Meet The Student-Athletes
Trent Phillips
Junior • 5-11 • 150 Inman, S.C. Boiling Springs 2020-2021 • Appeared in all three fall tournaments, including a fourth-place finish in the Jerry Pate National Intercollegiate. • Fired an 8-under 62 (matching the second-lowest loop in school history) in the first round of the Jerry Pate National Intercollegiate. • Named to the Preseason Haskins Award Watch List. • Chosen as the recipient of the Jack Carlyle Fraser Memorial Golf Scholarship. • Named to the J. Reid Parker Director of Athletics Honor Roll. • Serving as one of the Bulldogs’ team captains this season. 2019-2020 • Chosen as a FirstTeam All-American by PING and the Golf Coaches Association of America. • Picked as a Second-Team All-American by Golfweek. • Named First-Team All-SEC by the league’s coaches. • Chosen by the GCAA for the Division I PING All-Southeast Region Team. • Led the Bulldogs with a school-record scoring average of 69.75, including 11 of 24 rounds in the 60s. • Picked up his first collegiate victory in the Ka’anapali Collegiate Classic. • Defeated Oklahoma’s Quade Cummins on the seventh playoff hole for the title. • Finished regulation at 20-under 193 to break the school record of
18-under 195 set in 2007 by Chris Kirk. • Came in third in The Carmel Cup, fourth in the Puerto Rico Classic, fifth in the Jim Rivers Invitational and the Sun Bowl Marathon All-America Classic, and 10th in the Nike Golf Collegiate Invitational. • Helped the Bulldogs win the team titles in the Jim Rivers Invitational and the Crooked Stick Invitational. • Named to the watch list for the Haskins Award. • Named to the watch list for the Ben Hogan Award. • Named the SEC Player of the Week after placing fourth in the Puerto Rico Classic. • Named the recipient of the Jack Carlyle Fraser Memorial Golf Scholarship. • Chosen as a 2020 Srixon/Cleveland Golf All-America Scholar.• Named to the 2020 SEC Spring Academic Honor Roll. 2018-2019 • Named Second-Team All-American and to the National All-Freshmen Team by PING and the Golf Coaches Association of America. • Chosen by the GCAA for the Division I PING All-Southeast Region Team. • Named the SEC Freshman of the Year and to the All-SEC First Team and the Freshman All-SEC Team. • Appeared in all 11 tournaments, finishing in the top 10 six times and in the top 20 11 times. • Won the Dick Copas Award as the Bulldog with the lowest scoring average (70.40).
Phillips’ Georgia Scorecard Year Rounds Strokes Average Low 2018-2019 35 2464 70.40 64 2019-2020 24 1674 69.75 64 2020-2021 9 633 70.33 62 Totals 68 4771 70.16 62 Top-10 Finishes: 14 Top-20 Finishes: 19 Par Or Better: 50 Best Finish: 1st Low Round: 64 (-8) 62 (-8) Low Tournament: 193 (-20)
(7/6/1) (11/7/1) (26/18/6) 2019 Ka’anapali 2018 Carmel Cup 2019 Ka’anapali (2) 2019 Ka’anapali (3) 2020 Jerry Pate 2019 Ka’anapali
2018-2019 Rounds Total The Carmel Cup 68-64-69 201 (-15) Nike Golf Invitational 69-68-69 206 (-4) Jim Rivers Intercollegiate 68-68 136 (-8) Ka‘anapali Collegiate 65-69-71 205 (-8) Puerto Rico Classic 71-69-71 211 (-5) Hackler Championship 68-73-66 207 (-9) Linger Longer Invitational 75-69-71 215 (-1) Clemson Invitational 69-72-69 210 (-6) Southern Intercollegiates 75-72 147 (+3) SEC Championship 65-73-85 223 (+13) NCAA Regional 72-73-69 214 (+1) NCAA Championships 73-70-77-68 289 (+1) 2019-2020 Rounds Total The Carmel Cup 67-72-66 205 (-11) Jim Rivers Invitational 71-71-70 212 (-4) Nike Golf Invitational 67-67-74 208 (-5) Crooked Stick Invitational 75-75-76 226 (+10) Ka’anapali Collegiate 65-64-64 193 (-20) Sun Bowl All-America 70-69-67 206 (-7) Puerto Rico Classic 72-70-66 208 (-8) Southern Highlands 74-76-66 216 (E) 2020-2021 Rounds Total Blessings Collegiate 79-72-70 221 (+5) Vanderbilt Legends 68-74-68 210 (-3) Jerry Pate Intercollegiate 62-71-69 202 (-8)
Place 3rd / 48 3rd / 75 2nd / 85 11th / 116 4th / 75 3rd / 78 15th / 87 16th / 81 15th / 85 56th / 70 10th / 75 8th / 156 Place 3rd / 48 5th / 84 10th / 75 38th / 78 1st / 119 5th / 34 4th / 75 16th / 84 Place 23rd / 70 31st / 70 4th / 70
• The 70.40 scoring average ranks third on Georgia’s single-season list. • Finished eighth in the 156-man field at the NCAA Championships. • Twenty-six of his 35 rounds were par or better, including 19 in the 60s. • Opened his career with 10 straight rounds in the 60s. • Owns the second-lowest round and the third-lowest tournament total in school history. • Chosen as the SEC Freshman of the Week after finishing fourth in the Puerto Rico Classic. • Made his Georgia debut by placing third in The Carmel Cup.
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