville, Fla. March 9-11 Southern Highlands Masters Southern Highlands Golf Club Las Vegas, Nev. March 21-22 Linger Longer Invitational Reynolds Landing Golf Club Greensboro, Ga. April 3-5 Mason Rudolph Championship Vanderblit Legends Club Franklin, Tenn. April 17-19 SEC Championship Sea Island Golf Club (Seaside) St. Simons Island, Ga. May 14-16 NCAA Regionals Sagamore Club Noblesville, Ind.
Team Team Finish Score 5th 853 (-11) 9th 897 (+57) 2nd 862 (-2) 1st 830 (-10)
Top Individual 2nd - Shelton (-10, 206) t6th - Shelton (+6, 216) 2nd - Lovelady (-10, 206) 4th - Shelton (-5, 205)
Team Team Finish Score t3rd 865 (+1) 5th 893 (+29) 14th 882 (+18) 7th 860 (-4) t2nd 857 (+5) t4th 833 (-7) 7th 882 (+18)
Top Individual t1st - Love (-7, 209) t4th - Lovelady (+3, 219) 1st - Shelton (-15, 201) 7th - Lovelady (-6, 210) t4th - Lovelady (-3, 210) 3rd - Shelton (-6, 204) t11th - Hardee (E, 216)
2014-15 OVERALL STROKE AVERAGES Player Robby Shelton Tom Lovelady Dru Love Gavin Moynihan Jonathan Hardee Robby Prater Tyler Hitchner William Sellers Steven Setterstrom
Tourn./Rds 11/33 11/33 10/30 2/6 6/18 7/21 3/9 3/9 2/6
Strokes 2,330 2,385 2,180 436 1,314 1,593 689 698 454
vs. Par -25 +30 +41 +10 +33 +77 +41 +53 +22
Low 65 (3x) 64 65 68 67 69 (2x) 72 75 (3x) 73
High 79 79 (2x) 81 80 80 82 (3x) 85 85 84
Avg. 70.61 72.27 72.67 72.67 73.00 75.86 76.56 77.56 75.67
Avg vs. Par -0.76 0.91 1.37 1.67 1.83 3.67 4.56 5.89 3.67
Top Finish 1st - Southern Highlands Masters 2nd - Shoal Creek Intercollegiate t1st - Puerto Rico Classic t19th - Shoal Creek Intercollegiate t11th (2x) - SEC Championship and NCAA Regionals 26th - Jerry Pate National Intercollegiate 52nd - Shoal Creek Intercollegiate t49th - Mason Rudolph t56th - Linger Longer Invitational
Indiv. Totals 11/165 12,079 +304 64 85 73.21 1.84 Team Scores 11/33 9,514 +94 268 302 288.3 2.85
1st - Shelton - Southern Highlands Masters 1st; at Jerry Pate National Intercollegiate
2014-15 MISCELLANEOUS STATISTICS
2014-15 REVIEW
Player Jonathan Hardee Tyler Hitchner Dru Love Tom Lovelady Gavin Moynihan Robby Prater Robby Shelton William Sellers Steven Setterstrom
Class Fr. Fr. So. Jr. So. So. So. So. Fr.
Hometown Tournaments Greer, S.C. 6 Tuscaloosa, Ala. 3 Sea Island, Ga. 10 Birmingham, Ala. 11 Dublin, Ireland 2 Birmingham, Ala. 7 Wilmer, Ala. 11 Montgomery, Ala. 3 Mobile, Ala. 2
Victories 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0
Top Five 0 0 1 3 0 0 6 0 0
6-10 0 0 2 3 0 0 3 0 0
11-20 3 0 2 1 1 0 1 0 0
Par or Lower 6 1 15 17 3 3 21 0 0
Low 54 208 224 207 206 215 214 201 227 221
ALABAMA CAREER STATISTICS Player Tourn. Robby Shelton 23 Gavin Moynihan 5 Tom Lovelady 30 Dru Love 10 Tyler Hitchner 3 Robby Prater 9 Johnathan Hardee 6 Steven Setterstrom 2 William Sellers 3
Rds. Strokes vs. Par 69 4,855 -56 (-0.81) 15 1,092 +25 (1.67) 89 6,476 +128 (1.44) 30 2,180 +41 (1.37) 9 689 +41 (4.56) 27 2,038 +115 (4.26) 18 1,314 +33 (1.83) 6 454 +22 (3.67) 9 698 +53 (5.89)
Stroke Avg. 70.36 72.80 72.76 72.67 76.56 75.48 73.00 75.67 77.56
Wins 3 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0
Top Five 14 0 4 1 0 0 0 0 0
6-10 3 1 5 2 0 0 0 0 0
11-20 5 1 2 2 0 0 3 0 0
Rds. in 60s 28 1 14 6 0 2 1 0 0
Low 18 64 68 64 65 72 69 (2x) 67 73 75 (2x)
Low 54 All-SEC 200 2014, 2015 215 (2x) -206 -207 -224 -214 -208 2015 221 -227 --
2014-15 ALABAMA HEAD-TO-HEAD Alabama State...................................1-0 Arizona State ....................................0-1 Arkansas............................................3-0 Auburn........................................... 0-1-1 Ball State...........................................1-0 Baylor................................................0-1 California...........................................0-1 Charlotte...........................................2-0 Chattanooga.....................................2-0 Clemson............................................3-0 Coastal Carolina................................1-0 College of Charleston.......................1-0 Colorado...........................................0-2 Connecticut.......................................1-0 Duke..................................................1-0 East Carolina.....................................2-0 East Tennessee State.........................2-0 Florida...............................................2-0 Florida State......................................1-1
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Furman..............................................1-0 Georgetown......................................1-0 Georgia ........................................... 2-2 Georgia Southern..............................3-0 Georgia State....................................2-0 Georgia Tech................................. 1-2-1 Illinois................................................0-3 Indiana...............................................2-0 Jacksonville.......................................1-0 Kennesaw State.................................1-2 Kentucky............................................1-0 Liberty...............................................3-0 Louisville............................................2-0 LSU....................................................1-1 Marquette.........................................1-0 Memphis............................................1-0 Mercer...............................................1-1 Michigan............................................2-0 Middle Tennessee.............................1-0 Minnesota .........................................1-0
Mississippi.........................................3-0 Mississippi State................................3-0 Missouri.............................................1-0 Nebraska...........................................1-0 New Mexico State.............................1-0 North Carolina...................................2-1 North Carolina State........................ 1-0 North Florida.....................................1-2 North Texas ......................................1-0 Notre Dame.......................................1-0 Oklahoma...................................... 1-2-1 Oklahoma State.................................0-3 Oregon..............................................0-1 Pennsylvania......................................1-0 Purdue.............................................. 2-0 Samford.............................................1-0 SMU...................................................1-2 South Carolina...................................0-2 Southeastern Louisiana.....................1-0 Southern California...........................0-1
Stanford.............................................0-1 TCU...................................................0-1 Tennessee..........................................3-0 Texas..................................................0-4 Texas A&M........................................3-1 Texas Tech.........................................0-1 Tulsa ..................................................1-0 UAB...................................................3-0 UCF...................................................2-0 UCLA.................................................0-2 UNCG............................................... 2-0 UNLV..................................................1-2 UTSA.................................................1-0 Vanderbilt..........................................0-2 Virginia Tech......................................2-1 Wake Forest......................................1-0 Yale....................................................1-0 TOTALS................................... 93-48-3
REVIEW & STATISTICS ALABAMA’S 2014-15 RECORD BREAKDOWN: (Stroke) Tournaments Played: 11 Team Total Rounds: 33 Average Individual Score Per Round: 73.21 Team Total Strokes: 9,514 Average Team Round: 288.3 Team Low Round: 268 Tournament Championships: 1 Top-Five Team Finishes (including titles): 7 Top 6-10 Team Finishes: 3 Individual Championships (Medalist): 2; Dru Love at the Puerto Rico Classic, Robby Shelton at the Southern Highland Masters Top-10 Individual Finishes: 18 Top 11-25 Individual Finishes: 10 Team Overall Record: 93-48-3
2014-15 PERCENTAGE OF ROUNDS COUNTED TOWARD ALABAMA TEAM SCORE Golfer
Total Rounds Played
Counted Rounds
Jonathan Hardee 18 Tyler Hitchner 9 Dru Love 30 Tom Lovelady 33 Gavin Moynihan 6 Robby Prater 21 Robby Shelton 33 William Sellers 9 Steven Setterstrom 6
Percentage
16 .889 5 .556 26 .867 31 .939 6 1.000 12 .571 33 1.000 4 .444 6 1.000
ALABAMA GOLFERS’ CAREER COUNTED ROUNDS Total Career Rounds Played
Counted Rounds
Jonathan Hardee 18 Tyler Hitchner 9 Dru Love 30 Tom Lovelady* 84 Gavin Moynihan* 12 Robby Prater 21 Robby Shelton 69 William Sellers 9 Steven Setterstrom 6 *does not include rounds played as an individual
Percentage
16 .889 5 .556 26 .867 68 .810 10 .833 12 .571 64 .928 4 .444 6 1.000
2014-15 ALABAMA TOURNAMENT LINEUPS (listed by tournament finish) FALL 2014 UA Finish Carpet Capital Collegiate: Olympia Fields/Fighting Illini Invitational: Shoal Creek Intercollegiate: Jerry Pate National Intercollegiate:
Shelton Shelton Lovelady Shelton
Love Lovelady Shelton Love
Hardee Prater Moynihan Lovelady
Lovelady Love Prater Moynihan
Hitchner Hardee Hitchner Prater
5th 9th 2nd 1st
Love Lovelady Shelton Lovelady Lovelady Shelton Hardee
Shelton Shelton Love Shelton Love Hardee Love
Lovelady Love Lovelady Hardee Shelton Lovelady Shelton
Prater Hitchner Prater Setterstrom Hardee Prater Lovelady
Sellers Setterstrom Sellers Love Sellers Love Prater
t3rd 5th 14th 7th t2nd t4th 7th
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SPRING 2015 Puerto Rico Classic: John Hayt Collegiate Invitational: Southern Highlands Collegiate Masters: Linger Longer Invitational: Mason Rudolph Championship: SEC Championships: NCAA Regional:
2014-15 ALABAMA IN THE FINAL NATIONAL RANKINGS Rank (top 300 only) Name Rating Events Sked (Rank) 7 Robby Shelton 69.22 12 72.39 (23) 71 Tom Lovelady 70.75 11 72.54 (42) 109 Dru Love 71.13 10 72.41 (27) 154 Jonathan Hardee 71.48 7 72.84 (94)
vs. 25 W-L-T 26-20-2 12-43-1 11-43-1 5-25-2
(Golfweek/Sagarin Performance Index) vs. 50 W-L-T 66-35-3 30-72-5 32-71-2 10-47-5
vs. 100 W-L-T 135-51-7 62-108-9 66-113-6 30-73-8
Overall W-L-T 714-90-21 535-253-21 445-275-25 267-157-33
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REVIEW & STATISTICS PLAYER CAREER ROUND-BY-ROUND JONATHAN HARDEE 2014-15 (FRESHMAN) t32nd Carpet Capital Collegiate t64th Olympia Fields/Illini Invitational t19th Linger Longer Invitational t27th Mason Rudolph Championship t11th SEC Championship t11th NCAA Noblesville Regional
GAVIN MOYNIHAN 72-73-73/218 77-80-78/235 71-71-73/215 72-73-77/222 67-70-71/208 75-70-71/216
(+2) (+25) (-1) (+9) (-2) (E)
74-74-76/224 74-75-83/232 85-76-72/233
(+8) (+16) (+17)
71-70-71/212 77-77-81/235 65-72-70/207 71-69-69/209 73-76-73/222 72-72-74/218 74-72-80/226 71-68-74/213 68-74-77/219 75-76-68/219
(-4) (+25) (-3) (-7) (+6) (+2) (+10) (E) (+9) (+3)
2014-15 (JUNIOR) t41st Carpet Capital Collegiate t25th Olympia Fields/Illini Invitational Shoal Creek Intercollegiate 2nd t8th Jerry Pate National Intercollegiate t19th Puerto Rico Classic t4th John Hayt Invitational t76th Southern Highlands Masters Linger Longer Invitational 7th t4th Mason Rudolph Championship t31st SEC Championship t40th NCAA Noblesville Regional
76-72-71/219 73-75-75/223 70-66-70/206 76-70-64/210 70-79-68/217 70-75-74/219 75-77-78/230 69-70-71/210 71-72-67/210 74-69-70/213 74-79-75/228
(+3) (+13) (-10) (E) (+1) (+3) (+14) (-6) (-3) (+3) (+12)
2013-14 (SOPHOMORE) 7th Jerry Pate National Intercollegiate t28th Isleworth Collegiate Invitational t25th Gifford Collegiate t22nd Puerto Rico Classic t34th Southern Highlands Collegiate Masters t49th Linger Longer Invitational 8th Mason Rudolph Championship t43rd SEC Championship t3rd NCAA Auburn Regional t35th NCAA Championships NCAA Quarterfinals – loses to Harry Higgs NCAA Semifinals – defeats Smylie Kaufman NCAA Finals – loses to Wyndham Clark
68-70-73/211 (+1) 79-68-73/220 (+4) 73-70-73/216 (+6) 70-76-67/213 (-3) 78-75-75/228 (+12) 71-76-79/226 (+10) 75-70-68/213 (E) 73-71-73/217 (+7) 72-71-70/213 (-3) 67-73-71/211 (+1) SMU 2 up LSU 1 up Oklahoma St. 3 and 1
2012-13 (REDSHIRT FRESHMAN) t26th Carpet Capital Collegiate t48th Isleworth Collegiate Invitational t9th Savannah Quarters Individual* t16th Puerto Rico Classic t30th Schenkel Invitational t46th Linger Longer Invitational*
73-72-76/221 78-82-69/229 75-73-75/223 69-76-69/214 75-74-73/222 76-75/151
(+5) (+13) (+7) (-2) (+6) (+7)
2011-12 (FRESHMAN) t21st Carpet Capital Collegiate t25th Olympia Fields Fighting Illini Invitational t39th Jerry Pate National Intercollegiate
71-71-76/218 69-79-72/220 75-74-76/225
(+2) (+10) (+15)
TYLER HITCHNER 2014-15 (FRESHMAN) t53rd Carpet Capital Collegiate 52nd Shoal Creek Intercollegiate t57th John Hayt Invitational
TOM LOVELADY
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70-71-80/221 68-73-74/215
(+5) (+5)
2013-14 (FRESHMAN) t39th OFCC Fighting Illini Invitational n/a Puerto Rico Classic* SMU Querencia Cabo Collegiate t6th
77-74-72/223 73-71-74/218 72-72-71/215
(+13) (+2) (+2)
2014-15 (SOPHOMORE) t65th NCAA Noblesville Regional t36th SEC Championship 80th Southern Highlands Masters t58th Puerto Rico Classic t42nd Olympia Fields/Illini Invitational t40th Shoal Creek Intercollegiate Jerry Pate National Intercollegiate 26th
82-74-82/238 69-70-75/214 74-82-82/238 77-78-75/230 79-73-76/228 79-76-73/228 69-73-75/217
(+22) (+4) (+22) (+14) (+18) (+12) (+7)
2013-14 (FRESHMAN) t40th Linger Longer Invitational Mason Rudolph Championship 33rd
71-75-78/224 79-71-71/221
(+8) (+8)
75-80-75/230 79-77-85/241 76-76-75/227
(+14) (+25) (+14)
84-75-74/233 74-73-74/221
(+17) (+5)
2014-15 (SOPHOMORE) Carpet Capital Collegiate 2nd t6th Olympia Fields/Illini Invitational Shoal Creek Intercollegiate t3rd 4th Jerry Pate National Intercollegiate t4th Puerto Rico Classic t10th John Hayt Invitational 1st Southern Highlands Masters t19th Linger Longer Invitational t8th Mason Rudolph Championship 3rd SEC Championship t33rd NCAA Noblesville Regional
69-68-69/206 73-71-72/216 67-73-73/213 66-70-69/205 69-71-71/211 73-76-72/221 67-69-65/201 70-73-72/215 73-70-71/214 65-65-74/204 74-79-71/224
(-10) (+6) (-3) (-5) (-5) (+5) (-15) (-1) (+1) (-6) (+8)
2013-14 (FRESHMAN) t1st OFCC Fighting Illini Invitational t4th Jerry Pate National Intercollegiate 13th Isleworth Collegiate Invitational 14th Gifford Collegiate t1st Puerto Rico Classic 3rd SMU Querencia Cabo Collegiate t17th Southern Highlands Collegiate Masters t1st Linger Longer Invitational t5th Mason Rudolph Championship 3rd SEC Championship t13th NCAA Auburn Regional t3rd NCAA Championships NCAA Quarterfinals – defeats Andrew Buchanan NCAA Semifinals – defeats Stewart Jolly NCAA Finals – defeats Zachary Olsen
71-66-73/210 (E) 70-72-67/209 (-1) 71-69-76/216 (E) 73-69-68/210 (E) 67-64-73/204 (-12) 71-71-70/212 (-1) 72-74-77/223 (+7) 69-66-72/207 (-9) 71-74-67/212 (-1) 67-67-66/200 (-10) 75-73-69/217 (+1) 72-65-68/205 (-5) SMU 2 up LSU 2 and 1 Oklahoma St. 1 up
ROBBY PRATER
DRU LOVE 2014-15 (SOPHOMORE) t10th Carpet Capital Collegiate t64th Olympia Fields/Illini Invitational 5th Jerry Pate National Intercollegiate t1st Puerto Rico Classic t15th John Hayt Invitational t39th Southern Highlands Masters t73rd Linger Longer Invitational Mason Rudolph Championship t6th t53rd SEC Championship t19th NCAA Noblesville Regional
2014-15 (SOPHOMORE) t19th Shoal Creek Intercollegiate t21st Jerry Pate National Intercollegiate
WILLIAM SELLERS 2014-15 (SOPHOMORE) t58th Puerto Rico Classic Southern Highlands Masters 81st t49th Mason Rudolph Championship
STEVEN SETTERSTROM 2014-15 (FRESHMAN) t57th John Hayt Invitational t56th Linger Longer Invitational
ROBBY SHELTON
REVIEW & STATISTICS 2014-15 TOURNAMENT RESULTS Carpet Capital Collegiate — The Farm Golf Club • Rocky Face, Ga. • Par 72 • 7,012 Yards 1. South Carolina 291-281-276/848 (-16) 2 Robby Shelton, Alabama 69-68-69/206 (-10) 2. Georgia Tech 293-276-280/849 (-15) t10 Dru Love, Alabama 71-70-71/212 (-4) t3. Auburn 294-275-283/852 (-12) t32 Jonathan Hardee, Alabama 72-73-73/218 (+2) t3. Kennesaw State 281-288-283/852 (-12) t41 Tom Lovelady, Alabama 76-72-71/219 (+3) 5. Alabama 286-283-284/853 (-11) t53 Tyler Hitchner, Alabama 74-74-76/224 (+8) (Team Finishes: t6. Clemson, 855; t6. LSU, 855; 8. Wake Forrest, 859; 9. North Carolina, 861; 10. Chattanooga, 866; 11. Tennessee, 872; 12. North Florida, 886; 13. Florida, 897; 14. Middle Tennessee State, 907.)
Olympia Fields/Illini Invitational — Olympia Fields Country Club • Olympia Fields, Ill. • Par 70 • 7,142 Yards 1. Illinois 294-290-277/861 (+21) t6 Robby Shelton, Alabama 73-71-72/216 (+6) 2. Florida State 293-296-283/872 (+32) t25 Tom Lovelady, Alabama 73-75-75/223 (+13) 3. Baylor 297-279-300/876 (+36) t42 Robby Prater, Alabama 79-73-76/228 (+18) 4. Stanford 294-299-289/882 (+42) t64 Dru Love, Alabama 77-77-81/235 (+25) 5. Oklahoma State 295-296-294/885 (+45) t64 Jonathan Hardee, Alabama 77-80-78/235 (+25) (Team Finishes: 6. Texas, 892; 7. Colorado, 893; 8. Virginia Tech, 895; 9. Alabama, 897 (300-296-301); 10. Oklahoma, 898; 11. Texas A&M, 900; 12. Michigan, 903; 13. Arkansas, 905; 14. Connecticut, 909; 15. Indiana, 922.)
Shoal Creek Intercollegiate — Shoal Creek Country Club • Birmingham, Ala. • Par 72 • 7,264 Yards 1. North Florida 288-284-287/859 (-5) 2 Tom Lovelady, Alabama 70-66-70/206 (-10) 2. Alabama 281-285-296/862 (-2) t3 Robby Shelton, Alabama 67-73-73/213 (-3) 3. UAB 284-290-290/864 (E) t19 Gavin Moynihan, Alabama 70-71-80/221 (+5) 4. Mississippi 286-292-300/878 (+14) t40 Robby Prater, Alabama 79-76-73/228 (+12) 5. Memphis 287-291-301/879 (+15) 52 Tyler Hitchner, Alabama 74-75-83/232 (+16) (Team Finishes: 6. Georgia Southern, 880; 7. Southern Louisiana, 884; 8. UCF, 886; 9. Liberty, 902; 10. Georgetown, 915; 11. Mississippi State, 925; 12. Samford, 931.)
Jerry Pate National Intercollegiate — Old Overton Club • Vestavia Hills, Ala. • Par 70 • 7,209 Yards 1. Alabama 268-285-277/830 (-10) 4 Robby Shelton, Alabama 66-70-69/205 (-5) 2. Florida State 290-273-280/843 (+3) 5 Dru Love, Alabama 65-72-70/207 (-3) 3. UNLV 286-283-280/849 (+9) t8 Tom Lovelady, Alabama 76-70-64/210 (E) 4. UAB 289-280-283/852 (+12) t21 Gavin Moynihan, Alabama 68-73-74/215 (+5) 282-287-284/853 (+13) 26 Robby Prater, Alabama 79-73-75/217 (+7) 5. Arkansas (Team Finishes: 6. Georgia Tech, 856; 7. Mississippi State, 863; 8. Charlotte, 866; 9. Texas A&M, 868; t10. UTSA, 873; t10. Georgia State, 873; t10. Mississippi, 873.)
Puerto Rico Classic — Rio Mar County Club (River Course) • Rio Grande, Puerto Rico • Par 72 • 6,902 Yards
John Hayt Invitational — Sawgrass Country Club • Ponte Vedra Beach, Fla. • Par 72 • 6,976 Yards 1. Texas 301-280-291/872 (+8) t4 Tom Lovelady, Alabama 70-75-74/219 (+3) 2. North Florida 296-288-294/878 (+14) t10 Robby Shelton, Alabama 73-76-72/221 (+5) 3. Oklahoma State 297-298-288/883 (+19) t15 Dru Love, Alabama 73-76-73/222 (+6) 4. UCLA 300-295-290/885 (+21) t57 Tyler Hitchner, Alabama 85-76-72/233 (+17) 300-302-291/893 (+29) t57 Steven Setterstrom, Alabama 84-75-74/233 (+17) 5. Alabama (Team Finishes: 6. UAB, 902; 7. Duke, 904; 8. Tennessee, 907; 9. Jacksonville, 911; 10. Louisville, 913; 11. North Texas, 914; 12. Coastal Carolina, 923; 13. Furman, 924; 14. UCF, 925; 15. East Carolina, 938.)
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1. Georgia 280-281-291/852 (-12) t1 Dru Love, Alabama 71-69-69/209 (-7) 2. Georgia Tech 292-274-293/859 (-5) t4 Robby Shelton, Alabama 69-71-71/211 (-5) t3. Oklahoma 291-290-284/865 (+1) t19 Tom Lovelady, Alabama 70-79-68/217 (+1) t3. Alabama 285-297-283/865 (+1) t58 Robby Prater, Alabama 77-78-75/230 (+14) 298-284-285/867 (+3) t58 William Sellers, Alabama 75-80-75/230 (+14) 5. Purdue (Team Finishes: 6. Clemson, 873; 7. Michigan, 874; 8. Virginia Tech, 877; 9.North Carolina, 881; 10. North Carolina State, 888; t11. East Tennessee State, 889; t11. UNCG, 889; 13. Minnesota, 894; t14. Tulsa, 899; t14. Nebraska, 899.)
Southern Highland Masters — Southern Highlands Golf Club • Las Vegas, Nev. • Par 72 • 7,510 Yards 1. Texas 276-284-278/838 (-26) 1 Robby Shelton, Alabama 67-69-65/201 (-15) 2. Oklahoma 281-290-277/848 (-16) t39 Dru Love, Alabama 72-72-74/218 (+2) t3. Oklahoma State 280-278-297/855 (-9) t76 Tom Lovelady, Alabama 75-77-78/230 (+14) t3. Arizona State 286-289-280/855 (-9) 80 Robby Prater, Alabama 74-82-82/238 (+22) 5. UCLA 294-284-279/857 (-7) 81 William Sellers, Alabama 79-77-85/241 (+25) (Team Finishes: 6. Illinois, 858; t7. Texas Tech, 861; t7. California, 861; 9. Southern California, 867; t10. UNLV, 868; t10. SMU, 868; 12. TCU, 876; 13. Texas A&M, 881; 14. Alabama, 882 (288-295-299); 15. Georgia, 883.)
Linger Longer Invitational — Great Waters Golf Club at Reynolds Plantation • Greensboro, Ga. • Par 72 • 7,063 Yards 1. Texas 273-284-283/840 (-24) 7 Tom Lovelady, Alabama 69-70-71/210 (-6) 2. Georgia 280-280-285/845 (-19) t19 Robby Shelton, Alabama 70-73-72/215 (-1) t3. Kennesaw State 273-280-294/847 (-17) t19 Jonathan Hardee, Alabama 71-71-73/215 (-1) t3. North Carolina 277-282-288/847 (-17) t56 Steven Setterstrom, Alabama 74-73-74/221 (+5) 5. Oklahoma 283-277-291/851 (-13) t73 Dru Love, Alabama 74-72-80/226 (+10) (Team Finishes: 6. Mercer, 859; 7. Alabama, 860 (284-286-290); 8. Liberty, 865; 9. Clemson, 869; t10. Purdue, 870; t10. Charlotte, 870; 12. Georgia State, 873; 13. Yale, 876; 14. Chattanooga, 881; 15. UNCG, 885.)
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REVIEW & STATISTICS 2014-15 TOURNAMENT RESULTS Mason Rudolph Championship — Vanderbilt Legends Course • Nashville, Tenn. • Par 71 • 7,100 Yards 1. Vanderbilt 280-287-279/846 (-6) t2. Alabama 287-283-287/857 (+5) t2. Georgia Tech 283-287-287/857 (+5) 4. Kennesaw State 283-295-290/868 (+16) 5. East Tennessee State 291-288-290/869 (+17) (Team Finishes: 6. Louisville, 876; 7. SMU, 883; 8. Liberty, 884; 9. Georgia Southern, 886; State, 914; 14. Indiana, 916.)
t4 Tom Lovelady, Alabama 71-72-67/210 (-3) t6 Dru Love, Alabama 71-68-74/213 (E) t8 Robby Shelton, Alabama 73-70-71/214 (+1) t27 Jonathan Hardee, Alabama 72-73-77/222 (+9) t49 William Sellers, Alabama 76-76-75/227 (+14) 10. College of Charleston, 900; 11. Notre Dame, 908; 12. Mercer, 913; 13. Ball
SEC Championship — Sea Island Golf Club (Seaside Course) • St. Simons Island, Ga. • Par 70 • 6,898 Yards 1. LSU 274-272-281/827 (-13) 3 Robby Shelton, Alabama 65-65-74/204 (-6) t2. Vanderbilt 276-274-280/830 (-10) t11 Jonathan Hardee, Alabama 67-70-71/208 (-2) t2. South Carolina 275-275-280/830 (-10) t31 Tom Lovelady, Alabama 74-69-70/213 (+3) t4. Alabama 269-274-290/833 (-7) t36 Robby Prater, Alabama 69-70-75/214 (+4) t4. Auburn 275-276-282/833 (-7) t53 Dru Love, Alabama 68-74-77/219 (+9) (Team Finishes: 6. Arkansas, 834; t7. Georgia, 842; t7. Florida, 842; 9. Mississippi, 849; 10. Texas A&M, 855; 11. Kentucky, 856; 12. Tennessee, 860; 13. Missouri, 861; 14. Mississippi State, 885.)
