John Augenstein
Class
Fifth-Year Senior
Hometown
Owensboro, Ky.
High School
Owensboro Catholic
Major
Sociology
Student-Athlete Features
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As a Fifth-Year Senior (2020-21)
- Fred Haskins Award preseason watch list
- No. 9 on PGA Tour University’s inaugural ranking
- 2020 U.S. Open participant as an amateur
- Finished second with a 13-under 200 at the Vanderbilt Legends Collegiate
As a Senior (2019-20)
- 2020 GCAA All-America Scholar
- 2020 SEC Academic Honor Roll
- 2020 SEC Player of the Year
- 2020 All-SEC first team
- 2020 Haskins Award finalist
- 2020 GCAA All-America first team
- 17th at 2020 Southern Amateur
- Seventh in stroke play at 2020 U.S. Amateur
- 2019 GCAA All-America Scholar
- 2019 SEC Academic Honor Roll
- 2019 GCAA All-America third team
- 2019 All-SEC first team
- 2019 U.S. Amateur runner-up
- 19 rounds in seven events
- 69.95 stroke average (seven rounds in the 60’s)
- Second-lowest career scoring average in program history (70.97)
- SEC Golfer of the Week (March 11)
- Individual tournament victory at Desert Mountain Intercollegiate (tied program-low with first-round 63, including seven straight birdies)
- Two top-five finishes at the Nike Golf Collegiate (second) and Crooked Stick Collegiate (third)
- Tied for seventh at Tavistock Collegiate Invitational
As a Junior (2018-19)
- 70.79 stroke average (12th in program history)
- GCAA All-America Scholar
- GCAA All-America third team
- All-SEC first team
- Two top-five finishes, five top-10 finishes
- Eight rounds in the 60’s (season-best 66 in second round of Tavistock Collegiate Invitational)
- Tied for third at Mason Rudolph Championship
- Fourth at the Tavistock Collegiate
- Tied for ninth at SEC Championships
- Ninth at NCAA Athens Regional Championships
- PGA Tour’s RBC Heritage participant (earned exemption after winning Players Amateur)
- Led United States to 2019 Walker Cup win in Hoylake, England (clinched match for United States at Royal Liverpool with 4&3 win over Thomas Plumb; one of only four American players to play in all four of the matches; 2-1-1 record)
As a Sophomore (2017-18)
- 2018 GCAA All-America honorable mention
- 2018 SEC Academic Honor Roll
- 2018 All-SEC second team
- 2018 Western Amateur quarterfinalist
- 2018 Players Amateur winner
- 2017 GCAA Freshman All-America
- 2017 GCAA All-America honorable mention
- 2017 SEC Freshman of the Year
- 2017 SEC All-Freshman Team
- 2017 SEC First-Year Academic Honor Roll
- 71.14 strokes average
- Nine rounds in 60’s (program-tying and season-best 63 in second round of Carmel Cup)
- 3-0 in match play (2-0 at East Lake Cup, 1-0 at SEC Championships)
- GCAA All-America honorable mention
- All-SEC second team
- Won Mason Rudolph Championship (7-under 206)
- SEC Player of the Week (April 19)
- Top-five finishes at East Lake Cup (tied for second) and Gator Invitational (tied for fourth)
- Tied for sixth at Carmel Cup
- Tied for eighth at Rod Myers Invitational
- Tied for 10th at SEC Championships
- Tied for ninth at NCAA Championships
As a Freshman (2016-17)
- 71.56 stroke average
- Seven rounds in the 60’s
- Low round came in first round of Nike Golf Collegiate (66)
- All-American honorable mention
- GCAA Freshman All-America
- SEC Freshman of the Year
- SEC All-Freshman
- Clinched SEC title after winning deciding matches in semifinals (vs. Florida) and finals (vs. Texas A&M)
- Four top-10 finishes (including fifth-place at Nike Golf Collegiate)
- Tied for 13th at NCAA College Grove Regional Championships
The Augenstein File
- Steve and Nicholas Zeppos Scholar
- Kentucky’s top-ranked player in class of 2016
- Kentucky’s 2015 Mr. Golf
- 2014 Kentucky state high school individual champion
- 2013 U.S. Junior Amateur semifinalist
- 2013 AJGA Rolex All-America honorable mention