Meet The Student-Athletes
Davis Thompson Senior • 6-3 • 190 Auburn, Ala. Lee-Scott Academy
2020-2021 • Will represent the United States in the 2021 Walker Cup in May. • Ascended to No. 1 in the World Amateur Golf Ranking on Nov. 11. • Currently ranked as the No. 1 American and the No. 2 player overall in the WAGR. • Posted a scoring average of 68.67 (including his last six rounds in the 60s) in finishing fourth, fifth, and sixth in the Bulldogs’ three fall tournaments. • Named to the Preseason Haskins Award Watch List. • Entering the spring at No. 4 in the PGA Tour University rankings. • Competed in the 2020 U.S. Open Championship, earning entry from the USGA based on his then-No. 4 WAGR. • Played in the PGA Tour’s RSM Classic in November. • Played for the United States in the Arnold Palmer Cup, going 2-1-1 in his matches. • Participated in a Walker Cup practice session in December. • Chosen as the male recipient of the Joel Eaves Award as the Georgia student-athlete with the highest GPA entering his senior year academically. • Named to the J. Reid Parker Director of Athletics Academic Honor Roll. • Named a recipient of the Ramsey Scholarship for Academic & Athletic Excellence. 2019-2020 • Chosen as a First-Team All-American by PING and the Golf Coaches Association of America. • Picked as a Second-Team All-American by Golfweek.
• Named to the United States’ Arnold Palmer Cup Team. • Named First-Team All-SEC by the league’s coaches. • Chosen by the GCAA for the Division I PING All-Southeast Region Team. • Chosen as one of the three finalists for the Haskins Award. • Chosen as one of the five finalists for the Jack Nicklaus National Player of the Year Award presented by Golf. com. • Ranked No. 5 in the World Amateur Golf Ranking. • Won the Jim Rivers Invitational for the second victory of his career and led the Bulldogs to the team title. • Placed fourth and helped the Bulldogs win the team title in the Crooked Stick Invitational. • Came in sixth in the Nike Golf Collegiate Invitational and the Southern Highlands Collegiate, and eighth in The Carmel Cup. • Boasted a scoring average of 69.95, including nine rounds in the 60s. • Played in the PGA Tour’s 2019 RSM Classic, where he finished 23rd at 10-under 272. • Played in the PGA Tour’s 2020 Puerto Rico Open, missing the cut. • Named to the Ben Hogan Award Watch List. • Won the 2020 Jones Cup Invitational with a tournament-record 13-under 203 and earned a spot in the 2020 RSM Classic. • Named the recipient of the Jack and Mary Dinos Men’s Golf Scholarship. • Chosen as a 2020 Srixon/Cleve-
Thompson’s Georgia Scorecard Year Rounds Strokes Average Low 2017-2018 32 2337 73.03 63 2018-2019 34 2413 70.97 67 2019-2020 21 1469 69.95 66 2020-2021 9 618 68.67 66 Totals 96 6837 71.22 63 Top-10 Finishes: 14 Top-20 Finishes: 20 Par Or Better: 58 Best Finish: 1st Low Round: 63 (-9) Low Tournament: 202 (-11)
(2/4/5/3) (4/7/6/3) (11/22/17/8) 2019 Athens Regional 2019 Jim Rivers 2018 Linger Longer 2020 Vanderbilt
2017-2018 Rounds Total Place The Carmel Cup 70-68-74 212 (-4) 20th / 48 Nike Golf Invitational 73-74-78 225 (+12) 62nd / 75 Crooked Stick Invitational 73-71-80 224 (+8) 34th / 66 Ka’anapali Classic 69-72-70 211 (-2) 22nd / 115 Puerto Rico Classic 80-76-74 230 (+17) 65th / 75 Wexford Intercollegiate 67-72-69 208 (-8) 2nd / 90 Southern Intercollegiates 74-72 146 (+2) 13th / 90 Linger Longer Invitational 63-69-74 206 (-10) 3rd / 90 Mason Rudolph Champ 72-78-74 224 (+11) 32nd / 82 SEC Championship 71-77-78 226 (+16) 67th / 70 NCAA Regional 75-76-74 225 (+9) 50th / 75 2018-2019 Rounds Total Place The Carmel Cup 70-70-69 209 (-7) 11th / 48 Nike Golf Invitational 75-71-75 221 (+11) 45th / 75 Jim Rivers Intercollegiate 72-67 139 (-5) 4th / 85 Ka‘anapali Collegiate 68-72-70 210 (-3) 33rd / 116 Puerto Rico Classic 75-71-70 216 (E) 23rd / 75 Hackler Championship 74-67-72 213 (-3) 13th / 78 Linger Longer Invitational 75-73-74 222 (+6) 44th / 87 Clemson Invitational 68-71-68 207 (-9) 12th / 81 Southern Intercollegiates 72-70 142 (-2) 3rd / 85 SEC Championship 69-68-68 205 (-5) 4th / 70 NCAA Regional 69-69-67 205 (-8) 1st / 75 NCAA Championships 76-73-75 224 (+8) MC / 156 2019-2020 Rounds Total Place The Carmel Cup 72-66-71 209 (-7) 8th / 48 Jim Rivers Invitational 70-71-68 209 (-7) 1st / 84 Nike Golf Invitational 67-66-73 206 (-7) 6th / 75 Crooked Stick Invitational 68-71-74 213 (-3) 4th / 78 Ka’anapali Collegiate 68-70-67 205 (-8) 12th / 119 Puerto Rico Classic 72-73-71 216 (E) 32nd / 75 Southern Highlands 67-75-69 211 (-5) 6th / 84 2020-2021 Rounds Total Place Blessings Invitational 73-70-70 213 (-3) 4th / 70 Vanderbilt Collegiate 68-67-67 202 (-11) 5th / 70 Jerry Pate National Inter. 66-69-68 203 (-7) 6th / 70
land Golf All-America Scholar. • Named to the 2020 SEC Spring Academic Honor Roll. 2018-2019 • Chosen as an Honorable Mention All-American by PING and the Golf Coaches Association of America. • Chosen by the GCAA for the Division I PING All-Southeast Region Team. • Named Second-Team All-SEC and to the SEC Community Service
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