NCAA Noblesville Regional — Sagamore Golf Club • Noblesville, Ind. • Par 71 • 7,173 Yards t1. Illinois 285-294-281/860 (-4) 3 t1. SMU 285-288-287/860 (-4) t11 3. UNLV 295-290-278/863 (-1) t31 4. UCLA 293-289-287/869 (+5) t36 5. Oregon 297-293-287/871 (+7) t53 (Team Finishes: 6. Colorado, 879; 7. Alabama, 882 (298-299-285); 8. Virginia Tech, 894; 9. East Mexico State, 906; 13. Alabama State, 911; 14. Pennsylvania, 929.)
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Robby Shelton, Alabama 65-65-74/204 (-6) Jonathan Hardee, Alabama 67-70-71/208 (-2) Tom Lovelady, Alabama 74-69-70/213 (+3) Robby Prater, Alabama 69-70-75/214 (+4) Dru Love, Alabama 68-74-77/219 (+9) Carolina, 895; 10. Georgia Southern, 902; 11. Marquette, 904; 12. New
ACADEMIC SUCCESS
EXCELLENCE IN THE CLASSROOM
Cory Whitsett The Crimson Tide golf team has a history of producing some of the University’s best athletes and brightest students. Joseph Sykora, a senior in 2008, became the first men’s golfer (from any school) to be a three-time recipient of the Southeastern Conference Scholar-Athlete of the Year award, winning in 2006, 2007 and 2008 with his 4.0 cumulative GPA. Cory Whitsett has since followed with two NCAA Elite 89 Awards (2012 and 2013), the 2014 Bryant Award and was named a Capital One/ CoSIDA Academic All-American in 2013 and 2014. Sykora was a three-time Academic All-American, winning in one of the toughest categories, the at-large division, which includes student-athletes from several sports. Sykora finished his Crimson Tide career by receiving the H. Boyd McWhorter Award, presented to the SEC’s Student-Athlete of the Year. Whitsett became the second Alabama golfer honored with the McWhorter Award in 2014. The 2010, 2011 and 2012 seasons each saw six Alabama golfers earn SEC Academic Honor Roll accolades while five were chosen in 2013. The list includes players such as Bud Cauley, Hunter Hamrick, Lee Knox, Trey Mullinax, Hunter Slatton, Scott Strohmeyer, Phillip Weaver, Cory Whitsett, Bobby Wyatt and Justin Thomas. Cauley and Hamrick also garnered Cleveland Golf/Srixon All-American Scholar honors in 2011 and Hamrick became a two-time honoree in 2012. Whitsett, Wyatt, Strohmeyer and Mullinax all were honored as All-American Scholars in 2013. Whitsett became the first men’s golfer from Alabama to be honored with the NCAA Elite 89 Award in 2012 and made it back-to-back honors in 2013. The NCAA Elite 89 Award is presented to the competitor with the highest GPA at the NCAA Championships. Standing out in the classroom while playing a year-long sport is a feat not easily achieved. Golfers contend with a season that starts in early September and continues through the last week of May with the NCAA Championships. Despite those demands, Alabama has produced 121 Academic All-SEC golfers since 1985. Joseph Joyner was the first Tide golfer to be named to the Academic All-SEC Honor Roll. In 2004, the SEC began its Freshman Academic Honor Roll. Since that time, 13 Crimson Tide freshmen have been honored. Encouraging academic success is as much a part of Alabama’s coaching mantra as is winning championships. Celebrating academic success also is a priority. Six Alabama men’s golfers have received Alabama’s highest academic honor for an athlete, The Bryant Award. Cory Whitsett is the most recent of the recipients,
winning the honor in 2012 and 2013. The award is announced each spring and is given to the top male and top female student-athlete at the University, placing emphasis on athletic achievement, academic achievement and leadership. Dicky Pride, Marten Olander, Dan Mutert, Allan MacDonald and Thompson are the men’s golfers who have received the Bryant Award. Olander, an All-American on the golf course and a four-time Academic All-American, earned the Ben Hogan Award in 1993. Pride is a PGA Tour player. Seawell and assistant coach Jon Howell work closely with the Center for Academic Student Services (CASS). CASS monitors the academic progress of each athlete who wears a Crimson Tide uniform and advises the athletes on areas of study that best suit their capabilities and dreams. Study hall is required for all freshmen and for any athletes whose grades aren’t Academic All-SEC worthy. Jon Dever is Alabama’s Associate Athletics Director for Student Services. The CASS Center is located in the Bryant Academic Center, as is the Champs Lifeskills program. The Bryant Academics Center, which houses the CASS staff and is a frequent stop in the daily lives of Alabama’s student-athletes, is the crown jewel in the Alabama athletic department’s Crimson Tradition Fund facility enhancement campaign. The renovation project at Bryant Hall was completed for $10.3 million in 2005. “This project has been priority one since we started the renovations of our athletic facilities,” said former Alabama athletics director Mal Moore. “Academics are at the center of our mission at Alabama and we wanted to create a place that would aid all our student-athletes in their educational pursuits. I feel very strongly that Bryant Hall will benefit every student-athlete, not just during their years at Alabama, but for a lifetime.” The building’s many amenities include a 48-seat computer lab that boasts brand-new equipment. The computer lab has 25 laptop computers available for student-athletes to check out and use on team road trips. The building features math, English and writing labs along with 40 individual study rooms. A pair of 50-seat classrooms and a 140-seat lecture hall also are available. The lobby of the building showcases the Crimson Tide Academic Hall of Fame with plaques recognizing all of Alabama’s Academic All-America selections.
RECORDS & HISTORY
2012 & 2013 NCAA Elite 89 Award winner
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RECORDS & HISTORY
Year Player 1985 Joseph Joyner 1987 Berney Aucoin Tracy Lentz 1988 Tony Diricio 1992 Marten Olander Dicky Pride Freddy Skantze Jeff Street 1993 Jeff Amershadian Greg Letson Dan Mutert Marten Olander Freddy Skantze Hank Smith Jeff Street Jason Wilhite 1994 Dan Mutert Marten Olander Scott Taylor 1995 John Franks Dan Mutert Joe Patton 1996 Robert Ireland Dan Mutert 1997 Robert Ireland Allan MacDonald Mayson Petty Chip Zahn 1998 Robert Ireland Richard Matricaria John Stahlschmidt Chip Zahn 1999 Drew Eller Robert Ireland John Stahlschmidt Chip Zahn 2000 Drew Eller Are Larsen Wes Vance 2001 Drew Eller Freeman Fite Whit Kilgroe Are Larsen Oscar Lindvall Karl Nyblom Wes Vance 2002 Lars Brovold Freeman Fite Austin Hynson Jan Are Larsen Oscar Lindvall Nick Rousey 2003 Lars Brovold Oscar Lindvall Clint Provost Nick Rousey# Lance Walker 2004 Lars Brovold Austin Hynson Clint Provost Lance Walker 2005 Clint Provost Dwight Rogers Joseph Sykora Lance Walker Stewart Whitt
Class Sr. Jr. So. Sr. So. Sr. Sr. Jr. Jr. So. So. Jr. Sr. Jr. Sr. Sr. Jr. Sr. Sr. Sr.* Jr. Fr. Fr. Sr. So. Sr. Sr. So. Jr. So. Jr. Jr. So. Sr. Sr. Sr. So. So. Jr. Jr. Sr. So. Jr. So. So. Sr. So. Sr. So. Sr. Jr. Sr. Jr. Sr. So. Sr. So. Sr. Sr. Jr. So. Sr. Jr. Jr. Jr. So.
GPA Major 3.29 Education 3.06 Accounting 3.09 Commerce 3.25 Management 3.90 Business 3.00 Marketing 3.51 Corporate Finance 3.03 Sports Fitness Management 3.08 Telecommunication & Film 3.00 Speech Psycholoy 3.41 Pre-Major Studies 3.81 Corporate Finance 3.61 Corporate Finance 3.00 Management 3.33 Sports Fitness Management 3.33 Sports Fitness Management 3.45 Finance 3.80 Finance 3.00 Management 3.33 Marketing 3.53 Finance 3.07 Pre-Business 3.10 Political Science 3.64 Finance 3.12 Political Science 3.38 Human Performance 3.35 Advertising 3.20 Health Care Management 3.29 Political Science 3.02 Business 3.05 Advertising 3.26 Health Care Management 3.95 Business 3.44 Political Science 3.00 Advertising 3.31 Health Care Management 3.94 Finance 3.60 Management 3.15 Finance – Finance – Management – Business – Management – Business – Business – Finance 3.04 Management 3.09 Management 3.03 Public Relations 3.53 Management 4.00 Management 3.02 Restaurant & Hospitality Management – Management – Management – Management Restaurant & Hospitality Management – – Management – Management – Public Relations – Marketing – Telecommunications & Film – Marketing – Finance – Accounting – Telecommunications & Film – Pre-Business
Year Player Class 2006 Matt Hughes So. Dwight Rogers Sr. Joseph Sykora Jr. Stewart Whitt Jr. Lance Walker Sr.* 2007 Mark Harrell Jr. Matt Hughes Jr. Matthew Swan So. Joseph Sykora Jr. Michael Thompson Jr. Stewart Whitt Jr. 2008 Mark Harrell Sr. Matt Hughes Jr. Ben Moody Sr. Matthew Swan Jr. Joseph Sykora Sr.* Stewart Whitt Sr.* 2009 Hunter Hamrick R-Fr. Matt Hughes Sr. Hunter Slatton R-Fr. Matthew Swan Sr. Phillip Weaver Jr. 2010 Bud Cauley So. Hunter Hamrick So. Lee Knox R-Fr. Hunter Slatton R-Fr. Scott Strohmeyer R-Fr. Phillip Weaver Jr. 2011 Bud Cauley Jr. Hunter Hamrick Jr.. Lee Knox So. Hunter Slatton So. Scott Strohmeyer So. Phillip Weaver Sr. 2012 Hunter Hamrick Sr. Lee Knox Jr. Trey Mullinax So. Scott Strohmeyer Jr. Cory Whitsett So. Bobby Wyatt So. 2013 Trey Mullinax Jr. Scott Strohmeyer Sr. Justin Thomas So. Cory Whitsett Jr. Bobby Wyatt Jr. 2014 Tom Lovelady So. Trey Mullinax Sr. Robby Prater R-Fr. William Sellers R-Fr. Cory Whitsett Sr. Bobby Wyatt Sr. 2015 Tom Lovelady Jr. Robby Prater So. William Sellers So. Robby Shelton So.
ROBBY PRATER
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WILLIAM SELLERS
Major Marketing Management Accounting Finance Telecommunications & Film Management Marketing Communications Accounting Accounting Finance Management Marketing General Studies Communications Accounting Consumer Sciences Business Marketing Finance Communications Business Marketing General Studies Business Communications Accounting Health Sciences Marketing General Studies Business Communications Accounting Health Sciences Marketing Management Communications Communications Health Sciences Pre-Business Pre-Buisness Communications Health Sciences Communications Management Management Marketing Communications Marketing Management Management Management Marketing Marketing Management General Studies
ALABAMA’S TOTAL: 121 JAY SEAWELL’S TOTAL: 70 • For privacy, the conference discontinued releasing GPAs in 2003. * Senior in eligibility but in graduate school. # Beginning in 2002, the SEC opted to use GPAs from the previous year because it encompassed a full academic year. Rousey was a senior in 2002, his final season on the team.
ALABAMA’s 2014-15 sec academic honor roll selections
TOM LOVELADY
GPA – – – – – – – – 4.00 – – – – – – 4.00 – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – 4.00 – – – – 4.00 4.00 – – – – 4.00 4.00 – – – –
ROBBY SHELTON
ACADEMIC SUCCESS ACADEMIC AWARDS
SEC H. BOYD McWHORTER AWARD
Year Player Major 2008 Joseph Sykora Pre-Business 2014 Cory Whitsett Management
CAPITAL ONE/CoSIDA ACADEMIC ALL-AMERICAN AT-LARGE
SEC GOLF SCHOLAR-ATHLETE OF THE YEAR
Name .......................................................... Year Allen Yielding.................................................. 1977 Joseph Sykora................................................. 2006 Joseph Sykora................................................. 2007 Joseph Sykora................................................. 2008 Cory Whitsett.................................................. 2013 Cory Whitsett.................................................. 2014
MARTEN OLANDER
JOSEPH SYKORA
PAUL W. BRYANT SCHOLAR-ATHLETE OF THE YEAR
CORY WHITSETT
CAPITAL ONE/CoSIDA ACADEMIC DISTRICT IV AT-LARGE Name Marten Olander Marten Olander Joseph Sykora Joseph Sykora Joseph Sykora Cory Whitsett Cory Whitsett Bobby Wyatt
Team Year Major First Team 1993 Corporate Finance First Team 1994 Corporate Finance First Team 2006 Accounting First Team 2007 Accounting First Team 2008 Accounting First Team 2013 Management First Team 2014 Management First Team 2014 Management
DAN MUTERT
TRACY LENTZ
CLEVELAND GOLF ALL-AMERICA SCHOLAR TEAM Name Marten Olander Chip Zahn Jan Are Larsen Joseph Sykora Joseph Sykora Joseph Sykora Matthew Swan Matthew Swan Bud Cauley Hunter Hamrick Hunter Hamrick Trey Mullinax Scott Strohmeyer Cory Whitsett Bobby Wyatt Trey Mullinax Cory Whitsett Bobby Wyatt
Team Year Major First Team 1993 Corporate Finance First Team 1999 Health Care Management First Team 2001 Management First Team 2006 Accounting First Team 2007 Accounting First Team 2008 Accounting First Team 2008 Communications First Team 2009 Communications First Team 2011 General Studies First Team 2011 Management First Team 2012 Management First Team 2013 Communications First Team 2013 Health Sciences First Team 2013 Business First Team 2013 Business First Team 2014 Communications First Team 2014 Management First Team 2014 Management
ALLAN MACDONALD
MARTEN OLANDER
DICKY PRIDE
MICHAEL THOMPSON
Name Cory Whitsett Cory Whitsett
Year Major 2012 Buisness 2013 Business
GPA 4.0 4.0
CORY WHITSETT
SEC FRESHMAN ACADEMIC HONOR ROLL established in 2004 Year Player Major 2004 Joseph Sykora Pre-Business Stewart Whitt Pre-Business 2006 Matthew Swan Pre-Business 2009 Bud Cauley Communication Studies Lee Knox Pre-Business Scott Strohmeyer Kinesiology 2011 Trey Mullinax Communication Studies Cory Whitsett Pre-Business Bobby Wyatt Pre-Business 2012 Tom Lovelady Pre-Business Justin Thomas Communications 2013 Robby Prater Pre-Business William Sellers Pre-Business 2014 Robby Shelton General Studies
RECORDS & HISTORY
NCAA ELITE 89 (highest GPA among NCAA Championship participants)
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The Jerry Pate Golf Center at the Ol’ Colony Golf Complex provides the University of Alabama men’s golf team with one of the best practice and playing facilities in collegiate golf. The Pate Golf Center is a private facility that is only utilized by the Alabama golf teams. The Pate Golf Center provides plenty of space for both the men’s and women’s teams with the ability to conduct full practice sessions during inclement weather. The facility has six indoor hitting bays and two indoor putting surfaces. The Pate Golf Center is also equipped with state-of-the-art teaching tools, including the V1 Swing Analysis System, the SAM Putting Lab and Trackman, which aides the coaching staff in ball flight analysis using doppler radar and club fitting. The locker rooms inside the Pate Golf Center feature tour-sized lockers and all of the amenities, while the lounge area includes comfortable seating and a large-screen television. The Ol’ Colony Golf Course was named one of the “Top 5 Best New Public Courses in America” by Golf Digest in 2001 and Golfweek named it one of the top-50 municipal courses in America in 2010. The Jerry Pate-designed course is considered one of the best public courses in the nation. The course is a test for even the most advanced golfer with large bunkers, mature trees and numerous water hazards, including a 25-acre lake that challenges almost every shot. The practice range at the Pate Golf Center, which already provides the Crimson Tide golfers all of the practice components and tools needed to develop, recently finished an expansion and renovation. The practice facility includes a full practice range, putting greens, a chipping area and practice bunkers. The Jerry Pate Golf Center recently has added a new putting green with an expanded chipping and hitting area. The new chipping and hitting areas are complete with new bunkers and practice tees that allow players to hit their own golf balls up to 200 yards into six new target greens.
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Ol’ Colony PAR 72 7,544 YARDS
HOME OF THE JERRY PATE CENTER
indian hills
PAR 71 6,550 YARDS
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northriver Yacht Club PAR 71 6,831 YARDS
2013 NCAA CHAMPIONS
2013 NATIONAL CHAMPIONS The Alabama men’s golf team reached the pinnacle of collegiate golf in 2013, capturing the program’s first NCAA Championship title. The Crimson Tide also won the Southeastern Conference title and the NCAA Baton Rouge Regional on the way to the NCAA title at the Capital City Club’s Crabapple Course located outside of Atlanta. The Tide set a school record for team victories in a season with eight (out of 12 events) while winning the final six tournaments of the year and seven of eight on the spring schedule. Alabama’s national championship squad featured five All-Americans, including three first-team honorees in Bobby Wyatt, Cory Whitsett and Justin Thomas while Trey Mullinax and senior captain Scott Strohmeyer earned honorable mention accolades. Whitsett was the SEC Player of the Year and shared SEC Scholar-Athlete of the Year honors. Strohmeyer finished his Alabama career by winning the NCAA Baton Rouge Regional title and then delivering a 2-0-1 record in match play at the NCAA Championships. Head coach Jay Seawell capped off his 11th year at the Capstone with his first national championship and SEC Coach of the Year honors.
PING All-Americans First Team: Cory Whitsett Second Team: Justin Thomas, Bobby Wyatt Honorable Mention: Scott Strohmeyer Golfweek All-Americans First Team: Cory Whitsett, Bobby Wyatt, Justin Thomas Honorable Mention: Trey Mullinax Capital One/CoSIDA Academic All-American Cory Whitsett Cleveland Golf/Srixon All-America Scholars Trey Mullinax, Scott Strohmeyer, Bobby Wyatt, Cory Whitsett NCAA Elite 89 Award (highest GPA among NCAA Championship field) Cory Whitsett SEC Player of the Year Cory Whitsett SEC Coach of the Year Jay Seawell SEC Scholar-Athlete of the Year Cory Whitsett
NCAA CHAMPIONSHIPS MATCH PLAY NCAA Championship Quarterfinals – No. 3 Alabama defeats No. 6 New Mexico, 4-1 Bobby Wyatt (Alabama) d. Victor Perez (UNM), 2 and 1 Gavin Green (UNM) d. Trey Mullinax (Alabama), 5 and 4 Scott Strohmeyer (Alabama) d. Benjamin Bauch (UNM), 4 and 3 Cory Whitsett (Alabama) d. John Catlin (UNM), 5 and 4 Justin Thomas (Alabama) d. James Erkenbeck (UNM), 4 and 3 NCAA Championship Semifinals – No. 3 Alabama defeats No. 2 Georgia Tech, 3-0-2 Anders Albertson (GT) vs. Bobby Wyatt (Alabama), all square Trey Mullinax (Alabama) d. Shun Yat Hak (GT), 4 and 3 Bo Andrews (GT) vs. Scott Strohmeyer (Alabama), all square Justin Thomas (Alabama) d. Seth Reeves (GT), 3 and 1 Cory Whitsett (Alabama) d. Ollie Schniederjans (GT), 3 and 2 NCAA Championship Finals – No. 3 Alabama defeats No. 5 Illinois, 4-1 Bobby Wyatt (Alabama) d. Thomas Detry (Illinois), 6 and 5 Trey Mullinax (Alabama) d. Charlie Danielson (Illinois), 1-up Thomas Pieters (Illinois) d. Justin Thomas (Alabama), 1-up Scott Strohmeyer (Alabama) d. Brian Campbell (Illinois), 3 and 2 Cory Whitsett (Alabama) d. Alex Burge (Illinois), 4 and 3
RECORDS & HISTORY
2013 GOLF HONORS
All-Nicklaus Team (nation’s top players) Cory Whitsett All-SEC First Team: Justin Thomas, Cory Whitsett, Bobby Wyatt; Second Team: Trey Mullinax GCAA All-American Scholars Cory Whitsett, Bobby Wyatt, Trey Mullinax, Scott Strohmeyer
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2014 NCAA CHAMPIONS
2014 NATIONAL CHAMPIONS Alabama became the second school since the mid-1980s to win back-to-back NCAA Men’s Golf Championships, with a 4-1 win over second-ranked Oklahoma State in the 2014 NCAA Match Play Finals. The Crimson Tide also captured its third straight SEC Championship title and won its NCAA regional for a third consecutive year, winning at the Auburn site in 2014. Alabama broke the year-old school record with nine team wins in 12 events, including the first five events of the season to set an NCAA record with 11 straight tournament victories. The Tide also won the last four events in 2014 to give the senior class of Cory Whitsett, Bobby Wyatt and Trey Mullinax 27 wins in their four years at the Capstone. Alabama had four players garner All-America honors, with freshman Robby Shelton and Wyatt named to the first team. Shelton received SEC Player and Freshman of the Year en route to being named the Phil Mickelson Award winner as the national freshman of the year. The Tide finished tied for second in NCAA Championships stroke play and then defeated SMU (3-2) and LSU (4-1) to reach the NCAA Match Play Finals for the third straight year.
2014 GOLF HONORS PING All-Americans First Team: Robby Shelton, Bobby Wyatt Second Team: Trey Mullinax Honorable Mention: Cory Whitsett
RECORDS & HISTORY
Golfweek All-Americans First Team: Robby Shelton, Bobby Wyatt Second Team: Trey Mullinax Third Team: Cory Whitsett Capital One/CoSIDA Academic All-Americans Cory Whitsett, Bobby Wyatt Cleveland Golf/Srixon All-America Scholars Trey Mullinax, Cory Whitsett, Bobby Wyatt Phil Mickelson Award (national freshman of the year) Robby Shelton SEC Player of the Year Robby Shelton SEC Freshman of the Year Robby Shelton SEC Coach of the Year Jay Seawell SEC Scholar-Athlete of the Year Cory Whitsett All-Nicklaus Team (nation’s top players) Robby Shelton, Bobby Wyatt All-SEC First Team: Trey Mullinax, Robby Shelton, Cory Whitsett, Bobby Wyatt
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NCAA CHAMPIONSHIPS MATCH PLAY NCAA Championship Quarterfinals – No. 2 Alabama defeats No. 7 SMU, 3-2-0 Bobby Wyatt (Alabama) def. Austin Smotherman (SMU), 3 and 2 Robby Shelton (Alabama) def. Andrew Buchanan (SMU), 2 up Harry Higgs (SMU) def. Tom Lovelady (Alabama), 2 up Bryson Dechambeau (SMU) def. Trey Mullinax (Alabama), 1 up Cory Whitsett (Alabama) def. Ryan Burgess (SMU), 5 and 4 NCAA Championship Semifinals – No. 2 Alabama defeats No. 3 LSU, 4-1-0 Bobby Wyatt (Alabama) def. Benjamin Taylor (LSU), 3 and 2 Robby Shelton (Alabama) def. Stewart Jolly (LSU), 2 and 1 Tom Lovelady (Alabama) def. Smylie Kaufman (LSU), 1 up Trey Mullinax (Alabama) def. Curtis Thompson (LSU), 4 and 2 Zach Wright (LSU) def. Cory Whitsett (Alabama), 1 up NCAA Championship Finals – No. 2 Alabama defeats No. 4 Oklahoma State, 4-1-0 Bobby Wyatt (Alabama) def. Talor Gooch (Oklahoma St.), 3 and 2 Robby Shelton (Alabama) def. Zachary Olsen (Oklahoma St.), 1 up Wyndham Clark (Oklahoma St.) def. Tom Lovelady (Alabama), 3 and 1 Trey Mullinax (Alabama) def. Ian Davis (Oklahoma St.), 2 and 1 Cory Whitsett (Alabama) def. Jordan Niebrugge (Oklahoma St.), 2 and 1
COACHING HISTORY ALL-TIME HEAD COACHES
THE COACHING RANKS Year Coach
GENE STALLINGS 1958-60
BUBBER NESBIT 1955-57
DICK PRIDE 1961-64
JACKIE MANESS 1965-68
STEVE SLOAN 1969-70
RONNIE LAFFON 1971
CONRAD REHLING 1972-88
DICK SPYBEY 1989-2002
JAY SEAWELL 2003-present
Year Coach
Record
Malcolm Laney
8-2
1984
Conrad Rehling
N/A
1953
Malcolm Laney
5-2
1985
Conrad Rehling
68-53
1954
Malcolm Laney
10-0
1986
Conrad Rehling
47-49
1955
Bubber Nesbit
6-0
1987
Conrad Rehling
72-72
1956
Bubber Nesbit
4-4
1988
Conrad Rehling
1957
Bubber Nesbit
5-7
1989
Dick Spybey
1958
Gene Stallings
4-4
1990
Dick Spybey
69-75-2
1959
Gene Stallings
3-4
1991
Dick Spybey
105-61-3
1960
Gene Stallings
4-5
1992
Dick Spybey
157-49-1
1961
Dick Pride
4-4
1993
Dick Spybey
102-101-3
1962
Dick Pride
7-5
1994
Dick Spybey
92-71
1963
Dick Pride
9-5
1995
Dick Spybey
38-102
44-96 101-56-1
1964
Dick Pride
11-2
1996
Dick Spybey
77-105-5
1965
Jackie Maness
5-5
1997
Dick Spybey
102-86-1
1966
Jackie Maness
8-10
1998
Dick Spybey
20-125
1967
Jackie Maness
8-4
1999
Dick Spybey
85-71
1968
Jackie Maness
7-5
2000
Dick Spybey
36-130
1969
Steve Sloan
7-5
2001
Dick Spybey
103-54
1970
Steve Sloan
0-4
2002
Dick Spybey
88-65-3
1971
Ronnie Laffoon
N/A
2003
Jay Seawell
54-89
1972
Conrad Rehling
N/A
2004
Jay Seawell
59-96-3
1973
Conrad Rehling
N/A
2005
Jay Seawell
99-63-3
1974
Conrad Rehling
N/A
2006
Jay Seawell
104-72-5
1975
Conrad Rehling
N/A
2007
Jay Seawell
173-31-2
1976
Conrad Rehling
N/A
2008
Jay Seawell
150-29
1977
Conrad Rehling
N/A
2009
Jay Seawell
111-57-1
1978
Conrad Rehling
N/A
2010
Jay Seawell
72-61-1
1979
Conrad Rehling
54-22
2011
Jay Seawell
137-24
1980
Conrad Rehling
84-74
2012
Jay Seawell
142-23-3
1981
Conrad Rehling
133-22
2013
Jay Seawell
154-15-3
1982
Conrad Rehling
N/A
2014
Jay Seawell
150-6-2
1983
Conrad Rehling
99-34
2015
Jay Seawell
93-48-3
RECORDS & HISTORY
MALCOLM LANEY 1952-54
Record
1952
Alabama head coach Jay Seawell has a 1,255-560-21 mark during his tenure at Alabama
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NATIONAL HONORS
Justin Thomas 2012 National Collegiate Player of the Year
national honors In his first season at the Capstone in 2012, Justin Thomas joined some of the most decorated collegiate golfers in the history of the Alabama program. Thomas, a native of Goshen, Ky., was named the consensus National Collegiate Player of the Year in 2012, winning the Jack Nicklaus Award, the Fred Haskins Award and the Phil Mickelson Award, which goes to the nation’s most outstanding freshman. He advanced to the semifinals of the United States Amateur and was named to the U.S. team for the 2012 World Amateur Team Championships. Thomas was a unanimous first team All-American and was a Freshman All-America selection. Thomas also garnered SEC Player and Freshman of the Year honors. In 1993, Marten Olander was named the recipient of the prestigious Ben Hogan Award. Alabama’s Michael Thompson (2008) and Bud Cauley (2009 and 2011) have also been finalists for the Ben Hogan Award. Robby Shelton then added to Alabama’s tradition in 2014 when he captured the Phil Mickelson Award as the nation’s top frehsman while garnering SEC Player and Freshman of the Year honors.
