Jack Parrott

AWARDS/HONORS

2020-21 (SENIOR)

Started six tournaments, posting a scoring average of 73.44 with seven scores of par or better in 18 rounds played
T-47^th at the NCAA Albuquerque Regional (May 17-19); shot 75-70-76 posting a 54-hole score of 221 (+5)
Finished 56^th at the SEC Championship (April 21-23), shot 222 (+12) with an opening round 70 (E) to help the team advance to match play; fell 2&1 to Alabama’s Wilson Furr in the SEC Match Play Quarterfinals
T-43^rd in the regular season finale at the Augusta Haskins Award Invitational (April 3-4); shot 219 (+3, 71-78-70)
T-37^th at the all-SEC Legends Collegiate Invitational (Oct. 25-27), posting a career-best 54-hole score of 212 (-1, 70-69-73)
Had a season-best T-26^th finish at the all-SEC Blessings Collegiate Invitational (Oct. 5-7) helping the team to a top-five finish in the season opener; shot 222 (+6) with a final round 70 (-2) to help propel Carolina up the leaderboard
H. Boyd McWhorter Scholar-Athlete Post-Graduate Scholarship nominee
Member of the SEC Community Service Team and earned a place on the SEC Spring Academic Honor Roll; also named 2020-21 Srixon/Cleveland Golf Scholar All-American for the second time

2019-20 (JUNIOR)

Posted a career-best 72.94 scoring average in six events played (five starts) during shortened season due to COVID-19 pandemic
Shot par or better seven times in 18 rounds played
T-36^th at the General Hackler Championship (March 9-10) competing as an individual; shot 69 (-3) in the second round
Logged first ever round in the 60s with a 66 (-5) on the second day of the Ka’anapali Collegiate Classic (Nov. 2-4)
Had a career-best T-26^th finish in a loaded field at the Tavistock Collegiate invitational (Oct. 20-22); shot 219 (+3) with an even par 72 in the final round
Posted a career-best 54-hole score of 212 (-1) at the J.T. Poston Invitational (Sept. 30-Oct. 1); finished with back-to-back, 1-under 70s the final two rounds
Took home medalist honors at the Oglethorpe Invitational at Landings Club in Savannah, Ga. (Aug. 8-10); shot an 11-under 205 (67-69-69) to win by a stroke over Eastern Michigan’s Zach Sudinsky
Won the 47^th South Carolina Amateur Match Play Championship on Father’s Day (June 17); defeated College of Charleston’s Logan Sowell 1-up in 21 holes in the title bout; won five matches total en route to his victory at Columbia Country Club
Named a Srixon/Cleveland Golf Scholar All-American for the first time in his career and earned a spot on the SEC Spring Academic Honor Roll

2018-19 (SOPHOMORE)

Made his collegiate debut in Garnet and Black at the All-American Intercollegiate (Feb. 17-19), the team’s opening tournament of the spring season; shot 154 (+10, 80-74) in his lone appearance of the year
Represented South Carolina on the SEC Community Service Team
Named to the SEC Spring Academic Honor Roll

2017-18 (FRESHMAN)

Did not compete in any tournaments for the Gamecocks in initial collegiate season
Named to the SEC First-Year Academic Honor Roll

PRIOR TO SOUTH CAROLINA

Qualified for 2015 and 2016 U.S. Junior Amateurs, reaching the round of 64 in 2016
2014 South Carolina Golf Association Junior Champion
Three-time SCISA region individual champion at Heathwood Hall
Four-time all-state selection
Tied for third individually at 2016 SCISA State Golf Tournament
Played in the 5th annual Junior Invitational at Sage Valley
Tied for third at the 2016 Grant Bennett Jr. Invitational

PERSONAL

Son of Talley and Krista Parrott, and has two sisters — Lillian and Maddy
Active in the community and one of the team’s two representatives on SAAC (Student-Athlete Advisory Council)
Public health major
Favorite course is Fort Jackson Golf Club (Columbia, S.C.) and favorite ice cream is mint moose tracks
Bucket hat enthusiast
Chose South Carolina because of the strong reputation of the golf program built by coach McDonald
Committed the summer after his freshmen year of high school

CAREER STATISTICS

Jack Parrott Bio