2022-23 Men's Golf Roster
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Ruan Pretorius
- Height:
- 5-9
- Class:
- Graduate Student
- Hometown:
- Bloemfontein, South Africa
- High School/Previous School:
- Grey HS / Point University
Career Awards
2022 SEC Academic Honor Rollย
2022-23 (Graduate)
Season: Has competed in 11 team events this season ... has the fourth-most rounds of par or better (19).ย 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):ย 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):ย Shot 2-under 214 for the tournament ... shot par or better all three rounds with 14 birdies. Mossy Oak Collegiate (4/3-4/23):ย 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.ย ย
2021-22 (Graduate)
Season:ย Played and started in seven of MSUโs team events.ย Nexus Collegiate (2/14-16/22):ย Made his MSU debut and helped the Bulldogs to a fourth-place finish.ย Louisiana Classics (3/14-15/22):ย Shot a 1-under 71 in the final round โฆ was State's third-highest finisher.ย All-American Intercollegiate (3/21-22/22):ย Turned in a career-best finish, tying for third โฆ shot 2-under through two rounds before the final round was canceled by weather โฆ shot an MSU-career-lowย 6-under 66 in the second round.ย Mason Rudolph Championshipย (4/1-3/22):ย Fired an even-parย 71 in the opening round. SEC Championship (4/20-24/22): Helped State advance to match play as the No. 8 seedย โฆ 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.ย NCAA New Haven Regional (5/16-18/22):ย Opened the regional with a 3-under 67 โฆ finished the tournament with a total of 1-under 209 and tied for 21st.2021 Non-MSUย Events:ย Tied for 39th at the Georgia Open (8/5-8/22)ย โฆ finished 42nd at the Georgia Amateur Championship (7/8-11/21) ... alsoย 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 โฆ finished tied for fifth at the 2021 NAIA National Championship and helped the Skyhawks to a fourth-place team finish โฆ finished the year with an adjusted scoring average of 71.53 and went 21-2 against top-25 opponents โฆ final comparative record in 2021 was 1,261-2 โฆ named captain of the No. 1-ranked Skyhawks as a senior โฆ 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 stateโs Amateur Points List with more than double the points of the second-place golfer โฆ claimed four career individual victories while at Point along with 14 top-10 finishes โฆ won the 2020 Appalachian Athletic Conference Fall individual title.Tuesday, May 16
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