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 65th at The Goodwin (213, +3) … Tied for 63rd at the Windon Memorial Classic and 43rd 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 43rd … Tied for 37th 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 … 11th 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).
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 |