Wells Williams Season 2022-23

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