Tristan Nelko

JUNIOR PLYMOUTH, MINNESOTA (WAYZATA)

CAREER STATS Year Rounds

2018-19 11 2019-20 3

Total 14 Strokes

845 236

1,081

CAREER HONORS

• Nebraska Scholar-Athlete Honor Roll (Fall 2018; Spring 2020) • Tom Osborne Citizenship Team (2019, 2020) • Minnesota Mr. Golf (2018) • Minnesota Class AAA Individual Champion (2018) • Metro Boys Golfer of the Year (2018) • Minnesota Class AAA Team Champion (Wayzata High School, 2017) • Two-Time Minnesota All-State (2017, 2018) • MGA Junior Team Championship at Fox Hollow GC Champion (2018)

SOPHOMORE (2019-20)

Tristan Nelko competed in one tournament for the Huskers in 2019-20, posting a 236 over three rounds at the Duke/Rod Myers Invitational to tie for 66th.

Average

76.82 78.67

77.21 CAREER BESTS

Low Round Low 54-Hole Score Best Tournament Finish Rounds Under Par

72 (Cardinal Regional, 9/14/18) 225 (Quail Valley, 10/16/18) T18th (Git-R-Done Husker, 4/13/19) 0

Off the course, Nelko earned a spot on the Nebraska Scholar-Athlete Honor Roll in the spring of 2020. He also was a member of the Tom Osborne Citizenship Team for the second straight season.

FRESHMAN (2018-19)

Nelko made the starting lineup in each of the Huskers’ first two tournaments in the fall of 2018. He shot a 235 (+19) at the Duke/Rod Myers Invitational and fired a 233 (+20) over three rounds in the Cardinal Regional Challenge. He shot a career-low 72 (+1) in the first round of the Cardinal Regional Challenge.

Nelko’s best outing of the fall came in the team’s final tournament of 2018, the Quail Valley Intercollegiate. Nelko fired two consecutive 74’s (+2) and finished up the third round with a 77 (+5) to earn a three-round score of 225 (+9), setting a new career-low 54-hole score. He tied for 62nd, which was a season best.

In his only appearance of the spring, Nelko fired a 152 (+10) over 36 holes at the Git-R-Done Husker Invitational (April 13). He finished his freshman year with a 76.82 stroke average.

BEFORE NEBRASKA

Nelko entered the Husker program hot off the heels of a stellar season in which he came in first place at nine of 10 high school golf tournaments as a senior. Playing in Minnesota’s largest high school class division of AAA, Nelko captured the individual state championship by tying the state record with a two-round total of 139. His performance during the season also earned him the title of Minnesota Mr. Golf, and he was the Metro Boys Golfer of the Year. He carried a 69.5 stroke average as a senior in 2018.

Nelko was the medalist at a plethora of other events including the State Preview at Edinburgh USA Golf Club, Champions Invitational at Windsong Farm Golf Club, Detroit Lakes Invitational, Wayzata vs. Eden Prairie and Minnetonka at Olympic Hills Golf Club, MGA Junior Team Championship, and the Chaska Invitational.

Nelko added a runner-up finish at FCWT Whistling Straits in Wisconsin and tied for second at the Minnesota State Amateur Qualifier.

Nelko helped lead his Wayzata High School team to a Minnesota Class AAA state championship as a junior in 2017, when he claimed the first of two all-state honors.

PERSONAL

The son of Trevor and Rachelle Nelko, Tristan was born Nov. 13, 1999. He has a younger brother, Dylan. Tristan is majoring in marketing and earned spots on the Nebraska ScholarAthlete Honor in the fall of 2018 and the spring of 2020. Nelko is also a two-time member of the Tom Osborne Citizenship Team (2018, 2020).