Cole Sherwood
Class
Senior
Hometown
Austin, Texas
High School
Vandegrift
Major
Human & Organizational Development
Student-Athlete Features
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As a Senior (2023-24)
- GCAA Division I PING Second Team All-American
- GCAA Division I PING All-Region (Southeast)
- First Team All-SEC
- SEC Academic Honor Roll
- College Sports Communicators Academic All-District
- Finished seventh in the PGA Tour University rankings to earn conditional status on the Korn Ferry Tour and full status on the North America leg of the PGA TOUR Americas
- Played in all 12 tournaments during the 2023-24 season
- Ranked 19th in the World Amateur Golf Rankings at season’s end
- Held a scoring average of 70.22
- Helped Vanderbilt win seven team titles, which are tied for the second-most in a single-season in program history
- Won the individual title at the 2023 Ben Hogan Collegiate Invitational
- Collected four top-five finishes and placed inside the top-1o seven times on the year
- Claimed the Ben Hogan Collegiate Invitational’s individual title after winning a playoff hole against Georgia Tech’s Christo Lamprecht. He shot 3-under 67 in Round 3 to move up six spots on the player leaderboard to finish at 7-under 203 and force an extra hole.
- Carded under par in 16 rounds and finished in the 60s in 15 rounds
- Posted a season-best 66 in six different rounds
- Finished second at the St Andrews Links Collegiate with a score of 6-under 134 during stroke play
As a Junior (2022-23)
- GCAA Division I PING Honorable Mention All-American
- Golfweek Honorable Mention All-American
- GCAA Division I PING All-Region (Southeast)
- Second Team All-SEC
- Golfweek Preseason First-Team All-American
- Michael Carter “Junior” Memorial Award winner while competing at the Palmer Cup
- Tom Cousins Award recipient
- Named to 2022 Haskins Award Preseason Watch List
- Named to Final Fall Haskins Award Watch List
- SEC Academic Honor Roll
- Finished second at the Frederica Cup at 18-under-par (198)
- Tied for fourth at the Watersound Invitational at 12-under-par; eagle on 17 gave Vanderbilt a one-stroke team championship
- Carded an 8-under-par 202 to tie for 10th at 2022 SEC Match Play
- Tied for ninth (E) at the East Lake Cup
- Advanced to the quarterfinals at the Western Amateur
As a Sophomore (2021-22)
- GCAA Division I PING First Team All-American
- Golfweek First Team All-American
- First Team All-SEC
- Haskins Award finalist
- Jack Nicklaus Award finalist
- SEC Community Service Team
- Fred Haskins Award Watch List (Spring 2022)
- Ben Hogan Award Golfer of the Month Finalist (March 2022)
- PING All-Region Southeast
- SEC Academic Honor Roll
- Srixon/Cleveland Golf NCAA Division I All-America Scholar
- Finished the 2021-22 season with a 70.3 scoring average
- 2022 Mason Rudolph Championship winner with a three-day total of 196 (-17)
- Shot a 63 in the opening round of the Mason Rudolph Championship
- 2022 Cabo Collegiate champion, fired a third-round 61 to finish 17-under-par for the tournament
- Tied for third at the SEC Championships with a 206 (-4)
- Named SEC Golfer of the Week (April 7)
- Named SEC Golfer of the Week (March 3)
- Final round 61 at the Cabo Collegiate set a Vanderbilt 18-hole record and Cove Club course record
- Three-day total of 196 at the Cabo Collegiate set a Vanderbilt record for a 54-hole tournament
- Finished fourth at The Prestige with a three-day total of 215 (+2)
- Tied for fourth at the Linger Longer Invitational at 7-under-par (209)
- Shot a 2-under-par 214 and tied for eighth at the Palm Beach Regional
- Finished tied for 11th at the NCAA Championships
- At the Mossy Oak Collegiate, tied for 12th with a 2-under-par 214
As a Freshman (2020-21)
- SEC Academic Honor Roll
- Stroke average of 71.7 in 25 rounds played
- Three top-15 finishes in eight tournaments
- Spring 2021 Dean’s List
- Fall 2020 Dean’s List
- Shot a 210 over 54 holes of stroke play at the SEC Championships to tie for fifth, a season-best
- Named Division I PING All-Region (Southeast)
- Named to SEC All-Freshman Team
- Low score for the Commodores at the NCAA Championships
- Shot a 4-under-par 67 in the second round of the 2021 NCAA Regional at Kingston Springs
- Went 2-1 in match play at the SEC Championships to help team to an SEC championship
- Vanderbilt Athletics Anchor of the Week for March 8, 2021
The Sherwood File
- Nation’s 21st-ranked player in 2020 class
- One of Texas’ top-ranked players by Golfweek
- 2020 All-State first team
- 2020 Academic all-state second team
- Third at 2020 Byron Nelson Junior Championship
- Fourth at 2019 Wyndham Invitational
- 2018 Southern Junior Amateur runner-up
- Son of Scott and Lauren Sherwood
- One older sibling, Adrian