Gordon Sargent

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The Anchor Podcast
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As a Junior (2023-24):

• Enters the 2024 spring season ranked No. 2 in the World Amateur Golf Rankings
• Played in three events during the 2023 fall season
• Helped the Commodores win the Valero Texas Collegiate and the Ben Hogan Collegiate Invitational during the 2023 fall season
• Leads the team in stroke average at 68.89
• Finished second at the SEC Match Play carding 14-Under (199) during stroke play
• Tied for third at the Ben Hogan Collegiate Invitational after carding 6-under (206)
• Earned his PGA Tour Card in October
• Became the first person to earn a PGA Tour Card through PGA Tour University Accelerated
• Represented the U.S. at the World Amateur Team Championships in Abu Dhabi
• Went a perfect 4-0-0 the 49th Walker Cup at St Andrews Links to help the U.S. win its fourth-straight Cup
• Awarded the 2023 Mark H. McCormack Medal as the world’s top men’s amateur player
• By winning the McCormack Medal, he receives exemptions into the 2024 U.S. Open at Pinehurst Resort and The Open at Royal Troon

As a Sophomore (2022-23):

• Low amateur at the 2023 U.S. Open with a 284 four-round total
• One of seven amateurs to play in the 2023 Masters Tournament
• Golfweek Men’s National Player of the Year
• GCAA Division I PING First Team All-American
• Golfweek First Team All-American
• GCAA Division I PING All-Region (Southeast)
• SEC Player of the Year
• First Team All-SEC
• Ranked No. 1 in final 2023 Palmer Cup Rankings and No. 2 in Golfstat ratings
• One of three finalists for the Ben Hogan Award
• One of five finalists for the Jack Nicklaus Award
• One of 10 Haskins Award finalists
• Golden Dores Male Player of the Year
• February 2023 SwingU College Player of the Month
• SEC Golfer of the Week (April 19)
• co-SEC Golfer of the Week (Feb. 22)
• co-SEC Golfer of the Week (Feb. 8)
• co-SEC Golfer of the Week (Nov. 2)
• co-SEC Golfer of the Week (Oct. 5)
• SEC Academic Honor Roll
• Became Vanderbilt’s career leader in all-times with his fifth, a 17-under-par performance at the Mason Rudolph Championship
• Won the individual title at the John Hayt Invitational at 15-under-par (201)
• Won the individual stroke play championship at the East Lake Cup with a 4-under-par 68
• Tied the course record of 64 at the Sawgrass Country Club during the second round of the John Hayt Invitational
• Tied for second at 2022 SEC Match Play event with a 54-hole total of 198
• Finished tied for second at the Watersound at 13-under-par and carded back-to-back 66s to close out the event
• Shot 6-under-par at the Ben Hogan Collegiate Invitational to tie for third overall
• Finished in a tie for fourth at the Linger Longer Invitational
• Came in fifth individually at the SEC Championships
• Tied for sixth at the Jones Cup
• Tied for seventh (-2) at the Auburn Regional
• Finished seventh at the Cabo Collegiate at 3-under-par
• Shot a 62 in the second round of the Frederica Cup, finished tied for seventh overall at 14-under-par for the tournament
• Part of Team USA’s third-place finish at the 2022 World Amateur Team Championship
• Competed for Team USA at the Palmer Cup
• Advanced to match play at the 2022 U.S. Amateur

As a Freshman (2021-22):

• 2022 individual national champion
• Totaled a 280 through four rounds of stroke play at the NCAA Championships before winning a four-way playoff to win the individual national title
• 2022 Phil Mickelson Outstanding Freshman Award
• GCAA Division I PING First Team All-American
• Golfweek First Team All-American
• GCAA Division I PING All-Region (Southeast)
• SEC Freshman of the Year
• First Team All-SEC
• SEC All-Freshman Team
• Haskins Award finalist
• First-Year SEC Academic Honor Roll
• Led the Commodores with a 70.03 scoring average
• SEC Championships individual runner-up at 5-under-par (205)
• Mossy Oak Collegiate champion with a 54-hole total 204 (-12)
• Named SEC Freshman of the Week (April 14)
• Named SEC Freshman of the Week (April 7)
• Named SEC Freshman of the Week (March 31)
• Shot a 4-under-par 212 and tied for fourth at the Palm Beach Regional
• Tied for fourth at the Linger Longer Invitational at 7-under-par (209)
• Finished fifth at the 2022 Mason Rudolph Championship with a 54-hole total of 204
• In his Vanderbilt debut, tied for sixth at the 2021 Carmel Cup with a 4-under-par 212
• Came in seventh at the Cabo Collegiate at 10-under-par
• Tied for eighth at the Williams Cup

The Sargent File

• No. 1-ranked player in state of Alabama
• No. 2-ranked player in class of 2021
• Three-time Rolex Junior All American
• 2021 Western Amateur runner-up
• 2021 USA TODAY Male Golfer of the Year
• 2021 Alabama Golf Association Amateur Player of the Year
• 2020 recipient of the Paul S. Simon Character Award (Sage Valley Invitational)
• Co-founder and three-time host of the Alabama Cup charity event, which has raised more than $150,000 for the AJGA Ace Grant and Alabama charities
• Two-time Alabama boys Junior Player of the Year
• Two-time AJGA champion
• 2020 Alabama State Amateur champion
• 2019 Alabama State Junior champion
• Competed in 2019 US Junior
• Competed in 2020 US Amateur
• Ranked No. 3 nationally by Golfweek, Junior Golf Scoreboard and Rolex