NCAA Regionals 
Overview: Received a sponsor’s exemption to play in the Wells Fargo at Potomac, Maryland starting May 5, he will be one of seven former Tigers in the field…ranked #2 in PGA University rankings as of May 3, he is on pace to have status on Korn Ferry Tour this summer (top five make it)…already has status on Canadian Tour after winning a qualifier in March in Alabama…also ranked ninth by Golfweek and 14th by Golfstat…enters the NCAA Regional May 16 with five consecutive top four finishes, the longest streak of its kind by a Clemson golfer in 20 years….D.J. Trahan had six-tournament streak of top four finishes in 2001-02…has two victories this year, both within his last five tournaments…won the Linger Longer by six shots March 20-22, tied for the largest victory margin in Clemson history….won the ACC Tournament in his most recent tournament, he won in a playoff against Peter Fountain of North Carolina… ranked second in Clemson history in career stroke average at 70.73, just behind Doc Redman’s 70.70…Clemson’s career leader in rounds in the 60s with 49…has 18 career top 10 finishes, including six this year…also in top three in eagles with 15….has five career wins, tied for the most in Clemson history with D.J. Trahan and Chris Patton…ACC Scholar Athlete of the Year for men’s golf as a junior in 2020-21…Academic All-ACC and All-ACC on the course….second-team All-American in 2020-21 and named to the Academic Scholars team as chosen by the Golf Coaches Association…. winner of the Palmetto Amateur as a sophomore and junior…reached Final 16 of the 2021 United States Amateur…two-time All-American, honorable mention as a sophomore and second-team by Golfweek and the Coaches Association for 2020-21…two-time All-ACC, he was selected as a freshman and junior (team not selected yet for 2022)…no team was selected his sophomore year due to pandemic…ranked 10th in the nation in the PGA Tour University rankings entering the 2021-22 academic year… ranked among the top 33 players in the nation each of the last two years, he was 33rd in 2020 and 14th in 2021….second on the Clemson team behind Turk Pettit in stroke average as a junior, he led the team as a sophomore…had a 70.11 average as a junior and 70.14 as a sophomore… his score has counted for the Clemson team in 99 of 107 career rounds… won the Palmetto Invitational in March of 2020 in the last event of the 2019-20 year…has 453 career birdies in 113 rounds… named first-team All-ACC as a freshman…also first-team All-ACC in the classroom… broke Kyle Stanley’s record for rounds in the 60s by a freshman, he had 12, one more than Stanley had in 2006-07 when he was ACC Player of the Year… closed his junior career by reaching Sweet 16 at US Junior Tournament at Baltusrol in June 2018…beat the top seed, Kelly Chinn of Great Falls, Virginia in 20 holes in the second round…played on the United States team in the Junior World Cup in Japan in summer of 2018 as well…finished 21st at that tournament individually….helped lead the US Junior President’s Cup team to victory earlier in the summer, he helped United States team to victory with a 2-1 record..…ranked #14 in the nation among all juniors, ninth in the class of 2018 by Golfweek at the end of the summer of 2018…three-time Individual State High School Champion while playing for Chapman High School in Inman, SC.
In 2021-22: Had one of the top seasons in Clemson history, highlighted by his spring of 2022 that has included five consecutive top four finishes…has shot under-par in each of his last five tournaments, including wins at the Linger Longer and ACC Tournament…46-under par for his last five tournaments entering the NCAA Tournament….leads the team in stroke average at 70.37, rounds in the 60s (14), under par rounds (18) and top 10s (6)….has finished in top 10 in six of his nine events…has shot under par in seven of the nine, he is 29 under-par for the year…started the year with ninth place at Maui Jim, he shot 199 for the 54 holes, including a career low 62 in the second round…his 62 is tied for the third lowest round of the year by any Division I college golfer…had a 29 on front nine on second round to tie the Clemson record…started his spring run of top fours at the Watersound at Shark’s Tooth with a four-under par 212…then won Linger Longer with a 200 score, 16-under par…first Clemson golfer to score 67 or better for three rounds in the same tournament…finished third at Valspar, he had a second round 63, he finished at 11 under par…finished fourth at Calusa Cup, then won the ACC Tournament with rounds of 69-66-68…named ACC Golfer of the Month for March…Clemson’s seventh ACC Champion (8 total times) in men’s golf. Won the tournament with 13-under-par score of 203…won the tournament with a birdie on the second playoff hole against North Carolina’s Peter Fountain….ranked 18th in the nation in par three scoring average (3.00), and 18th in subpar strokes per hole (4.52)…has 14 rounds in the 60s for the year, but has done it nine times in his last 12 rounds entering the NCAA Tournament…
Summer 2021: Participated on United States Palmer Cup team and posted a 3-1 overall record…that included a 2&1 victory over Alex Fitzpatrick of GB&I and Wake Forest…also won two matches as a teammate with United States Irene Kim of Northwestern…finished sixth at the Sunnehanna Amateur with a score of five-under-par 275…had final round 66 to jump into final top 10…shot 139 at Western Amateur to miss cut by one, he had a final round 67…finished seventh in the stroke play qualifier at the United States Amateur at Oakmont…had opening round 63 to hole the first round lead…then reached final 16 in match play…beat Jonathan Gritz 1-up and Bo Jin, 1-up in his first two matches…won the 18th hole to get 1-up win in both…then lost in round of 16 to North Carolina’s Austin Greaser 6 & 4.
