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Wells Williams

Class Junior
Hometown West Point, Miss.
High School Oak Hill Academy
Major Anthropology
Bio

NIL on Opendorse

Honors

  • Golfweek Honorable Mention All-American (’23)
  • Two-time GCAA Division I PING All-Region (Southeast) (’23, ’24)
  • All-SEC Freshman Team (’23)
  • SEC Academic Honor Roll (’24)
  • SEC Freshman of the Week on March 8, 2023
  • First-Year SEC Academic Honor Roll (’23)

Vanderbilt Career

  • Career-low 18-hole score of 65 is tied for the fifth-lowest single-round total in program history
  • Collected his first collegiate individual title at the 2023 Cabo Collegiate
  • Has helped the Commodores win five team titles during his time at Vanderbilt
  • Career scoring average of 71.74
  • Posted two top-five career finishes
  • 18-Hole Low: 6-under 65, 2023 Cabo Collegiate, Round 2
  • 54-Hole Low: 10-under 203, 2023 Cabo Collegiate
  • Best Finish: 1st, 2023 Cabo Collegiate

As a Junior (2024-25):

  • GOLFWEEK Preseason 3rd Team All-American
  • Golf Channel Preseason 3rd Team All-American
  • Begins year at No. 37 in the World Amateur Golf Rankings
  • Qualified for the 124th U.S. Amateur Championship, where he advanced to match play
  • Made his PGA TOUR debut at the 124th U.S. Open Championship
  • Qualified for the U.S. Open after surviving Golf’s Longest Day, as he placed third at the U.S. Open Final Qualifying: Maryland at Woodmont Country Club in Rockville, Maryland

As a Sophomore (2023-24):

  • Played in five tournaments during the season
  • Helped the Commodores win the 2023 St Andrews Links Collegiate and the 2024 Watersound Invitational
  • Held a scoring average of 71.59 through 17 rounds of play
  • Collected two top-10 finishes
  • Tied for fifth at the 2024 Pauma Valley Invitational after posting a season-best 54-hole score of 5-under 208
  • Finished in a tie for ninth at the St Andrews Links Collegiate by carding 3-under 138 during stroke play
  • Carded a season-best 4-under 66 in Round 2 at the St Andrews Links Collegiate

As a Freshman (2022-23):

  • Played in six tournaments as a true freshman
  • Held a scoring average of 71.89 through 18 rounds
  • Won first individual collegiate title at the 2023 Cabo Collegiate with a career-low 54-hole total of 10-under 203
  • Helped the Commodores win the 2023 John Hayt Invitational, the 2023 Cabo Collegiate, the 2023 Mason Rudolph Championship
  • Posted a career-best 18-hole score of 6-under 65 in Round 2 of the Cabo Collegiate
  • Carded under par in seven rounds and scored in the 60s in three rounds
  • Tied for 11th at the 2023 John Hayt Invitational at 2-under 214
  • Finished tied for 14th at the 2023 Watersound Invitational at 4-under 212
  • Advanced to the semifinals at the 2023 U.S. Amateur Four-Ball

The Williams File

  • No. 1-ranked golfer in Mississippi
  • No. 6-ranked golfer in 2022 class
  • USA Junior Ryder Cup Team member
  • AJGA First Team All-American
  • Three-time AJGA All-American
  • Three-time Mississippi high school individual champion
  • 2020 Callaway Golf Texas Junior Open
  • 2019 TaylorMade Junior All-Star Championship.
  • Wyndham Invitational at Sedgefield runner-up