Troy University Athletics
2015-16 Golf (M) Roster
Roster
Bettcher, Jared
Jared Bettcher
- Class:
- Junior
- Hometown:
- Auburn, Ala.
- High School:
- Auburn HS
Bio
2016 All-Sun Belt Honorable Mention | 2015 All-Sun Belt First Team | 2014 All-Sun Belt First Team | 2014 NCAA Regional Qualifier
2016-17 (Senior)Led the Trojans with 91.7 percent of his rounds counting towards the team score (11-of-12) … Finished the fall with a 72.83 stroke average and a +0.83 score vs. par; both ranked second on the team … Ranked 236th nationally after the fall, which is the fifth best in the Sun Belt … Turned in a trio of top-25 finishes in Troy’s four fall tournaments, with his top finish coming at the Invitational at The Grove where he tied for 13th … All three top-25 finishes came in the final three events of the fall; posted a 72.66 average over those three events … Finished the fall with four rounds under par and a low of 5-under 67 in the final round of the AutoTrader.com Collegiate Classic, which was the lowest round by a Trojan all fall … His 1-under 215 in the AutoTrader.com Collegiate Classic was tied for the fourth lowest 54-hole score of the fall by a Trojan
2015-16 (Junior)
Earned All-Sun Belt Honorable Mention honors … Finished the season third on the team with a 73.50 stroke average … Led the Trojans with a 72.71 average in the fall … Tied for first on the team with six rounds in the 60s and was third with eight rounds under par … Ended the spring strong by winning both his match play contests at the Sun Belt Championship following a final round 3-under 68 in the stroke play portion of the event … Troy's top finisher at the NCAA Franklin Regional as he tied for 33rd place with a 1-under 215 ... Turned in three top-10 finishes and six top-25 finishes in Troy’s 10 tournaments on the season – placed sixth at the Sun Belt Preview, tied for 10th at the AutoTrader.com Collegiate Classic and tied for eighth at The Invitational at the Grove … Shot a 3-under 209 at the Sun Belt Preview in the fall, which was the second-lowest 54-hole total of the year by a Trojan … Picked up a victory of the nation’s No. 17 ranked player (South Florida’s Chase Koepka) … Only Trojan in the fall to have all his rounds count towards the team card
2014-15 (Sophomore)
Named to the All-Sun Belt First Team for the second straight year ... Finished fifth in the Sun Belt with a 1.10 score vs. par and fired the second-lowest round of the year in the league with a pair of 65s ... Finished the year with a 72.69 stroke average over 29 rounds ...Finished in the top 10 three times and in the top 25 five times in nine tournaments played ... Finished third at the Sun Belt Championship after shooting a 2-under 211, which tied his 5-under 211 at The Invitational at Kiawah for the lowest 54-hole score of the year by a Trojan ... His third place finish at the Sun Belt Championship was the best in school history ... Finished third in the Sun Belt in Golfstat’s comparative rankings and with a 1.15 adjusted score vs. par ... Shot a school record 7-under-par 65 in back-to-back tournaments -- the third round of the Bayou City Collegiate Championship & two rounds later at the Tiger Invitational ... Finished the year with six rounds under par with five of those rounds in the 60s ... Blistered courses during the final round as he posted a 72.10 stroke average on his final trip through a course ... Tied for third in the opening tournament of the fall at Kiawah ... Tied for fifth with a 3-over 219 at The Invitational ... Carded rounds of 72 or better in 14 of his 29 rounds on the year ... Tied for 46th at the NCAA New Haven Regional and shot even par in the final round
2013-14 (Freshman)
Qualified as an individual for the NCAA Men’s Golf Championships and played at the Auburn Regional … Finished the pre-regional season ranked 153rd nationally by Golf Stat and third in the Sun Belt Conference; first Troy player to earn individual berth since 2008 … Named to the All-Sun Belt First Team … Finished the season with a 73.96 stroke average over 26 rounds … Tied the Troy school record for lowest opening round score as he shot a 66 at the Tiger Invitational; one stroke shy of the all-time low round in Troy history … Turned in a pair of top-10 finishes and seven top-21 finishes in nine tournaments played … Finished in a tie for fifth at the Tiger Invitational (Auburn) and tie for seventh at the Reunion Intercollegiate … Carded five rounds under par and four rounds at even par … His 211 at the Tiger Invitational was the best 54-hole score of the season by a Trojan while his 216 at the Seminole Intercollegiate was the third best
High School
Won the Alabama 6A Sectional as a junior and a senior at Auburn High School … Earned all-state honors and helped lead Auburn to four state championships … Won the Blue-Gray Invitational in a playoff
Personal
Full name is Jared Alvin Bettcher … Son of Kathleen Rourke and Alvin Bettcher … Has one brother, Morgan … Born Feb. 15, 1995, in Hilton Head Island, S.C. … Majoring in exercise science
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