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Rafe Reynolds

  • class Junior
  • Hometown Greenville, S.C.
  • High school Christ Church Episcopal
  • class Junior
  • Hometown Greenville, S.C.
  • High school Christ Church Episcopal

Rafe Reynolds Bio

AWARDS/HONORS

  • 2022 SEC Spring Academic Honor Roll
  • 2020-21 SEC First Year Academic Honor Roll

2021-22 (SOPHOMORE)

  • Saw action in seven of the team’s stroke play events for the Gamecocks, recording a season scoring average of 72.08 ; shot par or better 10 times in 24 rounds played
  • Was in the lineup for all three of the team’s victories during the season
  • T-47th at the NCAA Norman Regional (May 16-18) after shooting 223 (+7)
  • T-54th at the SEC Championship (April 21-23) with a 54-hole tally of 220 (+10)
  • Had back-to-back T-21st finishes at the Hootie at Bulls Bay Intercollegiate (March 27-29) and General Hackler Championship (March 13-14) with identical scores of 214 (-2) ; shot a career-best score of 67 (-5) in the opening round of the Hootie
  • Helped the team to victory at the Palmetto Intercollegiate (March 7-8) with a career-best T-4th finish thanks to a 54-hole score of 210 (E) ; fired a 68 (-2) in the final round
  • Went 1-3 at SEC Match Play (Oct. 10-12) picking up a 1-up victory in the team’s 4-1 opening round win vs. Florida
  • Made season debut at the J.T. Poston Invitational (Sept. 27-28) and finished 27th with a score of 213 (E)

2020-21 (FRESHMAN)

  • Saw action in three tournaments (two starts), posting a 74.67 scoring average with two rounds of par or better (nine rounds played)
  • Started for the second time in the regular season finale at the Augusta Haskins Award Invitational (April 3-4); shot 232 (+16) and T-72nd
  • Played as an individual at the Hootie at Bulls Bay Intercollegiate (March 28-30); posted a 54-hole score of 227 (+11) and T-78th
  • Made his first career start in Garnet and Black at the all-SEC Legends Collegiate Invitational (Oct. 25-27); T-40th in his debut with an even par 54-hole score of 213 (70-71-72)

PRIOR TO SOUTH CAROLINA

  • Ranked 18thin the Junior Rankings of the Carolinas
  • Region Player of the Year as a junior, individual state champion as a sophomore
  • Took second at the 2018 AJGA Junior at RiverWatch and fourth at the 2018 AJGA Colonial Junior
  • Finished sixth at the 2019 Future Masters
  • Was seventh at the 2018 TaylorMade/adidas Golf Boys Junior All-Star
  • Had a top-20 finish at the 2018 SC Amateur Championship

PERSONAL

  • Son of Steve and Lelia Reynolds – has two older brothers: Stephen (played golf at Furman) and Harry (plays golf at Indiana)
  • Parents both swam collegiately at Furman
  • Enrolled in the pre-business program with plans to eventually major in real estate
CAREER STATISTICS
Year Events Rounds Low 54 Low 18 Par/Better Top 5 Top 10 Top 20 Strokes Average
2020-21 3 9 213 70 2 672 74.67
2021-22 8 24 210 67 10 1 1 1 1,730 72.08
2022-23
Total 11 33 210 67 12 1 1 1 2,402 72.79