Kansas State University Athletics
2023-24 Men's Golf Roster
O'Neill, Luke
Luke O'Neill
- Weight:
- null
- Class:
- Senior
- Hometown:
- Connemara, Ireland
Bio
CAREER: Finished his career ranked fourth in school history in scoring average at 72.74… Also tied for ninth with 11 top-10 finishes.
SENIOR (2023-24): Competed in all 11 events, posting a 72.71 scoring average with four top-20 finishes… Helped K-State win the season-opening Wildcat Invitational when he finished in sixth place with a season best 54-hole score of 6-under par 210… His performance at the Wildcat Invitational included a season-best round of 68, a mark he also hit during the Hal Williams Collegiate… Tied for 12th at the William H. Tucker Intercollegiate at 5-under par 211, while he also produced another under-par event during the Hal Williams Collegiate when the tied for 17th place at 2-under par 211… Finished third on the team in rounds of even- or under-par golf with 14 and fourth in differentials (average stroke per round behind leader) at 4.74… Earned Second Team Academic All-Big 12 honors.
JUNIOR (2022-23): Competed in 12 events as he became the fifth Wildcat all-time to compete in the NCAA Championship after tying for second place in the NCAA Bath Regional at 7-under par 206, the lowest score in the school’s NCAA Regional history… Finished the season with a 71.65 stroke average, two top-10 finishes and four top-20 showings… Ranked sixth in school history in stroke average… Best 54-hole score of the year was an 11-under par 205 at the Tiger Collegiate Invitational to tie for sixth, while it was tied for the 15th-lowest score in school history… Carded a low round of 66 on two occasions – the second round of the Hal Williams Invitational and first round of the Tiger Collegiate Invitational – to tie for 25th in school history… Helped K-State set the school record with a 281.47 team stroke average… Also helped the Wildcats win four events and earn seven top-five finishes to tie for second in school history in each category.
SOPHOMORE (2021-22): Appeared in 11 events, tallying a 73.24 stroke average... Captured two top five finishes...Shot a 14-under par 202 to tie for the individual championship at the Colleton River Collegiate... The 54-hole score was the lowest of any Wildcat this season and it included a 6-under par 66 final round, which was also a team best.... Finished tied for 4th at the Wildcat Invitational at 2-under par 214, leading K-State to a second-place finish... Carded 14 even/under par rounds.
FRESHMAN (2020-21): Saw action in eight events, accumulating a 73.60 stroke average to finish fourth on the team… Had four top-20 finishes… Tied for 13th place in his first-career event at the Colonial Collegiate Invitational… Competed at the Big 12 Championship where he tied for 29th place after carding a 14-over par 294… Had 82.55 percent of his rounds count toward the team score… Finished third on the team with eight rounds of even or under par.
SENIOR (2023-24): Competed in all 11 events, posting a 72.71 scoring average with four top-20 finishes… Helped K-State win the season-opening Wildcat Invitational when he finished in sixth place with a season best 54-hole score of 6-under par 210… His performance at the Wildcat Invitational included a season-best round of 68, a mark he also hit during the Hal Williams Collegiate… Tied for 12th at the William H. Tucker Intercollegiate at 5-under par 211, while he also produced another under-par event during the Hal Williams Collegiate when the tied for 17th place at 2-under par 211… Finished third on the team in rounds of even- or under-par golf with 14 and fourth in differentials (average stroke per round behind leader) at 4.74… Earned Second Team Academic All-Big 12 honors.
JUNIOR (2022-23): Competed in 12 events as he became the fifth Wildcat all-time to compete in the NCAA Championship after tying for second place in the NCAA Bath Regional at 7-under par 206, the lowest score in the school’s NCAA Regional history… Finished the season with a 71.65 stroke average, two top-10 finishes and four top-20 showings… Ranked sixth in school history in stroke average… Best 54-hole score of the year was an 11-under par 205 at the Tiger Collegiate Invitational to tie for sixth, while it was tied for the 15th-lowest score in school history… Carded a low round of 66 on two occasions – the second round of the Hal Williams Invitational and first round of the Tiger Collegiate Invitational – to tie for 25th in school history… Helped K-State set the school record with a 281.47 team stroke average… Also helped the Wildcats win four events and earn seven top-five finishes to tie for second in school history in each category.
SOPHOMORE (2021-22): Appeared in 11 events, tallying a 73.24 stroke average... Captured two top five finishes...Shot a 14-under par 202 to tie for the individual championship at the Colleton River Collegiate... The 54-hole score was the lowest of any Wildcat this season and it included a 6-under par 66 final round, which was also a team best.... Finished tied for 4th at the Wildcat Invitational at 2-under par 214, leading K-State to a second-place finish... Carded 14 even/under par rounds.
FRESHMAN (2020-21): Saw action in eight events, accumulating a 73.60 stroke average to finish fourth on the team… Had four top-20 finishes… Tied for 13th place in his first-career event at the Colonial Collegiate Invitational… Competed at the Big 12 Championship where he tied for 29th place after carding a 14-over par 294… Had 82.55 percent of his rounds count toward the team score… Finished third on the team with eight rounds of even or under par.
| Career Stats | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Events | Rnds | Strokes | Avg | Low 18 | Low 36 | Low 54 | Top 5 | Top 10 | Top 20 | Best Finish | |
| 2020-21 | 8 | 25 | 1,840 | 73.60 | 69 | 142 | 214 | - | - | 4 | T12th - Spartan |
| 2021-22 | 11 | 33 | 2,417 | 73.24 | 66 | 136 | 202 | 2 | 2 | 2 | T1st - Colleton River Collegiate |
| 2022-23 | 11 | 34 | 2,436 | 71.65 | 66 | 136 | 205 | 1 | 2 | 4 | T2nd - NCAA Bath Regional |
| 2023-24 | 11 | 31 | 2,254 | 72.71 | 68 | 138 | 210 | - | 1 | 4 | 6th - Wildcat Invitational |
| Career | 41 | 123 | 8,947 | 72.74 | 66 | 136 | 202 | 3 | 5 | 14 | T1st - Colleton River Collegiate |
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