Career Notes: The No. 2 junior golfer in the state of Georgia and 48th nationally (AJGA) in the class of 2012, signed with Tech in the early signing period in November of 2011 … Played in 27 events in his career, 73 total rounds, and has made the ACC Academic Honor Roll every year … Best season was 2014-15, in which he posted a 72.5 stroke average in 18 rounds and his only career top-10 finish … Red-shirted in 2013-14 … Career stroke average of 74.16.
2016-17: Tournament Results
Played in three events in his senior year, posting a career-best finish of 18th at the Carpet Capital Collegiate and a tie for 22nd at the Clemson Invitational … Stroke average of 73.22 in nine rounds.
2016 Summer Highlights: Tied for 24th and reached match play at the Georgia State Amateur … Tied for 22nd at the Southeastern Amateur and 35th at the Monroe Invitational.
2015-16: Tournament Results
Named an All-American Scholar by the Golf Coaches Association of America … Played in nine of Tech’s 11 events, posting a 75.38 stroke average over 26 rounds … Top finish was a tie for 27th at the Clemson Invitational, and tied for 31st at the ACC Championship … Also tied for 44th at the Puerto Rico Classic this spring … Other two spring finishes have been in the 50s … Finished T-55 at the Carpet Capital Collegiate at the Farm in Rocky Face, Ga. … Placed T-36 at the Dick’s Sporting Goods Challenge Cup (221, +8).
2014-15: Tournament Results
Started five times overall, twice in the spring, including a best finish of T-21 at the Mason Rudolph Championship … Made three starts in fall, posting a T46 at the Carpet Capital Collegiate, a T42 at the Jerry Pate National and a T10 at the Warrior Princeville Makai Invitational … Posted his first career top-20 finish competing as an individual at the U.S. Collegiate Championship (1-under-par 215) … Secured his first career top-10 finish with a career-low 54-hole score of 206 (10-under-par) at the Makai Invitational … 72.50 stroke average over 18 rounds, two full strokes better than his freshman year.
2014 Summer Highlights: Competed in the GSGA’s Atlanta match Play Championship, and reached the semifinals … T45 at the Monroe Invitational in Rumford, R.I. … T9 at the U.S. Amateur qualifier in Treasure Lake, Pa.
2013 Summer Highlights Won a playoff to earn one of three spots in a U.S. Amateur qualifier in Loudon, Tenn. … Did not advance to play play.
2012-13: Tournament Results
Never finished higher than 26th in six regular-season events, but never lower than 48th either … Averaged 74.5 over 20 rounds, inflated somewhat by a poor showing in the ACC Championship … Placed 27th at the United States Collegiate Championship in Alpharetta, Ga. (221, +5) … T30 at the PING-Golfweek Preview Invitational in Alpharetta, Ga., thanks in large part to his round of 69 in the final round (216, +6) … Earned the third lowest average score on the team for the fall with a 73.0 behind Schniderjans and Albertson.
2012 Summer Highlights: T46 at the Monroe Invitational.
High School: All-state performer and four-year letterwinner for his father, Craig, at Kell High School … Led Kell to the 2012 AAAA region championship … Won the 2011 Georgia High School Association state individual championship (with a 67) in class AAAA … 4.2 high school GPA, honor roll all four years.
Junior Golf: Ranked as high as No. 62 in the Junior Golf Scoreboard … Won the Future Masters with a record-low 54-hole total of 198 (including a 62) … Qualified for the United States Junior Amateur in 2011 (his most memorable accomplishment to date) … Finished in the top five of the Georgia Junior Championship (3rd, 68-72-72) and the Golfweek East Coast Challenge (4th, 70-73) … In 13 events in 2011, logged eight top-5 finishes and three other top-20s.
Personal: Full name is Michael Patrick Hines … Born November 24, 1993, in Marietta … Son of Craig and Lauren Hines, both of whom were track and field athletes at Slippery Rock State University … Began playing golf at age 3, has two career holes-in-one (one at age 12, one at age 18) … Enjoys playing basketball, soccer, table tennis and rooting for the Pittsburgh Steelers … Majoring in business administration.
| Career Statistics |
| Low | Par/- | Finish Top | |||||||||
| Season | Rounds | Strokes | Round | Rounds | Events | 1 | 5 | 10 | W-L | W-L% | Average |
| 2012-13 | 20 | 1490 | 69 | 5 | 9 | – | – | – | 317-246 | .563 | 74.50 |
| 2013-14 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2014-15 | 18 | 1305 | 66 | 8 | 6 | – | – | 1 | 283-180 | .611 | 72.50 |
| 2015-16 | 26 | 1960 | 70 | 5 | 9 | – | – | – | 257-437 | .370 | 75.38 |
| 2016-17 | 9 | 659 | 69 | 5 | 3 | – | – | – | 142-93 | .604 | 73.22 |
| Totals | 73 | 5414 | 66 | 23 | 27 | – | – | 1 | 999-956 | .511 | 74.16 |