JACK NICKLAUS AWARD (NATION’S TOP PLAYER) 2012
Justin Thomas
Winner
FRED HASKINS AWARD (NATION’S TOP PLAYER) 2012
Justin Thomas
Winner
PHIL MICKELSON AWARD (NATION’S TOP FRESHMAN)
RECORDS & HISTORY
2012 2014
Justin Thomas Robby Shelton
Winner Winner
BEN HOGAN AWARD WINNERS & FINALISTS 1993 2008 2010
Marten Olander Michael Thompson Bud Cauley
Winner Finalist Finalist
ALL-NICKLAUS TEAM Michael Thompson Bud Cauley Justin Thomas Cory Whitsett Robby Shelton Bobby Wyatt
2008 2009, 2011 2012 2013 2014, 2015 2014
ALL-MICKELSON TEAM Bud Cauley Cory Whitsett Justin Thomas Robby Shelton
2009 2011 2012 2014
GARY WILLIAMS GCAA NATIONAL COACH OF THE YEAR Dick Spybey Jay Seawell
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1992 2013
Marten Olander 1993 BEN HOGAN AWARD WINNER
ALL-AMERICANS
BUD CAULEY Alabama’s first three-time first team All-American
All-Americans FIRST-TEAM ALL-AMERICA
ALL-REGION/ALL-DISTRICT (GCAA)
Jerry Pate 1975 David Kirkpatrick 1992 Michael Thompson 2008 Bud Cauley 2009, 2010, 2011 2012, 2013 Justin Thomas Cory Whitsett 2013 Bobby Wyatt 2013, 2014 Robby Shelton 2014, 2015
David Kirkpatrick Marten Olander Chip Deason Clint Provost Nick Rousey Mark Harrell Matt Hughes Matthew Swan Joseph Sykora Michael Thompson Bud Cauley Hunter Hamrick Cory Whitsett Bobby Wyatt Justin Thomas Scott Strohmeyer Trey Mullinax Robby Shelton Tom Lovelady
SECOND-TEAM ALL-AMERICA Steve Lowery Michael Thompson Cory Whitsett Bobby Wyatt Trey Mullinax
1982, 1983 2007 2011, 2012 2012 2014
THIRD-TEAM ALL-AMERICA Gary Trivisonno 1978 Lee Rinker 1983 Cory Whitsett 2014
HONORABLE MENTION ALL-AMERICA
1992 1993 1996, 1997 2002 2002 2006, 2008 2008 2008 2008 2008 2009, 2011 2009, 2011, 2012 2011, 2012, 2013 2011, 2012, 2013 2012, 2013 2013 2013, 2014 2014, 2015 2015
*All-Region and All-District are the same. Currently the GCAA refers to its regional team members as all-district. Alabama is in the Southeast District.
RECORDS & HISTORY
(PING AND GOLFWEEK)
Alan Pate 1973 Jerry Pate 1974 Tony Hollifield 1974, 1975 David Kirkpatrick 1991 Marten Olander 1993 Lars Brovold 2004 Matthew Swan 2008 Hunter Hamrick 2009, 2010, 2012 Bobby Wyatt 2011 Trey Mullinax 2013 Scott Strohmeyer 2013
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AMATEUR GOLF HONORS
Jerry Pate 1974 U.S. Amateur champion
U.S. AMATEUR FINALISTS & SEMIFINALISTS
WORLD AMATEUR PARTICIPANTS
GCAA HALL OF FAME
1974 1980 1991 2007 2012
1974 2000 2002 2004 2004 2006 2012
(Golf Coaches Association of America) 1980 Conrad Rehling
Jerry Pate Cecil Ingram Dicky Pride Michael Thompson Justin Thomas
Champion Semifinalist Semifinalist Finalist Semifinalist
WALKER CUP TEAM MEMBERS
RECORDS & HISTORY
(U.S. amateurs vs. Great Britain and Ireland) 1975 Jerry Pate USA 2009 Bud Cauley USA 2013 Justin Thomas USA 2013 Cory Whitsett USA 2013 Bobby Wyatt USA 2013 Gavin Moynihan GB&I 2015 Robby Shelton USA
PALMER CUP TEAM MEMBERS (U.S. Collegians vs. European Collegians) 1997 Allan MacDonald 1997 Dick Spybey (USA manager) 2004 Lars Brovold 2008 Michael Thompson 2008 Marten Olander (head coach) 2009 Bud Cauley 2012 Justin Thomas 2013 Justin Thomas 2013 Cory Whitsett 2013 Bobby Wyatt 2013 Jay Seawell (head coach) 2014 Trey Mullinax 2014 Robby Shelton 2015 Robby Shelton
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Europe USA Europe USA Europe USA USA USA USA USA USA USA USA USA
Jerry Pate Lars Brovold Max Alverio Max Alverio Lars Brovold Max Alverio Justin Thomas
PGA HORTON SMITH TROPHY 1980
Conrad Rehling
TOYOTA WORLD JUNIOR CHAMPIONSHIP 2005 2008
Matthew Swan Bud Cauley (Co-Medalist)
2013 Walker Cup Team
AMATEUR GOLF HONORS 2008 U.S. Amateur Finalist
U.S. AMATEUR PARTICIPANTS 1965 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Wayne Davis 1965 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Charles Davis 1975 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Alan Pate 1976 & 1979 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Jim Kilduff 1979 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Cecil Ingram 1982 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Jim Kelson 1984 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Alan Pope 1985 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Sam Farlow 1990 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Jeff Street 1991 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Dicky Pride 1992 & 1995 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Greg Letson
1993 & 1996 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Chip Deason 1993 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Scott Taylor 1993 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Jeff Amershadian 1994 & 1997 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Patrick Vaden 1995 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Mayson Perry 1996 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . John Stahlschmidt 1997 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Tim Arnoult 1999 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Wes Vance 1999 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Chip Zahn 1999 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Nick Rousey 2001 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Austin Hynson 2002 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Rich Berglund 2002 & 2005 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Clint Provost 2003 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Daniel Creel
2003 & 2006 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Thomas Hager 2004 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Max Alverio 2004 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Sean Szerencits 2004, 206 & 2007 . . . . . . . . . Michael Thompson 2005, 2006 & 2007 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Mark Harrell 2004, 2005, 2006 & 2009 . . . . . . . Matthew Swan 2005 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Joseph Sykora 2007 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Matt Hughes 2008, 2009 & 2010 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Bud Cauley 2008 & 2009 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Phillip Weaver 2009, 2010 & 2011 . . . . . . . . . . . Hunter Hamrick 2009, 2010 & 2013 . . . . . . . . . Scott Strohmeyer 2007, 2011, 2012 & 2013 . . . . . . . Cory Whitsett 2010, 2012 & 2013 . . . . . . . . . . . . . Bobby Wyatt 2011, 2012 & 2013 . . . . . . . . . . . . Justin Thomas 2012 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Trey Mullinax 2012, 2013, 2014 & 2015 . . . . Robby Shelton 2015 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Davis Riley
RECORDS & HISTORY
michael thompson
bud Cauley 2009 U.S. Walker Cup TEAM MEMBER
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THE PROFESSIONAL RANKS
jason bohn FIVE-time winner on the Pga tour
ALABAMA PLAYERS ON TOUR PGA TOUR
RECORDS & HISTORY
Jason Bohn 2004-present Bud Cauley 2012-present Tom Garner 1994 Barry Harwell 1980, 1981, 1982 Tony Holifield 1979, 1980 Travis Hudson 1978 Gordon Johnson 1984 Steve Lowery 1988-91, 1993-2011 Spike McRoy 1996-2006 Alan Pate 1977 Jerry Pate 1976-2003 Dicky Pride 1994-present Lee Rinker 1983; 1995-2001 Justin Thomas 2014-present Michael Thompson 2011-present Gary Trivisonno 1981 Cory Whitsett 2014-present Bobby Wyatt 2014-present
CHAMPIONS TOUR
Rick Karbowski 2005-13 Steve Lowery 2011-present Jerry Pate 2003-present
EUROPEAN PGA TOUR
Lars Brovold Jan-Are Larsen Allan MacDonald Marten Olander
CANADIAN PGA TOUR
Jason Bohn Allan MacDonald Mayson Petty Cory Whitsett
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2004-07 2003-11 1999 1997-2007
1997-2004 1998-02 2001-2004 2014-present
WEB.COM TOUR
Jason Bohn 2003 Chip Deason 2006 David Kirkpatrick Active Spike McRoy 2007-12 Trey Mullinax 2014-present Mayson Petty 2003-04 Jeff Street Active Joseph Sykora 2008-09 Michael Thompson 2009-10 Justin Thomas 2014 Bobby Wyatt 2015
HOOTERS TOUR
Chip Deason Henry Diana Chris King David Kirkpatrick Spike McRoy
Hank Smith Jeff Street Michael Thompson Matthew Swan
BUD CAUley Has won Almost $4 million in his brief PGA Tour career
Bud Cauley became the seventh player in PGA history to earn his tour card by qualifying
THE PROFESSIONAL RANKS PGA TOUR EVENTS WON BY ALABAMA GOLFERS 1976 1976 1976 1976 1977 1977 1978 1980 1981 1981 1981 1981 1982 1992 1994 1994 2000 2000 2000 2000 2001 2001 2001 2002 2003 2005 2006 2008 2008 2010 2013
Jerry Pate Jerry Pate Jerry Pate Jerry Pate Jerry Pate Jerry Pate Jerry Pate Jerry Pate Jerry Pate Jerry Pate Jerry Pate Jerry Pate Jerry Pate Steve Lowery Dicky Pride Steve Lowery Jason Bohn Steve Lowery Spike McRoy Spike McRoy Marten Olander Marten Olander Jason Bohn Spike McRoy Jason Bohn Jason Bohn Jerry Pate Steve Lowery Jerry Pate Jason Bohn Michael Thompson
U.S. Open Canadian Open Japan Masters Pacific Open Phoenix Open Southern Open Southern Open Brazilian Open Danny Thomas-Memphis Classic Pensacola Open Columbian Open ABC Sports Shinko Japan Tournament Players Championship Ben Hogan Tulsa Open Federal Express St. Jude Classic The International Canadian PGA Shell Payless Open Southern Farm Bureau Classic Buy.com Dakota Dunes Buy.com Tour Championship European PGA Hardelot Challenge de France Canadian PGA Bayer Championship B.C. Open Chattanooga Open B.C. Open Seniors Outback Pro-Am AT&T Pebble Beach Pro-Am Turtle Bay Championships Zurich Classic of New Orleans Honda Classic
U.S. OPEN PARTICIPANTS (AS AMATEURS) 1987 2007 2008 2015
Griff Rudolph Mark Harrell Michael Thompson Davis Riley
HOGAN TOUR VICTORIES 1992 1992
Steve Lowery Tom Garner
Tulsa Open Bakersfield Open
NIKE TOUR VICTORIES 1993
Alan Pate
Dakota Dunes Open
TOMMY ARMOUR TOUR VICTORIES 1993 1996 1997
Dicky Pride David Kirkpatrick David Kirkpatrick
SPIKE Mcroy 2002 B.C. Open Champion
HOOTERS TOUR EVENT WINNERS 1995 2010
Spike McRoy Michael Thompson
Jordan Tour Collins Classic — 68-70-70- 65/273 Michelob Ultra Classic — 66-70-71-67/274
WORLD PUTTING CHAMPIONSHIP 1997 Spike McRoy
Tied for first (lost in playoff)
RYDER CUP Jerry Pate — 1981
ALABAMA GOLFERS IN PRO EVENTS (while at Alabama): Jerry Pate Jacksonville Open, 1975 Heritage Classic, 1975 Pensacola Open, 1975 Masters, 1975 U.S. Open,1975 Cecil Ingram
Masters, 1980
Bill Van Orman
U.S. Open, 1985
Dicky Pride
U.S. Open, 1992
Mark Harrell
U.S. Open, 2007
Michael Thompson Masters, 2008 U.S. Open, 2008 Bud Cauley
Verizon Heritage, 2010
Justin Thomas Greenbriar Classic, 2012 Travelers Championship, 2013 John Deere Classic, 2013
Steve lowery Three-time winner on the PGA tour
RECORDS & HISTORY
PROFESSIONAL VICTORIES
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JERRY PATE NATIONAL INTERCOLLEGIATE
THE JERRY PATE NATIONAL INTERCOLLEGIATE JERRY PATE NATIONAL INTERCOLLEGIATE
RECORDS & HISTORY
Each October, 12 of the nation’s best men’s college golf teams gather in Vestavia Hills, Ala., for the University of Alabama’s annual Jerry Pate National Intercollegiate. In addition to welcoming a premier field for this elite event, the tournament annually raises some $20,000 for charities. The host and tournament namesake Jerry Pate is the most successful professional golfer to have worn the Crimson and White. The former Tide golfer and current Champions Tour player proudly lends his name and plays an active role — from team selection to presenting the awards trophies. Pate and Alabama have hosted this event since 1986. Originally, the tournament was held in Pate’s hometown of Pensacola, Fla. He moved the tournament in 1992 to Birmingham’s Shoal Creek, where it remained for five years. In 1997, the JPNI moved to its current home, the Old Overton Club. The strength of the JPNI field makes it a premier team fall gathering. Even the selection committee is a powerful one. The tournament’s selection committee has included PGA greats Arnold Palmer, Ben Crenshaw and Mark McCormack. The committee seeks the highest-ranked teams from the previous season that are expected to again be in the national title hunt. In the fall of 2004, Georgia finished fourth at the JPNI but went on that spring to win the NCAA title. The 1995 JPNI champion Arizona State won the (spring) 1996 NCAA Championship while fall 1997 JPNI participant UNLV didn’t win the JPNI, but the Rebels went on to win the 1998 NCAA title. The 1994 field included all of the top nine team from the 1994 NCAA Championships, including national champion and 1994 Jerry Pate champion, Stanford, which was led by 1994 U.S. Amateur Champion Tiger Woods. Woods also was the 1994 JPNI medalist. Other prominent medalists have included LSU’s David Tomas (1988), Arizona’s Rory Sabbatini (1997), Georgia Tech’s Bryce Molder (2000), Oklahoma State’s Hunter Mahan (2001) and Wake Forest’s Bill Haas (2002). Alabama joined the list of JPNI participants that went on to win the NCAA National Championship. The Tide won the 2012 Jerry Pate Natoinal Intercollegiate and then emerged victorious at the 2013 NCAA Championships. The Crimson Tide has experienced recent success in the Jerry Pate National Intercollegaite, winning five of the past seven years. The Crimson Tide has seen five players capture medalist honors over the years, including David Kirkpatrick in 1991, Joseph Sykora in 2006, Mark Harrell in 2007, Hunter Hamrick in 2009 and Justin Thomas in 2012.
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PAST JERRY PATE CHAMPIONS Team Team Champion 1986 Columbus College (904) 1987 South Alabama (885) 1988 LSU 1989 Florida State (890) 1990 Miami (890) 1991 North Florida (923) 1992 Oklahoma State (867) 1993 Wake Forest (867) 1994 Stanford (846) 1995 Arizona State (882) 1996 Oklahoma State (857) 1997 Clemson (864) 1998 Clemson (832) 1999 Clemson 2000 Clemson (825) Oklahoma State (851) 2001 2002 Clemson (556)* 2003 Oklahoma State (818) 2004 Augusta State (825) 2005 Georgia Tech (828) 2006 Alabama (819) 2007 #Alabama (810) 2008 Alabama (830) 2009 Alabama (273)** 2010 Auburn (829) 2011 Texas (836) 2012 Alabama (857) 2013 Alabama (829) 2014 Alabama (830) * two rounds in 2002 due of rain ** one round in 2009 due to rain # tournament record
Medalist Score Peter Dyson (West Florida) 215 Nolan Henke (Florida State) 214 David Toms (LSU) 208 Mike Hemen (Southwest Louisiana) 216 Steve Pope (Mississippi State) 218 David Kirkpatrick (Alabama) 221 David Berganio (Arizona) 210 Ron Whittaker (Wake Forest) 212 Tiger Woods (Stanford) 206 Rob Bradley (North Carolina) 210 Edward Loar (Oklahoma State) 208 Rory Sabbatini (Arizona) 210 Jeremy Anderson (UNLV) 204 B.J. Schlagenhauf (UCLA) 204 Bryce Molder (Georgia Tech) 201 D.J. Trahan (Clemson) 205 Hunter Mahan (Oklahoma State) 205 Chris Nallen (Arizona) 135 Bill Haas (Wake Forest) #195 Kalle Edberg (Augusta State) 203 Garrett Osborn (UAB) 197 Joseph Sykora (Alabama) 199 Mark Harrell (Alabama) 198 Seamus Power (ETSU) 198 Kelly Kraft (SMU) 204 Hunter Hamrick (Alabama) 65 Niclas Carlsson (Auburn) 202 Corbin Mills (Clemson) 201 Justin Thomas (Alabama) 208 Wilson McDonald (UAB) 202 Ben Wood (Mississippi State) 198
JERRY PATE NATIONAL INTERCOLLEGIATE
Jerry Pate with Alabama’s Mark Harrell after he won the 2007 Jerry Pate National Intercollegiate.
THE 2015 JPNI FIELD: (12 TEAMS)
JERRY PATE CAPSULE
Old Overton Country Club • Vestavia Hills, Ala. Par 70 • 7,209 yards Alabama, Arkansas, Auburn, Baylor, Charlotte, Florida, Florida State, Kennesaw State, Mississippi State, Texas-San Antonio, UAB, UNLV
Jerry Pate was a mere 22 years old when he won the United States Open in 1976, and that wasn’t even the first time he’d made major national headlines. He did that in 1974 when he won the United States Amateur — only weeks before he started his senior season on the University of Alabama’s golf team.
THE FORMAT:
JERRY PATE’S CAREER HIGHLIGHTS
Practice Round 36 holes, 1st and 2nd rounds 18 holes, 3rd/final round
JPNI FALL 2014 TEAM RESULTS: (Oct. 6-7, 2014) 1. Alabama 2. Florida State 3. UNLV 4. UAB 5. Arkansas 6. Georgia Tech 7. Mississippi State 8. Charlotte 9. Texas A&M T10. UTSA T10. Georgia State T10. Mississippi
268-285-277/830 290-273-280/843 286-283-280/849 289-280-283/852 282-287-284/853 285-278-293/856 294-287-282/863 296-284-286/866 290-290-288/868 296-289-288/873 306-284-283/873 304-276-293/873
(-10) (+3) (+9) (+12) (+13) (+16) (+23) (+26) (+28) (+33) (+33) (+33)
TOP 5 JPNI FALL 2014 INDIVIDUAL RESULTS (Oct. 7-8, 2013) 1. Ben Wood, Mississippi State T2. Hank Lebioda,Florida State T2. Ollie Schniederjans, Ga. Tech 4. Robby Shelton, Alabama 5. Dru Love, Alabama
71-63-64/198 68-66-68/202 67-67-68/202 66-70-69/205 65-72-70/207
(-12) (-8) (-8) (-5) (-3)
2014 ALABAMA INDIVIDUAL SCORES AT JPNI 4. Robby Shelton 5. Dru Love T8. Tom Lovelady T21. Gavin Moynihan 26. Robby Prater
66-70-69/205 65-72-70/207 76-70-64/210 68-73-74/215 69-73-75/217
1974 1974 1974 1974 1975 1975 1975 1975 1976 1976 1976 1976 1976 1977 1977 1978 1980 1981 1981 1981 1981 1981 1982 1989 1994 2001 2006 2008
Florida Amateur Champion U.S. Amateur Champion World Amateur Golf Champion Member, winning Eisenhower Cup Team Collegiate All-American Member, winning Walker Cup Team Low Amateur, U.S. Open Championship Medalist, PGA Tour Qualifying School U.S. Open Champion Canadian Open Champion PGA Tour Rookie of the Year/Co-Player of the Year Japan Masters Champion Pacific Open Champion Phoenix Open Champion Southern Open Champion Southern Open Champion Brazilian Open Champion Colombian Open Champion Danny Thomas Memphis Classic Champion Pensacola Open Champion Member, winning Ryder Cup Team ABC Sports Shinko Japan Champion THE PLAYERS Championship Champion U.S. Open, Rochester, N.Y., aced 6th hole (4th career ace) Inducted into Alabama Sports Hall of Fame Alabama Homecoming Grand Marshal Seniors Tour Outback Steakhouse Pro-Am Champion Seniors Tour Turtle Bay Champion
RECORDS & HISTORY
Sunday, Oct. 4: Monday, Oct. 5: Tuesday, Oct. 6:
(-5) (-3) (E) (+5) (+7)
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THE SOUTHEASTERN CONFERENCE THE SOUTHEASTERN CONFERENCE ALABAMA’S ALL-SEC
First Team 1971 1973 1974 1976 1980 1981 1982 1983 1992 1993 1996 1997 2004 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 first team total: 37
RECORDS & HISTORY
Second Team 1970 1971 1972 1973 1975 1977 1978 1979 1983 1985 1991 1992 1994
Rick Sirmon Alan Pate Tony Hollifield Jerry Pate Travis Hudson Rick Karbowski Cecil Ingram Steve Lowery Lee Rinker Steve Lowery Steve Lowery Lee Rinker David Kirkpatrick Marten Olander Chip Deason Chip Deason Lars Brovold Michael Thompson Gator Todd Matthew Swan Michael Thompson Bud Cauley Bud Cauley Hunter Hamrick Bud Cauley Cory Whitsett Justin Thomas Cory Whitsett Bobby Wyatt Justin Thomas Cory Whitsett Bobby Wyatt Trey Mullinax Robby Shelton Cory Whitsett Bobby Wyatt Robby Shelton
Rick Sirmon Lee Harper Wheeler Stewart Jerry Pate Tony Hollifield Tony Hollifield Jerry Pate Alan Pate Allen Richie Allen Yielding Gary Trivisonno Barry Harwell Cecil Ingram Griff Rudolph Griff Rudolph David Kirkpatrick Dicky Pride Greg Letson Marten Olander
CORY WHITSETT
1995 1996 1997 1999 2001 2002 2003 2006 2007 2008 2011 2012 2013 SEC All-Freshman Team 2009 2010 2011 2012 2014 2015
Chip Deason Allan MacDonald Patrick Vadden Jan Are Larsen Jan Are Larsen Nick Rousey Clint Provost Nick Rousey Lars Brovold Matthew Swan Matthew Swan Mark Harrell Bobby Wyatt Hunter Hamrick Trey Mullinax Bud Cauley Hunter Hamrick Lee Knox Cory Whitestt Bobby Wyatt Justin Thomas Robby Shelton Jonathan Hardee
BUD CAULEY
Michael Thompson
ALABAMA’S SEC AWARDS
SEC Player of the Year Steve Lowery Steve Lowery Michael Thompson Justin Thomas Cory Whitsett Robby Shelton
1982 1983 2008 2012 2013 2014
SEC Coach of the Year Conrad Rehling Conrad Rehling Dick Spybey Jay Seawell Jay Seawell Jay Seawell Jay Seawell
1979 1983 1992 2008 2012 2013 2014
SEC Freshman of the Year Bud Cauley Cory Whitsett Justin Thomas Robby Shelton
2009 2011 2012 2014
SEC Scholar-Athlete of the Year Joseph Sykora Joseph Sykora Joseph Sykora Cory Whitsett Cory Whitsett
2006 2007 2008 2013 2014
BOLD denotes current player
Steve Lowery
2013 SEC PLAYER OF THE YEAR 2013 & 2014 SEC Scholar-Athlete of the year
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THE SOUTHEASTERN CONFERENCE 2015 SEC CHAMPIONSHIP TOURNAMENT RESULTS
2014-15 HONORS
Seaside Course at the Sea Island Golf Club – Sea Island, Ga. Par 70 — 7,004 yards April 17-19, 2015
SEC COACH OF THE YEAR Chuck Winstead, LSU
SEC GOLFER OF THE YEAR Team 1. LSU T2. South Carolina T2. Vanderbilt T4. Alabama T4. Auburn 6. Arkansas T7. Florida T7. Georgia 9. Ole Miss 10. Texas A&M 11. Kentucky 12. Tennessee 13. Missouri 14. Mississippi State
Score 274-272-281/827 (-13) 275-275-280/830 (-10) 276-274-280/830 (-10) 269-274-290/833 (-7) 275-276-282/833 (-7) 279-275-280/834 (-6) 282-276-284/842 (+2) 282-277-283/842 (+2) 288-278-283/849 (+9) 286-282-287/855 (+15) 284-84-288/856 (+16) 284-292-284/860 (+20) 287-283-291/861 (+21) 289-297-299/885 (+45)
Individual Scores 1. Matthew NeSmith, South Carolina 2. Ben Schlottman, Auburn 3. Robby Shelton, Alabama T4. Stewart Jolly, LSU T4. Hunter Stewart, Vanderbilt T6. Ryan Benton, Auburn T6. Taylor Moore, Arkansas T6. Zach Wright, LSU T9. Zack Jaworski, Vanderbilt T9. Brandon Pierce, LSU T11. Forrest Gamble, Mississippi T11. Jonathan Hardee, Alabama T11. Zach Healy, Georgia T11. Theo Humphrey, Vanderbilt T11. Tyler McDaniel, Kentucky T11. JD Tomlinson, Florida T17. Kolton Crawford, Arkansas T17. Lee McCoy, Georgia T17. Will Murphy, South Carolina T17. Alejandro Tosti, Florida
Score 65-64-67/196 (-14) 67-65-70/202 (-8) 65-65-74/204 (-6) 68-68-69/205 (-5) 70-67-68/205 (-5) 69-66-71/206 (-4) 73-66-67/206 (-4) 70-66-70/206 (-4) 69-70-68/207 (-3) 67-68-72/207 (-3) 71-66-71/208 (-2) 67-70-71/208 (-2) 67-70-71/208 (-2) 68-67-73/208 (-2) 67-70-71/208 (-2) 70-66-72/208 (-2) 65-66-78/209 (-1) 73-66-70/209 (-1) 72-68-69/209 (-1) 67-73-69/209 (-1)
Hunter Stewart, Vanderbilt
SEC FRESHMAN OF THE YEAR Ben Schlottman, Auburn
SEC SCHOLAR-ATHLETE OF THE YEAR Forrest Gamble, Ole Miss
FIRST TEAM ALL-SEC Matthew NeSmith, South Carolina (SEC Championship Medalist) Robby Shelton, Alabama Will Starke, South Carolina Hunter Stewart, Vanderbilt Lee McCoy, Georgia Ben Schlottman, Auburn Matt Gilchrest, Auburn Matthias Schwab, Vanderbilt
SECOND TEAM ALL-SEC Brandon Pierce, LSU Zach Wright, LSU Taylor Moore, Arkansas J.D. Tomlinson, Florida Theo Humphrey, Vanderbilt Stewart Jolly, LSU Carson Jacobs, Vanderbilt *Eric Ricard, LSU *Michael Johnson, Auburn
SEC ALL-FRESHMAN TEAM Theo Humphrey, Vanderbilt Tyler ‘Chip’ McDaniel, Kentucky Ben Schlottman, Auburn Alejandro Tosti, Florida Jonathan Hardee, Alabama * - Indicates a tie
ALABAMA AT THE 2015 SEC CHAMPIONSHIP Finish Player
Score
3.
Robby Shelton, Alabama
65-65-74/204 (-6)
t11.
Jonathan Hardee, Alabama
t31.
Tom Lovelady, Alabama
74-69-70/213 (+3)
t36.
