Overview: Transfer from Coastal Carolina who sat out the 2009-10 season…starter in the fall, he played all four tournaments…had best performance in first tournament, he was 15th at Carpet Classic…had 67 in his first career round…helped Tigers to third place finish in national field…with graduation of Ben Martin and Luke Hopkins will see a lot of playing time…had strong summer of 2010, he reached the match play of the US Amateur…has significant experience with outstanding Division I program at Coastal Carolina…starter on two Big South Conference Championship teams…made big contributions to those two championships, he was the Big South Tournament medalist as a freshman in 2008 and finished second in 2009…named Big South Golfer of the Month for the Big South Conference on April 10, 2008…had four career top 10 finishes at Coastal Carolina, three as a freshman and one as a sophomore…had best round of 68 at Augusta State Invitational on April 6, 2008…had 74.68 stroke average for his career with eight under-par rounds…native of nearby Easley, SC and Easley High School. In 2011-12: President of the Student-Athlete Advisory Committee…has led several community service events, including 2011 Chairman for Be A T.I.G.E.R! Field Day…created the Determined Spirit Games for athletic Solid Orange events…head of 2012 annual IPTAY Thank-a-thon…Solid Orange Squad member…initiated programs for connecting student-athletes with kids from the Helping Hands shelter…one of two student-athletes on Clemson’s Athletic Council, the ACC Student-Athlete Advisory Committee and Solid Orange Committee…speaker for Clemson Alumni Association during the 2011 Golden Tiger Reunion, and for the grand opening for the Larry B. Penley Jr. Clubhouse…guest testimony speaker for FCA junior golf tournament (Orange Jacket Classic). Summer of 2010: Had a successful summer that included reaching match play of the United States Amateur in August…started summer by reaching third round of South Carolina Amateur, he had rounds of 70-65 in the stroke play qualifier, second best in the field…then defeated Chad Siefert and Brad Still in the match play before losing to Parker Allen…shot 294 to finish 44th at Rice Planters, then finished 46th at Palmetto Amateur…won his US Amateur qualifier with a 142 score…finished 13th at US Amateur stroke play qualifier out of 312 competitors with rounds of 72-72…lost to 2009 US Open Champion Byeung-Hun an (now at California) in the first round 3 and 2…also had a 20th place finish at the South Carolina Amateur with a 217 score. At Clemson in 2009-10: Red-shirted the season due to NCAA transfer rules. At Coastal Carolina 2008-09: Played in eight tournaments for the Chanticleers…got season off to good start with pair of #30 finishes, one at Duke Individual tournament and one at The Ridges…had finished seventh at The Ridges the year before…shot 68 in first round of the Desert Shootout on March 19, 2009, he went on to finish 27th in the tournament with a 214 score…shot 74 or better in eight of his last nine rounds that year…finished year off with second place at Big South Conference Tournament. At Coastal Carolina in 2007-08: Earned All-Big South Conference honors after winning the individual title at the league’s postseason tournament…played in eight tournaments and 23 rounds for the Chanticleers in his freshman year, ranking third on the team and eighth in the conference with a 74.26 scoring average, including six rounds of par or better…had one top-five and three top-10 finishes on the year…made it back-to-back top-10 finishes in the spring with his win after