Kansas State University Athletics
2018-19 Men's Golf
Jeremy Gandon
- Weight:
- null
- Class:
- Senior
- Hometown:
- Charpey, France
As a Senior (2018-19): One of three Wildcats to earn an individual bid to the NCAA Athens Regional, his second regional in as many years... Carded 8-over par 221 to tie for 36th in the Athens Regional... Tied for eighth at the Big 12 Championship at 1-under par 209... Named to the Big 12 Tournament Team for a third time in his career... Won the Mission Inn Spring Spectacular with an 8-under par 208... Concluded his career second all-time in wins with four, one shy of the school record... Earned Academic All-Big 12 Honors for the third-consecutive year... Participated in all 11 events and finished sixth in school history with a 71.88 stroke average.
As a Junior (2017-18): Played in 12 events, putting together a 72.72 stroke average to rank eighth in school history... Enters senior campaign with three career wins, two shy of the school record, while his 72.98 career stroke average currently ranks first... Captured a pair of victories in April, winning the Hawkeye Invitational before tying for first at the 2018 Big 12 Championship... Became the Wildcats' first conference medalist since Graham Hunt in 1951... His 72-hole score of 283 at the Big 12 Championship was the second lowest in school history... Named to the All-Big 12 Tournament team and was the Big 12 Golfer of the Month in April... Earned an individual bid into the 2018 NCAA Pacific Regional, the 10th individual regional bid in school history... His first-round score of 66 at the Hawkeye Invitational was a career low and tied for the 15th lowest in school history... Also earned top-10 finishes at the USA Individual Tournamanet (t7th) and Missouri Tiger Invitational (t9th)... Lowest 54-hole score of the year was a 212 at the Trinity Forest Invitational to tie for 11th... Led the team by being 4.22 average strokes per round behind the leader... Had 90-percent (27-of-30) of his rounds count toward the team score to rank second on the team, while he was also second on the team with 14 rounds at even or under par... Named a GCAA All-America Scholar and a First Team Academic All-Big 12 performer.
As a Sophomore (2016-17): Competed in 10 events, placing second on the team in stroke average with a 73.47… Led the team in rounds even or under par with 11, while placing second, third, and fifth on the team on top individual 54-hole performance... Also placed second in percentage of rounds (88.39)… Posted his low 18-hole (68), low 36-hole (141), and team-leading low 54-hole (209) at the Bank of Tennessee Intercollegiate… Earned a top-five finish at the Badger Invitational, placing third with a 6-under 210… Also placed 10th at the Bank of Tennessee Intercollegiate and earned a pair of top-20 finishes at the Bill Ross Intercollegiate (+4) and the Bridgestone Golf Collegiate (-4), placing 19th in both… Earned Academic All-Big 12 accolades.
As a Freshman (2015-16): Competed in eight team events in his freshman campaign, recording a team-best 72.38 stroke average… Finished the spring atop most of the team’s statistical categories, including lowest 18- (66), 36- (139) and 54-hole (205) scores, while he had his rounds used for the overall team score 88-percent of the time… Led the team with three top-five finishes, including a tie for first place at the Golfweek Conference Challenge with an 11-under par 205… Tied for second place in the David Toms Intercollegiate and tied for fourth at the Big 12 Championship with a 3-under par 285… Became the 10th Wildcat to be named to the Big 12 All-Tournament team and is the first freshman to earn the honor.
High School: Believed to be the first international player in the history of the program… Regarded as the 23rd-best amateur in France, including No. 4 under the age of 18… Viewed as the 30th-best amateur under the age of 18 in the European Golf Rankings… Placed 11th at the French Amateur in 2013, while he finished third in the 2014 French U18 Amateur and the 2014 Biarritz Cup… Fired a first-round score of 68 at the 2014 Cotes d'Armour Open on the European Challenge Tour.
| Career Stats | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Events | Rounds | Strokes | Avg | Low 18 | Low 36 | Low 54 | Top 5 | Top 10 | Top 20 | Best Finish | |
| 2015-16 | 8 | 25 | 1,819 | 72.76 | 66 | 139 | 205 | 3 | 3 | 3 | T1st - Golfweek |
| 2016-17 | 10 | 30 | 2,204 | 73.47 | 68 | 141 | 209 | 1 | 2 | 3 | T3rd - Badger |
| 2017-18 | 12 | 36 | 2,618 | 72.72 | 66 | 136 | 212 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 1st - Twice |
| 2018-19 | 11 | 32 | 2,300 | 71.88 | 67 | 137 | 208 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 1st - Mission Inn |
| Career | 41 | 123 | 8,941 | 72.69 | 66 | 136 | 205 | 7 | 13 | 17 | 1st - Three Times |
