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Chris Woollam Season 2019-20

Height
6'2
Class
Sophomore
Hometown
Hilton, KZN, South Africa
High School
Hilton College

SEC Spring Academic Honor Roll Honoree (2020, 2021, 2022,2023)
2018-19 First-Year SEC Academic Honor Roll

GRADUATE SEASON (2022-23)

Woollam played 9 rounds in 3 events for the Tigers… Had a stroke average of 74.33 and finished in the top ten one time… His best finish of the season was at the Purdue Fall Individual… Woollam carded a 1-under 215 to finish T6… 

SENIOR SEASON (2021-22)
Played in one tournament … T53 in The Prestige (2/21-23) … Averaged 79.33 for the three rounds … One top five in his career … 13 rounds of par or under for four seasons with career stroke average of 73.67.

JUNIOR SEASON (2020-21)
Played in four tournaments … placed 33rd at the LSU Invitational with a 8-over 224 … took 47th at the NCAA Tallahassee Regional with a 5-over 221 … low round of the year was a 2-under 70 … carded lone eagle of the season at the first hole of the NCAA Tallahassee Regional.

SOPHOMORE SEASON (2019-20)
Averaged career best 72.07 strokes per round … finished tied for 22nd at the David Toms Intercollegiate with a 1-under 215 (71-76-68) … placed T44 at the Maui Jim Intercollegiate (1-over 211) … notched a 21st place finish at the Southwestern Invitational with a score of 3-over 219 … took 45th at The Prestige (4-over 217) and 47th at the Cabo Collegiate (6-over 219) … all 12 that he played as a member of LSU’s starting five counted towards team score … 7 of his 15 rounds were even par or better.

FRESHMAN SEASON (2018-19)
Played in the David Toms Intercollegiate, the first tournament of his collegiate career, and finished in 2nd place with a 6-under 210 (68-72-70) … lowest round of collegiate career was 4-under 68 in the first round of the David Toms Intercollegiate … played as an individual at ‘The Prestige’ in the spring and finished tied for 63rd (16-over 229) … averaged 73.17 strokes per round.

PRIOR TO LSU
A well-rounded ball striker … well-versed in both stroke and match play … in 2017 he averaged 70.81 strokes per round, hit 72 percent of fairways and 78 percent of greens in regulation … runner-up at the 2018 Sanlam South African Championship … runner-up at the 2018 Northern Amateur Championship … ranked 425th in the World Amateur Golf Rankings … stroke play champion at the 2017 Sanlam South African Championship with rounds of 65 and 64 to finish at 15-under par … won a playoff against Dan Brown to win the 2017 Sanlam South African Championship stroke-play title and earn the Proudfoot Trophy … 2017 KwaZulu-Natal High School Championship with a three-under par 141 (71-70) … won back-to-back titles at the Gowrie Golf Club men’s championship in 2016 and 2017 … won title at the 2016 KZN Midlands Schools Championship … earned third-place honors at the 2016 South African U17 stroke play championships.

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