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2019-2020 Men's Golf Roster

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Nick Nelson

Nick Nelson

  • Class:
    Senior
  • Hometown:
    Honolulu, O‘ahu
  • Highschool:
    Moanalua HS

Summary

Biography

2019-20 (Senior):
  • Competed in six tournaments
  • Finished with a 75.1 scoring average
  • Recorded team’s best individual finish with a tie for third at the Olympic College Invitational, where he shot even par 144
  • Best 54-hole score was 5-over 218 at the Ka‘anapali Classic Collegiate Invitational, where he tied for 78th
  • Low round was 1-under 70 in the first round of the Ka‘anapali Classic
  • Averaged 74.1 strokes per round in 11 rounds during the fall season
  • Earned UH Scholar-Athlete Award
 
2018-19 (Junior):
  • Competed in seven tournaments
  • Averaged 75.8 strokes per round
  • Best finish was a tie for 43rdat the Big West Championship
  • Best 54-hole score was 5-over 221 at the Warrior Princeville Makai Invitational (75-72-74)
  • Also carded 8-over 221 at the Alister MacKenzie Invitational (74-73-74)
  • Two rounds under par
  • Named academic all-Big West
 
2017-18 (Sophomore):
  • Competed in eight tournaments
  • Averaged 76.5 strokes per round
  • Posted one round under par
  • Tied for team-high honors at the Warrior Princeville Makai Invitational and Grand Canyon Invitational
  • Career-low 54-hole score of 3-over 219 at the Makai Invitational, where he tied for 76thplace and carded a final round 1-under 71
  • Best finish was tie for 35that the Big West Championship (225)
 
2016-17 (Freshman):
  • Competed in four tournaments
  • Averaged 77.2 strokes per round
  • Best finish was tie for 78th at the Ka‘anapali Classic Collegiate Invitational at 8-over 221
  • Also competed in the Warrior Princeville Makai Invitational (243, t-108th), Amer Ari Invitational (227, t-104th), and John A. Burns Intercollegiate (235, t-93rd)

Prep:
  • A 2016 graduate of Moanalua High School in Honolulu, O‘ahu
  • Lettered four years in golf under coach Gordon Yuen
  • Helped Na Menehune capture its second HHSAA State Championship title in five years in 2016 and 10th consecutive OIA crown
  • Also member of three state runner-up teams
  • Highest finish at the state tournament was a tie for 13th in 2013
  • Placed fifth at the OIA Championship in 2015 and seventh in 2013 and ’14
  • Received all-OIA first team honors from 2013-16
  • Finished with a career 73.75 stroke average
  • Placed 22nd at the 2016 Hawai‘i State Amateur at the Pearl Country Club
  • Took medalist honors at the 2015 Lori Ige Memorial with a 36-hole score of 145 at Turtle Bay’s Fazio Course
 
Personal:
  • Born in Honolulu, O‘ahu
  • Intends to major in business
  • Parents are Aron and Sue Nelson of Honolulu, O‘ahu
  • Has one older sister, Ashley
 

2019-20
Place      Tournament      Scores
T3     Olympic College Invitational     73-71=144 (E)
T81     Alister MacKenzie Invitational     75-71-79=225 (+12)
T94     Hoakalei CC Invitational     77-79-72=228 (+12)
T78     Ka‘anapali Classic Collegiate Invitational     70-74-74=218 (+5)
T107     Amer Ari Intercollegiate     76-74-80=230 (+14)
T113     John A. Burns Intercollegiate     79-79-74=232 (+16)
Grand Canyon Invitational     CANCELLED
Duck Invitational CANCELLED
Western Intercollegiate CANCELLED
Big West Championship CANCELLED

2018-19
Place Tournament                              Scores
- Husky Invitational                      DNC
T66 Alister MacKenzie Invitational              74-73-74=221 (+8)
T72 Bill Cullum Invitational              79-79-71=229 (+13)
T73 Warrior Princeville Makai Invitational      75-72-74=221 (+5)
T102 Ka‘anapali Classic Collegiate Invitational 75-77-74=226 (+13)
T96 Amer Ari Invitational                      75-78-75=228 (+12)
T82 John A. Burns Intercollegiate              80-74-71=225 (+9)
- Grand Canyon Invitational              DNC
- Duck Invitational DNC
- Western Intercollegiate DNC
T43 Big West Championship                      85-77-80=242 (+26)

2017-18
Place Tournament                         Scores
75 Maui Jim Intercollegiate                        82-80-80=242 (+26)
- Alister MacKenzie Invitational      DNC
T76 Warrior Princeville Makai Invitational      74-74-71=219 (+3)
T101 Ka‘anapali Classic Collegiate Invitational      74-81-75=230 (+17)
- Amer Ari Invitational      DNC
118 John A. Burns Intercollegiate      82-78-71=241 (+25)
T49 Grand Canyon Invitational      71-74-77=222 (+9)
T88 Western Intercollegiate      80-74-76=230 (+20)
T74 ASU Thunderbird Invitational      76-73-79=228 (+15)
T35 Big West Championship      77-75-73=225 (+9)

2016-17
Place Tournament         Scores
- USF Intercollegiate          DNC
- Maui Jim Intercollegiate          DNC
T108 Warrior Princeville Makai Invitational          80-83-80=243 (+27)
T78 Ka‘anapali Classic Collegiate Invitational       71-71-79=221 (+8)
T104 Amer Ari Invitational                  80-73-74=227 (+11)
T93 John A. Burns Intercollegiate          76-77-82=235 (+19)
- Jackrabbit Invitational          DNC
- ASU Thunderbird Invitational DNC
- Western Intercollegiate DNC
- Big West Championship DNC

Career Statistics
Year TP Rounds Strokes Avg. Low Round Best Finish
2016-17 4 12 926 77.2 71 T78
2017-18 8 24 1,837 76.5 71 T35
2018-19 7 21 1,592 75.8 71 T43
2019-20 6 17 1,277 75.1 70 T3
Totals 25 74 5,632 76.1 70 T3

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Historical Player Information

  • 2016-2017Freshman

    6'2"

  • 2017-2018Sophomore

    6'2"

  • 2018-2019Junior

    6'2"

  • 2019-2020Senior

    6'2"