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Connor Coffee

  • Ht./Wt. 5-10 / 155
  • Class Fifth Year
  • Hometown Peachtree City, Ga.
  • High School McIntosh HS
  • Prev School McIntosh HS

Biography

AS A FIFTH YEAR (2020-21)
Played in two tournaments and finished with a 68.33 scoring average ... finished the season with a 121-1 record and all six of his rounds were played at par or better ...opened the season with rounds of 67-70-72 for a 7-under par total of 216 at the Any Given Tuesday Intercollegiate where he finished tied for second ... His 5-under 67 in round one featured a 9-under par 27 on his final nine holes in which he made three birdies, three pars and three eagles ... won individual medalist honors at the Raines Company Intercollegiate with rounds of 65-71-65 for a 15-under par total of 201 ... His two rounds of 65 were career-lows for him on a par-72 course ... his 201 total score also established a new 54-hole program record on a par-72 course ... both of his rounds of 65 were bogey free ... helped lead the Owls to a second-place finish and card the lowest 18-hole and 54-hole scores on a par-72 course in program history.

AS A SENIOR (2019-20)
Had a 75.44 scoring average in 18 rounds this season ...  had a team-high five rounds of par or better ... top finish came at the Steelwood Collegiate in a tie for 14th after posting rounds of 74-71-72 to finish 1-over ... played four of his last six rounds at par or better
and provided a counting score in 17 of 18 rounds.

AS A JUNIOR (2018-19)
Competed in 11 events and posted a 73.50 scoring average ... Totaled 12 rounds at par or better and was second on the team with eight rounds under par ... recorded two top 10 showings, including a fifth place finish at the Steelwood Intercollegiate (73-70-71 - 214; -2) ... performance garnered ASUN Golfer of the Week honors ... tied for seventh at the Shoal Creek Invitational (71-71-73 - 215; -1) ... was 23rd at the Tiger Invitational  with rounds of 75-76-68 for a 3-over par 219. Tied for 24th at the ASUN Championship. 

SUMMER 2018
Tied for 22nd (70-71-70-73 – 284; +4) in the Georgia Amateur at Athens Country Club ... Tied for 39th (73-77 – 150; +6) in the Yamaha Atlanta Open at Cherokee Town and Country Club-North.

AS A SOPHOMORE (2017-18)
Played in 11 tournaments and posted a 74.43 scoring in average in 30 rounds ... was the Owls' top finisher at the ASUN Conference Championships (10th) and NCAA Stockton Regional (T37th) ... had eight rounds of par or better, including six under par, and two in the 60s ... best finish was a 10th place showing at the ASUN Conference Championships after shooting rounds of 72-73 for a 3-over par total of 145 ... carded a season-best par-72 54-hole score of 3-over par 219 to tie for 31st at the season-opening Carpet Capital Collegiate ... led KSU with a 1-over par 217 total to tie for 37th at the NCAA Stockton Regional.

AS A FRESHMAN (2016-17)
» ASUN Co-Freshman of the Year
» ASUN All-Freshman Team
» ASUN Golfer of the Week (11/3/16)

ASUN Conference Co-Freshman of the Year ... ASUN Conference All-Freshman team ... 73.22 scoring average in 37 rounds ... totaled five top 20 and four top 10 showings, including an individual title ... totaled 14 rounds of par or better, nine under par rounds and shot in the 60s four times ... earned individual medalist honors at the Steelwood Intercollegiate, carding rounds of 66-70-68 for a 12-under par 204 total ... opening-round 66 was a career-low 18-hole score ... performance garnered ASUN Conference Player of the Week honors ... also had top five finishes at Wolfpack Intercollegiate (72-67-72 - 211, -2) and Pinetree Intercollegiate (70-75-68 - 213, -3), tying for fifth and second, respectively ... tied for 55th (72-81-75 - 228, +12) at NCAA College Grove Regional ... tied for 132nd (75-80-75 - 230, +14) at NCAA Championships.
 
JUNIOR CAREER
Capped junior career by capturing The Optimist International Junior Golf Championship in August after winning a six-hole playoff ... finished 72 holes tied for first with a 4-under par 284 at PGA National Resort and Spa in Palm Beach Garden, Fla. ... carded rounds of 75-68-67-74 ... posted five Top 20 events while competing American Junior Golf Association (AJGA) in 2015 ... finished fifth at the AJGA Junior at Owensboro and 10th-place finish at the 35th Annual Bubba Conlee National Junior Golf Tournament at Quail Ridge Golf Club in Memphis, Tenn.
 
HIGH SCHOOL
Prepped at McIntosh High School in Peachtree City, Ga. ... ranked 10th among Georgia seniors and No. 14 overall in the state ... earned team Most Valuable Player honors all four years ... set school record for nine and 18-hole scores ... also was a member of Milton’s basketball team.
 
PERSONAL
Born December 30, 1997 in Atlanta, Ga. ... a resident of Peachtree City, Ga. ... attended McIntosh High School in Peachtree City, Ga. ... parents are Holly and Sean Coffee ... has two brothers ... grandfather, Wendell Coffee, is a nationally recognized PGA teaching professional and won a national championship while at the University of Florida in 1968 ... majoring in sports management.

Coffee’s Collegiate Personal Bests
Low 18: 65, 2021 Raines Company Intercollegiate (1st and 3rd Rnd.)
Low 18/Relation to Par: 65 (-7), Raines Company Intercollegiate (1st and 3rd Rnd.)
Low 54: 201, 2021 Raines Company Intercollegiate 
Highest Tournament Finish: 1st, 2016 Steelwood Intercollegiate and 2021 Raines Company Intercollegiate

Historical Player Information

  • 2016-17Freshman

    5'10" 155 lbs
  • 2017-18Sophomore

    5'10" 155 lbs
  • 2018-19Junior

    5'10" 155 lbs
  • 2019-20Senior

    5'10" 155 lbs
  • 2020-21Fifth Year

    5'10" 155 lbs