2022-23 Men's Golf Roster
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Ruan Pretorius
- Height:
- 5-9
- Weight:
- null
- Class:
- Graduate Student
- Hometown:
- Bloemfontein, South Africa
- High School/Previous School:
- Grey HS / Point University
Bio
Career Awards
2022 SEC Academic Honor RollÂ
2022-23 (Graduate)
Season: Has competed in 11 team events this season ... has the fourth-most rounds of par or better (19). Frederica Cup (9/7-8/22): Shot rounds of 72 in the first and third rounds of the season opener ... eagled on the No. 15 hole in round 1. Blessings Collegiate Invitational (10/3-5/22): Tied for seventh, shooting 1-under 215 for the tournament ... shot par or better all three rounds. Desert Mountain Invitational (3/4-5/23): Finished as the individual medalist of the tournament ... shot a career-low 54-hole score of 8-under 208 ... carded rounds of 68, 70 and 70 ... made 16 birdies and went bogey-free on the front nine in the second round and back nine in the third round. Schenkel Invitational (3/17-19/23): Shot 2-under 214 for the tournament ... shot par or better all three rounds with 14 birdies. Mossy Oak Collegiate (4/3-4/23): Shot 6-under 210, making par or better all three rounds ... fired a 68 in the final round ... carded nine birdies and an eagle for the tournament. Mason Rudolph Championship (4/10-12/23): Went 1-under 70 in the opening round and fired a 4-under 67 in the second round ... carded five pairs of back-to-back birdies through 36 holes. SEC Championship (4/19-21/23): Carded a 69 in the second round. Â
2021-22 (Graduate)
Season: Played and started in seven of MSU’s team events. Nexus Collegiate (2/14-16/22): Made his MSU debut and helped the Bulldogs to a fourth-place finish. Louisiana Classics (3/14-15/22): Shot a 1-under 71 in the final round … was State's third-highest finisher. All-American Intercollegiate (3/21-22/22): Turned in a career-best finish, tying for third … shot 2-under through two rounds before the final round was canceled by weather … shot an MSU-career-low 6-under 66 in the second round. Mason Rudolph Championship (4/1-3/22): Fired an even-par 71 in the opening round. SEC Championship (4/20-24/22): Helped State advance to match play as the No. 8 seed … took Vanderbilt's Reid Davenport to extra holes in match play after winning Holes 17 and 18 to tie the match before losing by one stroke. NCAA New Haven Regional (5/16-18/22): Opened the regional with a 3-under 67 … finished the tournament with a total of 1-under 209 and tied for 21st.2021 Non-MSU Events: Tied for 39th at the Georgia Open (8/5-8/22) … finished 42nd at the Georgia Amateur Championship (7/8-11/21) ... also competed at the 2021 Chattanooga Choo Choo Invitational (6/14-16/21) and the Southeastern Amateur (7/21-23/21).
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Prior to MSU
Played at Point University where he was the No. 1 individual in the final 2021 Golfstat NAIA Rankings … finished tied for fifth at the 2021 NAIA National Championship and helped the Skyhawks to a fourth-place team finish … finished the year with an adjusted scoring average of 71.53 and went 21-2 against top-25 opponents … final comparative record in 2021 was 1,261-2 … named captain of the No. 1-ranked Skyhawks as a senior … was a two-time PING First Team All-American and was selected as the Georgia PGA Amateur Player of the Year in 2020, topping the state’s Amateur Points List with more than double the points of the second-place golfer … claimed four career individual victories while at Point along with 14 top-10 finishes … won the 2020 Appalachian Athletic Conference Fall individual title.MEN'S GOLF | NCAA Post-Round 1 - 5/16/23
Tuesday, May 16
Dusty Smith Press Conference - 5/7/21
Friday, May 07
Ford Clegg OWCC
Friday, March 26
Garrett Johnson's OWCC Interview
Thursday, March 25
