Davis Thompson

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 (2/4/5/3) toP-20 finishes: 20 (4/7/6/3) Par or Better: 58 (11/22/17/8)

Best finish: 1st 2019 athens regional 2019 Jim rivers

low round: 63 (-9) 2018 linger longer

low tournament: 202 (-11) 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

Team. • Won the NCAA Athens Regional for his first collegiate victory. • Led the Bulldogs to the team title in the NCAA Athens Regional and a berth in the NCAA Championships. • Finished third in the Southern Intercollegiates. • Led Georgia with a fourth-place finish in the SEC Championship as all three rounds were in the 60s. • Came in fourth in the rain-shortened Jim Rivers Intercollegiate. • Placed 11th in The Carmel Cup and 13th in the General Hackler Championship. • Appeared in every tournament and finished with a 70.97 scoring average (which tied the ninth-best single season in UGA history) with four top 10s and seven top 20s. • Inducted into UGA’s Student-Athlete Leadership Academy. • Won the team’s Howell Hollis Award as the Bulldog with the best grade point average for the second straight season. • Named to the Southeastern Conference Academic Honor Roll. • Named to the J. Reid Parker Director of Athletics Academic Honor Roll. • Named the recipient of the Jack and Mary Dinos Men’s Golf Scholarship.

2017-2018

• Named the SEC Male Freshman of the Week after placing third in the Linger Longer Invitational and setting personal standards for round (a school-record-tying 9-under 63) and tournament total (10-under 206). • The 9-under 63 matched the school mark set by Peter Persons in the 1984 Rafael Alarcon Intercollegiate. • The 9-under 63 eclipsed the Great Waters course record of 8-under 64. • Chosen as the SEC Male Freshman of the Week after the Wexford Intercollegiate where he finished a career-best second. • Made his collegiate debut in The Carmel Cup, placing 20th. • Saw action in 11 of the Bulldogs’ 12 tournaments. • Named the recipient of the Jack and Mary Dinos Men’s Golf Scholarship. • Named to the First-Year SEC Academic Honor Roll. • Named to the J. Reid Parker Director of Athletics Academic Honor Roll. • Won the team’s Howell Hollis Award as the Bulldog with the best grade point average.

Amateur/Junior Highlights

• Claimed medalist honors in the 2019 Western Amateur, earning the George R. Thorne Trophy. • Finished as the runner-up in the 2019 and 2021 Jones Cup. • Named the 2016 Southeastern Junior Golf Tour Player of the Year after winning five events. • Participated in the 2017 U.S. Junior Amateur Championship. • Placed sixth in the 2015 Alabama State Amateur Championship. • Came in seventh in the 2017 Southeastern Amateur. • Finished 12th in the 2016 Dogwood Amateur.

High School

• Graduated from Lee-Scott Academy. • Helped lead Lee-Scott Academy to six state championships. • Claimed state medalist honors in 2013 and 2015.

Personal

• Born June 5, 1999. • Son of Todd and Leigh Thompson. • His father lettered for Georgia from 1985-88 and served as team captain in 1987 and 1988. • Majoring in Sport Management.