2021-22 Men's Golf Roster
Biography
CAREER HONORS & AWARDS
• Second Team All-Conference USA (2022)
• First Team All-Louisiana (2022)
• Second Team All-Louisiana (2021)
FIFTH-YEAR SENIOR (2021-22)
• One of three Bulldogs to compete in all 11 regular season events.
• Became second Bulldog in program history to qualify for NCAA Regionals.
• Recorded a team-best stroke average of 71.63 through 35 rounds, third best in program history.
• Shot at or under par in 21 rounds of the 35 rounds played.
• Tallied one tournament win, two top-5 finishes and five top-10 finishes.
• Finished first or second on the team in 10 of the 11 events.
• Won the Jim Rivers Intercollegiate (9/12-14) by four strokes with a -13 (68-68-67=203), which tied for second lowest 54-hole total in school history (became first Bulldog to win home event since 2013).
• Placed fourth at the Border Olympics (2/14-15), shooting -2 over three rounds (71-69-74=214).
• Tied for sixth at the Louisiana-Lafayette Classic (3/15-16), going red in all three rounds with a -9 (69-71-67=207).
• Tied for eighth in the final regular season tournament at Mossy Oak Collegiate (4/11-12), shooting -4 (73-69-70=212).
• Tied for 23rd at the NCAA Norman Regionals (5-16-18), shooting +1 (71-70-76=217). Third highest finish ever by a Bulldog at an NCAA Regional.
SENIOR (2020-21)
• Competed in all 10 events as a senior.
• Won his first individual intercollegiate tournament after finishing the LaTour Intercollegiate with a combined -7 (69-68=137).
• Placed in the top-20 in seven of the Tech’s nine tournaments.
• Second on the team with a stroke average of 72.72 over 25 rounds.
• Finished 12 rounds at or under par.
• Shot a career-low 65 in the second round of the Little Rock Invitational (Oct. 19).
JUNIOR (2019-20)
• Played all 17 rounds in all 6 tournaments, recording the third-lowest average round on the team (73.88).
• Placed 18th at the Jim Rivers Intercollegiate after carding a 217 (75-71-71).
• Recorded under-par rounds at the All-American Intercollegiate (-2, 70) and Tiger Invitational (-2, 70).
PREVIOUS SCHOOL
• Played the past two years for coach Richard Morgan at Calhoun Community College.
• Ranked No. 18 in the NJCAA rankings.
• Has won five events on the junior college level, including the Trojan Invitational, the Snead State Invitational, the Wallace State Invitational, the Northeast Invitational and the District Tournament (scoring average of 68.7).
• Named second team Ping All-American in 2018 and first team freshman Ping All-American in 2018.
• Named to the 2018 NJCAA all-District IV team.
• Named 2018 NJCAA honorable mention all-American.
• Finished third at the 2018 Spirit of America.
• Won the 2018 Alabama State Match Play.
• Finished ninth at the 2018 Chattanooga Choo Choo.
HIGH SCHOOL
• Lettered two years for coaches Jason Leblanc and Steve Meek at Hartselle High School in Alabama.
• Helped lead the Tigers to the state runner-up title in 2016.
• Lettered in basketball as a freshman and sophomore.
• Lettered in baseball as a freshman, sophomore and junior.
• Lettered in hockey as a senior.
• Helped lead the baseball program to the state title in 2016.
• Helped lead the hockey team to the district title in 2017.
PERSONAL: Son of Billy and Jan Murphy … Has one brother, Mac, who also played at LA Tech … Born April 26, 1999 in Tampa, Fla.
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