Robby Prater, Alabama
69-70-75/214 (+4)
t53
Dru Love, Alabama
68-74-77/219 (+9)
65-70-71/208 (-2)
RECORDS & HISTORY
SEC Golf Championship Titles Breakdown: Georgia - 28, LSU - 16, Florida - 15, Alabama - 5, Auburn - 3, Tennessee - 3, Mississippi State -2, Arkansas - 1, Kentucky - 1, Georgia Tech - 1
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RECORDS & HISTORY
1937 1938 1939 1940 1941 1946 1947 1948 1949 1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015
Vincent D’Antoni Tulane Henry Castillo LSU Sonny Swift Georgia Henry Castillo LSU Earl Stewart LSU George Hamer Georgia Joe Moore LSU Albert Swann Georgia Tech Hal Spears Georgia John Owens Kentucky Griffin Moody Georgia BOBBY HILL ALABAMA Eddie Merrins LSU Eddie Merrins LSU Lester Kelly Georgia Dave Ragan Florida Tom Aaron Florida Tom Aaron Florida Bob Moser Georgia Cobby Ware Georgia Doug Essig LSU Howell Fraster LSU David Boyd Georgia Jim Gabrielsen Georgia Jack Oliver Georgia Bert Greene Tennessee B.R. McLendon LSU B.R. McLenden LSU B.R. McLenden LSU Steve Melnyk Florida Vaughn Moise LSU Tommy Valentine Georgia Jimmy McQuilliam Florida Mickey Mabry Tennessee Gary Koch Florida Gary Koch (playoff) Florida Phil Hancock Florida Phil Hancock Florida Sam Trahan Florida Larry Rinker Florida Wayne DeFrancesco (playoff) LSU Rick Pearson Florida John Salamone LSU Randy Watkins Mississippi Dave Peege (playoff) Mississippi Emlyn Aubrey (playoff) LSU Peter Persons Georgia Chip SUllivan Mississippi David Tomas LSU Lan Gooch Mississippi Chris DiMarco (playoff) Florida Mike Sposa Tennessee Jimmy Green Auburn Brian Gay (playoff) Florida Guy Hill Florida Brian Gay Florida Bud Still Arkansas Graham Davidson Mississippi St. Bryant MacKellar Auburn Eric Ecker South Carolina Camilo Benedetti Florida Roland Thatcher Auburn Bryant Odom Georgia Camilo Benedetti Florida Brett Stegmaier Florida Brendon Todd Georgia David Skinns Tennessee Brett Stegmaier Florida Patton Kizzire Auburn MICHAEL THOMPSON ALABAMA Billy Horschel Florida Russell Henley Georiga Andres Echavarria Florida JUSTIN THOMAS ALABAMA Sebastian Cappelen Arkansas BOBBY WYATT ALABAMA Matthew NeSmith South Carolina
ALABAMA’S SEC TEAM FINISHES Year 1937 1938 1939 1940 1941 1942 1943-45 1946 1947 1948 1949 1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015
Alabama Finish Score DNP – DNP – DNP – DNP – DNP – DNP – WWII DNP – DNP – DNP – DNP – DNP – DNP – 5th – 4th – 4th – 4th – 5th – N/A – N/A – N/A – N/A – 4th – N/A – N/A – N/A – 3rd 596 5th 893 t5th (Georgia) 916 4th 864 DNP – 7th 1,153 3rd 1,125 4th 1,148 2nd 1,112 4th 1,133 t3rd (Florida) 1,125 2nd 1,100 t2nd (Florida) 1,081 6th 1,195 1st 876 5th 899 5th 889 3rd 884 2nd * 875 9th 943 4th 886 6th 905 3rd 877 9th 911 t6th (Kentucky) 918 3rd 872 6th 882 t4th (LSU) 881 t6th (Tennessee) 890 6th 887 4th 865 4th 874 6th 905 12th 613 8th 945 7th 889 4th 869 9th 892 6th 879 11th 889 9th 908 3rd 849 2nd 871 1st 853 6th 873 12th 878 2nd 854 1st 828 1st 848 1st 806 4th 833
Winner Score LSU 614 LSU 608 LSU 604 LSU 601 Georgia 616 LSU 597 no tournament held LSU 604 LSU 633 LSU 303 Georgia Tech 303 Georgia 1,200 Georgia 579 Georgia 591 LSU 586 LSU 576 Florida 575 Florida 591 Georgia 590 Georgia 593 Georgia 583 LSU 573 Georgia 570 Georgia 1170 Georgia 589 Georgia 581 Georgia 575 LSU 854 LSU 872 Florida 848 Georgia 1,099 Georgia 1,105 Georgia 1,099 Georgia 1,117 Florida 1,099 Florida 1,104 Florida 1,101 Auburn 1,094 Georgia 1,073 Georgia 1,142 ALABAMA 876 Tennessee 884 Auburn 884 Georgia 873 Georgia* 881 Mississippi 881 Florida 868 LSU 871 LSU 869 Georgia 854 Florida 874 Tennessee 866 Florida 860 Florida 876 Florida 847 Florida 860 Arkansas 855 Mississippi St. 859 Mississippi St. 879 Georgia 567 Florida 901 Georgia 852 Georgia 841 Auburn 857 Florida 856 Georgia 843 Kentucky 875 Georgia 827 Tennessee 869 ALABAMA 853 Georgia 849 Georgia 844 Florida 848 ALABAMA 828 ALABAMA 848 ALABAMA 806 LSU 827
Site Baton Rouge, La. Baton Rouge, La. Baton Rouge, La. Athens, Ga. Athens, Ga. Athens, Ga. Athens, Ga. Athens, Ga. Athens, Ga. Athens, Ga. Athens, Ga. Athens, Ga. Athens, Ga. Athens, Ga. Athens, Ga. Athens, Ga. Athens, Ga. Athens, Ga. Athens, Ga. Athens, Ga. Athens, Ga. Athens, Ga. Athens, Ga. Athens, Ga. Athens, Ga. Athens, Ga. Baton Rouge, La. Gainesville, Fla. Knoxville, Tenn. Athens, Ga. Callaway Gardens, Ga. Callaway Gardens, Ga. Callaway Gardens, Ga. Callaway Gardens, Ga. Dothan, Ala. Dothan, Ala. Decatur, Ala. Decatur, Ala. Birmingham, Ala. Birmingham, Ala. Augusta, Ga. Augusta, Ga. Augusta, Ga. Augusta, Ga. Augusta, Ga. Florence, Ala. Florence, Ala. Florence, Ala. Florence, Ala. Louisville, Ky. Jackson, Miss. West Point, Miss. St. Francisville, La. Jacksonville, Fla. Fairfield Glade, Tenn. Nashville, Tenn. Birmingham, Ala. Opelika, Ala. Athens, Ga. Lexington, Ky. Killian, Ala. St. Simon’s Island, Ga. St. Simon’s Island, Ga. St. Simon’s Island, Ga. St. Simon’s Island, Ga. St. Simon’s Island, Ga. St. Simon’s Island, Ga. St. Simon’s Island, Ga. St. Simon’s Island, Ga. St. Simon’s Island, Ga. St. Simon’s Island, Ga. St. Simon’s Island, Ga. St. Simon’s Island, Ga. St. Simon’s Island, Ga. St. Simon’s Island, Ga. St. Simon’s Island, Ga.
Note: From 1969-78, team title low five scores of six players; previously, four used; 1979-present, low 4 of 5* — Sudden Death
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NCAA HISTORY NCAA CHAMPIONSHIP APPEARANCES 1971 NCAA CHAMPIONSHIPS
TUCSON, ARIZ.
2007 NCAA CHAMPIONSHIPS
WILLIAMSBURG, VA.
23rd t25th t44th MC MC MC
Tucson National Golf Club 72-72-74-72/290 (-2) 69-71-74-80/294 (E) 74-74/148 (+2) 79-77/156 (+10) 75-86/161 (+15)
6th t4th t35th t42nd t60th t72nd
Golden Horseshoe Golf Club 72-71-66-66/275 (-5) 70-72-68-74/284 (+4) 74-72-66-74/286 (+6) 70-68-76-77/291 (+11) 72-74-71-77/294 (+14)
1973 NCAA CHAMPIONSHIPS
STILLWATER, OKLA.
2008 NCAA CHAMPIONSHIPS
WEST LAFAYETTE, IND.
t17th 298-290/588 (+28) t-57th Alan Pate MC Wheeler Stewart MC Jerry Pate MC Charles Major MC Tony Hollifield
Stillwater Country Club 70-73-77-79/299 (+19) 74-73/147 (+7) 74-74/148 (+8) 80-70/150 (+10) 77-79/156 (+16)
13th t29th t38th t38th t64th 80th
Kampen Golf Course 76-74-75-79/304 (+16) 75-79-74-78/306 (+18) 79-73-75-79/306 (+18) 79-82-73-79/313 (+25) 90-71-82-82/325 (+37)
1974 NCAA CHAMPIONSHIPS
SANTEE, CALIF.
2009 NCAA CHAMPIONSHIPS
TOLEDO, OHIO
14th N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A
Carlton Oaks Country Club 75-74-75-75/299 (+11) 77-69-76-79/301 (+13) 73-80-72-76/301 (+13) 72-82-77-73/304 (+16) 76-76-80-84/316 (+28)
15th t36th t54th t60th t131st t136th
Inverness Golf Club 73-71-75/219 (+6) 77-71-73/221 (+8) 75-74-73/222 (+9) 87-72-72/231 (+18) 73-76-83/232 (+19)
1975 NCAA CHAMPIONSHIPS
COLUMBUS, OHIO
2011 NCAA CHAMPIONSHIPS
STILLWATER, OKLA.
t3rd 2nd t21st t29th N/A N/A
Ohio State Scarlet Course 74-71-68-70/283 (-1) 77-71-72-77/297 (+13) 75-74-76-74/299 (+15) 73-75-77-86/311 (+27) 77-80-77-77/311 (+27)
14th t29th t50th t56th t66th t148th
Karsten Creek Golf Club 71-74-76/221 (+5) 70-73-81/224 (+8) 73-71-81/225 (+9) 74-74-78/226 (+10) 84-80-84/248 (+32)
1981 NCAA CHAMPIONSHIPS
PALO ALTO, CALIF.
2012 NCAA CHAMPIONSHIPS
PACIFIC PALISADES, CALIF.
17th t34th MC MC MC MC
Stanford Golf Course 80-69-73-73/295 (+11) 80-69-75/224 (+11) 81-71-73/225 (+12) 74-74-78/226 (+13) 76-76-79/231 (+18)
Stroke Play 1st 285-287-287/859 t4th Cory Whitsett t7th Justin Thomas Hunter Hamrick t21th t54th Bobby Wyatt t61th Scott Strohmeyer
Riviera Country Club 73-68-71/212 (-1) 70-70-73/213 (E) 73-73-70/216 (+3) 71-77-73/221 (+8) 71-76-75/222 (+9)
297-305-300-303/1,205 (+53) Rick Karbowski Tony Hollifield Jerry Pate Alan Pate Mike Preston 299-291-293-307/1,190 (+38) Jerry Pate Tony Hollifield Rick Karbowski Alan Pate Mike Preston 310-283-299/892 (+40) Kevin DeNike Lee Rinker Cecil Ingram Steve Lowery Tom Garner
1983 NCAA CHAMPIONSHIPS
FRESNO, CALIF.
17th t44th t62nd MC T-7th T-7th
San Joaquin Country Club 72-73-76-77/298 (+10) 72-75-75-80/302 (+14) 76-73-77/226 (+10) 77-81-77/235 (+19) 83-77-75/235 (+19)
297-298-303/898 (+34) Lee Rinker Griff Rudolph Tom Garner Steve Lowery Talbert Griffin
1992 NCAA CHAMPIONSHIPS
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M.
11th t19th t19th t60th t66th 80th
New Mexico Golf Club 73-69-75-71/288 (E) 75-72-69-72/288 (E) 75-70-73-77/295 (+7) 71-72-78-75/296 (+8) 76-75-76-75/302 (+14)
294-283-293-293/1,163 David Kirkpatrick Jeff Street Marten Olander Dicky Pride Greg Leston
1993 NCAA CHAMPIONSHIPS
LEXINGTON, KY.
29th t49th t113th t138th t151st t151st
The Champions Club 74-70-78-76/298 (+10) 76-78/158 (+14) 81-80/161 (+17) 81-81/162 (+18) 80-82/162 (+18)
311-309/620 Marten Olander Patrick Vadden Jeff Street Mayson Petty Scott Taylor
1996 NCAA CHAMPIONSHIPS
OOLTEWAH, TENN.
28th t61st t70th t88th t140th t145th
The Honors Course 74-79/153 (+9) 76-78/154 (+10) 79-77/156 (+12) 76-89/165 (+21) 79-88/167 (+23)
305-322/627 Chip Deason Allan MacDonald Brian Wright Patrick Vadden John Stalschmidt
2005 NCAA CHAMPIONSHIPS
OWINGS MILLS, MD.
28th t42nd t85th t105th t114th t126th
Caves Valley Golf Club 70-72-78/220 (+10) 74-73-78/225 (+15) 73-73-81/227 (+17) 74-77-77/228 (+18) 75-75-80/230 (+20)
291-293-313/897 Mark Harrell Joseph Sykora Clint Provost Gator Todd Thomas Hagler
284-283-271-291/1,129 (+9) Michael Thompson Joseph Sykora Mark Harrell Matthew Swan Gator Todd 309-297-297-315/1,218 Michael Thompson Matthew Swan Mark Harrell Joseph Sykora Matt Hughes 298-288-293/879 Matthew Swan Matt Hughes Spencer Cole Bud Cauley Hunter Hamrick 288-292-316/896 Hunter Hamrick Bud Cauley Cory Whitsett Bobby Wyatt Trey Mullinax
Match Play: Runner-Up (2-1) Quarterfinal: defeated Kent State, 3-1-1 Semifinal: defeated California, 3-2 Final: lost to Texas, 2-3
2013 NCAA CHAMPIONSHIPS
MILTON, GA.
Stroke Play t3rd 275-276-282/833 t16th Cory Whitsett t16th Justin Thomas Bobby Wyatt t26th t49th Trey Mullinax t69th Scott Strohmeyer
Capital City Club Crabapple 69-68-70/207 (-3) 67-68-72/207 (-3) 68-71-70/209 (-1) 72-70-70/212 (+2) 71-70-73/214 (+4)
Match Play: NCAA Champion (3-0) Quarterfinal: defeated New Mexico, 4-1 Semifinal: defeated Georgia Tech, 3-0-2 Final: defeated Illinois, 4-1
2014 NCAA CHAMPIONSHIPS
HUTCHINSON, KAN.
Stroke Play t2nd 274-278-284/836 Robby Shelton t3rd t19th Cory Whitsett t35th Tom Lovelady Bobby Wyatt t55th t89th Trey Mullinax
Prairie Dunes Country Club 72-65-68/205 (-5) 70-68-71/209 (-1) 67-73-71/211 (+1) 66-74-74/214 (+4) 71-72-75/218 (+8)
RECORDS & HISTORY
294-294/588 (+4) Lee Harper Wheeler Stewart Rich Sirmon Bernard Kirkland Clyde McClendon
Match Play: NCAA Champion (3-0) Quarterfinal: defeated SMU, 3-2 Semifinal: defeated LSU, 4-1 Final: defeated Oklahoma State, 4-1
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NCAA HISTORY NATIONAL NCAA INDIVIDUAL CHAMPIONS
NCAA REGIONAL TEAM APPEARANCES (17 Appearances) Year Site 1991 New Haven, Conn. 1992 Hamilton, N.Y. 1993 Charlottesville, Va. 1994 Auburn, Ala. 1996 Monticello, N.Y. 1997 Hot Springs, Va. 2002 Little Rock, Ark. 2003 Auburn, Ala. 2005 Nashville, Tenn. 2006 Tucson, Ariz. 2007 Sugar Grove, Ill. 2008 Columbus, Ohio 2009 Galloway, N.J. 2010 New Haven, Conn. 2011 Zionsville, Ind. 2012 Athens, Ga. 2013 Baton Rouge, La. 2014 Auburn, Ala. 2015 Noblesville, Ind
Coach Dick Spybey Dick Spybey Dick Spybey Dick Spybey Dick Spybey Dick Spybey Dick Spybey Jay Seawell Jay Seawell Jay Seawell Jay Seawell Jay Seawell Jay Seawell Jay Seawell Jay Seawell Jay Seawell Jay Seawell Jay Seawell Jay Seawell
Finish 12th 2nd 7th 15th T-9th 17th 15th 20th T-6th T-14th 2nd 6th 1st 9th 3rd 1st 1st 1st 7th
Teams Strokes Regional 30 890 East 22 876 East 22 873 East 23 923 East 23 910 East 22 911 East 27 893 Central 27 91 1 East 27 847 East 27 860 West 27 898 Central 27 896 Central 14 874 Northeast 14 850 Northeast 14 847 Central 13 828 Southeast 13 868 Southeast 14 853 Southeast 14 882 Central
ALABAMA’S NCAA FINALS APPEARANCES (17 Appearances) Year Coach 1971 Ronnie Laffon 1973 Conrad Rehling 1974 Conrad Rehling 1975 Conrad Rehling 1981 Conrad Rehling 1983 Conrad Rehling *1992 Dick Spybey 1993 Dick Spybey 1996 Dick Spybey 2005 Jay Seawell 2007 Jay Seawell 2008 Jay Seawell #2009 Jay Seawell #2011 Jay Seawell #2012 Jay Seawell #2013 Jay Seawell #2014 Jay Seawell
Finish Site 23rd Tucson, Ariz./Tucson National Golf Club 17th Stillwater, Okla./Stillwater Country Club 14th Santee, Calif./Carlton Oaks Country Club t3rd Columbus, Ohio/Scarlet Course 17th Palo Alto, Calif./Stanford Golf Course 17th Fresno, Calif./San Joaquin Country Club 11th Albuquerque, N.M./Championship Course 29th Lexington, Ky./Champions Club 28th Ooltewah, Tenn./Honors Course 28th Owings Mills, Md./Caves Valley Club 6th Williamsburg, Va./Golden Horseshoe 13th West Lafayette, Ind./Birck Boilermaker 15th Toledo, Ohio/Inverness Club 14th Stillwater, Okla./Karsten Creek 1st (stroke play) Pacific Palisades, Calif./Riviera Country Club 2nd (match play) def. Kent State, 3-1-1; def. California, 3-2; lost to Texas, 2-3 t3rd (stroke play) Milton, Ga./Capital City Club Crabapple 1st (match play) def. New Mexico, 4-1; def. Georgia Tech, 3-0-2; def. Illinois, 4-1 t2nd (stroke play) Hutchinson, Kan./Prairie Dunes Country Club 1st (match play) def. SMU, 3-2; def. LSU, 4-1; def. Oklahoma St., 4-1
*First year Alabama competed in championships when there was a cut to 15 teams after 54 holes; #NCAA Championships consisted of three rounds and then a cut to eight teams for match play
NCAA INDIVIDUAL APPEARANCES
RECORDS & HISTORY
Year Name 1971 Lee Harper Wheeler Stewart 1973 Alan Pate 1977 Gary Trivisonno 1978 Gary Trivisonno 1979 Cecil Ingram 1981 Kevin DeNike 1982 Steve Lowery Lee Rinker 1983 1983 Griff Rudolph 1993 Marten Olander 1999 Jan Are Larsen (East Regional, Providence, R.I.) 2001 Nick Rousey (East Regional, Williamsburg, Va.) Jan Are Larsen (East Regional, Williamsburg, Va.) 2003 Lars Brovold (East Regional, New Haven, Conn.)
Finish t25th t44th t57th non-finalist t38th t27th 34th t49th t44th t62nd t49th t107th t33rd t120th t31st
Score 72-72-74-72/290 69-71-74-80/294 70-73-77-79/299 82-79-82/243 75-72-73/220 78-73-74-78/303 80-69-73-73/295 75-75-69-76/295 72-73-76-77/298 72-75-75-80/302 74-70-78-76/298 79-78-75/232 69-73-71/213 (-3) 77-83-72/232 (+16) 76-70-73/219 (+9)
HOW IT WORKS Each May, the NCAA hosts six regionals, which are spread around the country and provide for exciting golf from coast to coast. The six-regional format was started at the 2009 NCAA Championships and replaced the old three-regional system that began play in 1992 when the NCAA first instituted a regional format. Each of the six 2015 regional sites will qualify five teams for the NCAA Championship Finals, being held at The Concession Club in Bradenton, Fla., on May 28-June 2, 2015. Those 30 teams then will play 54 holes of stroke play (May 28-30) and cut to the top-15 teams and top 40 individuals for a fourth round of stroke play to determine match-play seedings and the NCAA individual champion. The No. 1 team will face the No. 8 team, No. 2 will face No. 7, No. 3 vs. No. 6 and No. 4 vs. No. 5. Match play quarterfinals and semifinals will be held on June 1, followed by the finals on June 2. Teams are selected for regional competition based upon their overall tournament finishes and head-to-head finishes against other teams that are in their region. Selection is made by a regional committee compromised of head coaches. From 1989 through the 2008 NCAA Championships, the finals consisted of 72 holes of play with a cut after 54 holes to the top-15 teams.
