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2020-21 Men's Golf Roster

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Jonathan Brightwell

Jonathan Brightwell

  • Height:
    6-5
  • Class:
    Redshirt Senior
  • Hometown:
    Charlotte, N.C.
  • High School:
    Independence HS
Year Events Rounds Rds in 60s Average Low Score Best Finish
    2020-21     12 36 10 71.31 66 T2
Career 12 36 10 71.31 66 T2 

PERSONAL RECORDS AT OKLAHOMA
Lowest 18-hole score: 66; NCAA Albuquerque Regional (spring 2021)
Lowest 54-hole score: 204; Men's NIT (spring 2021)
Best finish: T2; NCAA Albuquerque Regional (spring 2021)

CAREER
Played 161 career rounds over five collegiate seasons ... Career average of 72.20 ... Closes career with three wins, 15 top-five finishes, 20 top 10s and 26 top-20 placements. 

IN THE RECORD BOOK
Career Rounds Played: 161 (7th NCAA)
Single-Season Par-or-Better Rounds: 23 in 2021 (5th OU) 
Single-Season Scoring: 71.31 in 2021 (11th OU)

2020-21
Golfweek and GCAA PING Second Team All-American ... PING All-Central Region and All-Big 12 selection ... Finished the season ranked No. 9 by Golfstat and No. 12 by Golfweek ... Closed year ranked No. 10 in the PGA Tour U rankings, earning automatic professional status ... Made OU debut at Big 12 Colonial Preview where he fired a 211 (+2) to finish T6 ... Grabbed fourth at the 2020 East Lake Cup starting off a streak where he finished inside the top 10 at six of seven tournaments ... Closed season with a runner-up finish at the NCAA Albquerque Regional and a T6 finish at the NCAA Championship ... Went 9-1 in match play, including 3-0 at the national championship ... Single-season scoring average of 71.31 is 11th all-time at Oklahoma ... 23 par-or-better rounds led the team.

BEFORE COMING TO OKLAHOMA (UNC-GREENSBORO)

2019-20
Finished the season ranked No. 13 in the nation according to Golfstat.com, was ranked as high as No. 8 ... PING Second Team All-American... named to Haskins Award Watch List in October ... earned SoCon Player of the Month twice and Player of the Week three times between the fall and spring ... averaged a 70.09 over 22 rounds on the year .

2018-19
Played in 36 rounds … Posted a 71.81 stroke average, fourth-best in the SoCon … Named to the All-SoCon Team.

2017-18
Played in 36 rounds … Posted a 74.81 stroke average.

2016-17
Played in all 31 rounds to earn his first letter … Named the Southern Conference Freshman of the Year … Named All-Southern Conference, the only freshman on the team … Named to the SoCon All-Freshman Team … Ranked eighth in the SoCon and first among all freshman with a 72.94 stroke average … Finished tied for first overall at the 2017 Southern Conference Championships in Pinehurst before falling the first round of the individual playoff