2018-2019 Men's Golf Roster

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Will Murphy

  • Height 6-2
  • Class Senior
  • Hometown Staunton, IL
  • Highschool Mount Olive

Biography

2017-18 GCAA Srixon/Cleveland Golf All-America Scholar
2018 Second-Team All-SLIAC
2017 First-Team All-SLIAC
2016 Second-Team All-SLIAC


2017-18 (JUNIOR): Averaged 78.4 strokes per round after playing in nine events and 21 rounds ... Had a season-best 74 in both the first round of the Culver's Edgewood Fall Classic (9/1) and in the third round of the Gordin Collegiate (10/2) ... Posted two Top 10 finishes as he was seventh at the Culver's Edgewood Fall Classic and tied for ninth at the SLIAC Championships (4/23-24), where he shot a 235 for 54 hole enroute to earning Second-Team All-SLIAC honors ... Fired rounds of 75 and 76 in the opening two rounds of the NCAA Division III National Championships (5/15-16) ... Shot a season-low for 54 holes with a 230 at the Rhodes College Fall Classic (9/17-18) ... At the NCAA Division III Match Play Championships (4/6-7), won three of his four matches, including a 6-&-4 win over Transylvania's Harrison Lane in the consolation semifinals ... He also picked up match wins over golfers from Hampden-Sydney and Guilford. 

2016-17 (SOPHOMORE): Averaged 77.1 strokes per round after playing in 11 events and 25.5 rounds ... Had a season-best 72 in the second round of the Rhodes College Fall Classic (9/12) and the first round of the Pinecrest Collegiate (3/13) ... Posted one Top 5 finish, which was a third-place showing at the SLIAC Championships (4/17-18) ... At the SLIAC Championships, he shot a season-low 224 for 54 holes to earn First-Team All-SLIAC honors ... Fired a season-low 150 for 36 holes at the Culver's Edgewood Fall Classic (9/2-3) to finish in a tie for 14th place ... Shot 75 or better in eight of his 25.5 rounds, including firing a 73 in the first round of the NCAA Division III National Championships (9/16).

2015-16 (FRESHMAN): Averaged 77.4 strokes per round after playing in eight events and 16 rounds ... Had a season-best 71 in the second round of the SLIAC Championships (4/19) en route to earning Second-Team All-SLIAC honors after finishing in seventh place overall with a season-best 54 hole score of 228 ... Fired a season-best 151 for 36 holes three times ... Posted two Top 10 finishes as along with the SLIAC Championships, he also tied for seventh at the Webster Spring Invitational (4/11-12) as he carded a 151 after shooting rounds of 73 and 78 ... Shot 75 or better in four of his 16 rounds.

HIGH SCHOOL: Lettered in golf, football and basketball at Mount Olive (Staunton, Ill.) High School ... Was the captain of the golf team and was also a two-time State qualifier ... Helped lead Mount Olive to a conference title ... In the classroom, earned the Susan B. Anthony Leadership Award.

PERSONAL: Son of Patrick and Julie Murphy ... Majoring in Accounting and Finance ...  Chose Webster because of the men's golf program and the study abroad program ... Lists the Miami Dolphins as his favorite professional sports team ... Names Tiger Woods as his favorite golfer and LeBron James as his favorite athlete.

Career Statistics
                      Rounds    Strokes    Average   Low Rd

2017-18              21            1647         78.43          74
2016-17            25.5           1966         77.10          72
2015-16              16            1239         77.44          71      
TOTALS            62.5           4852         77.63          71

Historical Player Information

  • 2015-2016Freshman

  • 2016-2017Sophomore

  • 2017-2018Junior

  • 2018-2019Senior

    6'2"