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Year Name 1897 Louis Bayard, Jr. 1898 John Reid, Jr James Curtis Harvard (Fall) 1899 Percy Pyne 1901 H. Lindsley Charles Hitchcock, Jr. 1902 Chandler Egan Harvard (fall) 1903 F.O. Reinhart 1904 A.L. White Robert Abbott 1905 1906 W.E. Clow, Jr. Ellis Knowles 1907 H.H. Wilder 1908 Albert Seckel 1909 1910 Robert Hunter 1911 George Stanley F.C. Davison 1912 Nathaniel Wheeler 1913 Edward Allis 1914 Francis Blossom 1915 1916 J.W. Hubbell A.L. Walker, Jr. 1919 1920 Jess Sweetster Simpson Dean 1921 1922 Pollack Boyd 1923 Dexter Cummings Dexter Cummings 1924 Fred Lamprecht 1925 Fred Lamprecht 1926 Watts Gunn 1927 Maurice McCarthy 1928 Tom Aycock 1929 G.T. Dunlap, Jr. 1930 1931 G.T. Dunlap, Jr. 1932 J.W. Fischer 1933 Walter Emery Charles Yates 1934 Ed White 1935 Charles Kocsis 1936 1937 Fred Haas, Jr. 1938 John Burke Vincent D’Antoni 1939 Dixon Brooke 1940 Earl Stewart 1941 1942 Frank Tatum, Jr. Wallace Ulrich 1943 Louis Lick 1944 1945 John Lorms 1946 George Hamer 1947 Dave Barclay 1948 Bob Harris 1949 Harvie Ward Fred Wampler 1950 Tom Nieporte 1951 1952 Jim Vickers 1953 Earl Moeller 1954 Hillman Robbins 1955 Joe Campbell Rick Jones 1956 1957 Rex Baxter, Jr. 1958 Phil Rodgers 1959 Dick Crawford 1960 Dick Crawford 1961 Jack Nicklaus 1962 Kermit Zarley 1963 R.H. Sikes 1964 Terry Small 1965 Marty Fleckman 1966 Bob Murphy 1967 Hale Irwin 1968 Grier Jones 1969 Bob Clark 1970 John Mahaffey 1971 Ben Crenshaw
School Princeton Yale (Spring)
Princeton Harvard Yale (spring)
Princeton Harvard Yale Yale Yale Harvard Princeton Yale Yale Harvard Yale Harvard Yale Harvard Columbia Yale Dartmouth Dartmouth Yale Yale Tulane Tulane Georgia Tech Georgetown Yale Princeton Princeton Michigan Oklahoma Georgia Tech Texas Michigan LSU Georgetown Tulane Virginia LSU Stanford Carleton Minnesota Ohio State Georgia Michigan San Jose State North Carolina Purdue Ohio State Oklahoma Oklahoma State Memphis State Purdue Ohio State Houston Houston Houston Houston Ohio State Houston Arkansas San Jose State Houston Florida Colorado Oklahoma State UCLA Houston Texas
NCAA HISTORY Ben Crenshaw Tom Kite Ben Crenshaw Curtis Strange Jay Haas Scott Simpson Scott Simpson David Edwards Gary Hallberg Jay Don Blake Ron Commans Billy Ray Brown Jim Carter John Inman Clark Burroughs Scott Verplank Brian Watts E.J. Pfister Phil Mickelson Phil Mickelson Warren Schutte Phil Mickelson Todd Demsey Justin Leonard Chip Spratlin Tiger Woods Charles Warren James McLean Luke Donald Charles Howell Nick Gilliam Troy Matteson Alejandro Canizares Ryan Moore James Lepp Jonathan Moore Jamie Lovemark Kevin Chappell Matt Hill Scott Langley John Peterson Thomas Pieters Max Homa Cameron Wilson Bryson DeChambeau
Texas Texas Texas Wake Forest Wake Forest Southern California Southern California Oklahoma State Wake Forest Utah State Southern California Houston Arizona State North Carolina Ohio State Oklahoma State Oklahoma State Oklahoma State Arizona State Arizona State UNLV Arizona State Arizona State Texas Auburn Stanford Clemson Minnesota Northwestern Oklahoma State Florida Georgia Tech Arizona State UNLV Washington Oklahoma State Southern California UCLA North Carolina State Illinois LSU Illinois California Stanford SMU
NATIONAL TEAM CHAMPIONS Year Champion 1897 Yale Harvard (spring) 1898 1898 Yale (fall) 1899 Harvard 1900 No tournament 1901 Harvard 1902 Yale (spring) 1902 Harvard (fall) 1903 Harvard 1904 Harvard 1905 Yale 1906 Yale 1907 Yale 1908 Yale 1909 Yale 1910 Yale 1911 Yale 1912 Yale 1913 Yale 1914 Princeton 1915 Yale 1916 Princeton 1917 No tournament 1918 No tournament 1919 Princeton 1920 Princeton 1921 Dartmouth 1922 Princeton 1923 Princeton 1924 Yale 1925 Yale
Score
1926 Yale 1927 Princeton 1928 Princeton 1929 Princeton 1930 Princeton 1931 Yale 1932 Yale 1933 Yale 1934 Michigan 1935 Michigan 1936 Yale 1937 Princeton 1938 Stanford 1939 Stanford 1940 Princeton LSU 1941 Stanford 1942 LSU Stanford 1943 Yale 1944 Notre Dame 1945 Ohio State 1946 Stanford 1947 LSU 1948 San Jose State 1949 North Texas State 1950 North Texas State North Texas State 1951 1952 North Texas State 1953 Stanford 1954 SMU 1955 LSU 1956 Houston 1957 Houston 1958 Houston 1959 Houston 1960 Houston 1961 Purdue 1962 Houston Oklahoma State 1963 1964 Houston 1965 Houston 1966 Houston 1967 Houston 1968 Florida 1969 Houston 1970 Houston 1971 Texas 1972 Texas 1973 Florida 1974 Wake Forest 1975 Wake Forest 1976 Oklahoma State 1977 Houston 1978 Oklahoma State 1979 Ohio State 1980 Oklahoma State 1981 Brigham Young 1982 Houston 1983 Oklahoma State 1984 Houston 1985 Houston 1986 Wake Forest 1987 Oklahoma State 1988 UCLA 1989 Oklahoma 1990 Arizona State 1991 Oklahoma State 1992 Arizona 1993 Florida 1994 Stanford 1995 Oklahoma State 1996 Arizona State 1997 Pepperdine 1998 UNLV 1999 Georgia 2000 Oklahoma State 2001 Florida 2002 Minnesota
612 601 580 590 614 311 602 619 606 579 590 573 588 587 578 572 574 601 602 570 561 603 584 588 581 580 577 582 585 1,154 1,223 1,172 1,144 1,146 1,149 1,158 1,156 1,140 1,197 1,140 1,189 1,173 1,161 1,121 1,160 1,145 1,172 1,156 1,160 1,176 1,139 1,155 1,161 1,129 1,145 1,129 1,156 1,186 1,148 1,118 1,180 1,116 1,126 1,134
2003 Clemson 2004 California 2005 Georgia 2006 Oklahoma State 2007 Stanford 2008 UCLA 2009 Texas A&M Augusta State 2010 2011 Augusta State Texas 2012 2013 Alabama 2014 Alabama 2015 LSU *match play
1,191 1,134 1,135 1,143 1,109 1,194 def. Arkansas* def. Oklahoma State* def. Georgia* def. Alabama* def. Illinois* def. Oklahoma State* def. Southern Cal*
Lowest Score, One Round: 62 (-10) Notah Begay, Stanford, 2nd Rd., 1994 Lowest Score, Two Rounds: 128 (-16) Phil Mickelson, Arizona State, 1992 Lowest Score, Three Rounds: 196 (-20) Charles Howell, Oklahoma State, 2000 Lowest Score, Four Rounds: 265 (-23) Charles Howell, Oklahoma State, 2000 Best Team Score, Two Rounds: 553 UNLV (-23) 1998; Stanford (-6) 2007 Best Team Score, Four Rounds: 1,116 (-36) Oklahoma State, 2000; Georgia Tech, 2000 (Stanford shot 1,109 in 2007, 11-under-par) Alabama has been among the NCAA field 24 times, in 1973, 1974, 1975, 1981, 1983, 1991 (regionals), 1992, 1993, 1994 (regionals), 1996 , 1997 (regionals), 2002 (regionals), 2003 (regionals), 2005 (finals), 2006 (regionals), 2007 (finals), 2008 (finals), 2009 (finals), 2010 (regionals), 2011 (finals), 2012 (match-play finals) 2013 (NCAA champions), 2014 (NCAA champions) and 2015 (regionals). The Crimson Tide has claimed two NCAA National Championship titles, those coming in 2013 and 2014. Prior to the back-to-back championships, Alabama’s best NCAA Championships finish was a runner-up performance in 2012, followed by when it tied for third at the 1975 NCAA Men’s Golf Championships. Below is a list of all the teams that have won an NCAA men’s golf championship: School Titles Yale 21 Houston 16 Princeton 12 Oklahoma State 10 Stanford 8 6 Harvard LSU 5 Florida 4 North Texas 4 Texas 3 3 Wake Forest Alabama 2 Arizona State 2 Augusta State 2 Georgia 2 Michigan 2 Ohio State 2 UCLA 2 Arizona, Brigham Young, California, Clemson, Dartmouth, Minnesota, Notre Dame, Oklahoma Pepperdine, Purdue, San Jose State, SMU, 1 UNLV, Texas A&M
RECORDS & HISTORY
1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015
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RECORDS PLAYER SEASON RECORDS
PAR OR BETTER ROUNDS
Minimum Rounds: 15
STROKE AVERAGE (AVG. SCORE) Season 2013-14 2011-12 2014-15 2010-11 2013-14 2012-13 2012-13 2013-14 2012-13 2009-10 2007-08 2011-12 2010-11 2013-14 1981-82
Name Rounds Robby Shelton 36 Justin Thomas 36 Robby Shelton 33 Bud Cauley 36 Bobby Wyatt 39 Cory Whitsett 38 Justin Thomas 38 Trey Mullinax 36 Bobby Wyatt 35 Bud Cauley 25 Michael Thompson 31 Cory Whitsett 39 Cory Whitsett 33 Cory Whitsett 39 Steve Lowery 23
Strokes 2,525 2,536 2,330 2,547 2,763 2,701 2,702 2,564 2,495 1,783 2,213 2,784 2,356 2,789 1,648
TOURNAMENT VICTORIES (minimum two wins) Season 2011-12 2009-10 2013-14 2012-13 2012-13 2011-12 2009-10 1981-82 1973-74 1972-73
Name Justin Thomas Hunter Hamrick Robby Shelton Justin Thomas Cory Whitsett Cory Whitsett Bud Cauley Steve Lowery Jerry Pate Jerry Pate
Tournaments 12 12 10 13 13 13 9 9 9 8
Wins 4 3 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2
Avg. Score 70.14 70.44 70.61 70.75 70.85 71.08 71.11 71.22 71.29 71.32 71.39 71.38 71.39 71.51 71.65
vs. Par -0.86 -0.89 -0.76 -0.42 -0.15 -0.23 -0.18 0.22 -0.03 -0.36 -0.42 0.08 0.21 0.51 N/A
Season 1991-92 2013-14 2011-12 2012-13 2011-12 2010-11 2013-14 2013-14 2012-13 2012-13 2000-01 2014-15 2013-14 2007-08 2010-11 2006-07 2005-06 2003-04
Name Rounds David Kirkpatrick 40 Robby Shelton 36 Justin Thomas 36 Cory Whitsett 38 Cory Whitsett 39 Bud Cauley 36 Cory Whitsett 39 Bobby Wyatt 39 Justin Thomas 38 Bobby Wyatt 35 Nick Rousey 39 Robby Shelton 33 Trey Mullinax 33 Michael Thompson 31 Cory Whitsett 33 Michael Thompson 37 Mark Harrell 36 Lars Brovold 38
Par or Lower 26 25 25 24 24 24 23 23 23 22 22 21 21 20 19 19 19 19
ROUNDS PLAYED Season 2006-07 2006-07 1991-92 1991-92 1991-92 2013-14 2013-14 2011-12 2011-12 2004-05 2004-05 2004-05 2000-01 2000-01
Name Mark Harrell Gator Todd David Kirkpatrick Marten Olander Dicky Pride Cory Whitsett Bobby Wyatt Hunter Hamrick Cory Whitsett Thomas Hagler Mark Harrell Clint Provost Nick Rousey Jan Are Larsen
Rounds 40 40 40 40 40 39 39 39 39 39 39 39 39 39
COUNTING SCORES
RECORDS & HISTORY
Season 2011-12 2000-01 2013-14 2006-07 2006-07 2005-06 2003-04 2003-04 2014-15 2012-13 2010-11 2000-01 2012-13 2011-12 2007-08 2004-05 2001-02 1996-97 1993-94
Name Justin Thomas Nick Rousey Trey Mullinax Mark Harrell Gator Todd Matthew Swan Lars Brovold Clint Provost Robby Shelton Cory Whitsett Bud Cauley Jan Are Larsen Bobby Wyatt Cory Whitsett Mark Harrell Mark Harrell Clint Provost Allan MacDonald Marten Olander
Rounds Counted 35 35 34 34 34 34 34 34 33 33 33 33 32 32 32 32 32 32 32
Percentage 97.2% 97.2% 94.4% 85.0% 85.0% 94.4% 97.1% 97.1% 100.0% 94.2% 100.0% 91.7% 94.1% 88.9% 86.5% 88.9% 97.0% 88.9% 100.0%
TEAM SEASON
STROKE AVERAGE (AVG. SCORE) Season 2013-14 2012-13 2011-12 2010-11 2014-15 2006-07 2007-08 2001-02 2005-06 1991-92 2009-10
Coach Jay Seawell Jay Seawell Jay Seawell Jay Seawell Jay Seawell Jay Seawell Jay Seawell Dick Spybey Jay Seawell Dick Spybey Jay Seawell
Bold denotes current player Former Alabama head coach Conrad Rehling with star pupil Steve Lowery.
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Rounds 36 35 36 33 33 40 37 33 36 33 31
Avg. Score 280.39 284.54 284.56 285.63 288.30 288.35 289.30 290.33 291.36 291.65 291.77
vs. Par -2.86 -0.71 -0.78 0.91 2.85 2.65 2.27 5.97 5.03 N/A 5.58
RECORDS
Justin thomas Tournament victories leader
Season 2013-14 2012-13 2007-08 2011-12 2010-11 1971-72 2006-07 2008-09 2000-01 1980-81 1973-74 1972-73 1970-71
Coach Jay Seawell Jay Seawell Jay Seawell Jay Seawell Jay Seawell Conrad Rehling Jay Seawell Jay Seawell Dick Spybey Conrad Rehling Conrad Rehling Conrad Rehling Ronnie Laffoon
Tournaments 12 12 12 12 12 11 13 11 12 8 9 8 8
Wins 9 8 6 5 5 4 4 2 2 2 2 2 2
PAR OR BETTER ROUNDS Season 2013-14 2006-07 2012-13 2011-12 2010-11 2014-15 2007-08 1991-92 2004-05 2009-10 2003-04 2001-02
Name Jay Seawell Jay Seawell Jay Seawell Jay Seawell Jay Seawell Jay Seawell Jay Seawell Dick Spybey Jay Seawell Jay Seawell Jay Seawell Dick Spybey
Rounds 36 40 35 36 30 33 37 40 39 31 35 33
Par or Less 25 19 18 17 17 16 14 12 10 9 9 9
ROUNDS PLAYED Season 1991-92 2006-07 2004-05 2007-08 1992-93 1996-97 2000-01 2005-06 2011-12 2013-14 2012-13 2003-04 1999-00
Name Dick Spybey Jay Seawell Jay Seawell Jay Seawell Dick Spybey Dick Spybey Dick Spybey Jay Seawell Jay Seawell Jay Seawell Jay Seawell Jay Seawell Dick Spybey
Rounds 40 40 39 37 36 36 36 36 36 36 35 35 35
PLAYER ROUND RECORDS LOW ROUND
Season 2013-14 2002-03 2014-15 2013-14 2012-13 2011-12 2010-11 2010-11 2009-10 2008-09 2007-08 2006-07 2001-02 1996-97 1980-81 2014-15 2014-15 2014-15 2014-15 2013-14 2013-14 2012-13 2011-12 2011-12 2011-12 2011-12 2010-11 2010-11 2009-10 2007-08 2006-07 2005-06 2005-06 2003-04 2003-04 2003-04 2001-02 1999-00 1999-00 1998-99 1998-99 1995-96 1994-95 1981-82
Name Bobby Wyatt Lars Brovold Tom Lovelady Robby Shelton Justin Thomas Cory Whitsett Cory Whitsett Bobby Wyatt Bud Cauley Hunter Hamrick Mark Harrell Gator Todd Nick Rousey Chip Deason Steve Lowery Robby Shelton Robby Shelton Robby Shelton Dru Love Robby Shelton Bobby Wyatt Cory Whitsett Bobby Wyatt Bobby Wyatt Cory Whitsett Justin Thomas Bud Cauley Cory Whitsett Hunter Hamrick Michael Thompson Joseph Sykora Matthew Swan Max Alverio Clint Provost Lars Brovold Lars Brovold Nick Rousey Freeman Fite Jan Are Larsen Jan Are Larsen Jan Are Larsen Chip Deason Chip Deason Steve Lowery
Tournament Score SEC Championship 61 Mason Rudolph Collegiate Golf 63 Jerry Pate National Intercollegiate 64 Puerto Rico Classic 64 Jerry Pate National Intercollegiate 64 Linger Longer Invitational 64 Linger Longer Invitational 64 Jerry Pate National Intercollegiate 64 Linger Longer Invitational 64 Jerry Pate National Intercollegiate 64 Jerry Pate National Intercollegiate 64 Jerry Pate National Intercollegiate 64 Coca-Cola Tournament of Champions 64 SEC Championship 64 Alabama Intercollegiate 64 SEC Championship 65 SEC Championship 65 Southern Highlands Masters 65 Jerry Pate National Intercollegiate 65 NCAA Championships 65 SEC Championship 65 Western Refining All-America Classic 65 SEC Championship 65 Linger Longer Invitational 65 Schenkel Invitational 65 Carpet Capital Collegiate 65 Linger Longer Invitational 65 Cleveland Golf Palmetto Intercollegiate 65 Jerry Pate National Intercollegiate 65 SEC Championship 65 Jerry Pate National Intercollegiate 65 Coca-Cola Tourn. of Champions 65 Buffalo Rock/Southern Showdown 65 SEC Championship 65 Jerry Pate National Intercollegiate 65 Jerry Pate National Intercollegiate 65 Conrad Rehling Alabama Invite 65 Gator Invitational 65 Gator Invitational 65 Jerry Pate National Intercollegiate 65 Matlock Invitational 65 Gator Invitational 65 Gator Invitational 65 Junior-Senior Invitational 65
RECORDS & HISTORY
VICTORIES
Bold = Current Player
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RECORDS LOW ROUND VS. PAR Season 2013-14 2013-14 2011-12 2010-11 2009-10 1996-97 2011-12 2011-12 2011-12 2010-11 2007-08 2007-08 2006-07 2002-03 1998-99 1980-81 2014-15 2012-13 2010-11 2008-09 2001-02 2012-13 2005-06 2005-06 2003-04 2003-04 2001-02 1998-99 2012-13 2011-12 2011-12 2009-10 2007-08 2007-08 2007-08 2007-08 2004-05 2002-03 1979-80
Name Bobby Wyatt Robby Shelton Cory Whitsett Cory Whitsett Bud Cauley Chip Deason Justin Thomas Bobby Wyatt Cory Whitsett Bud Cauley Mark Harrell Michael Thompson Gator Todd Lars Brovold Jan Are Larsen Steve Lowery Tom Lovelady Justin Thomas Bobby Wyatt Hunter Hamrick Nick Rousey Cory Whitsett Matthew Swan Max Alverio Lars Brovold Lars Brovold Nick Rousey Jan Are Larsen Bobby Wyatt Justin Thomas Bobby Wyatt Bud Cauley Joseph Sykora Mark Harrell Matthew Swan Michael Thompson Joseph Sykora Wesley Pate Cecil Ingram
Tournament SEC Championship Puerto Rico Classic Linger Longer Invitational Linger Longer Invitational Linger Longer Invitational SEC Championship Carpet Capital Collegiate Linter Longer Invitational Schenkel Invitational Linger Longer Invitational Jerry Pate National Intercollegiate SEC Championship Jerry Pate National Intercollegiate Mason Rudolph Collegiate Golf Matlock Invitational Alabama Intercollegiate Jerry Pate National Intercollegiate Jerry Pate National Intercollegiate Jerry Pate National Intercollegiate Jerry Pate National Intercollegiate Coca-Cola Tournament of Champions Western Refining All-America Classic Coca-Cola Tournament of Champions Buffalo Rock/Southern Showdown Jerry Pate National Intercollegiate Jerry Pate National Intercollegiate Conrad Rehling Alabama Invite Jerry Pate National Intercollegiate NCAA Baton Rouge Regional Schenkel Invitational Schenkel Invitational Administaff ASU Invitational Topy Cup of Japan SEC Championship Puerto Rico Classic Topy Cup of Japan University Club Intercollegiate Cleveland Golf/ASU Invitational Southern Junior/Senior
Score 61 -9 64 -8 64 -8 64 -8 64 -8 64 -8 65 -7 65 -7 65 -7 65 -7 64 -7 65 -7 64 -7 63 -7 65 -7 64 -7 64 -6 64 -6 64 -6 64 -6 64 -6 65 -6 65 -6 65 -6 65 -6 65 -6 65 -6 65 -6 66 -6 66 -6 66 -6 66 -6 66 -6 66 -6 66 -6 66 -6 66 -6 66 -6 66 -6
Tournament SEC Championship SEC Championship Jerry Pate National Intercollegiate Jerry Pate National Intercollegiate Puerto Rico Classic Western Refining All-America Classic Schenkel Invitational Cleveland Golf Palmetto Intercoll. Linger Longer Invitational Alabama Intercollegiate NCAA Athens Regional Jerry Pate National Intercollegiate Western Refining All-America Classic Jerry Pate National Intercollegiate Topy Cup of Japan Gator Invitational
Score 126 -14 130 -10 130 -12 130 -12 131 -11 131 -11 132 -12 132 -8 132 -12 132 -10 133 -9 133 -7 133 -9 133 -9 133 -11 133 -7
Tournament SEC Championship Jerry Pate National Intercollegiate Jerry Pate National Intercollegiate SEC Championship Jerry Pate National Intercollegiate Jerry Pate National Intercollegiate Coca-Cola Tournament of Champions Southern Highlands Masters Western Refining All-America Classic Cleveland Golf Palmetto Intercollegiate Topy Cup of Japan Western Refining All-America Classic Western Refining All-America Classic SEC Championship Linger Longer Invitational Mason Rudolph Collegiate Golf Gator Invitational
Score 192 -18 198 -15 199 -14 200 -10 200 -13 200 -13 200 -10 201 -15 201 -12 201 -9 202 -14 202 -11 203 -10 203 -7 203 -13 203 -7 203 -7
LOW 36-HOLE TOTAL
RECORDS & HISTORY
Season 2013-14 2014-15 2007-08 2003-04 2013-14 2012-13 2011-12 2010-11 2010-11 1980-81 2011-12 2010-11 2009-10 2007-08 2007-08 1999-00
Name Bobby Wyatt Robby Shelton Mark Harrell Lars Brovold Robby Shelton Cory Whitsett Cory Whitsett Bud Cauley Cory Whitsett Steve Lowery Bobby Wyatt Bobby Wyatt Hunter Hamrick Matt Hughes Joseph Sykora Jan Are Larsen
LOW 54-HOLE TOTAL Season 2013-14 2007-08 2006-07 2013-14 2007-08 2003-04 2001-02 2014-15 2012-13 2010-11 2007-08 2009-10 2013-14 2011-12 2010-11 2002-03 1999-00
Name Bobby Wyatt Mark Harrell Joseph Sykora Robby Shelton Michael Thompson Lars Brovold Nick Rousey Robby Shelton Cory Whitsett Bud Cauley Joseph Sykora Hunter Hamrick Cory Whitsett Justin Thomas Cory Whitsett Lars Brovold Jan Are Larsen
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Michael Thompson’s 5-under-par 275 is the lowest 72-hole score in school history. 2012-13 2012-13 2011-12 2011-12 2011-12 2010-11 2010-11 2009-10 2007-08 2005-06 2005-06 2001-02 1980-81
Trey Mullinax Robby Shelton Justin Thomas Justin Thomas Cory Whitsett Bud Cauley Bobby Wyatt Bud Cauley Matthew Swan Max Alverio Mark Harrell Clint Provost Steve Lowery
Savannah Quarters Individual Puerto Rico Classic Schenkel Invitational NCAA Athens Regional Schenkel Invitational Linger Longer Invitational Jerry Pate National Intercollegiate Linger Longer Invitational Puerto Rico Classic Buffalo Rock/Southern Showdown Coca-Cola Tournament of Champions Gator Invitational Alabama Intercollegiate
204 -12 204 -12 204 -12 204 -9 204 -12 204 -12 204 -6 204 -12 204 -12 204 -9 204 -9 204 -6 204 -9
Tournament NCAA Championship NCAA Championship NCAA Championship NCAA Championship NCAA Championship NCAA Championship NCAA Championship NCAA Championship NCAA Championship NCAA Championship NCAA Championship NCAA Championship NCAA Championship NCAA Championship NCAA Championship
Score 275 -5 283 -1 284 +4 286 +6 288 E 288 E 290 -2 291 +11 294 +14 294 +2 295 +7 295 +7 296 +8 295 +11 297 +13
LOW 72-HOLE TOTAL Season 2006-07 1974-75 2006-07 2006-07 1991-92 1991-92 1970-71 2006-07 2006-07 1970-71 1991-92 1981-82 1991-92 1980-81 1974-75
Name Michael Thompson Jerry Pate Joseph Sykora Mark Harrell David Kirkpatrick Jeff Street Lee Harper Matthew Swan Gator Todd Wheeler Stewart Marten Olander Steve Lowery Dicky Pride Kevin DeNike Tony Hollifield
Bold = Current Player
TEAM ROUND LOW ROUND Season 2013-14 2014-15 2013-14 2011-12 2007-08 2014-15 2011-12 2011-12 2007-08 2006-07
Coach Jay Seawell Jay Seawell Jay Seawell Jay Seawell Jay Seawell Jay Seawell Jay Seawell Jay Seawell Jay Seawell Jay Seawell
Tournament Round SEC Championship 2 Jerry Pate National Intercollegiate 1 SEC Championship 3 Schenkel Invitational 1 Jerry Pate National Intercollegiate 2 SEC Championship 1 NCAA Athens Regional 1 Schenkel Invitational 2 Jerry Pate National Intercollegiatet 1 Jerry Pate National Intercollegiatet 1
Score 266 268 268 268 268 269 269 269 270 270
RECORDS LOW ROUND VS. PAR Season 2011-12 2011-12 2007-08 2011-12 2007-08 2013-14 2007-08 2006-07 2012-13 2011-12 2010-11
Name Jay Seawell Jay Seawell Jay Seawell Jay Seawell Jay Seawell Jay Seawell Jay Seawell Jay Seawell Jay Seawell Jay Seawell Jay Seawell
LOW 54-HOLE TOTAL VS. PAR Tournament Schenkel Invitational Schenkel Invitational Jerry Pate National Intercollegiate NCAA Athens Regional Topy Cup of Japan SEC Championship Jerry Pate National Intercollegiate Jerry Pate National Intercollegiate Puerto Rico Classic Linger Longer Invitational Puerto Rico Classic
Score vs. Par 268 -20 269 -19 268 -16 269 -15 273 -15 266 -14 270 -14 270 -14 274 -14 274 -14 274 -14
LOW 36-HOLE TOTAL Season 2011-12 2013-14 2007-08 2006-07 2014-15 2013-14 2011-12 2011-12 1980-81 2008-09
Coach Tournament Jay Seawell Schenkel Invitational Jay Seawell SEC Championship Jay Seawell Jerry Pate National Intercollegiate Jay Seawell Jerry Pate National Intercollegiate Jay Seawell SEC Championship Jay Seawell Puerto Rico Classic Jay Seawell NCAA Athens Regional Jay Seawell SEC Championship Conrad Rehling Alabama Intercollegiate Jay Seawell Jerry Pate National Intercollegiate
Score vs. Par 537 -39 538 -22 538 -30 542 -26 543 -17 545 -31 545 -23 546 -14 547 -21 549 -11
LOW 54-HOLE TOTAL Season 2013-14 2007-08 2011-12 2013-14 2006-07 1980-81 2011-12 2011-12 2013-14 2014-15 2008-09 2012-13 2014-15 2012-13 2011-12
Coach Jay Seawell Jay Seawell Jay Seawell Jay Seawell Jay Seawell Conrad Rehling Jay Seawell Jay Seawell Jay Seawell Jay Seawell Jay Seawell Jay Seawell Jay Seawell Jay Seawell Jay Seawell
Tournament Score vs. Par SEC Championship 806 -34 Jerry Pate National Intercollegiate 810 -42 Schenkel Invitational 817 -47 Puerto Rico Classic 819 -45 Jerry Pate National Intercollegiate 819 -33 Alabama Intercollegiate 824 -24 NCAA Athens Regional 828 -24 SEC Championship 828 -12 Jerry Pate National Intercollegiate 829 -11 Jerry Pate National Intercollegiate 830 -10 Jerry Pate National Intercollegiate 830 -10 Puerto Rico Classic 831 -33 SEC Championship 833 -7 NCAA Championships 833 -7 Puerto Rico Classic 834 -30
Season 2011-12 2013-14 2007-08 2013-14 2012-13 2006-07 2011-12 2010-11 2013-14 2011-12 2011-12 1980-81 2006-07
Coach Jay Seawell Jay Seawell Jay Seawell Jay Seawell Jay Seawell Jay Seawell Jay Seawell Jay Seawell Jay Seawell Jay Seawell Jay Seawell Conrad Rehling Jay Seawell
Tournament Schenkel Invitational Puerto Rico Classic Jerry Pate National Intercollegiate SEC Championship Puerto Rico Classic Jerry Pate National Intercollegiate Puerto Rico Classic Puerto Rico Classic Isleworth Collegiate Invitational Linger Longer Invitational NCAA Athens Regional Alabama Intercollegiate Carpet Capital Collegiate
Score vs. Par 817 -47 819 -45 810 -42 806 -34 831 -33 819 -33 834 -30 836 -28 838 -26 838 -26 828 -24 824 -24 841 -23
Tournament NCAA Championship NCAA Championship NCAA Championship NCAA Championship NCAA Championship
Score vs. Par 1,129 +9 1,163 +11 1,190 +38 1,205 +53 1,218 +66
LOW 72-HOLE TOTAL Season 2006-07 1991-92 1974-75 1973-74 2007-08
Coach Jay Seawell Dick Spybey Conrad Rehling Conrad Rehling Jay Seawell
PLAYER CAREER RECORDS Minimum Rounds: 45
STROKE AVERAGE (VS. PAR) Name Robby Shelton Justin Thomas Bud Cauley Michael Thompson Cory Whitsett Bobby Wyatt Nick Rousey Hunter Hamrick Tom Lovelady Trey Mullinax Lars Brovold Mark Harrell Matthew Swan Gator Todd Clint Provost Chip Deason Scott Strohmeyer Jan Are Larsen Thomas Hagler Patrick Vadden Joseph Sykora
Rounds 69 74 91 68 149 134 72 141 89 95 134 152 139 130 140 121 101 128 51 103 125
Avg. Score 70.36 70.73 71.36 71.66 71.34 71.47 72.36 72.64 72.76 72.84 72.91 73.18 73.38 73.55 73.38 73.89 73.60 73.89 74.02 74.45 74.25
vs. Par Career -0.81 2013-present -0.53 2012-13 -0.05 2009-11 0.09 2007-08 0.13 2011-14 0.32 2011-14 1.03 2001-02 1.23 2009-12 1.44 2012-present 1.57 2011-14 1.63 2001-04 1.67 2005-08 1.83 2006-09 2.07 2005-08 2.09 2002-05 2.21 1994-97 2.26 2010-13 2.32 1999-02 2.55 2005,07 2.77 1995-97 2.79 2005-08
Won four tournament titles at Alabama
RECORDS & HISTORY
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Justin Thomas Career scoring leader at 70.73
Justin Thomas is the career stroke leader (70.73) at Alabama. Matt Hughes
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74.53
2.93
2006-09
Tournaments 25 50 44 38 30 23 48 41
Wins 6 5 5 4 4 3 3 2
Career 2012-13 2011-14 1980-83 1972-75 2009-11 2013-present 2009-2012 2005-08
PAR OR BETTER ROUNDS
RECORDS & HISTORY
Name Rounds Cory Whitsett 149 134 Bobby Wyatt Hunter Hamrick 141 Bud Cauley 91 Mark Harrell 152 Matthew Swan 139 134 Lars Brovold Justin Thomas 74 Clint Provost 140 Robby Shelton 69 Trey Mullinax 95 Chip Deason 121 Michael Thompson 68
Par or Less 90 70 59 58 58 53 48 48 47 46 43 42 39
Career 2011-14 2011-14 2009-12 2009-11 2005-08 2006-09 2001-04 2012-13 2002-05 2013-present 2011-14 1994-97 2007-08
Rounds 152 149 141 140 139 134 134 130 128 125 121 106 104 103 102
Career 2005-08 2011-14 2009-12 2002-05 2006-09 2001-04 2011-14 2005-08 1999-02 2005-08 1994-97 1995-99 2000-03 1995-97 2000-04
ROUNDS PLAYED Name Mark Harrell Cory Whitsett Hunter Hamrick Clint Provost Matthew Swan Lars Brovold Bobby Wyatt Gator Todd Jan Are Larsen Joseph Sykora Chip Deason Brian Wright Wesley Pate Patrick Vadden Austin Hynson
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YEAR-BY-YEAR LOW STROKE LEADERS
TOURNAMENT VICTORIES Name Justin Thomas Cory Whitsett Steve Lowery Jerry Pate Bud Cauley Robby Shelton Hunter Hamrick Joseph Sykora
Scott Strohmeyer
Year 1979-80 1980-81 1981-82 1982-83 1983-84 1984-85 1985-86 1986-87 1987-88 1988-89 1989-90 1990-91 1991-92 1992-93 1993-94 1994-95 1995-96 1996-97 1997-98 1998-99 1999-00 2000-01 2001-02 2002-03 2003-04 2004-05 2005-06 2006-07 2007-08 2008-09 2009-10 2010-11 2011-12 2012-13 2013-14 2014-15
Player Cecil Ingram Steve Lowery Steve Lowery Lee Rinker Griff Rudolph Griff Rudolph Darrell Jones Sean Pacetti Spike McRoy Spike McRoy Spike McRoy David Kirkpatrick David Kirkpatrick Marten Olander Marten Olander Chip Deason Chip Deason Chip Deason Brooks Friday Jan Are Larsen Freeman Fite Nick Rousey Clint Provost Lars Brovold Lars Brovold Mark Harrell Matthew Swan Michael Thompson Michael Thompson Bud Cauley Bud Cauley Bud Cauley Justin Thomas Cory Whitsett Robby Shelton Robby Shelton
Rds. Strokes 21 1,533 24 1,732 23 1,648 28 2,093 24 1,742 24 1,746 21 1,560 20 1,490 29 2,191 34 2,533 33 2,442 30 2,182 40 2,868 38 2,788 35 2,579 30 2,203 34 2,478 33 2,418 29 2,201 33 2,410 32 2,377 36 2,601 33 2,390 33 2,396 35 2,506 39 2,862 36 2,616 37 2,660 31 2,213 30 2,164 25 1,783 36 2,547 36 2,536 38 2,701 36 2,525 33 2,330
Avg. Tournaments 73.0 8 72.2 8 71.7 8 73.4 10 72.6 8 72.8 8 74.3 7 74.5 8 75.6 14 74.5 12 74.0 11 72.7 10 71.7 13 73.3 11 73.7 12 73.4 10 72.8 12 73.27 11 75.90 10 73.03 12 74.28 11 72.25 12 72.42 11 72.61 12 71.60 12 73.38 13 72.67 12 71.89 12 71.39 10 72.13 10 71.32 9 70.75 11 70.44 12 71.08 13 70.14 12 70.61 11
Year Tournament Won 1969 Buckhaults Tournament 1971 Senior Bowl Tournament Tulane Invitational 1972 St. Andrews Intercollegiate Invitational Tupelo Invitational Maxwell Air Force Base Tournament West Florida Invitational 1973 Alabama Intercollegiate West Florida Invitational 1974 St. Andrews Intercollegiate Invitational Alabama Intercollegiate 1975 Alabama Intercollegiate 1977 St. Andrews Intercollegiate Invitational 1979 SEC Championship 1980 Hillman Robbins Invitatoinal 1981 Southeastern Intercollegiate Alabama Intercollegiate 1982 Mississippi State Invitational 1983 Pan Handle Invitational SEC Championships (Tied) * lost in 1st hole of playoffs 1985 Memphis State Invitational *Won in 2nd hole of playoffs 1992 Southeastern Invitational 1993 Dixie Intercollegiate Bent Brook Blazer Invitational 1994 UT Tournament of Champions 1996 The Nelson 1999 The Matlock 2000 College of Charleston Invitational Hillman Robbins Intercollegiate 2001 Mason Rudolph Collegiate 2004 Conrad Rehling Invitational 2005 Conrad Rehling Invitational 2007 Carpet Capital Intercollegiate (fall) Shoal Creek Intercollegiate (fall) Jerry Pate National Intercollegiate (fall) John Hayt Collegiate Championship 2008 Carpet Capital Collegiate (fall) Jerry Pate National Intercollegiate (fall) John Hayt Intercollegiate Puerto Rico Classic Schenkel E-Z-Go SEC Championships 2009 Jerry Pate National Intercollegiate (fall) NCAA Northeast Regional 2010 Jerry Pate National Intercollegiate (fall) 2011 Carpet Capital Collegiate (fall) Isleworth Collegiate Invitational (fall) Puerto Rico Classic Cleveland Golf Palmetto Intercollegiate Linger Longer Invitational 2012 Puerto Rico Classic Schenkel Invitational Linger Longer Invitational SEC Championship NCAA Athens Regional 2013 Jerry Pate National Intercollegiate (fall) Puerto Rico Classic Schenkel Invitational Linger Longer Invitational Aggie Invitational SEC Championship NCAA Baton Rouge Regional NCAA Championships 2014 Olympia Fields/Illini Invitational Jerry Pate National Intercollegiate Isleworth Collegiate Invitational Gifford Collegiate Puerto Rico Classic Mason Rudolph Championship SEC Championship NCAA Auburn Regional NCAA Championships 2015 Jerry Pate National Intercollegiate
Score * * * * * * * 584 * * 868 883 * 876 603 867 824 870 873 875
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Site Mobile, Ala. Mobile, Ala. New Orleans, La. St. Andrews, Scotland Tupelo, Miss. Montgomery, Ala. Pensacola, Fla. Alexander City, Ala. Pensacola, Fla. St. Andrews, Scotland Alexander City, Ala. Alexander City, Ala. St. Andrews, Scotland Birmingham, Ala. Memphis, Tenn. Montgomery, Ala. Montgomery, Ala. Jackson, Miss. Destin, Fla. Augusta, Ga. Memphis, Tenn.
