Year |
Rounds |
Stroke Avg. |
Best Finish |
2017-18 |
12 |
72.92 |
T5th, Southwestern Intercollegiate |
2018-19 |
24 |
72.04 |
T3rd, Tiger Invitational |
2019-20 |
15 |
70.60 |
1st, Maridoe Intercollegiate |
2020-21 |
24 |
70.00 |
1st, NCAA Stillwater Regional |
2021-22 |
33 |
70.58 |
1st, Trinity Forest Invitational |
Career |
108 |
71.04 |
1st, NCAA Stillwater Regional
1st, Maridoe Intercollegiate
1st, Trinity Forest Invitational |
About Noah
- Named AAC Golfer of the Year in 2020-21
- Won the 2021 NCAA Stillwater Regional
- Entered the 2021 NCAA Championship as the nation's top-ranked golfer by Golfweek
- Holds the SMU record for single-season stroke average (70.00, 2020-21)
Career: Three-time All-American, earning first-team distinction in 2020-21... PING All-Region selection … Averages 71.24 strokes over 75 rounds, the second-best mark in SMU history … Has 43 rounds of par-or-better, and 20 of those rounds are in the 60s … Trails only Bryson DeChambeau on SMU's career list for stroke average (71.24) and finish percentage (82.7%) … Owns two of the four best single-season stroke averages in SMU history ... Multi-time AAC All-Academic Team selection and a GCAA All-America Scholar
2020-21 (Jr.): Named AAC Golfer of the Year, a First Team All-American, All-Nicklaus and AAC all-conference … Earned medalist honors at the NCAA Stillwater Regional (May 17-18), becoming the third SMU golfer to earn medalist or co-medalist honors at an NCAA Regional … Set the SMU school record, and ranked 13th nationally, with a 70.00 stroke average … Shot -15 at the Stillwater Regional, tied for the second-best 54-hole score (relative to par) in SMU history, and the best in NCAA play … Entered the NCAA Championship as the nation's top-ranked golfer in Golfweek's rankings … Had an impressive run from Feb. 17 to May 18 where he shot a combined -39 in 16 rounds,  with 15 of those rounds being even-par or better … Had a season-best 6-under 65 in the second round of the Valspar Collegiate (Mar. 15) … Held three 18-hole leads or co-leads, and two 36-hole leads … Added three more top-five finishes, at the Southwestern Invitational (T3rd, Jan. 25-27), Trinity Forest Invitational (2nd, Mar. 7-9), The Goodwin (T4th, Mar. 25-27) and the AAC Championship (T2nd, Apr. 23-25) … Entered the final hole of three tournaments (Trinity Forest Invitational; AAC Championship; NCAA Stillwater Regional) with a chance to claim medalist or co-medalist honors, each time in a 1 vs. 2 pairing … Led the nation with a 4.48 scoring average on par 5s … Earned two AAC Golfer of the Week nods (Mar. 11 & Mar. 31) … Named a finalist for both the Haskins Award and the Nicklaus Award … Named to the All-Central Region Team … An AAC All-Academic Team selection and a GCAA All-America Scholar
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Date |
Tournament |
Finish |
Score |
Jan. 25-27 |
Southwestern Invitational |
T3rd |
E (70-71-75=216) |
Feb. 15-17 |
The Prestige |
T21st |
+3 (71-74-71=216) |
Mar. 7-9 |
Trinity Forest Invitational |
2nd |
-6 (67-71-69=207) |
Mar. 15-16 |
Valspar Collegiate Invitational |
T11th |
-3 (71-65-74=210) |
Mar. 25-27 |
The Goodwin |
T4th |
-7 (67-66-70=203) |
Apr. 23-25 |
AAC Championship |
T2nd |
-8 (70-70-68=208) |
May 17-18 |
NCAA Stillwater Regional |
1st |
-15 (66-67-68=201) |
May 28-30 |
NCAA Championship |
T67th |
+9 (71-74-74=219) |
2019-20: Named a Second-Team All-American by the GCAA … Averaged 70.60 strokes over 15 rounds, good for the third-best mark in program history … Had four top-10 finishes including a victory at the Maridoe Intercollegiate (Oct. 6-8) … Shot a 1-under 215 at Maridoe, the only golfer in the field to break par for the event … Had nine par-or-better rounds, and six rounds in the 60s … All 15 of his rounds counted toward SMU’s team score … Ranked 14
