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Adam Bratton Season 2021-22

Wt157 lbs
Ht5-9
HometownNewburgh, Ind.
Last SchoolCastle HS
YearSophomore

 

General:  Top-ranked junior golfer from the state of Indiana who graduated high school early and enrolled at Georgia Tech for the spring semester of 2020 … Has competed in five events over three-plus years at Tech … Ranked the No. 59-ranked junior golfer in the nation prior to his enrollment, No. 31 in the class of 2020, according to the June Golfweek/Sagarin Junior Rankings … His father, Keith, played golf at Kentucky and Illinois … Older brother Austin currently plays golf at Jacksonville … Father put a golf club in his hands at age 2 … Enjoys playing basketball, ping pong, billiards and tennis, and likes to fish … Received his bachelor’s degree from Tech in business administration on May 4, 2024 … Has earned Faculty Honors and made the Dean’s List three times each.

2023-24: Tournament Results

Played in the Golf Club of Georgia Collegiate Invitational in the fall, where he tied for 67th place, and the Cypress Point Classic, where he went 1-1-1 in his matches

2022-23: Tournament Results

Played twice in the fall at the Maui Jim Intercollegiate individual event and the Golf Club of Georgia Collegiate … Shot 220 (+4) and helped Georgia Tech’s B team finish fifth at the Golf Club of Georgia … Averaged 75.67 over six rounds.

2021-22: Tournament Results

Played in one fall event, tying for 62nd place at the Golf Club of Georgia Collegiate.

2021 Amateur Highlights: Qualified for the U.S. Amateur at Chesterton, Ind. (139, -4), capturing one of three spots available there (see winning eagle putt on first playoff hole above) … Runner-up in the Indiana Amateur Championship (214, -2) … Finished third at the GCAA Summer Series event at the University of Indiana-Pfau Course (221, +8) … Tied for sixth place at the Palmetto Amateur (280, even) … Tied for 11th place at the Northern Amateur in Chesterton, Ind. (219, +3).

2020-21:  Tournament Results

Tied for 69th at the Wyoming Desert Intercollegiate in his only collegiate competition this spring … Made the Dean’s List in the fall, earned Faculty Honors in the spring of 2020 and 2021.

2020 Amateur Highlights: Tied for 20th at the Carolina Trace GCAA Amateur (224, +8).

Junior and Amateur Golf:  Won the Evansville Courier and Press men’s city championship in 2019 … Posted eight top-10 finishes in his junior career, including three top-5s in 2019 alone.

High School:  Lettered three years for coach Josh Kain and was team captain for two years at Castle High School, which won a Southern Indiana Athletic Conference (SIAC) title in 2018 … Led the Knights to the state championship tournament three straight years (2017, 2018, 2019) … Earned all-state and all-conference honors as a sophomore and junior (2018, 2019) … Had four holes-in-one in high school competition and scored a school-record 63 to earn conference medalist honors during his sophomore year … Won sectional medalist honors as a junior in 2019 … Graduated No. 1 in his class of 458.

Career Statistics

Low Tour
Low Par/- Finish Top
Season Rounds Strokes 54-holes Round Rounds Events  1  5 10 W-L W-L% Average
2020-21 3 223 223 73 1 51-68 .429 74.33
2021-22 3 222 222 73 1 13-61 .176 74.00
2022-23 6 454 220 72 3 2 25-85 .227 75.67
2023-24 3 226 226 72 1 1 8-66 .108 75.33
Totals 15 1125 220 72 4 5 97-280 .257 75.00
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2023-24

5-9 / 157 lbs
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2022-23

5-9 / 157 lbs
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2020-21

5-9 / 157 lbs
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2019-20

5-9 / 157 lbs