871 Montgomery, Ala. 870 Columbus, Ga. 862 Birmingham, Ala. 872 Knoxville, Tenn. 874 Stanford, Calif. 866 Lakeland,Fla. 869 Kiawah Island, S.C 873 Memphis, Tenn. 839 Nashville, Tenn. 878 Tuscaloosa, Ala. 881 Tuscaloosa, Ala. 841 Rocky Face, Ga. 869 Birmingham, Ala. 819 Birmingham, Ala. 881 Pontre Vedra Beach, Fla. 869 Rocky Face, Ga. 810# Birmingham, Ala. 873 Pontre Vedra Beach, Fla. 854 Rio Grande, Puerto Rico 849 Statesboro, Ga. 853 St. Simons Island, Ga. 830 Birmingham, Ala. 874 Galloway Township, N.J. 273 Birmingham, Ala. 856 Rocky Face, Ga. 884 Windermere, Fla. 836 Rio Grande, Puerto Rico 849 Aiken, S.C. 846 Greensboro, Ga. 834 Rio Grande, Puerto Rico 817 Statesboro, Ga. 838 Greensboro, Ga. 828 St. Simons Island, Ga. 828 Athens, Ga. 857 Brimingham, Ala. 831 Rio Grande, Puerto Rico 848 Stateboro, Ga. 860 Greensboro, Ga. 846 Bryan, Texas 848 St. Simons Island, Ga. 868 Baton Rouge, La. d. Illinois, 4-1 Milton, Ga. 849 Olympia Fields, Ill. 829 Birmingham, Ala. 838 Windermere, Fla. 836 Newport Beach, Calif. 838 Rio Grande, Puerto Rico 847 Franklin, Tenn. 806 St. Simons Island, Ga. 853 Auburn, Ala. d. Okla. St.. 4-1 Hutchinson, Kan. 830 Birmingham, Ala.
Year 1952 1972 1972 1973 1974 1976 *1981 1982 *1982 1983 1984 1985* 1985* 1985* 1985 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 2002 2004 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015
Player Tournament Won Score Bobby Hill SEC Championship 290/72 holes Tony Hollifield St. Andrews Intercollegiate Invitational Alan Pate West Florida Invitational Tony Hollifield St. Andrews Intercollegiate Rick Karbowski Alabama Invitational 147 Jerry Pate Alabama Intercollegiate 147 Jerry Pate St. Andrews Intercollegiate 318/72 holes Jerry Pate Ohio State Invitational Jerry Pate Sun Bowl Festival All-Star Tournament Alan Pate Alabama Intercollegiate 212 Tony Hollifield Alabama Invitational Mike Preston Alabama Intercollegiate 214 Steve Lowery Alabama Intercollegiate 204 Steve Lowery Furman Intercollegiate 208 Steve Lowery Dixie Intercollegiate 207 Steve Lowery Hillman-Robbins Intercoll. 218 Steve Lowery Southern Intercollegiate 209 Lee Rinker New Orleans Classic 222 Griff Rudolph Alabama Intercollegiate 219 David McKenzie Southern Miss Invitational 223 David McKenzie Dixie Intercollegiate 224 Kevin Strohman Memphis State Invitational 216 Griff Rudolph Alabama Intercollegiate 206 Sean Pacetti Southeastern Invitational 212 Spike McRoy Cajun Classic 219 David Kirkpatrick Jerry Pate Invitational 221 David Kirkpatrick Southeastern Invitational 212 Marten Olander Dixie Intercollegiate 213 Nick Rousey Coca Cola/UT Tournament of Champions 200 Lars Brovold UNC Franklin Street Partners Invitational 213 Joseph Sykora Jerry Pate National Intercollegiate 199 Joseph Sykora Topy Cup/U.S. vs. Japan 202 Mark Harrell Jerry Pate National Interocollegiate 198 Matthew Swan Puerto Rico Classic 204 Michael Thompson SEC Championship 208 Bud Cauley U.S. Collegiate Championship 212 Hunter Hamrick NCAA Northeast Regional 212 Hunter Hamrick Jerry Pate National Intercollegiate 65 Bud Cauley Isleworth Collegiate Invitational 211 Hunter Hamrick Western Refining All-American Classic 202 Bud Cauley Linger Longer Invitational 204 Bud Cauley Cleveland Golf Palmetto Intercollegiate 201 Cory Whitsett Linger Longer Invitational 203 Justin Thomas Carpet Capital Collegiate 206 Cory Whitsett Western Refining All-American Classic 206 Justin Thomas Puerto Rico Classic 206 Cory Whitsett Linger Longer Invitational 208 Justin Thomas SEC Championship 203 Justin Thomas NCAA Athens Regional 204 Justin Thomas Jerry Pate National Intercollegiate 208 Trey Mullinax Savannah Quarters Individual 204 Justin Thomas Schenkel Invitational 207 Cory Whitsett Linger Longer Invitational 137 Cory Whitsett Aggie Invitational 208 Scott Strohmeyer NCAA Baton Rouge Regional 212 Robby Shelton Olympia Fields/Illini Invitational 210 Trey Mullinax Isleworth Collegiate Invitational 205 Robby Shelton Puerto Rico Classic 204 Bobby Wyatt SEC Championship 192 Dru Love Puerto Rico Classic 209 Robby Shelton Southern Highlands Masters 201
RECORDS & HISTORY
RECORDS TEAM TOURNAMENT CHAMPIONSHIPS INDIVIDUAL TOURNAMENT CHAMPIONS
Bold = Current Player
TOTAL UA TEAM TOURNAMENT CHAMPIONSHIPS: 67 MOST TOURNAMENT WINS IN A SEASON: 9 2013-14 # School 54-hole record • * No score Available
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YEAR-BY-YEAR 1965 Date Tournament Buckhaults Intercollegiate March 18-19 April 15-16 LSU Invitational April 29-30 Southern Intercollegiate May 1 SEC Championship
Result 2nd - 879 2nd - 594 t9th - 596 t3rd - 596
Result 4th - 889 5th - 893
1967 Date Tournament Southern Mississippi Tournament March 2-3 March 23-24 LSU Invitational May 11-13 SEC Championship
Result 2nd -598 t5th - 886 t5th - 916
1968 Date Tournament Feb.29-March 1 Southern Mississippi Tournament March 14-15 Buckhaults Intercollegiate March 21-23 Florida Intercollegiate April 11-12 LSU Invitational April 16-18 SEC Championship
Result 4th - 634 N/A N/A 6th - 589 3rd - 572
1969 Date Tournament Southern Mississippi Tournament March 6-7 March 13-14 Buckhaults Intercollegiate April 3-4 LSU Invitational SEC Championship May 1-3
Result N/A N/A N/A 7th - 1,125
1970 Date Tournament March 2 Florida State Tournament March 5-6 Southern Mississippi Tournament March 12-13 Buckhaults Intercollegiate Miami Tournament May 25-28 April 3-4 Tennessee Tournament April 10-11 Mid-South Classic May 14-16 SEC Championship
Result 3rd - 306 4th - 1,138 1st - 877 8th - 1,229 4th - 1,170 3rd - 603 7th - 1,153
1971 Date Tournament Jan. 6 Senior Bowl Tournament Feb. 25-26 Tulane Invitational March 4-6 Seminole Golf Classic Corbett Golf Classic March 12-13 March 25-27 West Florida Intercollegiate April 2-9 St. Andrews Tournament April 14-17 All-American Intercollegiate May 13-15 SEC Championship
Result 1st 1st 3rd 5th 3rd 3rd N/A 3rd - 1,125
1972
RECORDS & HISTORY
Date Tournament Sept.30-Oct. 3 Dixie Classic Oct. 9-10 Tupelo Invitational Nov. 21 Maxwell Air Force Base Tournament Jan. 6-7 Senior Bowl Tournament Feb 9-11 Tulane Invitational March 2-5 Florida State Invitational March 22-24 West Florida Invitational March 31-April 7 St. Andrews Tournament April 12-15 All-American Tournament April 20-23 Chris Schenkel Invitational May 12-14 SEC Championship
Result 6th 1st 1st 3rd 3rd 10th 1st 1st 10th 15th - 913 4th - 1,148
1973 Date Tournament March 1-4 Florida State Tournament March 16-18 Alabama Intercollegiate March 21-23 West Florida Invitational April 1-7 St. Andrews All-College Invitational April 12-14 All-American Invitational April 20-22 Chris Schenkel Invitational May 18-20 SEC Championship NCAA Championship June 10-15
Result t4th 1st 1st 2nd - 1,654 6Th 7th - 895 2nd - 1,112 t17th - 588
1974 Date Tournament Feb.27-March 2 Florida State Invitational March 13-16 Alabama Intercollegiate March 24-27 Southeastern Invitational
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1st 2nd 4th 3rd 4th - 1,133 14th - 1,205
1975
1966 Date Tournament Buckhaults Intercollegiate March 17-18 May 12-14 SEC Championship
March 29-April 5 April 10-11 April 17-20 April 24-27 May 15-18 June 19-22
Result t5th 1st - 883 2nd - 892
Date Tournament Feb. 12-15 Pan American International Intercollegiate Feb. 27-March 2 Florida State Invitational March 14-16 Alabama Intercollegiate March 17-20 Southeastern Invitational March 29-April 5 St. Andrews All-College Invitational April 10-11 Southern Junior-Senior April 17-20 All-American Invitational April 24-27 Chris Schenkel Invitational May 15-18 SEC Championship June 19-22 NCAA Championships
Result
12th - 1,198 7th - 1,200 t3rd - 1,125 t3rd - 1,190
1976 Date Tournament Feb. 12-15 Pan American International Intercollegiate Feb. 26-29 Florida State Invitational March 11-13 Alabama Intercollegiate March 17-20 Southeastern Invitational March 25-27 Furman Invitational April 15-18 All-American Invitational Chris Schenkel Invitational Ap. 29-May 1 May 13-15 SEC Championship
Result
9th 12th - 1,210 6th - 868 2nd - 1,100
1977 Date Tournament Feb. 17-19 Coastal Carolina Classic March 4-6 Seminole Classic March 15-17 Alabama Intercollegiate March 24-26 Furman Invitational April 2-8 St. Andrews Intercollegiate April 13-16 All-America Intercollegiate April 21-23 Chris Schenkel Invitational May 12-14 SEC Championship
Result 2nd Rain Out 3rd 9th 1st t12th - 1,210 t7th t2nd - 1,081
1977-78 Date Tournament River City Invitational Oct. 19-21 LSU Invitational Oct. 27-29 Florida Southern Invitational Feb. 9-12 Gator Invitational Feb. 23-26 Florida State Invitational March 14-17 Alabama Intercollegiate March 23-25 Furman Invitational April 20-23 Chris Schenkel Tournament April 26-29 Southern Intercollegiate May 10-13 SEC Championship
Result 16th 7th 13th 5th 2nd 4th 9th - 894 missed cut 6th - 1,195
1978-79 Date Tournament Oct. 3-6 Jim Corbett Invitational Buckeye Invitational Oct. 27-29 Florida Southern Invitational Dixie Intercollegiate Gator Invitational Feb. 14-18 Feb. 28-March 4 Seminole Invitational March 13-16 Alabama Intercollegiate March 20-24 Furman Invitational March 30-April 1 Southern Jr.-Sr. Intercollegiate April 24-28 Southern Intercollegiate May 10-12 SEC Championship
Result 11th - 875 2nd 13th 4th t7th - 877 t6th - 893 2nd - 912 8th - 599 4th - 887 missed cut - 620 1st - 876
1979-80 Player Cecil Ingram John Poole Lee Rinker David Lane Jim Kilduff Steve Hudson Tom Garner Harry Zaruba Johnny Miller Steve Lowery Bruce Werner Mark Wickline Kelly Miller
Tournaments Rounds Strokes 11 30 2,211 9 24 1,807 9 26 1,958 3 6 455 3 9 683 5 15 1,142 6 15 1,144 2 6 458 1 3 229 8 24 1,836 1 3 231 1 1 77 1 3 233
Avg. 73.70 75.29 75.31 75.83 75.89 76.13 76.27 76.33 76.33 76.50 77.00 77.00 77.67
YEAR-BY-YEAR Bob Vespa
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Date Tournament Sept. 27-29 Buckeye Classic Oct. 9-12 Jim Corbett Tournament Nov. 16-18 Dixie Intercollegiate Feb. 23-25 Gator Invitational Feb.29-March 2 Seminole Invitational March 15-17 Iron Duke Classic March 20-22 Furman Invitational March 28-30 Southern Jr.-Sr. Intercollegiate April 4-7 Southeastern Intercollegiate Alabama Intercollegiate April 16-18 May 1-3 Southern Intercollegiate SEC Championship May 15-17
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81.67 Result t9th - 913 t8th - 883 t14th - 914 17th - 887 t14th - 299 9th - 1,125 8th - 897 t7th - 581 6th - 906 3rd - 883 14th - 898 5th - 899
1980-81 Player Steve Lowery Lee Rinker Cecil Ingram Tom Garner John Keller Kevin Denike Steve Hudson Mark Wickline Conwell Hooper
Tournaments Rounds Strokes 8 24 1,732 7 21 1,526 7 21 1,557 7 21 1,568 2 6 448 4 12 900 5 15 1,129 1 3 230 1 3 231
Date Tournament Augusta State/Forest Hills Invitational LSU National Invitational Hillman Robbins Feb. 13-15 Gator Invitational March 6-8 LSU Invitational March 19-21 Furman Invitational March 27-29 Junior-Senior Invitational Southeastern Intercollegiate April 3-5 April 15-17 Alabama Intercollegiate April 24-26 Chris Schenkel Invitational May 14-16 SEC Championship May 26-30 NCAA Championships
Avg. 72.17 72.67 74.14 74.67 74.67 75.00 75.27 76.67 77.00
Result 5th - 907 8th - 888 1st - 603 5th - 864 3rd - 903 3rd - 869 5th - 884 1st - 867 1st - 824 14th - 899 5th - 889 17th - 892
1981-82 Player Steve Lowery
Tournaments Rounds Strokes 9 27 1,943
Avg. 71.96
John Keller Tom Garner Tom Brennan Kevin Denike Talbert Griffin Griff Rudolph Conwell Hooper Gary Laurin Fred Curtis Don Scott
8 8 4 4 6 3 1 1 2 1
Date Tournament Feb. 12-14 Gator Invitational Feb. 26-28 Seminole Classic New Orleans Classic March 5-7 March 18-20 Furman Invitational Junior-Senior Invitational March 26-28 April 2-4 Southern Intercollegiate April 16-18 Mississippi Invitational April 23-25 Chris Schenkel Invitational May 15-16 SEC Championship
23 23 12 12 16 8 2 2 2 2
1,707 1,726 906 907 1,233 637 162 163 170 170
74.22 75.04 75.50 75.58 77.06 79.63 81.00 81.50 85.00 85.00 Result 2nd - 845 9th - 886 14th - 636 7th - 883 8th - 607 9th - 919 1st - 870 t9th - 895 t3rd - 884
1982-83 Player Lee Rinker Steve Lowery Griff Rudolph Tom Garner Talbert Griffin Tom Brennan Joe Joyner
Tournaments Rounds Strokes 10 ^28.5 2,093 10 ^28.5 2,099 7 ^19.5 1,447 9 ^25.5 1,926 7 ^19.5 1,475 5 15 1,147 2 6 478
Avg. 73.44 73.65 74.21 75.53 75.64 76.47 79.67
Date Tournament Result Feb. 18-20 Gator Invitational 8th - 872 Feb. 25-27 Seminole Classic 8th - 910 March 3-5 New Orleans Classic 2nd - 909 March 16-18 Pan Handle Invitational 1st - 873 April 1-3 Southern Intercollegiate 2nd - 887 April 15-17 Mississippi State Invitational 2nd - 866 April 22-24 Chris Schenkel Invitational 11th - 886 ^April 29-May 1 Blue Grass Invitational N/A May 13-15 SEC Championship t1st - 875 NCAA Championships 17th - 898 June 8-11 ^Blue Grass Invitational Cancelled After 27 Holes; *Lost to Georgia in one-hole playoff
RECORDS & HISTORY
1979 SEC CHAMPIONS
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YEAR-BY-YEAR 1983-84 Player Griff Rudolph Darrell Jones Bill Van Orman Talbert Griffin Joe Joyner Craig Rudolph Mark Wood Steve Strickland Alan Pope Todd Anderson Don Scott Luis Pavon Bobby Carl Jett Rich Greg Spohr Steve Kittleson
May 16-18 Tournaments Rounds Strokes 10 30 2,178 6 18 1,348 6 18 1,353 5 15 1,130 6 17 1,294 2 6 457 2 6 457 5 15 1,158 1 3 233 3 9 699 1 3 236 4 12 946 5 15 1,185 2 6 476 2 6 477 2 6 480
Avg. 72.60 74.89 75.17 75.33 76.12 76.17 76.17 77.20 77.67 77.67 78.67 78.83 79.00 79.33 79.50 80.00
1983-84 Date Tournament Feb. 17-19 Gator Invitational Feb. 24-26 Seminole Invitational Feb. 29-March 3 LSU-New Orleans Invitational March 13-15 Troy State Invitational March 29-April 1 Southeastern Invitational April 6-8 Mississippi State Invitational April 13-15 Alabama Intercollegiate Chris Schenkel Invitational April 26-29 May 11-13 SEC Championship
Result 9th - 867 6th - 890 4th - 904 2nd - 884 9th - 900 12th - 928 4th - 915 14th - 889 9th - 943
1984-85 Player Griff Rudolph Luis Pavon Bobby Carl Tony Dirico David Mckenzie Joe Joyner Greg Spohr Kevin Strohman Alan Pope Bill Van Orman Darrell Jones Bruce Willett Jim Kelson Scott Calhoun Rich Berelund
Tournaments Rounds 9 27 7 21 9 27 1 3 7 21 8 24 2 6 4 12 3 9 5 15 7 21 1 3 2 6 1 3 1 3
RECORDS & HISTORY
Date Tournament Sept. 20-22 Southern Miss. Invitational Oct. 3-6 LSU Invitational Oct. 19-21 Memphis State Invitational Nov. 2-4 Dixie Intercollegiate Feb. 15-17 Gator Invitational Feb. 22-24 Seminole Classic March 15-17 Panhandle Intercollegiate March 22-24 Alabama Invitational March 29-31 Southeastern Invitational April 12-14 Alabama Intercollegiate April 26-28 Chris Schenkel Invitational May 10-12 SEC Championship
Strokes 1,968 1,570 2,023 225 1,579 1,805 454 915 690 1,163 1,629 233 475 241 244
Avg. 72.89 74.76 74.93 75.00 75.19 75.21 75.67 76.25 76.67 77.53 77.57 77.67 79.17 80.33 81.33
Result 4th - 902 7th - 891 t9th - 922 12th - 915 7th - 866 19th - 899 3rd - 901 9th - 945 13th - 902 2nd - 853 15th - 886 4th - 886
1985-86 Player Darrell Jones Kevin Strohman Luis Pavon Alan Pope Jim Kelson Sean Pacetti Bill Van Orman Berney Aucoin Bobby Carl Tracy Lentz Rich Berglund
Tournaments Rounds 7 21 5 15 6 18 4 12 2 6 5 15 4 12 1 3 1 3 1 3 1 3
Date Tournament Feb. 14-16 Gator Invitational Feb. 21-23 Seminole Classic March 23-24 Louisiana Golf Classic March 30-31 Southeastern Invitational April 13-14 Alabama Intercollegiate April 19-21 Jerry Pate Invitational
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Strokes 1,560 1,122 1,361 911 458 1,148 922 241 242 244 245
Avg. 74.29 74.80 75.61 75.92 76.33 76.53 76.83 80.33 80.67 81.33 81.66
Result 13th - 885 9th - 892 8th - 1,161 14th - 920 2nd - 858 4th - 918
SEC Championship
6th - 905
1986-87 Player Sean Pacetti Spike Mcroy Alan Pope Luis Pavon Tony Dirico Bruce Willette Rich Berglund John Pochis Jim Kelson
Tournaments Rounds Strokes 11 29 2,159 11 28 2,101 11 28 2,104 12 31 2,350 4 11 947 6 16 1,241 3 8 627 2 6 477 1 3 244
Avg. 74.45 75.04 75.14 75.81 77.00 77.56 78.38 79.50 81.33
1986-87 Date Tournament Oct. 13-14 Hillman Robbins Intercollegiate Oct. 25-26 Dixie Intercollegiate Oct. 31-Nov. 2 Alabama Intercollegiate Feb. 6-8 National Collegiate Feb. 13-15 Gator Invitational Feb. 20-21 Seminole Invitational Louisiana Golf Classic March 16 March 27-29 Southeastern Invitational Jerry Pate Invitational April 10-12 April 17-19 Jackson Classic Chris Schenkel Invitational April 28-30 May 15-17 SEC Championship
Result 8th - 909 5th - 887 2nd - 899 4th - 905 15th - 881 12th - 598 12th - 795 8th - 901 7th - 912 10th - 906 9th - 972 3rd - 877
1987-88 Player Spike Mcroy Tracy Lentz Paul Bastien Gary Wigington Danny Spybey Sean Pacetti Todd Lee Bruce Willette Henry Diana Tony Dirico
Tournaments Rounds Strokes 8 23 1,746 7 20 1,524 5 15 1,151 3 9 698 3 9 700 5 14 1,092 6 17 1,361 1 2 164 1 3 248 1 3 270
Date Tournament Feb. 5-7 National Collegiate Feb. 19-21 Seminole Classic March 15-16 Cajun Classic March 25-27 Southeastern Invitational April 7-8 Music City Invitational April 15-17 Jerry Pate Invitational April 22-24 Chris Schenkel Invitational April 29-May 1 Billy Hitchcock Invitational May 13-15 SEC Championship
Avg. 75.91 76.20 76.73 77.56 77.78 78.00 80.06 82.00 82.67 90.00
Result 18th - 963 13th - 896 10th - 1,196 13th - 625 2nd - 885 14th - 928 16th - 893 9th - 896 9th - 911
1988-89 Player Spike Mcroy Sean Pacetti Danny Spybey Henry Diana David Kirkpatrick Tracy Lentz Gary Wigington John Pochis Paul Bastien
Tournaments Rounds 12 34 11 31 10 28 6 18 9 25 6 18 5 13 1 3 2 5
Date Tournament Oct. 22-23 Dixie Intercollegiate Oct. 28-30 Alabama Intercollegiate Feb. 10-12 Gator Invitational Seminole Invitational Feb. 27-28 March 13-14 Louisiana Classic March 24-26 Southeastern Invitational April 7-8 Music City Invitational April 13-15 Jerry Pate Invitational April 21-23 Chris Schenkel Invitational April 28-30 Billy Hitchcock Invitational May 12-14 SEC Championship
Strokes 2,533 2,324 2,120 1,363 1,899 1,371 994 232 412
Avg. 74.50 74.97 75.71 75.72 75.96 76.17 76.46 77.33 82.40
Result 2nd - 888 2nd - 873 8th - 873 6th - 931 9th - 917 2nd - 863 2nd - 885 8th - 910 15th - 901 6th - 867 t6th - 918
1989-90 Player Spike Mcroy Tracy Lentz Dicky Pride David Kirkpatrick
Tournaments Rounds 11 33 11 33 7 21 10 30
Strokes 2,442 2,449 1,575 2,259
Avg. 74.00 74.21 75.00 75.30
YEAR-BY-YEAR Dan Spybey Jeff Street Henry Diana Jason Wilhite
9 4 3 2
27 12 9 6
Date Tournament Oct. 8-10 Tournament Of Champions Oct. 20-22 Carpet City Classic Oct. 27-29 Alabama Intercollegiate Nov. 11-12 Southern Intercollegiate Feb. 9-11 Barnett Bank Invitational March 12-13 Louisiana Classic Se Intercollegiate Invitational March 23-25 April 6-8 Jerry Pate Invitational Bank South Eagle Invitational April 21-22 April 27-29 Billy Hitchcock Invitational SEC Championship May 11-13
2,070 921 707 479
76.67 76.75 78.56 79.83 Result 10th - 924 12th - 1,167 3rd - 878 t9th - 884 t8th - 868 5th - 903 8th - 869 6th - 919 13th - 884 9th - 884 3rd - 872
1990-91 Player David Kirkpatrick Dicky Pride Henry Diana Jeff Street Dan Spybey Chris King Jason Wilhite Marten Olander Chris Reeves Jay Hepler
Tournaments Rounds 10 30 11 33 11 33 10 30 10 30 3 9 3 9 4 12 2 6 1 3
Date Tournament Sept. 21-23 Carpet Capital Classic Oct. 19-21 Dixie Intercollegiate Invitational Nov. 2-4 Alabama Intercollegiate Feb. 8-10 Gator Invitational Feb. 22-24 Taylor Made/Doral Park Invitational March 8-10 Jerry Pate Invitational Bank South Invitational April 19-21 April 26-28 Billy Hitchcock Invitational May 12-14 SEC Championship May 23-25 NCAA East Regional
Strokes 2,182 2,479 2,479 2,254 2,259 678 679 923 465 242
