General: All-conference performer in two conferences during his career … Made the All-Atlantic Coast Conference team as a senior (2023), and was a second-team All-SEC selection as a sophomore in 2021 at Missouri … Transferred to Georgia Tech following two years at his hometown university, where he won two collegiate events … Ranked No. 20 in the World Amateur Golf Ranking … Finished his career No. 4 in the PGA Tour University rankings, which carries with it fully exempt status on the Korn Ferry Tour and a pass to the final stage of PGA Tour qualifying school … Invited to attend the Walker Cup practice session in December in Jupiter, Fla. … Enjoys fishing, hiking and movies … Recalls beginning to play golf when his grandfather got him a set of cut-down clubs at age 2 … Dean’s list student three times at Missouri who is graduated in May, 2023 with his bachelor’s degree in History, Technology and Society at Tech … Named a GCAA All-America Scholar both years at Tech and three times total.
2023 Amateur Highlights: Tied for sixth at the Jones Cup Invitational (212, -4)
2022-23: Tournament Results
First-team All-American by Golfweek magazine, second-team All-American by the Golf Coaches Association of America and an All-ACC selection who was in the lineup for all nine spring events after playing in only two in the fall … Finished 12th or better in all seven stroke-play tournaments (other two events were matches) … Runner-up by one stroke at the NCAA Champinship (274, -6), won his quarterfinal (5&4 vs. Pepperdine’s William Mouw) and semifinal (1-up vs. North Carolina’s Peter Fountain) individual matches … Tied for 11th at the NCAA Salem Regional (206, -10) … Tied for 11th in stroke play at the ACC Championship (213, -3) and delivered the clinching match wins for Tech in both team matches against Duke (def. Ian Siebers, 2&1) in the semifinals and Wake Forest (def. Andrew McLauchlan, 3&2) in the championship match … Tied for seventh at the Watersound Invitational (206, -10), 12th at the Southern Highlands Collegiate (210, -6), 10th at the Linger Longer Invitational (216, even) and 11th at The Goodwin (209, -1) … Tied for 21st in Tech’s first fall event, the Maui Jim Intercollegiate (204, -6), then was unable to qualify for Tech’s starting lineup until the fall finale at the Golf Club of Georgia Collegiate, where he tied for fifth place at 208 (-8) … Sported a 69.50 stroke average over 28 rounds, third-best in program history … Finished the spring No. 5 in Golfstat and No. 8 in the Golfweek/Sagarin Index.
2022 Amateur Highlights: Finished 10th in the Elite Amateur Series standings … Tied for 39th place in stroke play at the U.S. Amateur (145, +4) but lost his round of 64 match to Ben James, 3&2 … Medalist in stroke play at the Western Amateur in Highland Park, Ill. (270, -14), won his round of 16 match against Adrien Dumont de Chassart, 5&4, before falling in quarterfinals to Travis Vick, 2&1 … Tied for second place in stroke play (69-66, -9) at the North & South Amateur in Pinehurst, N.C.; advanced to the round of 16 in match play after defeating Joshua Bai (2&1) in opening round … Tied for 11th at the Sunnehanna Amateur in Johnstown, Pa. (280, even) … Tied for 33rd at the Southern Amateur in St. Simons Island, Ga. (277, -7).
2021-22 (junior at Georgia Tech): Tournament Results
Recorded six top-10 finishes in 11 starts, including a runner-up finish at the NCAA Columbus Regional (206, -7) and a solo sixth-place finish in ACC Championship stroke play (207, -9) … Halved his ACC semifinal match vs. Florida State in 19 holes (unfinished when Tech clinched third point in another match) and lost his finals match 1-up to Wake Forest’s Michael Brennan … Struggled at the NCAA Championship, finishing 76th … Finished runner-up at the Watersound Invitational and tied for eighth place at the Amer Ari Intercollegiate earlier in the spring … Missed The Goodwin due to a bout with mononucleosis … Fourth among the Jacket regulars in stroke average at 71.82 over 37 rounds … Tied for ninth place at the Maui Jim Intercollegiate and was runner-up at the Hamptons Intercollegiate in the fall … Finished spring season ranked No. 141 in Golfstat and No. 114 in the Golfweek/Sagarin Index.
2021 Amateur Highlights: Advanced to the quarterfinals of the U.S. Amateur, defeating No. 5 ranked Ricky Castillo in the round of 16 and No. 30 Louis Dobbelaar in the round of 64, after tying for 13th in stroke play (138, -2) … Qualified for the U.S. Amateur by winning the qualifier at Stonebridge Country Club in Rome, Ga. (132, -12) … Led six Jacket competitors at the Monroe Invitational with a tie for third place (274, -6), closing with a 64 … Tied for 11th place at the Northeast Amateur (274, -2) … Tied for 26th at the Dogwood Invitational (281, -7) … Tied for 50th place at the Southern Amateur (282, -2) … Was medalist at his U.S. Open local qualifier on May 10, in Kansas City.
2020-21 (sophomore at Missouri): Second-team All-SEC, honorable mention All-America (Golfweek) and GCAA All-Central Region selection, finished the year ranked No. 28 in Golfstat and No. 33 in the Golfweek/Sagarin Index … Tied for third place overall, competing as an individual at the 2021 NCAA Noblesville Regional (Missouri did not compete as a team) … Closed with a 66 and finished with a 7-under-par total of 209, three shots off the lead … Compiled a 70.24 scoring average in 2020-21 … Captured his second-career win at the Missouri Tiger Invitational where he fired a career-low 16-under 200 … Led the team in six of the eight events, anchored by his season tally of 14 rounds and five events under par … Also tied for fourth at the LSU Invitational and The Hootie at Bulls Bay, and posted top-20 finishes at the Blessings Collegiate Invitational (T13), the Legends Collegiate Invitational (T11) and the Jerry Pate National Intercollegiate (T16) … Had only one finish below 35th among eight events.
2019-20 (redshirt freshman at Missouri): Scored a win at the Prairie Club Invitational, a tie for 10th at the Gator Invitational and top-20 finishes at the Turning Stone Tiger Intercollegiate (T16), Hoakalei Country Club Invitational (18) and the Desert Mountain Intercollegiate (T17) … Posted a 72.48 stroke average over 21 rounds and finished below 24th only once in seven tournaments.
Junior Golf: Ranked No. 48 in the national 2019 Junior Golf Scoreboard rankings prior to enrolling at Missouri … In the summer of 2019, secured two AJGA runner-up finishes at the AJGA Lockton Kansas City Junior and the AJGA Bass Pro Shops/Payne Stewart Championship shooting 6-under par (210) at both events … Won the Missouri Junior Match Play Championship at Mizzou’s AL Gustin Golf Course with an impressive 10-under 62.
High School: Three-time all-state performer (2016, 2017, 2018) at Rock Bridge High School … Captured the individual 2018 Missouri Class 4 state championship with an state-record score of 8-under par 136 for the tournament … The performance also led Rock Bridge to a team state title … Was a consistent standout in Missouri, finishing fifth in the state as a sophomore and 10th as a freshman.
| Low | Par/- | Finish Top | |||||||||
| Season | Rounds | 54-holes | Round | Rounds | Events | 1 | 5 | 10 | W-L | W-L% | Average |
| 2021-22 | 34 | 199 | 62 | 18 | 11 | – | 3 | 6 | 607-310 | .662 | 71.82 |
| 2022-23 | 28 | 204 | 63 | 24 | 9 | – | 2 | 4 | 765-81 | .904 | 69.50 |
| Totals | 62 | 199 | 62 | 42 | 20 | – | 5 | 10 | 1372-391 | .778 | 70.77 |