2020-21: Second-team All-American by Golfweek and the Golf Coaches Association…ACC Scholar Athlete of the Year…first-team All-ACC in the classroom and on the course…one of 11 semifinalists for the Fred Haskins Award…ranked 14th by Golfweek and 49th by Golfstat in the final computer rankings…second on the team in stroke average with a 70.11 figure, but it was third best in Clemson history…that ranked 10th in the nation….fourth in the nation in sub-par stroke per round at 4.64…led team in under-par rounds with 17 and rounds in the 60s with 13…the 13 rounds in the 60s rank sixth best in Clemson history for one season….had 18 rounds at par or better….had two bogey free rounds, the first two rounds of the year at the Camp Creek Seminole….had 43 consecutive bogey free holes to start the season, longest streak all year by a Clemson golfer…had a 3.73 average on par-four holes at that tournament…had eight birdies in the first round of the year to tie for the season best by a Clemson golfer….shot a Clemson record tying 29 on the back nine at the Palmetto on March 8, 2021…was seven-under-par for that nine…. shot 64 in first round of the year, he joined William Nottingham to become the first Clemson golfers to shoot 64 or better in the same round…won two of the first three tournaments of the year, the Camp Creek Seminole and the Palmetto…shot 15-under-par in winning the Camp Creek and shot 199 in winning Palmetto….finished second at the Birmingham Country Club Invitational…had six top 10 finishes…big reason Clemson won the ACC Championship, finished fifth in stroke play and had a 2-0 record in the Match Play….beat Jon Pak of Florida State, the top player in the nation, 1-up…he won the last hole to get the victory…. 13th in par three scoring average at 3.02 and 26th in par four scoring at 4.02… his score counted 27 of 28 rounds…had 69.11 stroke average in opening rounds of tournaments….had the best round of the day 11 times and was Clemson’s top player at four events…had at least 13 birdies in each of the first seven tournaments of the year.
2019-20: Ranked 33rd by Golfweek and 55th by Golfstat for the 2019-20 season, highest ranking among Clemson golfers….first on the team in stroke average with 70.14 figure, that included 70.87 in the fall… won the 2020 Palmetto Invitational with a 198 score, 12-under-par…one of the top five 54-hole scores in Clemson history…had rounds of 67-66-65 to get the win…had 16 birdies at that tournament that ended up concluding the season due to the Covid19 pandemic…finished 13th at the Puerto Rico Classic with a 212 score…had six rounds in the spring and all were at 71 or better…finished the year with team best 83 birdies, tied for 60th in the nation…ranked 12th in the nation in par four scoring with 3.95 figure…had 10 rounds in the 60s among his 21 rounds, best on the team…his 13 under-par rounds were also best on the team…. played his 21 rounds at 21-under-par, best on the team… his 203 at Maui Jim was second best 54-hole score by a Tiger in the fall… got off to great starts, he had team best 69.29 stroke average for his first rounds…his score counted in 18 of 21 rounds …had best score of the day seven times, including four of the six rounds in the spring and was Clemson’s best player at a tournament three times, including both spring tournaments….finished 12th at Maui Jim with a seven-under-par 203 score… finished team best 10th at Nike against a strong field, he had a 208 score, five-under-par…finished 18th at Golf Club of Georgia with 208 score…had strong 66 in first round at Ka’anapali Classic….had two top 10s, but finished in the top 20 in five of the seven tournaments….his score counted in 18 of 21 rounds.
In 2018-19: Second on the Clemson team in stroke average (71.81), top 10 finishes (4), rounds in the 60s (12), under-par rounds (15), rounds at par-or better (18)…only person better was first-team All-American Bryson Nimmer…just 20-over-par for his 37 rounds and 11 of those came at national tournament on the difficult Blessings Course….did not miss a round as a freshman…second on the team in birdies with 133 as well, and his five eagles led the team…averaged 4.03 on par four holes, and 4.73 on par fives….his score counted in 32 of 34 team rounds…had strong 70.18 stroke average in opening rounds, second on the team to Nimmer’s 68.9…opened with an even-par-or-better score in seven of his last nine tournaments…had best score of the day four times and Clemson’s best player for a tournament once…in the Clemson lineup for the first tournament, he shot 220 and finished 34th at the Carpet Classic….shot strong 212 at Maui Jim, he opened with rounds of 69 and 67…had first career top 10 at Golf Club of Georgia where he shot 211, five-under-par, for seventh place…followed that with another top 10 at the Ka’anapali with a nine-under-par 204 to finish ninth….played in the Puerto Rico Individual Tournament and finished in a tie for first at four-under 209…had fifth-place finish at the Palmetto with a 207, he was Clemson’s best player by two shots over Nimmer….that gave him four straight top 10s…finished 14th at Clemson Invitational where he was -8…had solid performance in Austin Regional with 217 score to finish 20th…ranked 103rd in the nation by Golfweek’s final ranking, second highest ranking on the Clemson team….he was #139 by Golfstat…63rd in the nation in total birdies with 133.