th in Golfstat’s final rankings … Posted 54-hole scores that were under-par in four of his five events … Tied for fifth at the Royal Oaks Intercollegiate (Oct. 21-22), shooting a 7-under 206 … Tied for seventh at the Trinity Forest Invitational (Sept. 22-24), checking in with a 5-under 208 … Used a 4-under 209 to tie for 10
th at The Prestige (Feb. 17-19) … Became the first SMU player to average under-par on par-3s at 2.95 … Ranked sixth in single-season par-4 scoring (4.04) and seventh in single-season par-5 scoring (4.68)
Summer 2019: Finished T-9 in the North and South Amateur Championship. Tallied two top 25 finishes in the Northeast Amateur Invitation and Trans-Miss Amateur Championship.Â
2018-19 (So.): Competed in 8 events … Played 24 rounds including rounds of match play against Nevada, Army in the Bush Cup and Oklahoma State against NCAA individual champion Matthew Wolff at the NCAA Championship … Recorded a 72.04 scoring average … Was the top finisher for the Mustangs at the Royal Oaks Intercollegiate (6th), the Tiger Invitational (T-3rd), the Bandon Dunes Championship (T-6th) and the NCAA Athens Regional (T-18th) … Finished tied for 36 in stroke play at the NCAA Championship … Finished in the top-20 in even of the eight events competed in.Â
Awards: Named PING All-American Honorable Mention … Named to the PING All-Regional Team … Named to the AAC All-Conference Team … Was named to the Haskins Award Watch List in March.
2018 Summer: Earned the AT&T Byron Nelson Exemption and played in the AT&T Byron Nelson... Played in the 2018 U.S. Open (U.S. Junior Amateur Champion Exemption)
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2017-18 (Fr.): Joined the team in the spring (2018) after graduating high school early... Competed in four events... Played in 12 rounds... Posted a scoring average of 72.92... 1.17 Vs. Par... Recorded a low-round 66 at the Southern Highlands Intercollegiate... Finished in the top-30 three times, including top-25 twice... Was SMU's best finisher in two events (All-American Intercollegiate and the Southwestern Intercollegiate)... Recorded a career-best tied for fifth finish at the Southwestern Intercollegiate (E, 74-71-71-216)... Tallied a tied for 24th (76-75-70-221) finish and helped the Mustangs finish second at the 2018 American Athletic Conference Championship... Finished tied for 28th (-2, 72-70-72-214) in his first collegiate competition... Missed The Goodwin and the Clemson Invitational due to Injury.
Prep: 2017 AJGA Rolex Junior Player of the Year ... 2016 AJGA Rolex Junior Player of the Year (
Fifth Player All-Time to win in consecutive years (Tracy Phillips, Phil Mickelson, Tiger Woods, Brian Harman, Noah Goodwin) ... Named to Junior Ryder Cup team ... Named to U.S. Junior Presidents Cup team ... Named to Wyndham Cup West Team ... Played in U.S. Amateur Championship (2016, 2017)
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Career Highlights:
1st      U.S. Junior Amateur Championship (2017)
1st      CB&I - Simplify Boys Championship at Carlton Woods (2017)
2nd     U.S. Junior Amateur Championship (2016)
2nd     The PING Invitational (2016)
6th      The PING Invitational (2017)
Collegiate Wins (2)
Date |
Tournament |
Winning Score |
Margin of Victory |
Oct. 6-8, 2019 |
Maridoe Intercollegiate |
-1 (68-74-73=215) |
3 strokes |
May 17-18, 2021 |
NCAA Stillwater Regional |
-15 (66-67-68=201) |
6 strokes |
Professional Tour Events (2)
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Date |
Tournament |
Score |
Finish |
May 17-20, 2018 |
AT&T Byron Nelson |
71-77=141 |
MC |
June 14-17, 2018 |
U.S. Open |
81-78=159 |
MC |
Awards
3x GCAA All-American (2019 HM, 2020 2nd, 2021 1st)
All-Nicklaus Team (2021)
3x All-Region (2019, 2020, 2021)
AAC Golfer of the Year (2021)
2x AAC All-Conference Team (2019, 2021)
3x AAC Golfer of the Week (Mar. 20, 2019; Mar. 11, 2021; Mar. 31, 2021)
2x AAC All-Academic (2020, 2021)
GCAA All-America Scholar (2021)