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2019-20 Men's Golf

Spencer McKinney

  • Class Senior
  • Hometown Danville, Ky.
  • Highschool Danville

Biography

2019-2020
-Competed in 11 rounds in pandemic-shortened senior season
-Had team-best stroke average of 75.34
-Named HCAC Player of the Week on Sept. 23
-Had one top-10 finish (Rhodes Classic on Sept. 22)
-Shot season-best three-round 216 at Rhodes Classic
-Shot round-best one-under-par 71 in second round of Rhodes Fall Classic
-Second-best round was an even-par 72 in round 2 of the Royal Lakes/Oglethorpe Fall Invitational on Oct. 8, 2019
 
2018-2019
-Named PING All-Region
-Competed in 24 rounds (tied for team-high)
-Had three top-10 finishes, two top-5 finishes, and one medalist finish
-Earned All-HCAC honors
-Named HCAC Player of the Week on March 18, 2019
-Shot career-best four-under-par 68 in first round of Rhodes Classic
-Had five rounds of under-par scores
-Finished as medalist at Anderson Dual Match on April 13 (shot two-under-par 70)
-Shot three-round 209 (seven-under-par) at Rhodes Fall Classic to finish in 5th place
-Shot three-round 228 (12-over-par) at HCAC Championships to finish in 9th place
-Turned in two-round 152 (eight-over-par) at NCAA National Championships at Keene Trace, team did not advance to final rounds
-Had 74.42 stroke average on the season (led team)
 
2017-2018
-Competed in 10 rounds as a sophomore
-Won the HCAC Men’s Golf Championship Individual Championship, shooting a four-round 278 (six-under-par), led Transylvania to team conference title
-Shot four-round 297 (nine-over-par) at NCAA National Championships to finish 37th out of 212 players
-Earned All-HCAC honors
-Had 72.60 stroke average on the season
 
2016-2017
-Competed in 19 rounds as a freshman
-Earned All-HCAC honors
-Third-best stroke average on team at 76.63
-Turned in three-round 220 (seven-over-par) to finish 14th at Gordin Classic on Sept. 25-26
-Shot season-low 71 (one-under-par) twice over the season (Round 3 of Gordon Classic, Round 1 of HCAC Championship)
-Shot two-round 155 (11-over-par) for a 9th place finish at the MSJ Invitational (Mar. 26)
-Shot two-round 152 (8-over-par) for T-42nd place finish at Emory Invite, had 7 birdies in the tournament
-Shot four-round 300 (14-over-par) at HCAC Championships to finish in 5th place on the player leaderboard and second among the Pioneers

Historical Player Information

  • 2016-17Freshman

  • 2017-18Sophomore

  • 2018-19Junior

  • 2019-20Senior

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