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