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Philip Barbaree Season 2023-24

Height
5'11
Class
Senior
Hometown
Shreveport, La.
High School
C.E. Byrd HS

2x PING Southeast All-Region Team (2018, 2019)
2018-19 All-SEC Second Team
2017-18 Google Cloud Academic All-District Team

SENIOR SEASON (Fall 2020)
Played three tournaments for LSU … finished tied for 37th at the Blessings Collegiate Invitational … took 35th at the Jerry Pate National Intercollegiate … registered a 59th place finish at the Vanderbilt Legends Intercollegiate.

SENIOR SEASON (2019-20)
Wrapped up season with stroke average of 71.81 in 21 rounds played … registered three top-10 finishes in seven tournaments … started season with a tie for third at the Maui Jim Intercollegiate with a three-round score of 9-under 201 (68-66-67) … took fourth at the Inverness Intercollegiate with a 1-over 214 (68-74-72) … tied for fifth at the David Toms Intercollegiate with a three-round score of 11-under 205 at Southern Trace Country Club in Shreveport … shot a career low of 7-under 65 in round one of David Toms Intercollegiate … LSU won team title at David Toms Intercollegiate … closed out fall with a 17th place showing at the Tavistock Collegiate Invitational (even par 216) … low round of fall and collegiate career was 7-under 65 in round one of David Toms Intercollegiate … finished tied for 21st at The Prestige at 1-under 212 … shot a 6-over 222 to tie for 29th at the Southwestern Invitational … finished tied for 77th at the Cabo Collegiate … 10 of his 21 rounds were even par or better … 18 of his 21 rounds counted towards LSU’s team score … finished season with 70 birdies and a team high three eagles … low round of season was 7-under 65 in round one of David Toms Intercollegiate.

JUNIOR SEASON (2018-19)
Posted a career-best scoring average of 71.48 … the 71.48 led LSU and was the sixth-best single season scoring average in school history … played in all 33 rounds for LSU and his scores counted towards LSU’s team score in 30 of those … 17 of those 33 rounds were par or better … had three top-five finishes on the season to lead LSU … best finish of the season was a tie for third at The Prestige with a three-round total of 5-under 208 (73-69-66) to help LSU win team title … placed tied for 17th at the NCAA Stanford Regional with a three-round score of 1-over 211 (68-68-75) … earned a fifth-place finish at the David Toms Intercollegiate with a final score of 3-under par (213) … lowest round of the season was a 5-under 66 at The Prestige that featured two eagles, three birdies, 12 pars and a double bogey … best tournament to par was a 7-under 203 at the Maui Jim Intercollegiate (67-67-69) where he finished tied for 12th … finished tied for 41st at the SEC Championship with a 9-over 219 … LSU’s top finisher at the NCAA Championships with a tie for 43rd (7-over 223).

SOPHOMORE SEASON (2017-18)
Posted a career-best scoring average of 72.19 in 37 rounds over 13 tournaments for the Tigers … Had 16 rounds of par or better for LSU … Best finish was at the General Hackler Championship, tying for fourth overall after shooting an 4-under par 212 … Had five top-10 finishes … Placed tied for fifth at the Ka’anapali Collegiate Classic with a 8-under par 205 (67-68-70) to help LSU claim the team title … At the Maui Jim Intercollegiate in Hawaii, he recorded a three-round total of 214, tying for eighth overall at 2-under par … Low round of the season was a 66 in the closing round at the SEC Championship to help LSU capture stroke play title … Ended up finishing in a tie for 10th at the SEC Championship with a three-round total of even par 210 (75-69-66) … Finished in a tie for eighth at the David Toms Intercollegiate with a 1-under par 143 to help LSU claim the team title … his 72.19 scoring average is the 19th best in LSU history … represented LSU at the NCAA Stockton Regional.

