
Gordon Sargent
Class
Junior
Hometown
Birmingham, Ala.
High School
Mountain Brook
Major
Economics
Student-Athlete Features
VUCommodores.com — A Champion’s Drive
VUCommodores.com — V150
The Anchor Podcast
PGATour.com — Gordon Sargent is Ready for Masters Spotlight
As a Sophomore (2022-23):
- Low amateur at the 2023 U.S. Open with a 284 four-round total
- One of seven amateurs to play in the 2023 Masters Tournament
- Golfweek Men’s National Player of the Year
- GCAA Division I PING First Team All-American
- Golfweek First Team All-American
- GCAA Division I PING All-Region (Southeast)
- SEC Player of the Year
- First Team All-SEC
- Ranked No. 1 in final 2023 Palmer Cup Rankings and No. 2 in Golfstat ratings
- One of three finalists for the Ben Hogan Award
- One of five finalists for the Jack Nicklaus Award
- One of 10 Haskins Award finalists
- Golden Dores Male Player of the Year
- February 2023 SwingU College Player of the Month
- SEC Golfer of the Week (April 19)
- co-SEC Golfer of the Week (Feb. 22)
- co-SEC Golfer of the Week (Feb. 8)
- co-SEC Golfer of the Week (Nov. 2)
- co-SEC Golfer of the Week (Oct. 5)
- SEC Academic Honor Roll
- Became Vanderbilt’s career leader in all-times with his fifth, a 17-under-par performance at the Mason Rudolph Championship
- Won the individual title at the John Hayt Invitational at 15-under-par (201)
- Won the individual stroke play championship at the East Lake Cup with a 4-under-par 68
- Tied the course record of 64 at the Sawgrass Country Club during the second round of the John Hayt Invitational
- Tied for second at 2022 SEC Match Play event with a 54-hole total of 198
- Finished tied for second at the Watersound at 13-under-par and carded back-to-back 66s to close out the event
- Shot 6-under-par at the Ben Hogan Collegiate Invitational to tie for third overall
- Finished in a tie for fourth at the Linger Longer Invitational
- Came in fifth individually at the SEC Championships
- Tied for sixth at the Jones Cup
- Tied for seventh (-2) at the Auburn Regional
- Finished seventh at the Cabo Collegiate at 3-under-par
- Shot a 62 in the second round of the Frederica Cup, finished tied for seventh overall at 14-under-par for the tournament
- Part of Team USA’s third-place finish at the 2022 World Amateur Team Championship
- Competed for Team USA at the Palmer Cup
- Advanced to match play at the 2022 U.S. Amateur
As a Freshman (2021-22):
- 2022 individual national champion
- Totaled a 280 through four rounds of stroke play at the NCAA Championships before winning a four-way playoff to win the individual national title
- 2022 Phil Mickelson Outstanding Freshman Award
- GCAA Division I PING First Team All-American
- Golfweek First Team All-American
- GCAA Division I PING All-Region (Southeast)
- SEC Freshman of the Year
- First Team All-SEC
- SEC All-Freshman Team
- Haskins Award finalist
- First-Year SEC Academic Honor Roll
- Led the Commodores with a 70.03 scoring average
- SEC Championships individual runner-up at 5-under-par (205)
- Mossy Oak Collegiate champion with a 54-hole total 204 (-12)
- Named SEC Freshman of the Week (April 14)
- Named SEC Freshman of the Week (April 7)
- Named SEC Freshman of the Week (March 31)
- Shot a 4-under-par 212 and tied for fourth at the Palm Beach Regional
- Tied for fourth at the Linger Longer Invitational at 7-under-par (209)
- Finished fifth at the 2022 Mason Rudolph Championship with a 54-hole total of 204
- In his Vanderbilt debut, tied for sixth at the 2021 Carmel Cup with a 4-under-par 212
- Came in seventh at the Cabo Collegiate at 10-under-par
- Tied for eighth at the Williams Cup
The Sargent File
- No. 1-ranked player in state of Alabama
- No. 2-ranked player in class of 2021
- Three-time Rolex Junior All American
- 2021 Western Amateur runner-up
- 2021 USA TODAY Male Golfer of the Year
- 2021 Alabama Golf Association Amateur Player of the Year
- 2020 recipient of the Paul S. Simon Character Award (Sage Valley Invitational)
- Co-founder and three-time host of the Alabama Cup charity event, which has raised more than $150,000 for the AJGA Ace Grant and Alabama charities
- Two-time Alabama boys Junior Player of the Year
- Two-time AJGA champion
- 2020 Alabama State Amateur champion
- 2019 Alabama State Junior champion
- Competed in 2019 US Junior
- Competed in 2020 US Amateur
- Ranked No. 3 nationally by Golfweek, Junior Golf Scoreboard and Rolex