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Michael Decker Season 2013-14
Honors
• 2017 SEC Academic Honor Roll
• 2016 SEC Academic Honor Roll
• 2015 Spring SEC Academic Honor Roll
As a Redshirt Senior (2017-18):
Played in nine rounds and posted a 73.44 stroke average. Low round of 69 came in second round of the Rod Myers Invitational, where he finished in a tie for 29th, which was his best finish of the season.
As a Redshirt Junior (2016-17):
Played in nine rounds and posted a 74.22 stroke average. Low round of 70 came in the final round of the Mason Rudolph Championship.
Summer of 2016:
Finished in a tie for 11th at the Canadian Men’s Amateur with a score of 280 (-2). At the Player’s Amateur, he shot 290 (+2) to finish T-26th. He placed T42nd at the Southern Amateur shooting 292 (+4).
As a Redshirt Sophomore (2015-16):
Played in six rounds and posted a 72.17 stroke average. Low round of 66 came in the final round of the Schenkel Invitational, and also carded a 69 in the opening round of the Mason Rudolph Championship. In the FarmLinks Collegiate Match Play, he split his matches–defeating Jacob Joiner of Georgia Tech and losing to Will Long of Auburn.
Summer of 2015:
Tied for 4th place in the Northern Amateur with a score of 211 (-5).
As a Redshirt Freshman (2014-15):
Played in two events and six rounds, and had a 75.83 stroke average…Low round of 69 came in the opening round of the Mason Rudolph Championship.
Summer of 2014:
The highlights of the summer of 2014 include winning the Monterey City Amateur by 8 strokes with a score of 202 (-14) — the lowest score in the 65-year history of the well-regarded regional tournament, and a solid performance in the German International Amateur in Hamburg, Germany with a score of 292 (+4).
As a Freshman (2013-14):
Redshirted.
High School and Amateur:
Had a stellar high school career at The Stevenson School, earning medalist honors his sophomore year at the California State High School Sectional Championship and tying for 1st during his junior season. His Stevenson team won 3rd place at the California State Championship during his sophomore year, won runner-up his junior year, and the team won the state championship his senior year. He is the only golfer in the history of Stevenson to compete in the finals of the State championship all four years, his individual results included T-5th, T-11th and T-16th. Decker qualified for the 2011 U.S. Amateur at Erin Hills as a 16-year old. Also qualified for the U.S. Junior Amateur in 2012.
Personal:
Recipient of the Deeg Sezna Scholarship and the Brandt Snedeker Award for Most Improved Player, May, 2016. Majoring in Economics and History.
Decker’s Statistics:
Year | Rounds | Strokes | Average
2017-18 | 9 | 661 | 73.4
2016-17 | 9 | 668 | 74.2
2015-16 | 6 | 433 | 72.1
2014-15 | 6 | 455 | 75.8
Career | 30 | 2217 | 73.9