CAREER OVERVIEW | Career Statistics
Low Round: 67 (First Round, Bubba Barnett Intercollegiate – 10/12/20)
Best Finish: T-5 (Big Texan Invitational – 3/21-22/22)
Best 54-Hole Score: 210 (Bayou City Collegiate Classic – 2/20-21/23)
Through his senior season, 251 career birdies rank 15th on the program’s all-time list (record: Paul Gonzalez’s 416 from 2018-22) … seven career eagles are tied for the 11th most on the program list (record: 14 by Kyle Cox (2019-23) and Cash Wilkerson (2011-15)).
AWARDS
2019-20 Sun Belt Conference Commissioner’s List
2020-21 Sun Belt Conference Academic Honor Roll
2023-24 All-WAC Second Team
AS A FIFTH YEAR (2023-24)
Matched career best in tournaments played (11), and set a career best in rounds (33), scoring average (72.4), and par-or-better rounds (14) … average score was the best on the team … his score was used in the team total 32 times, all 32 of which came consecutively to end the year from the second round of the season at the Golfweek Collegiate Kickoff (Sep. 4) and concluding with the final round of the WAC Championship (Apr. 28) … season-low 67 in the second round of the Wyoming Cowboy Classic (Apr. 1) … best finish was a 1st place showing at the UNT Intercollegiate (Apr. 15-16) with a 2-over 218 (74-72-72) … Placed 3rd in the WAC Championships (Apr. 26-28) with a 3-under 213 (68-72-73).
AS A SENIOR (2022-23) | Tournament-By-Tournament Results
Registered career bests in tournaments played (11), rounds (32), scoring average (73.47), rounds in the 60s (four) and par-or-better rounds (11) … average score was the 3rd best on the team … his score was used in the team total 30 times, 29 of which came consecutively to end the year from the opening round of the Trinity Forest Invitational (Oct. 2) and concluding with the final round of the WAC Championship (Apr. 30) … carded four eagles to represent the 7th most in single-season program history … led the team in par-5 scoring average (4.65), the 2nd lowest in single-season program history … the only Maverick to not card a round in the 80s all year … season-low 68 in the final round of the Wyoming Desert Intercollegiate (Mar. 3) … best finish was T-6 at the Bayou City Collegiate Classic (Feb. 20-21) with a 6-under 210 (69-69-72) … secured four top-20 finishes … carded 91 birdies.
AS A JUNIOR (2021-22) | Tournament-By-Tournament Results
Posted a 75.37 scoring average over 19 rounds … four par-or-better rounds … registered a pair of top-10 finishes … the first was a T-5 at the Big Texan Invitational (Mar. 21-22) with rounds of 73-72-72: +1 … the second was a team-leading T-8 at the Sun Belt Conference Championship (Apr. 24-26) with rounds of 75-73-75: +7 … season-low 71 (E) in the 1st round at the Trinity Forest Invitational (Oct. 4) … recorded 48 birdies and two eagles … competed in seven tournaments, all as part of the team lineup … score was used in the team total in 12 of 19 opportunities.
AS A SOPHOMORE (2020-21) | Tournament-By-Tournament Results
Secured a 75.81 scoring average … one of only two UTA players (Caleb Hicks) who competed in all seven tournaments and all 21 rounds … season-low 5-under 67 to open the year at the Bubba Barnett Intercollegiate (Oct. 12) … that round tied for the best by any UTA player during the season (Zach Cole) … had three par-or-better rounds, and two rounds in the 60s … 47 birdies were the 2nd-most on the team … score was used in the team total in 16 of 21 opportunities … season- and then-career-best finish of solo 13th at the Bubba Barnett Intercollegiate (Oct. 12-13) with a 54-hole 217 (+1) … led UTA with a T-14 at the Sun Belt Conference Championship (Apr. 25-27) with rounds of 72-75-82: 229.
AS A FRESHMAN (2019-20) | Tournament-By-Tournament Results
Season canceled in mid-March due to worldwide coronavirus pandemic … 75.05 scoring average over 21 rounds … competed in all seven tournaments, making the team lineup in six of those … recorded a season-low 3-under 69 in the 2nd round of the Bash at the Beach (Mar. 9) as an individual … his score was used in the team total 12 times in 18 opportunities … posted extremely consistent rounds of 73-74-72 (219) at the Bubba Barnett Intercollegiate (Oct. 14-15) to finish in a tie for 15th … rolled in one eagle and registered 47 birdies … secured three par-or-better rounds.
HIGH SCHOOL
No. 10-ranked junior golfer in South Africa … five-year letter winner and two-time captain of his high school … led his team to South Africa Nationals four times, winning the 2016 championship and coming in 3rd in 2018; finished 4th individually in 2018 with rounds of 71-71 (-2) … has been the No. 1-ranked junior golfer in his province (Boland) the last two years … represented Boland for the last three years at the Interprovincial Tournament (IPT); won the division in 2016 and 2018, claiming MVP honors in ’18 as the No. 1 player in the lineup … holds the school record score of 66 (-6); part of a two-round school championship total of -10 in 2018 … also won the title in 2016 … Paarl Club Champion with scores of 73-72-70 (-1) … 4th-place finish at Nomads Inland Noom (68-70; -6) … 2nd-place showing at the Paarl Open (74-70; E) … won the Boland Junior Golfer of the Year with a four-round 11-under finish (66-68-70-73).
PERSONAL
Born on Apr. 29, 2000 … son of Rebecca and Wilhelm … Rebecca is a two-time British Rowing Championship Gold Medalist has two brothers: Johan and Billy … trained and played at Boland Golf Union in South Africa … business major.