Avg. 72.73 75.12 75.12 75.13 75.30 75.33 75.44 76.92 77.50 80.67
Result 16th - 915 6th - 889 3rd - 901 t4th - 864 t7th - 889 t3rd - 928 9th - 880 4th - 858 6th - 882 12th - 890
Date Tournament Sept. 8-10 Usa/Japan Friendship Tournament Oct. 2-3 PING/Golfweek Preview Oct. 19-20 Dixie Intercollegiate Oct. 26-27 Jerry Pate National Intercollegiate Golf World/Palmetto Dunes Collegiate Nov. 13-15 March 12-14 Golf Digest Collegiate Southeastern Invitational March 26-27 April 3-4 Carpet Capital Classic Invitational April 13-14 Bent Brook Blazer Invitational April 23-25 Billy Hitchcock Intercollegiate May 9-11 SEC Championship May 19-21 NCAA East Regional NCAA Championships June 2-3
Result 3rd - 284-294-296/874 15th - 309-309-308/926 1st - 296-289-285/870 t10th - 307-308-296/911 11th - 290-296-292/878 9th - 304-309/613 5th - 284-296-295/875 t10th - 297-304/601 1st - 290-288-284/862 7th - 294-291-298/883 t6th - 291-303-296/890 7th - 286-297-290/873 29th - 311-309/620
1993-94 Player Marten Olander Greg Letson Hank Smith Mayson Petty Chip Deason Scott Taylor Dan Mutert John Franks
Tournaments Rounds Strokes 12 35 2,579 7 20 1,478 10 29 2,179 9 27 2,047 7 21 1,601 10 29 2,223 1 2 148 1 3 239
Date Tournament Oct. 3-4 Tennessee Tournament Of Champions Dixie Intercollegiate Oct. 18-19 Oct. 25-26 Jerry Pate National Intercollegiate Nov. 12-14 Golf World Intercollegiate Feb. 19-20 Barnett Bank Gator Invitational March 11-13 Golf Digest Invitational March 25-27 Southeastern Invitational April 1-3 Carpet Capital Classic Billy Hitchcock Invitational April 22-24 May 13-15 SEC Championship May 19-21 NCAA East Regional
Avg. 73.69 73.90 75.14 75.81 76.24 76.66 74.00 79.67
Result 1st - 297-282-293/872 t6th - 291-291/582 7th - 290-302-289/881 12th - 292-290-293/875 3rd - 288-287-283/858 15th - 304-315-310/929 4th - 294-296-295/885 4th - 297-289-307/893 9th - 298-294-298/890 6th - 289-305-293/887 15th - 309-314-300/923
1991-92 Tournaments Rounds 13 40 12 37 13 40 13 40 6 19 5 15 2 6 1 3 1 3
Strokes 2,868 2,724 2,948 2,954 1,407 1,127 460 239 239
Avg. 71.70 73.62 73.70 73.85 74.05 75.13 76.67 79.67 79.67
Date Tournament Result Sept. 20-22 Carpet Capital Classic 9th - 307-290-307/904 Oct. 6-7 Macgregor Tournament Of Champions 7th - 293-293-304/890 Oct. 21-22 Dixie Intercollegiate Invitational 3rd - 286-287-290/863 Oct. 28-29 Alabama Intercollegiate 2nd - 282-281-287/850 Feb. 8-9 Barnett Bank Invitational 4th - 286-291-287/864 7th - 288-298-297/883 Feb. 28-March 1 Miami National College Invitational March 20-21 Southeastern Invitational 1st - 291-289-291/871 April 4-5 Augusta College Invitational 7th - 299-305-302/906 April 17-19 Kemira Intercollegiate Invitational 4th - 287-289-287/863 April 24-26 Billy Hitchcock Invitational 2nd - 283-287-282/852 May 11-13 SEC Championship t4th - 290-297-294/881 May 21-23 NCAA East Regional 2nd - 295-289-292/876 June 3-6 NCAA Championships 11th - 294-283-293-293/1,163
Bobby Hill 1952 SEC CHampion
RECORDS & HISTORY
Player David Kirkpatrick Jeff Street Dicky Pride Marten Olander Greg Letson Jason Wilhite Scott Taylor Freddy Skantze John Franks
1992-93 Player Marten Olander Patrick Vadden Greg Letson Jeff Street Scott Taylor Mayson Petty Jason Wilhite Jeff Amershadian Hank Smith Chris King
Tournaments Rounds Strokes 12 34 2,490 12 34 2,538 5 14 1,051 12 34 2,560 10 28 2,111 6 17 1,284 1 3 230 1 3 238 1 3 242 1 3 247
Avg. 73.24 74.65 75.07 75.29 75.39 75.53 76.67 79.33 80.67 82.33
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YEAR-BY-YEAR 1994-95 Player Chip Deason Patrick Vadden Brian Wright Mayson Petty Greg Letson John Franks John Patton Dan Mutert
Tournaments Rounds Strokes 10 30 2,203 10 30 2,225 8 24 1,809 10 30 2,289 8 24 1,861 1 3 234 2 6 490 1 3 250
Date Tournament Jack Nicklaus Collegiate *Sept. 20-22 Oct. 2-3 Tennessee Tournament Of Champions Oct. 10-11 Taylor Made Red River Classic Oct. 24-25 Jerry Pate National Intercollegiate Oct.30-Nov. 1 Country Club Of Louisiana Intercollegiate Feb. 17-19 Gator Invitational Feb. 24-26 Mercedes-Benz Collegiate March 24-26 Southeastern Intercollegiate March31-April 2 Carpet Capital Classic April 21-23 Billy Hitchcock Intercollegiate May 12-14 SEC Championship *Match Play Format
Avg. 73.43 74.17 75.38 76.30 77.54 78.00 81.67 83.33
Result 4th 11th - 291-291-298/880 12th - 297-301-304/902 12th - 293-305-309/907 7th - 292-296-310/898 13th - 290-292-295/877 11th - 302-314-296/912 15th - 299-297-295/891 14th - 303-315-313/931 10th - 292-292-299/883 4th - 290-286-289/865
1995-96 Player Chip Deason Allan Macdonald Patrick Vadden Brian Wright John Stahlschmidt Dan Mutert Robert Ireland
Tournaments Rounds Strokes 12 34 2,478 12 34 2,527 12 34 2,546 11 31 2,343 11 31 2,446 1 3 236 1 3 247
Date Tournament Oct. 1-2 Tennessee Tournament Of Champions Red River Classic Oct. 16-17 Oct. 22-24 Jerry Pate National Intercollegiate Country Club Of Louisiana Intercollegiate Oct. 30-31 Feb. 10-11 Gator Intercollegiate Matlock Collegiate Classic *March 1-3 March 22-24 Blue-Gray Intercollegiate March 29-31 Carpet Capital Classic April 19-21 Billy Hitchcock Intercollegiate May 10-12 SEC Championship May 16-18 NCAA East Regional NCAA Championships May 29-June 1 *Rain, No 2nd Round
Avg. 72.88 74.32 74.88 75.58 78.90 78.67 82.33
Result 6th - 292-290-292/874 12th - 290-289-296/875 12th - 300-312-303/915 t9th - 298-314-300/912 7th - 297-285-278/860 t8th - 275-304/579 10th - 292-302-295/889 t10th - 295-302-302/899 2nd - 285-288-292/865 4th - 283-289-302/874 t9th - 321-292-297/910 28th - 305-322/627
1996-97
RECORDS & HISTORY
Player Chip Deason Patrick Vadden Mayson Petty Lee Davis Allan Macdonald John Stahlschmidt Brian Wright Chip Zahn
Tournaments Rounds Strokes 11 33 2,418 12 36 2,660 10 30 2,234 4 12 894 12 36 2,696 5 15 1,146 6 18 1,378 1 3 246
Date Tournament Sept. 21-22 Keswick Club Cavalier Classic Sept. 29-30 Tennessee Tournament Of Champions Oct. 21-22 Jerry Pate National Intercollegiate Nov. 8-10 The Nelson Feb. 8-9 Florida Gator Invitational John Burns Intercollegiate Feb. 19-21 Feb. 28-March 2 Matlock Intercollegiate March 21-23 Alabama Spring Invitational April 4-6 Carpet Capital Collegiate April 11-13 Billy Hitchcock Invitational April 18-20 SEC Championship May 15-17 NCAA East Regional
Avg. 73.27 73.89 74.47 74.50 74.89 76.40 76.56 82.00
Result 9th - 303-291-290/884 7th - 289-293-284/866 t10th - 299-302-305/906 1st - 298-289-287/974 11th - 293-279-298/870 6th - 285-291-296/872 3rd - 289-287-283/859 7th - 284-293-288/865 18th - 303-316-304/923 3rd - 294-291-291/876 6th - 316-298-291/905 17th - 306-311-294/911
1997-98 Player Brooks Friday John Stahlschmidt Wes Vance Freeman Fite Eric Snyder Richard Matricaria Chip Zahn
Tournaments 10 10 4 7 3 1 6
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Rounds Strokes 29 2,201 29 2,205 12 917 20 1,532 9 690 3 231 17 1,309
Avg. 75.90 76.03 76.42 76.60 76.67 77.00 77.00
Lee Davis Tim Arnoult Robert Ireland
4 1 4
12 3 11
Date Tournament Keswick Club Cavalier Classic Sept. 20-21 Sept. 29-30 Tennessee Tournament Of Champions Oct. 20-21 Jerry Pate National Intercollegiate Nov. 7-9 The Nelson Feb. 7-8 The Gator Invitational John Burns Intercollegiate Feb. 18-20 March 6-8 Matlock Collegiate Alabama Spring Invitational March 20-22 April 10-12 Billy Hitchcock Invitational *April 17-19 SEC Championship *Rain shortened the tournament, Cancelling the third round
933 236 867
77.75 78.67 78.82
Result 13th - 302-290-314/906 15th - 311-314-304/929 10th - 298-302-308/908 13th - 296-304-307/907 14th - 295-299-324/918 19th - 309-287-297/893 17th - 302-299-307/908 14th - 303-298-305/906 T8th - 302-306-296/904 12th - 310-303/613
1998-99 Player Jan Are Larsen Brian Wright Chip Zaun Freeman Fite John Stahlschmidt Markus Agren
Tournaments Rounds 11 33 10 30 10 30 10 30 5 15 6 18
Date Tournament Sept. 14-15 Palmetto Classic Jerry Pate National Intercollegiate Oct. 19-20 Oct. 29-Nov. 1 The Nelson Feb. 18-20 John Burns Intercollegiate Feb. 28-March 1 Queens Harbor Intercollegiate March 5-7 Matlock Intercollegiate March 19-21 Alabama Spring Invitational April 3-4 Augusta Invitational Billy Hitchcock Invitational April 9-11 April 16-18 SEC Championship
Strokes 2,410 2,231 2,243 2,259 1,146 1,384
Avg. 73.03 74.37 74.77 75.30 76.40 76.89
Result 5th - 299-290-289/878 5th - 293-278-281/852 10th - 290-289-300/879 10th - 279-290-290/859 12th - 299-305-311/915 1st - 277-292-297/866 11th - 293-294-297/884 9th - 287-291-298/876 9th - 289-304-291/884 8th - 330-299-316/945
1999-2000 Player Freeman Fite Jan Are Larsen Austin Hynson Nicholas Balanis Wesley Pate Oscar Lindvall Bruce Chambers Whit Kilgroe Lee Davis Wes Vance
Tournaments Rounds Strokes 11 32 2,377 12 35 2,605 9 27 2,040 8 23 1,751 9 26 2,000 2 6 465 4 12 932 1 3 235 2 5 393 2 6 475
Date Tournament Sept. 27-28 Ram Intercollegiate Oct. 11-12 Coca-Cola Tournament Of Champions Oct. 17-18 Jerry Pate National Intercollegiate Oct. 25-26 Gary Koch Invitational Feb. 12-13 Gator Invitational Feb. 21-22 Mercedes Intercollegiate March 6-7 Matlock Collegiate March 17-19 Alabama Spring Invitational April 1-3 Augusta State Invitational April 7-9 Billy Hitchcock Invitational April 21-23 SEC Championship May 8-9 Atlanta Intercollegiate
Avg. 74.28 74.43 75.56 76.13 76.92 77.50 77.67 78.33 78.60 79.17
Result t9th - 299-292/591 15th - 307-288-296/891 10th - 293-288-294/875 11th - 301-304-306/911 8th - 287-271-292/850 14th - 304-308-305/917 14th - 301-306-301/908 16th - 294-308-310/912 19th - 303-301-300/904 11th - 304-312-309/925 7th - 305-293-291/889 7th - 301-308-304/913
2000-01 Player Nick Rousey Jan Are Larsen Lars Brovold Wesley Pate Mac Butler Lee Davis Oscar Lindvall Nic Balanis Bruce Chambers
Tournaments Rounds Strokes 12 36 2,601 12 36 2,653 10 30 2,221 12 36 2,729 4 12 911 3 9 682 3 9 690 3 9 697 1 3 243
Date Tournament Sept. 11-12 College Of Charleston Invitational Sept. 18-19 Minnesota Invitational Hillman Robbins Memorial Oct. 2-3 Oct. 16-17 Jerry Pate National Intercollegiate Oct. 27-29 Stanford Invitational Feb. 10-11 Gator Invitational
Avg. 72.25 73.69 74.03 75.81 75.92 75.78 76.67 77.44 81.00
Result 1st - 292-297-280/869 4th - 311-294-291/896 1st - 289-293-291/873 t9th - 293-286-297/876 t3rd - 288-294-287/869 12th - 286-285-284/855
YEAR-BY-YEAR Mercedes Intercollegiate Matlock Intercollegiate Conrad Rehling Spring Invitational Augusta State Invitational SEC Championship Atlanta Intercollegiate
t10th - 292-299-291/882 2nd - 300-302-314/916 2nd - 294-305-295/894 14th - 308-298-294/900 4th - 294-286-289/869 4th - 295-297-289/881
2001-02 Player Clint Provost Nick Rousey Mac Butler Lars Brovold Jan Are Larsen Austin Hynson Wesley Pate Oscar Lindvall
Tournaments Rounds 11 33 11 33 4 12 11 33 7 21 6 18 4 12 1 3
Strokes 2,390 2,396 883 2,432 1,558 1,338 926 233
Avg. 72.42 72.61 73.58 73.70 74.19 74.33 77.17 77.67
Date Tournament Result Sept. 10-11 Cleveland Golf Kiawah Island Intercollegiate 2nd - 279-290-285/854 Mason Rudolph Collegiate 1st - 281-273-285/839 Sept. 17-18 Oct. 15-16 Jerry Pate National Intercollegiate 10th - 293-293-303/889 Coca-Cola Tournament Of Champions 3rd - 288-279-279/846 Oct. 22-23 Oct. 29-30 LSU Intercollegiate t10th - 294-284-295/873 Gator Invitational t6th - 289-289-278/856 Feb. 9-10 Feb. 18-19 Matlock Collegiate 4th - 295-294-291/880 March 8-10 UNLV Invitational 14th - 308-291-307/906 March 15-17 Conrad Rehling/Alabama Invitational t2nd - 291-281-281/853 April 19-21 SEC Championship 9th - 305-289-298/892 May 16-18 NCAA Central Regional 15th - 292-295-306/893
2002-03 Player Lars Brovold Clint Provost Wesley Pate Austin Hynson Daniel Creel Mac Butler Lance Walker Sean Szerencsits
Tournaments Rounds 12 33 11 30 10 27 10 27 6 18 5 15 5 12 1 3
Strokes 2,396 2,218 2,012 2,021 1,349 1,131 910 235
Avg. 72.61 73.93 74.52 74.85 74.94 75.40 75.83 78.33
Date Tournament Result Sept. 9-10 Cleveland Golf Kiawah Island Intercollegiate 4th - 300-294-303/897 Sept. 16-17 Mason Rudolph Collegiate 3rd - 275-281-282/838 *Oct. 14-15 Jerry Pate National Intercollegiate 8th - 290-277/567 Feb. 8-9 Gator Invitational 8th - 301-296-296/893 March 7-9 UNLV Invitational t9th - 290-290-292/872 March 14-16 Conrad Rehling Invitational 2nd - 287-292-286/865 March 30-April 1 National Invitational Tournament 14th - 307-302-306/915 April 5-6 Augusta State Invitational 13th - 296-287-279/862 Billy Hitchcock Intercollegiate 10th - 312-295-294/901 April 11-12 April 20 Auburn Multi Match 5th - 297* April 25-27 SEC Championship 6th - 293-292-294/879 May 15-17 NCAA East Regional 20th - 310-298-303/911 *Rain-Shortened
2003-04 Player Lars Brovold Clint Provost Daniel Creel Lance Walker Austin Hynson Max Alverio Stewart Whitt Dwight Rogers Sean Szerencsits
Tournaments Rounds Strokes 12 35 2,506 12 35 2,569 2 5 375 8 24 1,821 9 27 2,062 9 27 2,070 5 14 1,087 1 3 236 2 5 400
Avg. 71.60 73.40 75.00 75.88 76.37 76.67 77.64 78.67 80.00
Date Tournament Result Sept. 13-14 Bank Of Tennessee Intercollegiate 15th - 299-311-291/901 *Sept. 22-23 Mason Rudolph Collegiate 15th - 296-309/605 Oct. 3-5 Franklin St. Trust Invitational 4th - 291-306-300/897 Oct. 13-14 Jerry Pate National Intercollegiate 12th - 290-276-304/870 Oct. 20-21 Gary Koch/Cleveland Golf Intercollegiate t12th - 295-298-302/895 Jan. 31-Feb. 1 Suntrust Gator Invitational 5th - 299-279-294/872 Tulane Invitational t4th - 307-283-302/892 Feb. 9-10 March 1-2 Cleveland Golf Classic t9th - 280-299-302/881 March 12-14 Conrad Rehling Invitational 1st - 293-287-298/878 March 29-30 Atlanta Intercollegiate 8th - 285-285-303/873 April 3-4 Augusta St. Invitational 11th - 302-287-297/886 April 16-18 SEC Championship 11th - 280-304-305/889 *Rained Shortened
2004-05 Player Mark Harrell Clint Provost Thomas Hagler Gator Todd Joseph Sykora Dwight Rogers Lance Walker
Tournaments Rounds Strokes 13 39 2,862 13 39 2,876 13 39 2,879 11 33 2,439 12 36 2,700 2 6 440 1 3 225
Avg. 73.39 73.74 73.82 73.91 75.00 73.33 75.00
Result t7th - 288-298-292/878 3rd - 286-281-286/853 6th - 272-282-285/839 2nd - 285-288-285/858 5th - 288-277-281/846 2nd - 297-291-291/879 12th - 289-299-298/886 1st - 304-286-291/881 10th - 299-292-302/893 t4th - 311-310-301/922 9th - 295-300-313/908 t6th - 280-287-280/847 28th - 291-293-313/897
Date Tournament Bank Of Tennessee Intercollegiate Sept. 11-12 Sept. 27-28 Mason Rudolph Intercollegiate Oct. 11-12 Jerry Pate National Intercollegiate Tennessee Tournament Of Champions Oct. 18-19 Oct. 25-26 University Club Collegiate Feb. 20-22 Mercedes Benz Intercollegiate Feb. 27-March 1 Puerto Rico Classic March 11-13 Conrad Rehling Invitational March 27-29 Hootie At Bulls Bay April 2-3 Augusta State Invitational April 15-17 SEC Championship May 19-21 NCAA East Regional June 1-4 NCAA Championships
2005-06 Player Matthew Swan Mark Harrell Gator Todd Dwight Rogers Stewart Whitt Mark Alverio Joseph Sykora Matt Hughes Lance Walker
Tournaments Rounds Strokes 12 36 2,616 12 36 2,618 11 33 2,413 1 3 221 7 21 1,563 3 9 673 8 24 1,798 2 6 453 4 12 914
Avg. 72.67 72.72 73.12 73.67 74.43 74.78 74.92 75.50 76.17
Result 2nd - 279-285-286/850 11th - 290-304-297/891 4th - 277-288-279/844 t5th - 293-296-287/876 15th - 303-297-299/899 t3rd - 300-300-305/905 4th - 280-294-291/865 5th - 298-285-292/875 9th - 299-286-294/879 9th - 294-298-304/896 3rd - 280-282-287/849 t4th - 289-292-279/860
Date Tournament Sept. 12-13 Coca-Cola Tournament Of Champions Shoal Creek Intercollegiate Sept. 26-27 Oct. 10-11 Jerry Pate National Intercollegiate Bank Of Tennessee Intercollegiate Oct. 15-16 Nov. 4-6 Carpet Capital Intercollegiate Mercedes-Benz Collegiate Feb. 5-7 Puerto Rico Classic Feb. 26-28 March 18-19 E-Z-Go Schenkel Invitational March 26-28 Hootie At Bulls Bay April 10-11 U.S. Collegiate Championships April 21-23 SEC Championship NCAA West Regional May 18-20
2006-07 Player Michael Thompson Matthew Swan Gator Todd Mark Harrell Joseph Sykora Thomas Hagler
Tournaments Rounds Strokes 12 37 2,660 12 37 2,701 13 40 2,927 13 40 2,930 11 34 2,492 4 12 896
Date Tournament Sept. 15-16 Carpet Capital Intercollegiate Sept. 25-26 Shoal Creek Intercollegiate Oct. 9-10 Jerry Pate National Intercollegiate Oct. 14-15 Bank Of Tennessee Intercollegiate Nov. 22-23 Aloha Purdue Classic Feb. 18-20 John Hayt Collegiate Championship Feb. 25-27 Puerto Rico Classic March 17-18 E-Z-Go Schenkel Invitational April 9-11 U.S. Collegiate Championship SEC Championship April 20-22 May 13-14 Linger Longer Invitational May 17-19 NCAA Central Regional May 30-June 2 NCAA Championships
Avg. 71.89 73.00 73.18 73.25 73.29 74.67
Result 1st - 276-285-280/841 1st - 288-288-293/869 1st - 270-272-277/819 4th - 304-290-281/875 7th - 290-298-283/871 1st - 303-291-287/881 4th - 284-283-288/855 2nd - 292-288-280/860 8th - 299-313-298/910 2nd - 298-288-285/871 t5th - 285-288-291/864 2nd - 309-287-302/898 6th - 284-283-271-291/1129
RECORDS & HISTORY
Feb. 19-20 March 5-6 March 23-25 March 30-April 1 April 20-22 May 10-11
2007-08 Player Michael Thompson Stewart Whitt Mark Harrell Matthew Swan Joseph Sykora Matt Hughes Gator Todd
Tournaments Rounds 10 31 2 6 12 37 10 31 10 31 9 28 7 21
Strokes 2,213 439 2,716 2,279 2,292 2,081 1,563
Avg. 71.39 73.17 73.41 73.52 73.94 74.32 74.43
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YEAR-BY-YEAR 2008 SEC CHAMPIONS
Date Tournament Sept. 4-7 Topy Cup/Usa Vs. Japan Carpet Capital Collegiate Sept. 14-16 Sept. 22-23 PING/Golfweek Preview Jerry Pate National Intercollegiate Oct. 8-9 Oct. 28-30 Callaway Golf Match Play John Hayt Intercollegiate Feb. 17-19 Feb. 29-March 2 Puerto Rico Classic March 14-16 Schenkel E-Z-Go Invitational March 24-26 U.S. Collegiate Championship Morris Williams Intercollegiate April 7-8 April 18-20 SEC Championship NCAA Central Regional May 15-17 May 28-31 NCAA Championships
Result 2nd - 284-273-286/843 1st - 292-295-282/869 4th - 301-290-290/881 1st - 270-268-272/810 Finished 1-2 1st - 290-293-290/873 1st - 289-285-280/854 1st - 285-280-284/849 3rd - 294-289-289/872 7th - 301-287-298/886 1st - 285-293-275/853 6th - 292-295-309/896 13th - 309-297-297-315/1218
2008-09 Player Bud Cauley Phillip Weaver Hunter Hamrick Matthew Swan Hunter Slatton Matt Hughes Spencer Cole Thomas Hugghins
Tournaments Rounds 10 30 2 6 11 32 11 32 6 17 8 23 6 17 1 3
Strokes 2,164 439 2,355 2,384 1,269 1,727 1,283 239
Avg. 72.13 73.17 73.59 74.50 74.65 75.09 75.47 79.67
RECORDS & HISTORY
Date Tournament Result Carpet Capital Collegiate 6th - 295-297-283/875 Sept. 14-16 Sept. 28-30 PING/Golfweek Preview 5th - 294-288-286/868 Oct. 13-14 Jerry Pate National Intercollegiate 1st - 278-271-281/830 Oct. 26-28 Isleworth-Ucf Collegiate Invitational 2nd - 287-291-306/884 Feb. 22-24 John Hayt Collegiate Invitational 7th - 307-305-295/907 Feb. 27-March 1 Puerto Rico Classic 8th - 288-291-286/865 March 22-24 Callaway Golf Collegiate Match Play Qualifier 12th - 303-302/605 Consolation Match Play Bracket - 1st: def. Charlotte 3-1-3; 2nd: def. Duke, 4-1; Consolation Finals: def. San Diego, 3-2 April 5-7 U.S. Collegiate Championship t5th - 291-301-294/886 April 17-19 SEC Championship 6th - 308-284-281/873 May 14-16 NCAA Regional 1st - 303-285-286/874 May 27-30 NCAA Championships (stroke play) 15th - 298-288-293/879
2009-10 Player Bud Cauley Hunter Hamrick Scott Strohmeyer Lee Knox Hunter Slatton Spencer Cole Thomas Hugghins Phillip Weaver
Tournaments Rounds 9 25 12 34 11 31 10 28 10 28 3 9 2 6 1 3
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Strokes 1,783 2,455 2,315 2,095 2,099 699 487 248
Avg. 71.32 72.21 74.68 74.82 74.96 77.67 81.17 82.67
