Overview: Four-time Area Golfer of the Year in Pensacola, Fla. who will be in his first year with the Clemson program in 2022-23…had solid summer of 2022, he finished ninth at AJGA Stewart Cink Championship with 207 total in August…finished 14th at Florida State Boys Junior in July… already has a hole-in-one on a 330-yard par four in a district tournament to his credit….two-time all-state selection.
In High School: A four-time Area Golfer of the Year in Pensacola, Fla. who has been named to the Class A All-State team his freshman and junior years…. as leader of the Pensacola Catholic team, has finished in the top 25 of the Florida State Class A Championship each of the last three years, including sixth in 2018, seventh in 2019, fifth in 2020 and 16th in 2021….in summer of 2021 he had a pair of top 20 finishes in national AJGA Tournaments, 18th at the Arnold Palmer Junior and 19th at the AJGA Junior at Canebrake Golf Club…. has four SJGT (SE Junior Golf Tour) wins in his career…. the fall of 2020 he won the Visit Tallahassee Junior Championship thanks to a bogey free 66 in the final round, he came back from 15th place to start the final round…he was first golfer from Pensacola to win an AJGA tournament since 1999…..it was one of three top 10s he recorded in 2020….. as sophomore in 2020 he won the Class A Region championship…. the 2020 Panhandle Golfer of the Year by USA Today, and a finalist for Florida Golfer of the Year… received significant acclaim in Florida as a high school freshman in 2018 when he made a hole-in-one on a 330-yard par four at the District Tournament….played his high school golf for John Walker, Chasten Reed, and Ryan Capers.
Personal: Son of Jeff and Natalie Burroughs…his dad played golf at Huntington College…his sister, Ashley plays college golf at Spring Hill College.
Favorite Current Professional Golfer: Tiger Woods
Favorite Professional Golfer of All-time: Jack Nicklaus
Favorite Athlete Outside of Golf: Tim Duncan
Favorite Course I have Played: St. Andrews (2017 with dad)
Course I Would Like to Play: Augusta National
Favorite Golf Hole: 18th at Pinehurst #2
Toughest Course I Have Played: The Blessings in Arkansas, played in Southern Junior in 2020
My Best Shot Ever: Had hole in one on 330-yard par 4 in District Tournament.
My Best All-time Round: Had bogey free 66 at AJGA tournament at Seminole Legacy in Tallahassee, Fla to win the tournament in 2020.
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