having tied for eighth at the Administaff Augusta State Invitational, shooting a 3-under 141 in the rain-shortened event…posted a personal season-best 68 in the second round at Augusta State…posted a top-10 finish in his first collegiate tournament, tying for seventh at the Bank of Tennessee at The Ridges Invitational…shot a 5-under 211 in the tournament, including a 3-under 69 in the second round, the second best 18 for Coastal Carolina in the fall, while going 1-under in each of the other two rounds…earned a place on the Big South Presidential Honor Roll. In High School: Was a 2005 All-State honoree after leading Easley to the Class 4A State Team Championship, as well as a two-time All-Region selection…ranked second in the state in the Boy’s Junior Rankings over the last year, as well as 24th nationally among the Class of 2007 by GolfWeek…the first-ever AJGA All-American to sign at Coastal, finishing in the top 10 of nine of 10 events in 2006, including four of five AJGA events…. posted individual wins at The Blade and The Joe Wyatt High School Invitational tournaments. Personal: Full name – David Christian Dannelly…son of Gordon and Kathy Dannelly…majoring in economics. Dannelly Personality ProfileFavorite Current Professional Golfer: Lee WestwoodFavorite Athlete Outside of Golf: Lance ArmstrongFavorite Clemson Golfer of All-Time: Lucas GloverFavorite Course I Have Played: Ocean Course, Kiawah IslandFavorite Golf Hole: No. 17 at Keowee VineyardsToughest Course I Have Played: Chambers Bay, WashingtonMy Best Shot Ever: 2010 US Amateur qualifier at Colleton River Plantation. Got up and down on 16th hole thanks to flop shot that finished one foot from hole.My Best All-Time Round (score and where): 64, Keowee VineyardsThe Best Part of My Game is: Driving accuracyMy Favorite Club: PutterThe Part of the Game I Must Improve is: Overall short gameThe Biggest Influence on My Golf Career has been: My dad, Gordon DannellyMy Dream Foursome Includes Myself and: My dad, President of the United States, Davis Love III
| Dannelly All-Time Hole-in-One Shots | |||||
| Year | Course | City | Hole | Club | Distance |
| 2001 | Wild Dunes | Myrtle Beach, SC | 4 | 8-iron | 145 |
| Dannelly Tournament-by-Tournament, 2007-08 | |||||
| Date | Tournament | 1-2-3 | Par | Tot | Fin |
| 10/12-14 | The Ridges | 71-69-71 | -5 | 211 | 7 |
| 11/5-7 | Corde Valley | 76-77-80 | +17 | 233 | 62 |
| 2/9-10 | Gator Invitational | 74-73-79 | +8 | 224 | 63 |
| 3/9-10 | General Hacker | 76-78-76 | +14 | 230 | 63 |
| 3/17-18 | Barona Cup | 78-76-76 | +14 | 230 | 58 |
| 4/4-6 | Augusta State | 73-68 | -3 | 141 | 8 |
| 4/20-22 | Big South | 70-73-71 | -2 | 214 | 1 |
| 5/15-17 | NCAA East | 75-74-76 | +9 | 225 | 121 |
| Dannelly Tournament-by-Tournament, 2008-09 | |||||
| Date | Tournament | 1-2-3 | Par | Tot | Fin |
| 10/13-14 | Duke Individual | 77-76-76 | +16 | 229 | 30 |
| 10/24-26 | Ridges | 73-75-74 | +6 | 222 | 30 |
| 11/3-5 | Corde Valley | 80-77-79 | +20 | 236 | 67 |
| 2/2-3 | Arizona Invitational | 73-78-77 | +15 | 228 | 65 |
| 3/8-9 | General Hacker | 73-77-81 | +15 | 231 | 44 |
| 3/19-21 | Desert Shootout | 68-73-73 | -2 | 214 | 27 |
| 4/5-6 | Augusta State | 74-70-74 | +2 | 218 | 47 |
| 4/20-22 | Big South | 73-73-78 | +8 | 224 | 2 |
| Dannelly Career Stats at Coastal Carolina | |||||||||||
| Year | Tr | Rds | Stks | 60s | -75 | Par | -Par | Avg | Top 10 | BR | BT |
| 2007-08 | 8 | 23 | 1708 | 2 | 12 | 6 | 0 | 74.26 | 3 | 68 | 211 |
| 2008-09 | 8 | 24 | 1802 | 1 | 13 | 2 | 0 | 75.08 | 1 | 68 | 214 |
| Totals | 16 | 47 | 3510 | 3 | 25 | 8 | 0 | 74.68 | 4 | 68 | 211 |