FRESHMAN SEASON (2016-17)
Enrolled at LSU for the 2017 spring semester after signing his National Letter of Intent with the Tigers in November 2016 as the No. 1 high school recruit in the United States his signing class … Appeared in all nine tournaments for the Tigers during the 2017 spring season … Ended the season with a 73.68 scoring average in 25 competitive rounds played on the year … Tied for 43rd place at both the SEC and NCAA championships while cracking the lineup in his first postseason at LSU … Posted an 8-over par 218 at the SEC Championships at Sea Island Golf Club’s Seaside Course in St. Simons Island, Georgia, before finishing the NCAA Championships with a score of 6-over 294 in four rounds played at Rich Harvest Farms Golf Club in Sugar Grove, Illinois … Appearance at the NCAA Championships included a season-low 4-under 68 in the second round of stroke play … Helped lead the Tigers to their fourth-straight top-10 national finish while finishing ninth as a team at the 2017 NCAA Division I Men’s Golf Championships … Shot 8-over 224 to tie for 24th place on the final leaderboard at the NCAA Baton Rouge Regional held at the University Club … Made his collegiate debut at The Prestige at PGA West where he helped the Tigers win the team title with a 54-hole tournament score of 7-over 220 to tie for 31st place in his debut for LSU … Earned his first career top-10 finish at the Louisiana Classics in Lafayette while firing a season-low 1-over 217 to tie for 10th place … Also teed it up at the General Hackler Championship (t15), Valspar Collegiate Invitational (t25), Aggie Invitational (t31) and Tiger Classic (t23) during the 2017 spring season … Earned his first varsity letter.

PRIOR TO LSU
Arguably the top recruit in the country in the Class of 2017 … Concurrently held the No. 1 ranking in the World Junior Golf Ranking and each of the Golfweek, National Junior Golf Scoreboard and AJGA Polo Junior Golf rankings during the 2015 season … Crowned the 2015 United States Junior Amateur Champion after scoring a match-play victory in 37 holes in the nation’s most prestigious junior championship held at Colleton River Plantation Club in Bluffton, South Carolina … Also took home the title at the 2015 American Junior Golf Association Rolex Tournament of Champions with a record-setting performance at the Crosswater Course in Sunriver, Oregon … Was the wire-to-wire winner with an AJGA 72-hole record of 24-under par 264 to win going away by 14 strokes on the final leaderboard … Fired rounds of 6-under 66, 4-under 68, 8-under 64 and 6-under 66 to set the AJGA scoring record at the 2015 Rolex Tournament of Champions … 2015 season was also highlighted by tying for ninth place at the AJGA’s Polo Junior Golf Classic and finishing runner-up at the prestigious Trans-Mississippi Amateur Championship … Represented the United States as a member of Team USA at the 2015 Spirit International, winning three gold medals in the individual and team competitions … Honored for his performance in 2015 as the AJGA Rolex Junior Player of the Year and a First-Team Rolex Junior All-American … Two-time West Team member at the AJGA’s Wyndham Cup in his career … Four times a member of the AJGA Gary Gilchrist Junior All-Star Team from 2011-14 … Has been named an AJGA Rolex Junior All-American four times during his junior golf career, including three honorable mention selections in 2012, 2014 and 2016 along with his first-team selection in 2015 … His 2016 season has been highlighted by a fifth-place individual finish at the AJGA PING Invitational, as well as a tie for 14th place at The Junior PLAYERS Championship presented by TaylorMade-adidas Golf and a tie for 15th place in his title defense at the Rolex Tournament of Champions … Signed with the Tigers following the 2016 season as the No. 8-ranked junior prospect nationally in the Class of 2017 in both the Golfweek and National Junior Golf Scoreboard rankings … Also signed his National Letter of Intent as the No. 15-ranked junior golfer nationwide in the AJGA Polo Junior Golf Rankings … Twice the Louisiana High School Athletic Association Division I individual state champion in 2014 and 2015 … Smashed the scoring record at the Louisiana Golf Association Junior Amateur Championship in 2014 with a winning score of 19-under 197 at Links on the Bayou, including rounds of 10-under 62 in the first round, 3-under 69 in the second round and 6-under 66 in the final round … Has been honored throughout his junior golf career for his performance on and off the course … A recipient of the Byron Nelson International Junior Golf Award in 2016 … Also named the Shreveport Times Sportsperson of the Year and Independence Bowl Carl Milkovich Sportsperson of the Year and recipient of the Mason Lodge Honesty and Integrity Award and Paul S. Simon Character Award at Sage Valley Junior Invitational in 2015.

PERSONAL
Full name is Philip Royce Barbaree, Jr. … Born on June 19, 1998 … Parents are Phil and Karen Barbaree … Has two older sisters, Catherine and Caroline … An honor student during his prep career at C.E. Byrd High School with a 4.644 weighted grade-point average … Member of the National Honor Society, Fellowship of Christian Athletes, Young Life Bible Study and Key Club as a high school student … Involved with the AJGA Leadership Links with the American Diabetes Association … Plans to major in business at LSU.

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