Date Tournament Carpet Capital Collegiate Sept. 11-13 Sept. 27-28 PING/Golfweek Invitational Jerry Pate National Intercollegiate Oct. 12-13 Isleworth Collegiate Invitational Oct. 25-27 Puerto Rico Classic Feb. 21-23 Feb. 28-March 2 John Hayt Collegiate Invitational Schenkel E-Z-Go Invitational March 19-21 March 26-28 Linger Longer Invitational April 2-4 Administaff Augusta State Invitational April 16-18 SEC Championship NCAA Regional May 20-22
Result t6th - 289-294-292/875 12th - 305-295-311/911 1st - 273 5th - 299-293-304/896 11th - 288-296-286/870 4th - 307-291-297/895 4th - 292-288-288/868 2nd - 294-290-283/867 10th - 286-285-291/862 12th - 297-289-292/878 9th - 281-290-279/850
2010-11 Player Bud Cauley Cory Whitsett Bobby Wyatt Hunter Hamrick Scott Strohmeyer Trey Mullinax Lee Knox Hunter Slatton Hunter Bronson
Tournaments Rounds Strokes Avg. 12 36 2,547 70.75 11 33 2,356 71.39 9 27 1,953 72.33 12 36 2,610 72.50 4 12 890 74.16 8 24 1,785 74.38 3 8 598 74.75 1 2 136 68.00 1 2 148 74.00
Date Tournament Carpet Capital Collegiate Sept. 11-12 Sept. 17-19 Olympia Fields Fighting Illini Invitational Oct. 11-12 Jerry Pate National Intercollegiate Oct. 24-26 Isleworth Collegiate Invitational Puerto Rico Classic Feb. 20-22 March 7-8 Cleveland Golf Palmetto Intercollegaite Callaway Collegiate Match Play March 20-22 March 27-29 Linger Longer Invitational April 2-3 Administaff Augusta State Invitational April 15-17 SEC Championship NCAA Regional May 19-21 NCAA Championships (stroke play) May 31-June 2
Result 1st - 280-287-289/856 4th - 285-283-289/857 3rd - 281-278-279/838 1st - 291-292-301/884 1st - 281-281-274/836 1st - 288-277-284/849 12th - 1-2 1st - 284-278-284/846 4th - 283-297-283/863 2nd - 291-285-278/854 3rd - 278-284-285/847 14th - 288-292-316/896
2011-12 Player Justin Thomas Cory Whitsett Bobby Wyatt Hunter Hamrick Tom Lovelady Scott Strohmeyer Trey Mullinax Lee Knox
Tournaments Rounds 12 36 13 39 11 33 13 39 3 9 7 21 3 9 2 6
Date Tournament Sept. 9-11 Carpet Capital Collegiate Sept. 16-18 Olympia Fields Fighting Illini Invitational Oct. 3-4 Jerry Pate National Intercollegiate Oct. 23-25 Isleworth Collegiate Invitational
Strokes 2,536 2,784 2,366 2,822 663 1,548 679 466
Avg. 70.44 71.38 71.70 72.36 73.67 73.71 75.44 77.67
Result 4th - 291-284-287/862 4th - 285-298-284/867 t2nd - 281-284-291/856 6th - 291-300-299/890
YEAR-BY-YEAR Feb. 19-21 Puerto Rico Classic March 9-11 Southern Highlands Masters March 16-18 Schenkel Invitational March 24-25 Linger Longer Invitational April 7-8 Gary Koch Invitational SEC Championship April 21-23 May 17-19 NCAA Regional NCAA Championships (stroke play) May 29-31 June 1-3 NCAA Championships (match play)
1st - 276-279-279/834 t9th - 292-295-309/896 1st - 268-269-280/817 1st - 278-286-274/838 4th - 292-286-291/869 1st - 272-274-282/828 1st - 269-276-283/828 1st - 285-287-287/859 2nd - def. Kent State, 3-1-1 def. California, 3-2 lost to Texas, 2-3
Feb. 27-March 1 March 9-11 March 21=22 April 3-5 April 17-19 May 14-16
John Hayt Invitational Southern Highlands Masters Linger Longer Invitational Mason Rudolph Championship SEC Championship NCAA Regional
5th - 300-302-291/893 14th - 288-295-299/882 7th - 284-286-290/860 t2nd - 287-283-287/857 t4th - 269-274-290/833 7th - 298-299-285/882
2012-13 Player Cory Whitsett Justin Thomas Bobby Wyatt Scott Strohmeyer Trey Mullinax Tom Lovelady Lee Knox
Tournaments Rounds 13 38 13 38 12 35 12 35 9 26 6 17 5 17
Date Tournament Sept. 7-9 Carpet Capital Collegiate Sept. 23-25 PING/Golfweek Preview Jerry Pate National Intercollegiate Oct. 15-16 Oct. 21-23 Isleworth Collegiate Invitational Feb. 17-19 Puerto Rico Classic March 8-10 Southern Highlands Masters Schenkel Invitational March 15-17 March 25-26 Linger Longer Invitational April 6-7 Aggie Invitational SEC Championship April 19-21 May 16-18 NCAA Regional May 28-30 NCAA Championships (Stroke Play) May 21-June 2 NCAA Championships (Match Play)
Strokes 2,701 2,702 2,495 2,543 1,892 1,260 1,042
Avg. 71.08 71.11 71.29 72.66 72.77 74.12 74.43
Result 3rd - 293-289-292/865 t9th - 294-284-283/861 1st - 288-287-282/857 3rd - 296-296-285/873 1st - 279-278-274/831 t2nd - 289-288-292/869 1st - 282-281-285/847 1st - 281-279/560 1st - 278-283-285/846 1st - 283-275-290/848 1st - 296-290-282/868 t3rd - 275-276-282/833 1st - def. New Mexico, 4-1-0 def. Georgia Tech, 3-0-2 def. Illinois, 4-1-1
2013-14 Tournaments Rounds Strokes 12 36 2,525 13 39 2,763 12 36 2,564 13 39 2,789 10 30 2,168 3 9 656 2 6 445
Avg. 70.14 70.85 71.22 71.51 72.27 72.89 74.17
Date Tournament Result Sept. 13-15 Olympia Fields Fighting Illini Invitational 1st - 281-277-291/849 Oct. 7-8 Jerry Pate National Intercollegiate 1st - 274-278-277/829 Oct. 20-22 Isleworth Collegiate Invitational 1st - 280-272-286/838 Nov. 4-5 Gifford Collegiate 1st - 275-276-285/836 Feb. 23-25 Puerto Rico Classic 1st - 273-272-274/819 March 2-4 SMU Querencia Cabo Collegiate 2nd - 294-284-286/864 March 7-9 Southern Highlands Masters t4th - 299-299-299/897 March 22-23 Linger Longer Invitational 2nd - 281-275-291/847 April 4-6 Mason Rudolph Championship 1st - 281-294-272/847 April 25-27 SEC Championship 1st - 272-266-268/806 May 15-17 NCAA Regional 1st - 287-284-282/853 May 23-26 NCAA Championships (stroke play) t2nd - 274-278-284/836 May 27-28 NCAA Championships (match play) 1st - def. SMU, 3-2-0 def. LSU, 4-1-0 def. Oklahoma State, 4-1-0
2014-15 Player Robby Shelton Tom Lovelady Dru Love Gavin Moynihan Jonathan Hardee Robby Prater Tyler Hitchner William Sellers Steve Setterstrom
Tournaments Rounds Strokes 11 33 2,330 11 33 2,385 10 30 2,180 2 6 436 6 18 1,314 7 21 1,593 3 9 689 3 9 698 2 6 454
Date Tournament Sept. 5-7 Carpet Capital Collegiate Sept. 12-14 Olympia Fields Fighting Illini Invitational Sept. 28-29 Shoal Creek Intercollegiate Oct. 6-7 Jerry Pate National Intercollegiate Feb. 22-24 Puerto Rico Classic
Avg. 70.61 72.27 72.67 72.67 73.00 75.86 76.56 77.56 75.67
RECORDS & HISTORY
Player Robby Shelton Bobby Wyatt Trey Mullinax Cory Whitsett Tom Lovelady Gavin Moynihan Robby Prater
Result 5th - 286-286-284/853 9th - 300-296-301/897 2nd - 281-285-296/862 1st - 268-285-277/830 t3rd - 285-297-283/865
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LETTERWINNERS
Hunter hamrick all-american in 2010 and 2012 four-year letterwinner A Agren, Markus Alexander, Tom Allbright, Tommy Almon, Robert Alverio, Max Amershadian, Jeff Anderson, Todd Arnoult, Tim Aucoin, Berney Aumock, Steve
C 1999 1962 1978 1979 2004-06 1992-93 1981-84 1998 1985-87 1988-89
1L N/A – – 1L – – 1L – –
1975 1999-2001 1958-60 1953 1988-89 1989 1987-88 1970-73 1985-89 1961 1967-68 1992 1975 1980-82 1983 1982-83 2001-04 1973-74 1961 1983 1955-56 1976 1973 2001-03
– 3L 3L – 2L – – 4L 2L – 2L – – – – 2L 4L 2L – – 2L – – 3L
Helsonborg, Sweden N/A Holly Pond, Ala. Tuscaloosa, Ala., Ala. Humacao, Puerto Rico Manalapan, N.J. Rockford, Md. Dallas, Texas Houma, La. Rochester Hills, Mich.
B
RECORDS & HISTORY
Babyak, John Balanis, Nicholas Ball, Dick, Jr. Bannister, Chris Bastien, Paul Beers, Bert Bellamy, Kyle Belton, John Berglund, Rich Blackmon, Fred Blanton, Don Bohn, Jason Brabner, Steve Branche, Jim Braswell, Bradley Brennan, Tommy Brovold, Lars Brown, Billy Buchanan, Pat Buffington, Gary Burch, Andy, Sr. Burch, Andy Burns, Tommy Butler, Mac
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Youngstown, Ohio Valdosta, Ga. Montgomery, Ala. Anniston, Ala. Dennis, Mass. Selma, Ala. High Point, N.C. Gastonia, N.C. Wyoming, Mich. Anniston, Ala. Selma, Ala. Mifflinburg, Pa. Mobile, Ala. Orlando, Fla. Union Springs, Ala. New Orleans, La. Fredrikstad, Norway Birmingham, Ala. Tuscaloosa, Ala. Pensacola, Fla. Mobile, Ala. Mobile, Ala. Selma, Ala. St. Simons, Ga.
Calhoun, Scott Cameron, Allan Canada, Kevin Carl, Bobby Carter, Buddy Cauley, Bud Chambers, Bruce Clark, Matt Cole, Spencer Cooper, Claud Copeland, Kyle Cox, Ray Coxe, Barry Craw, Mike Creel, Daniel Curtis, Fred
1985 1977-78 1977-79 1984-86 1959 2009-11 2000-01 1996-97 2009-10 1981 1990 1970-73 1956 1981 2003 1982-83
– – 3L 2L – 3L 1L 1L 2L – – – – – 1L –
Columbus, Ga. Mobile, Ala. Chester, Va. Oak Brook, Ill. Montgomery, Ala. Jacksonville, Fla. Boksburg, South Africa Prattville, Ala. Greer, S.C. Tuscaloosa, Ala. Orlando, Fla. Pell City, Ala. Birmingham, Ala. Tasmania, Australia Florence, Ala. Ventnor, N.J.
1957 – 1998-01 4L 1964-68 – 1994-97 4L 1960-62 3L 1979-82 2L 1965-66 2L 1985-89 1L 1968
Birmingham, Ala. Thomasville, Ala . Montgomery, Ala. Centreville, Ala. Birmingham, Ala. Bettendorf, Iowa Mobile, Ala. Milton, Mass. Enterprise, Ala.
D Darby, Clinfton Davis, Lee Davis, Wayne Deason, Chip DeFuniak, Albert DeNike, Kevin Diamond, Ross, III Dirico, Tony DuBois, Joe
E Eller, Drew Ellis, Brian Evans, Frank Eyster, Billy
1998-2001 1990-91 1951 1974
– – – –
Old Hickory, Tenn. Selma, Ala. Dothan, Ala. Decatur, Ala.
1967-70 1961-62 1961 1998-2001 1954
4L 2L – 3L –
Birmingham, Ala. Pensacola, Fla. Montgomery, Ala. Anniston, Ala. Tuscaloosa, Ala.
F Farlow, Sam Ferris, Bill Fischer, Phil Fite, Freeman Fitts, M.C.
LETTERWINNERS 1953 1959-61 1993-95 1998 1970-72 1970-72 1998 1997-98 1964-66
– 3L 3L – 2L 3L 1L – 3L
Mobile, Ala. Dothan, Ala. Hamilton, Ala. Hamilton, Ala. Parma, Ohio Covington, La. Sylacauga, Ala. Birmingham, Ala. Birmingham, Ala.
1980-83 1978-79 1954 1952 1956, 1958 1957 1983 1964 1961-64 1981-84 1992 1976-78 1981
4L 1L – – 2L – – – 3L 3L – – –
Pompano Beach, Fla. Birmingham, Ala. Albertville, Ala. Birmingham, Ala. Birmingham, Ala. Birmingham, Ala. Jasper, Ala. Montgomery, Ala. Montgomery, Ala. Montgomery, Ala. Mobile, Ala. St. Augustine, Fla. Zachary, La.
2005-07 1968 1958, 1960-61 1968 1975 2009-2012 1973-74 2015-present 2004 1968-71 2005-08 1959 1976-79 1988 1957 1975 1990-91 1952-53 2015-present 1964-66 1972-75 1955-57 1980-82 1990 1952 1974-75 1974-76 1973-76 1978-81 2009-10 2006-09 1960 1956-57 2001-04
2L – 3L – – 4L – 1L – 4L 4L – 4L – – – – 2L 1L 3L 4L 3L 1L – – – – 4L 4L 2L 4L – 2L 4L
Ringgold, Ga. Kankakee, Ill. Anniston, Ala. Fosters, Ala. Brundidge, Ala. Montgomery, Ala. Greenville, Ala. Greer, S.C. Bethlehem, Pa. Birmingham, Ala. Hazlehurst, Ga. Selma, Ala. Carrollton, Ga. Lancaster, Pa. East Rochester, N.Y. Birmingham, Ala. Edwardsville, Ill. Rochester, N.Y. Tuscaloosa, Ala. Enterprise, Ala. Gastonia, N.C. Selma, Ala. Montgomery, Ala. Montgomery, Ala. Worcester, Mass. Anniston, Ala. Anniston, Ala. Jasper, Ala. Jasper, Ala. Ponte Vedra, Fla. Dalton, Ga. Montgomery, Ala. Birmingham, Ala. Mobile, Ala.
1978-81 1996-99
4L 3L
Birmingham, Ala. Tuscaloosa, Ala.
G Garner, Tom Geiger, Hollis, Jr. Gipson, William Goldstein, Donald Goodwin, Ben “Vick” Gottlieb, Irving Gray, John Green, Maurice Greene, Hamp Griffin, Talbert Gump, Ryan Gurnow, Mark Gustafsson, Lars
H Hagler, Thomas Haggstrom, Jerry Hamilton, Bill Hamner, Hal Hamrick, Bill Hamrick, Hunter Hancock, Bunky Hardee, Jonathan Hardin, Patrick Harper, Lee Harrell, Mark Harris, Leask, Jr. Harwell, Barry Hatch, Terry Hayden, Donald Head, Jimbo Hepler, Jay Hill, Bobby Hitchner, Tyler Holcombe, David Hollifield, Tony Holt, Sonny Hooper, Conwell Hope, Jimbo Horton, Roger Hough, Tom Howell, Chip Hudson, Tab Hudson, Steve Hugghins, Thomas Hughes, Matt Hull, Bob Hydinger, Elridge Hynson, Austin
I Ingram, Cecil, Jr. Ireland, Robert
J Johnson, Gordy Jones, Darrell Jones, Pete Jones, Tom Jordan, Mike
1974-76 1984-86 1952-53 1967-68 1975
– 2L 2L 2L –
Worcester, Mass. Trussville, Ala. Dothan, Ala. Valley Head, Ala. Camden, Ark.
Joyner, Joe
1982-85
4L
Pinehurst, N.C.
1974-77 1977-79 1980-82 1985-87 1980 2000-01 1991-93 1971-72 1989-92 1960 1983-84 2010-2013
4L 3L 3L – – 1L 2L 2L 4L – – 4L
Auburn, Mass. Leawood, Kan. Pompano Beach, Fla. Grand Prairie, Texas Cleveland, Ohio Pell City, Ala. Sylvester, Ga. Lakeland, Fla. North Berwick, Scotland Montgomery, Ala. DeKalb, Ill. Augusta, Ga.
1961, 1964-65 1980 1999-02 1988-90 1986 1991-95 2000-03 1968, 1971 1957 2014-present 2013-present 1980-83 1987
3L – 4L 3L – 4L 4L 2L – 1L 3L 4L RS
Mobile, Ala. Chelmsford, Mass. Sarpsborg, Norway Trinity, Ala. Natchez, Miss. Florence, Ala. Hoellviken, Sweden Mobile, Ala. Columbus, Ga. Sea Island, Ga.. Birmingham, Ala. Birmingham, Ala. Dallas, Texas
1996-97 1973 1953-56 1954-57 1958-61 1976-79 1997-98 1950-52 1974-75 1953, 1956 1981, 1984 1969-72 1951-53 1987-90 1972-73 1983-84 1952, 1954 1980 1978-80 1966 2007-2008 2014-15 2011-14 1992-96
2L – 3L 4L 4L 4L 1L 2L – – 2L 4L 3L 4L 2L – 2L – 2L – 1L 2L 4L 4L
Glasgow, Scotland Birmingham, Ala. Tuscaloosa, Ala. Tuscaloosa, Ala. Tuscaloosa, Ala. Valparaiso, Fla. Davie, Fla. Montgomery, Ala. Miami Beach, Fla. Birmingham, Ala. Selma, Ala. Orlando, Fla. Mobile, Ala. Huntsville, Ala. Barranquilla, Columbia Jacksonville, Fla. Selma, Ala. Pensacola, Fla. Michigan City, Ind. Decatur, Ala. Tuscaloosa, Ala. Dublin, Ireland Birmingham, Ala. Birmingham, Ala.
1984 1973 1968 2000
– – – –
Rockford, Ill. Memphis, Tenn. Tuscaloosa, Ala. Kalmar, Sweden
1991-94 1969-70 1960-62 1970-72 1974-75
4L – 3L 3L –
Kalmar, Sweden Tuscaloosa, Ala. Grove Hill Mobile, Ala. Fairfax, Va.
K Karrbowski, Rick Kay, Dennis Keller, John Kelson, Jim Kilduff, Jim Kilgroe, Whit King, Chris Kirkland, Bernie Kirkpatrick, David Kitchens, Billy Kittleson, Steve Knox, Lee
L Lamey, Johnny Lane, David Larsen, Jan Are Lentz, Tracy Lessley, Jay Letson, Greg Lindvall, Oscar Linnick, Sam Littlejohn, Neal Love, Dru Lovelady, Tom Lowery, Steve Luther, Steve
M MacDonald, Allan Major, Charles Manderson, Webster Maness, Jackie Maness, Robert Mathers, Bob Matricaria, Richard May, Ike May, Richard McClung, Robert McKenzie, David McLendon, Clyde McNeely, Bob McRoy, Spike Mejia, Raimundo Middlekauff, Curtis Miller, Aubrey Miller, John Miller, Kelly Mitchell, Jimmy Moody, Ben Moynihan, Gavin Mullinax, Trey Mutert, Dan
N Nazzarini, Brad Neighbors, Danny Nicol, Fred Nyblom, Karl
RECORDS & HISTORY
Flowers, James Flowers, Quin Franks, John Franks, Landon Frederick, Mark Freeman, Joe Friday, Brooks Fulkerson, John Fulkerson, Vance
O Olander, Martin O’Connor, Bill O’Melia, Tom O’Neill, John O’Rear, Marty
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LETTERWINNERS P Pacetti, Sean Pate, Alan Pate, Jerry Pate, Wesley Patton, Joe Pavon, Luis Petty, Mayson Pochis, John Poole, John Pope, Alan Powell, Ab Prater, Robby Preston, Mike Pride, Dick Pride, Dicky Pritchett, Harry Provost, Clint
T 1986-89 1972-75 1972-75 2000-03 1994-1995 1984-87 1993-95, 1997 1987-89 1977-81 1985-87 1964 2014-present 1973-76 1957-59 1989-92 1927-30 2002-05
4L 4L 4L 4L 1L 4L 4L 2L 3L 3L – 2L 2L 3L 4L 4L 4L
Palatka, Fla. Mobile, Ala. Pensacola, Fla. Pensacola, Fla. Tuscaloosa, Ala. Mexico City, Mexico Tuscaloosa, Ala. Crystal River, Fla. Roanoke, Va. Jasper, Ala. Andalusia, Ala. Birmingham, Ala. Cream Ridge, N.J. Tuscaloosa, Ala. Tuscaloosa, Ala. Tuscaloosa, Ala. Gulf Breeze, Fla.
2004 1979 1990-92 1971-74 1980-83 1976-79 1975-76 2004-06 1976-78 2001-02 1984 1982-85
– – – 3L 4L 4L – 3L 3L 2L – 4L
Orlando, Fla. Central City, Ky. Alexandra, Va. Chattanooga, Tenn. Stuart, Fla. Birmingham, Ala. Prattville, Ala. Ft. Lauderdale, Fla. McComb, Miss. Pensacola, Fla. Clarksville, Tenn. Clarksville, Tenn.
2L 2L 1L 1L 4L – – 2L 4L 1L – 2L 3L 2L 1L – 4L – 4L – 4L 2L 4L 1L 4L 3L 4L 4L 1L
Louisville, Ky. Downsville, La. Montgomery, Ala. Mobile, Ala. Owensboro, Ky. Plantation, Fla. Birmingham, Ala. Wilmer, Ala. Huntsville, Ala. Vallentuna, Sweden Tuscaloosa, Ala. Tuscaloosa, Ala. Birmingham, Ala. Waycross, Ga. Weston, Fla. Quincy, Ill. Columbus, Ohio Greenville, Ala. St. Louis, Mo. Birmingham, Ala. Tuscaloosa, Ala. Montgomery, Ala. Tuscaloosa, Ala. Rockford, Ill. Auburn, Ala. Gadsden, Ala. Montgomery, Ala. Daphne, Ala. Coplay, Pa.
R Raser, John Ray, Scott Reeves, Chris Reynolds, Hall Rinker, Lee Ritchie, Allen Ritter, Rich Rogers, Dwight Rooker, Paul Rousey, Nick Rudolph, Craig Rudolph, Griff
S
RECORDS & HISTORY
Scherer, Phil 1964-65 Scott, Don 1982-85 Sellers, William 2014-present Setterstrom, Steven 2015-present Settle, Tommy 1961-64 Shahady, Rob 1998 Shaw, Stan 1990 Shelton, Robby 2014-present Sirmon, Rick 1968-71 Skantze, Freddy 1991-93 Slapikas, Frank 1988-90 Slatton, Hunter 2009-10 Smallman, Ralph 1968-70 Smith, Hank 1992-94 Snyder, Eric 1998 Spohr, Greg 1983-85 Spybey, Dan 1988-91 Stabler, Vernon 1956 Stahlschmidt, John 1995-99 Starr, Brian Bart, Jr. 1977 Stewart, Wheeler 1970-73 Strassburger, Julian 1951-52 Street, Jeff 1990-93 Strohman, Kevin 1985-86 Strohmeyer, Scott 2010-13 Suttle, Roger, Jr. 1957-59 Swan, Matthew 2006-09 Sykora, Joseph 2004-08 Szerencsits, Sean 2003-04
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Taylor, Scott Terrell, Joe Frank Thomas, Justin Thomas, Rob Thompson, Cullen Thompson, Michael Thorington, Jack Thornes, John Tipton, Rob Todd, Gator Trivisonno, Gary Tucker, Jack
1991, 1993-94 1967-68 2012-13 1986 1998 2007-08 1960-61 1987 1988 2005-08 1976-79 1951
3L 2L 2L – – 2L 2L – – 4L 4L –
Tuscaloosa, Ala. Greenville, Ala. Goshen, Ky. Fort Payne, Ala. Mobile, Ala. Tucson, Ariz. Montgomery, Ala. Rialto, Calif. Roanoke, Va. Florence, Ala. Mayfield Heights, Ohio Tuscaloosa, Ala.
1994-97 1984-86 1998-01 1980 1970-72
4L 3L 3L -- 3L
Louisville, Ky. Ridgefield, Conn. Gadsden, Ala. Cleveland, Ohio Birmingham, Ala.
2002-06 2009-10 1965-67 1980 1954 1982-86 1961 2011-14 2005-08 1979-81 1988-89 1990-93 1986-89 1977-79 1974 1956 1981, 1984 1971 1973 1956-58 1995-99 2011-14
4L 2L 3L – – – – 4L 4L – 2L 4L 4L 1L – – – – – 3L 4L 4L
Trussville, Ala. Tuscaloosa, Ala. Tuscaloosa, Ala. Houston, Texas Greenville, Ala. Charlotte, N.C. Gadsden, Ala. Houston, Texas Athens, Ala. Mobile, Ala. Anniston, Ala. Gadsden, Ala. Charleston, S.C. Amsterdam, Ohio Selma, Ala. Montgomery, Ala. Indianapolis, Ind. Birmingham, Ala. Guntersville, Ala. Selma, Ala. Mobile, Ala. Mobile, Ala.
1976-78
3L
Birmingham, Ala.
1996-99 1978-80
3L 3L
Mandeville, La. Independence, Ohio
V Vadden, Patrick Van Orman, Bill Vance, Wes Vespa, Bob Vines, Frank
W Walker, Lance Weaver, Phillip Weinard, Robert Werner, Bruce Wesley, John Weston, George White, Robert Whitsett, Cory Whitt, Stewart Wickline, Mark Wigington, Gary Wilhite, Jason Willette, Bruce Wilks, Gary Williams, Bland Williamson, William Wood, Mark Wood, Walter, Jr. Woodall, John Woodfin, Robert Wright, Brian Wyatt, Bobby
Y Yeilding, Allen
Z Zahn, Chip Zaruba, Harry Bold = Current Player
WILLIAM SELLERS
TYLER HITCHNER
JUNIOR
SOPHOMORE
STEVEN SETTERSTROM SOPHOMORE
ROBBY PRATER JUNIOR
ALEX GREEN FRESHMAN
2015 SCHEDULE CARPET CAPITAL COLLEGIATE 9.11.15 - 9.13.15 DALTON, GEORGIA THE FARM CLUB OLYMPIA FIELDS/ FIGHTING ILLINI INVITATIONAL 9.18.15 - 9.20.15 OLYMPIA FIELDS, ILLINOIS OLYMPIA FIELDS COUNTRY CLUB DICK’S SPORTING GOODS COLLEGIATE CHALLENGE CUP 9.25.15 - 9.27.15 NASHVILLE, TENNESSEE THE GOLF CLUB OF TENNESSEE JERRY PATE NATIONAL INTERCOLLEGIATE 10.05.15 - 10.06.15 BIRMINGHAM, ALABAMA OLD OVERTON WARRIOR PRINCEVILLE MAKAI INVITATIONAL 11.02.15 - 11.04.15 KAUAI, HAWAII MAKAI GOLF CLUB PUERTO RICO CLASSIC 2.21.16 - 2.23.16 RIO MAR BEACH, PUERTO RICO RIO MAR COUNTRY CLUB
ALABAMA MEN’S GOLF
SOUTHERN HIGHLANDS COLLEGIATE MASTERS 3.07.16 - 3.09.16 LAS VEGAS, NEVADA SOUTHERN HIGHLANDS GOLF CLUB LINGER LONGER INVITATIONAL 3.20.16 - 3.22.16 GREENSBORO, GEORGIA GREAT WATERS GOLF CLUB AT REYNOLDS PLANTATION MASON RUDOLPH CHAMPIONSHIP 4.02.16 - 4.03.16 NASHVILLE, TENNESSEE VANDERBILT LEGENDS CLUB SEC CHAMPIONSHIP 4.16.16 - 4.18.16 ST. SIMONS ISLAND, GEORGIA SEA ISLAND GOLF CLUB NCAA REGIONALS 5.16.16 - 5.18.16 TUSCALOOSA, ALABAMA OL’ COLONY COUNTRY CLUB NCAA CHAMPIONSHIPS 5.27.16 - 6.01.16 EUGENE, OREGON EUGENE COUNTRY CLUB
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