Southeastern Amateur champion – 2022

General: Top player on the top high school team in the state of Georgia, won the individual state title while his high school team captured the team crown as a senior … Right-handed player ranked No. 10 nationally in the Golfweek/Sagarin boys junior rankings at the time of his enrollment at Tech … Played in 11 collegiate events during his Tech career and compiled a 73.50 stroke average across 30 rounds of stroke play … Took up golf at age 7 when his father took him and his sister to the range … Older sister Janet completed four years in the golf program at Northwestern in 2019 … Enjoys playing the piano, basketball and soccer … Chose Tech for its combination of top golf program, high-level education and proximity to home … Received his bachelor’s degree in industrial engineering form Tech in May, 2023 … Made the Dean’s List multiple times, including both semesters in 2022-23, and Faculty Honors once … Currently working toward a master’s degree in analytics

2023-24: Tournament Results

Played two fall events with good results … Put forth a solid effort, tying for 25th place at the Golf Club of Georgia Collegiate Invitational (215, -1) … Went 2-0-1 in match play at the Cypress Point Classic

2023 Amateur Results: Tied for 15th place at the Azalea Invitational (282, -2) … Tied for 19th at the Georgia Amateur Championship (289, +5) … Unable to defend his 2022 title at the Southeastern Amateur, tying for 57th

2022-23: Tournament Results

Qualified for Tech’s final fall event after missing out in the first three … Tied for 30th place at the Golf Club of Georgia Collegiate with an even-par score of 216, helping Tech to a runner-up finish … Participated in Tech’s spring match play event, dropping his match against Ohio State’s Tyler Groomes

2022 Amateur Highlights: Won the Southeastern Invitational by two shots with a 14-under-par total of 196 … Runner-up at the Rice Planters Amateur, finishing 54 holes at 205 (-11), but lost on the first hole of a sudden death playoff to teammate Aidan Kramer … Tied for 11th place at the Patriot All-America Invitational (209, -4), closing with a 6-under-par 65 … Tied for 18th place at the Monroe Invitational (282, +2) and 54th at the Southern Amateur (283, -1) … Tied for sixth place and was the second alternate at the U.S. Amateur qualifier in Johns Creek, Ga. (70-70, -4).

2021-22: Tournament Results

Played once this spring, tying for 65^th at The Goodwin (213, +3) … Tied for 63^rd at the Windon Memorial Classic and 43^rd at the Golf Club of Georgia Collegiate in the fall … Has a stroke average of 72.22 over nine rounds.

2021 Amateur Highlights: Finished solo third at the GCAA Summer Amateur Series event in Loudon, Tenn. (210, -6) … Finished 20th at the Rice Planters Amateur (214, -2) … Tied for 36th at the Georgia Amateur Championship (290, +6) … Tied for 29th at the Southeastern Amateur in Columbus, Ga. (211, +1).

2020-21: Tournament Results

Traveled to two events during the spring … Made the starting lineup for the season-opening Camp Creek Invitational and finished 43^rd … Tied for 37^th at the Amer Ari Intercollegiate in Hawai’i.

2020 Amateur Highlights: Played twice, tying for 32nd at the Georgia Amateur Championship in Johns Creek, Ga, and tied for 70th at the Southeastern Amateur in Columbus, Ga. … In the fall, he finished fifth at the Carolina Trace GCAA Amateur (214, -2) and tied for 13th at the Forest Hills GCAA Amateur in Augusta, Ga. (215, -1).

2019-20: Tournament Results

Played twice in the fall, making the Tech lineup for the Carpet Capital Collegiate, where he tied for 18th place (220, +4) to help Tech win … Competed as an individual in the Golf Club of Georgia Collegiate Invitational, tying for 74th place (235, +19).

2018 Amateur Highlights: Won the U.S. Open local qualifier at Whitewater Creek … Finished 10th at the Georgia Amateur Championship (291, +3) … Third (-19) at the Junior PGA Championship.

Junior Golf: Named a second-team Rolex Junior All-American by the American Junior Golf Association … Runner-up finish in the Callaway Golf – Ollie Schniederjans Junior Classic in April, 2019 … Earned top-7 finishes at the Western Junior Championship and the Boys Junior PGA Championship … 11^th at the Foley Performance Academy at EaglesDream Junior Championship in January, 2019 … Six top-10 finishes in 2018, including runner-up at the Amino VITAL Junior Championship … Four top-10 finishes in 2017, including runner-up at the Callaway Golf Junior Classic and the Peachtree Junior Open.

High School: Four-year all-state golfer at state powerhouse Johns Creek High School … Named the Metro Atlanta and State Player of the Year by the Atlanta Journal-Constitution as a senior … Won the individual state championship as a senior, shooting rounds of 64-68 (-12) to win by nine strokes and help his Johns Creek team to a 26-stroke victory … Also helped the Gladiators win the state title as a junior, sophomore and freshman … Shot a school-record 65 and won the Area 3 championship by seven shots in 2019, the fourth straight year he had won the area tournament … Helped Johns Creek win area title three times (2016, 2017, 2019) … Scored a hole-in-one in a high school match as a sophomore (Country Club of the South, No. 4, par 3).

Career Statistics

			Low Tour	Low	Par/-	Finish Top
Season	Rounds	Strokes	54-holes	Round	Rounds	Events	1	5	10	W-L	W-L%	Average
2019-20	6	455	220	71	2	2	–	–	–	67-90	.427	75.83
2020-21	9	669	220	70	3	3	–	–	–	117-111	.513	74.33
2021-22	9	650	213	68	4	3	–	–	–	135-168	.446	72.22
2022-23	3	216	216	72	3	1	–	–	–	45-29	.608	72.00
2023-24	3	215	215	71	3	1	–	–	–	50-24	.676	71.67
Totals	30	2205	213	68	15	10	–	–	–	414-422	.495	73.50

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