2002-03: ?Saw the most action of his career in 2003, playing in 10 events for Tech…Set a new career-best round of 3-under-par 69 on the first day of play at the Toyota Collegiate in Las Vegas…Carded a career-best 54-hole score of 72-72-73?217 to tie for 46th at the Augusta State Invitational…Top finish of the year came in a tie for 26th at the ACC Championship…Also tied for 28th at the Morris Williams Intercollegiate with a 2-over-par score of 75-71-72?218…Birdied two of his final three holes in the third round of the NCAA Championship to help the Jackets make the 54-hole cut in the event…Ranked fifth on the team with a season stroke average of 76.03, while shooting eight rounds of par or better on the year.
2001-02: Competed in two events for the Yellow Jackets, with one of those starts being as an individual…Opened the year by placing tied for 62nd at the Ping/Golfweek Preview Invitational with a three-day score of 77-77-75?229…Played as an individual at the Ping/U.S. Collegiate Championships, finishing in a tie for 48th place at 74-78-76?228.
2000-01: ?Played in his first tournament as a Yellow Jacket in 2001, as he qualified to play in the Ping/Golfweek Preview in Durham, N.C….Was Tech?s second individual in the field as he placed in a tie for 42nd with a two-day total of 77-74?151. 1999-2000: Did not compete during the season.
1998-99: Redshirted the 1998-99 season.
Amateur: Was an AJGA All-American in 1997…Won the Augusta City Championship in 1996…Captured the Scott Robertson Memorial Championship in 1997…Was the Georgia state junior champion in 1997.
High School: Won a state championship in 1995…Played in the Georgia All-Stars in 1998…Participated in the Georgia versus South Carolina All-Stars match…National Honor Society…Class President.
Personal: Full name is Adam Grady Cranford…Born February 11, 1980…Parents are Stephen and Patricia Cranford…Brother, Jeremy, played golf at Florida State…Majoring in management.
Career Collegiate Finishes
2000-01 T42 Ping/Golfweek Preview Invit. 77-74?151
2001-02 T62 Ping/Golfweek Preview Invit. 77-77-75?229 T48 Ping/U.S. Collegiate Championships* 74-78-76?228
2002-03 T80 Carpet Capital Collegiate 79-73-80?232 T59 Ping/Golfweek Preview 79-81-79?239 T103 Waikoloa Intercollegiate 84-71-73?228 T56 Puerto Rico Classic 81-74-75?230 T42 Toyota Collegiate Championship 69-73-80?222 T28 Morris Williams Intercollegiate 75-71-72?218 T46 Cleveland Golf/Augusta State Invitational 72-72-73?217 T26 ACC Championship 78-74-75?227 T51 NCAA East Regional 72-78-72?222 T83 NCAA Championship 78-78-77-89?322
*-Competed as an individual.
Career Statistics
Year Trn T10 T20 Rnds/Cnt Strk Avg. Lo Hi
2000-01 1 0 0 2/2 151 75.50 74 77 0 0
2001-02 2 0 0 3/2 457** 76.17 74 78 0 0
2002-03 10 0 0 31/21 2357 76.03 69 89 3 1
Total 13 0 0 36/25 2965** 76.02 69 89 3 1
**-Includes three rounds as an individual.
Low Round: 69, Toyota Collegiate Championship, 2003 Low Tournament: 217, Cleveland Golf/Augusta State Invitational, 2003 Best Finish: T26, ACC Championship, 2003