In High School: Bridgeman was a second-team AJGA All-American, the first Clemson signee to make a first or second-team AJGA All-American team since Billy Kennerly in 2011…. won his three state championships by six, five and nine shots as a sophomore, junior and senior, respectively…won Spartanburg County, Region 3A, Upper State and 3A State Championships as a junior and senior…won The Blade, Grand Bennett Junior, Jimmy Self Junior and Beth Daniels Junior Azalea….in summer of 2018 finished tied for ninth at National Junior Amateur, fourth at the Trans-Mississippi Amateur, ninth at the Azalea Amateur, 36th at North-South Amateur in Pinehurst…posted a 70.8 stroke average as a junior….played his high school golf for Dustin Batson….majoring in mathematical sciences as Clemson, same major Doc Redman had at Clemson….born 12-6-99.
Bridgeman Tournament by Tournament 2018-19
Date Tournament 1-2-3 Par Tot Fin
9/7-9 Carpet Classic 73-77-70 +4 220 34
9/21-23 Maui Jim 69-67-76 +2 212 43
9/30-2 Nike 73-72-78 +13 223 55
10/19-21 Golf Club of Georgia 69-69-73 -5 211 7
11/2-4 Ka’anapali Classic 66-70-68 –9 204 9
2/17-19 Puerto Rico Classic 69-69-71 -4 209 #1
3/10-11 Palmetto Intercollegiate 68-68-70 -3 207 5
3/31-1 John Hayt Collegiate 74-76-79 +13 229 40
4/5-7 Clemson Invitational 69-66-73 -8 208 14
4/18-20 ACC Tournament 70-75-73 +2 218 32
5/13-15 NCAA Austin Regional 71-72-74 +4 217 20
5/24-27 NCAA National 75-73-75-76 +11 299 38
*co-champion, limited field Individual tournament
Bridgeman Tournament by Tournament 2019-20
Date Tournament 1-2-3 Par Tot Fin
9/6-8 Carpet Classic 73-73-79 +9 225 35
9/13-15 Maui Jim 64-70-69 -7 203 12
9/29-1 Nike 69-68-71 -5 208 10
10/18-20 Golf Club of Georgia 76-69-73 +2 218 18
11/1-3 Ka’anapali Classic 66-74-69 -4 209 36
2/16-18 Puerto Rico Classic 70-71-71 -4 212 13
3/9-10 Palmetto 67-66-65 -12 198 1
Bridgeman Tournament by Tournament 2020-21
Date Tournament 1-2-3 Par Tot Fin
1/17-19 Camp Creek Seminole 64-66-71 -15 201 1
2/15-16 Kiawah Invitational 69-71-68 -8 208 6
3/8-9 Palmetto 64-67-68 -11 199 1
3/15-16 Valspar 69-70-77 +3 216 26
3/28-29 John Hayt 74-73-69 E 216 10
4/5-7 Birmingham 68-73-67 -5 208 2
4/23-25 ACC Stroke Play 71-67-68 -4 206 5
4/25 ACC Match Ben Shipp NCS W 2&1
4/26 ACC Match Jon Pak FSU W 1up
5/17-19 NCAA Kingston Regional 72-71-70 E 213 19
5/28-31 NCAA National 71-71-75-79 +16 296 65
Bridgeman Tournament by Tournament 2021-22
Date Tournament 1-2-3 Par Tot Fin
9/10-12 Maui Jim 68-62-69 -11 199 9
10/4-5 Colonial 70-75-68 +3 213 20
10/22-24 Golf Club of Georgia 75-70-70 -1 215 29
2/14-16 Nexus Collegiate 77-83-82 +26 226 34
2/20-22 Watersound 73-68-71 -4 212 4
3/20-22 Linger Longer 67-66-67 -16 200 1
3/28-29 Valspar Collegiate 67-63-72 -11 202 3
4/3-5 Calusa Cup 68-71-75 -2 214 4
4/22-23 ACC Tournament 69-66-68 -13 203 #1
#won playoff on second hole over Peter Fountain of North Carolina
Bridgeman Career Statistics Top
Year Tr Rds Strks 60s -75 -Par Par Avg 10 BR BT
2018-19 12 37 2657 12 31 15 3 71.81 4 66 204
2019-20 7 21 1473 10 19 13 2 70.14 2 64 198
2020-21 9 28 1963 13 26 17 1 70.11 6 64 199
2021-22 9 27 1900 14 24 18 1 70.37 6 62 199
Total 37 113 7993 49 100 63 7 70.73 18 62 198
