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Trent Phillips

MeeT The sTudenT-aThleTes TrenT PhilliPs Junior • 5-11 • 150 inman, S.C.

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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 (7/6/1) toP-20 finishes: 19 (11/7/1) Par or Better: 50 (26/18/6)

Best finish: 1st 2019 Ka ’ anaPali

low round: 64 (-8) 2018 Carmel CuP 2019 Ka ’ anaPali (2) 2019 Ka ’ anaPali (3) 62 (-8) 2020 Jerry Pate

low tournament: 193 (-20) 2019 Ka ’ anaPali

2018-2019

rounds total PlaCe

the Carmel CuP 68-64-69 201 (-15) 3rd / 48 niKe golf invitational 69-68-69 206 (-4) 3rd / 75

Jim rivers interCollegiate 68-68 136 (-8) 2nd / 85 Ka ‘ anaPali Collegiate 65-69-71 205 (-8) 11th / 116 Puerto riCo ClassiC 71-69-71 211 (-5) 4th / 75 haCKler ChamPionshiP 68-73-66 207 (-9) 3rd / 78 linger longer invitational 75-69-71 215 (-1) 15th / 87 Clemson invitational 69-72-69 210 (-6) 16th / 81

southern interCollegiates 75-72 147 (+3) 15th / 85 seC ChamPionshiP 65-73-85 223 (+13) 56th / 70 nCaa regional 72-73-69 214 (+1) 10th / 75 nCaa ChamPionshiPs 73-70-77-68 289 (+1) 8th / 156

2019-2020 rounds total PlaCe

the Carmel CuP 67-72-66 205 (-11) 3rd / 48 Jim rivers invitational 71-71-70 212 (-4) 5th / 84 niKe golf invitational 67-67-74 208 (-5) 10th / 75 CrooKed stiCK invitational 75-75-76 226 (+10) 38th / 78 Ka ’ anaPali Collegiate 65-64-64 193 (-20) 1st / 119 sun Bowl all-ameriCa 70-69-67 206 (-7) 5th / 34 Puerto riCo ClassiC 72-70-66 208 (-8) 4th / 75 southern highlands 74-76-66 216 (e) 16th / 84

2020-2021 rounds total PlaCe

Blessings Collegiate 79-72-70 221 (+5) 23rd / 70 vanderBilt legends 68-74-68 210 (-3) 31st / 70 Jerry Pate interCollegiate 62-71-69 202 (-8) 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.

• Finished 15-under 201 in The Carmel Cup, matching the third-lowest tournament total in school history. • Posted a second-round 8-under 64 in The Carmel Cup to tie the second-lowest loop in Georgia annals. • Placed second in the rain-shortened Jim Rivers Intercollegiate. • Came in third in the Nike Golf Collegiate Invitational and the General Hackler Championship. • Placed 10th in the NCAA Athens Regional and helped the Bulldogs claim the team title. • Named to the Ben Hogan Award and the Haskins Award watch lists. • Chosen as one of the semifinalists for the Jack Nicklaus National Player of the Year Award presented by Barbasol. • Participated in a United States Walker Cup practice session in December. • Named to the Southeastern Conference First-Year Academic Honor Roll. • Named to the J. Reid Parker Director of Athletics Honor Roll.

Amateur Highlights

• Named 2017 First Team Rolex Junior All-America and 2015 Honorable Mention All-America. • Chosen for the 2018 All-USA Boys Golf Second Team. • Earned the 2018 Byron Nelson International Junior Golf Award. • Was the youngest player to ever win the Palmetto Amateur. • Was the youngest player to ever lead a round of the South Carolina Amateur. • Became the first player since 1991 to win consecutive South Carolina Junior Championships. • Named the South Carolina Junior Player of the Year three times, the only man to accomplish that feat. • Twice won the South Carolina Golf Association Junior Championship. • Won the 2017 Dustin Johnson World Junior Championship and the Haas Family Invitational presented by BB&T. • Posted a 3-0-0 record as a member of the United States’ 2017 Junior Presidents Cup Team. • Had top-10s in the 2018 Junior Invitational at Sage Valley Golf Club and the 2018 U.S. Junior Amateur Championship. • Reached the match play portion of the 2018 and 2020 U.S. Amateur. • Won the 2016 Bobby Chapman Junior Invitational. • Claimed eight career top-10 AJGA finishes.

High School

• Graduated from Boiling Springs. • Earned medalist honors in every regular-season tournament as a senior. • Won the individual state championship three times. • Led Boiling Springs to four state titles. • Chosen as a South Carolina Junior Scholar.

Personal

• Born May 28, 2000. • Son of Brian and Beth Phillips. • His brother, Trevor, is a member of the Georgia squad. • Majoring in Sport Management.

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