Overview: Second among returning players for 2025-26 in stroke average, he had a 73.19 average as a freshman…he was fourth on the team in stroke average overall…his score counted in 22 of his 27 rounds in the team lineup….one of three Tigers to be in the team lineup in all 10 tournaments…had solid summer of 2025…finished eighth at the Carolinas Amateur and 25th at the Monroe Amateur…also played in the British Amateur in England.
In 2024-25: Fourth on the team in stroke average with a 73.19 figure…had 22 rounds at 75 or better in 27 rounds…had 72.11 stroke average in opening rounds, second best on the team, and 73.10 in final rounds…had 3.25 average on par three holes, 4.16 on par fours and 4.8 on par fives…had 66 birdies to rank fourth on the team and had three eagles…had four rounds in the 60s…had best score in three rounds and was Clemson’s best golfer once…had his best tournament of the year at Briar’s Creek with a six-under-par 210 score to finish fourth…had rounds of 68-73-69, the only tournament he had a pair of rounds in the 60s…had career high 13 birdies in that tournament…helped Clemson to team victory at the Palmetto with a 15th-place finish…had best performance of the fall at the Golf Club of Georgia with 20th place finish against a strong field…had a one-under-par 215 total.
Before Clemson: Ranked as the 76th best player in the country in his class in 2023….finished 32nd in stroke play qualifier at 2024 United States Junior Amateur with a 142 score…lost in first round of match play to Trevor Gutschewski (University of Florida) in 23 holes…finished second (lost in playoff) at the 2024 AJGA Carolina Trace after scores of 69-71-69/209…tied for eighth at 2024 Western Junior Championship with a 279 score for 72 holes…shot consistent rounds of 70-69-70-70…earned top 20 finishes at the 2023 Beth Daniel Junior Azalea (12th with 212 score), 2023 Carolinas Amateur Championship (19th) and the 2023 North-South Junior Amateur (13th)….youngest winner of the Chick Miller Invitational in 2022 when he was just 16…in eight amateur events in 2022 had two first-place finishes and five top three finishes….helped lead Stuart Cramer High School to a 2023 runner-up finish in the NCHSAA state championship….as a senior in 2024, was state championship medalist at the 3A level at Longleaf Golf club in Southern Pines…shot 136 for 36 holes with rounds of 67-69…won the tournament by two shots to help his team to third-place finish…his 136 score was the sixth best in North Carolina High School State Championship history…named the Big South 3A Conference Player of the Year…played his high school golf for Ben McMillan…his hometown of Cramerton proclaimed August 15, 2024 as Rich Wills Day.…has made three hole-in-one shots over the last two years of high school….helped team to two conference championships.
Personal: Born on Feb. 22, 2006….majoring in business administration at Clemson.
Personality ProfileHome Course: Cramer MountainFavorite Current Professional Golfer: Brooks KoepkaFavorite Athlete outside of golf: Deshaun WatsonFavorite course I have played: Mountain ParkToughest Course I have played: Oakland HillsMy Best Shot Ever: Hole in on hole 12 at my home course. 197 out 6 ironMy best all-time round: 60 (-12) at Cramer MountainThe Best Part of my game is: Tee shotsMy favorite club: DriverThe part of the game I must improve: long ironsThe Biggest influence on my golf career: Bruce SudderthMy dream foursome includes: myself and: Dad, Michel Jordan, Brooks Koepka
