The University of Texas at Austin Athletics
2014-15 Men's Golf Roster
Roster
Brax McCarthy
- Height:
- 6-0
- Weight:
- null
- Class:
- Redshirt Senior
- Hometown:
- Ft. Worth, Texas
- High School:
- Heights
2015 Academic All-Big 12 First Team
2015 Big 12 Commissioner’s Honor Roll
REDSHIRT SENIOR (2014-15)
• has participated in five events
• has a 73.73 scoring average
• finished a season-best 36th in the Western Intercollegiate
• member of the winning team at the 2014 U.S. Collegiate Championship and the 2015 Western Intercollegiate
• fired a season-low 70 twice this season
EVENT | SCORES | PLACE |
OFCC/Fighting Illini Invitational | 77-74-78 = 229 (+19) | T-49 |
United States Collegiate Championship | 73-70-72 = 215 (+6) | T-54 |
Gifford Collegiate | 75-72-73 = 220 (+7) | T-40 |
Amer Ari/Big Island Intercollegiate* | 72-73-70 = 215 (-1) | T-53 |
Western Intercollegiate | 73-77-70 = 200 (+10) | T-36 |
SENIOR (2013-14)
• fired a season-low 69 in the first and third rounds of the Amer Ari Invitational
• recorded season-best tie for ninth place at the Big 12 Championship to earn All-Tournament Team honors
• member of winning team at 2014 Big 12 Championship
• finished under-par for the second time in his career at the Amer Ari Invitational
• competed in the 2014 NCAA Championship at Prairie Dunes where he finished tied for 136th place on the individual leaderboard
• Big 12 Commissioner’s Honor Roll (Spring 2014)
EVENT | SCORES | PLACE |
Carpet Capital Collegiate | 77-76-75 = 228 (+12) | T-58 |
OFCC/Fighting Illini Invitational | 74-73-76 = 223 (+13) | T-39 |
Jerry Pate National Intercollegiate | 76-73-78 = 227 (+17) | T-54 |
Amer Ari Invitational | 69-73-69 = 211 (-5) | T-39 |
Bayou City Collegiate Championship | 75-75-70 = 220 (+4) | T-46 |
Southern Highlands Collegiate Masters | 84-79-78 = 241 (+25) | T-74 |
Schenkel Invitational | 74-73-75 = 222 (+6) | T-40 |
Western Intercollegiate | 70-71-78 = 219 (+9) | T-48 |
Big 12 Championship | 73-76-72-72 = 293 (+5) | T-9 |
NCAA Auburn Regional Championship | 74-76-73 = 223 (+7) | T-28 |
NCAA Championship | 77-75-75 = 227 (+17) | T-136 |
JUNIOR (2012-13)
• joined the Texas Men’s Golf team as a walk-on in Jan. 2013
• registered a 74.00 stroke average in four events
• shot a career-low 67 in the opening round of the Bayou City Collegiate Championship
• recorded a career-best finish with a tie for sixth place at the Bayou City Collegiate Championship
• made his collegiate debut at The Amer Ari Invitational, where he tied for 70th place at 6-over par (71-76-75)
• Big 12 Commissioner’s Honor Roll (Spring 2013)
EVENT | SCORES | PLACE |
Amer Ari Invitational | 71-76-75 = 222 (+6) | T-70 |
Bayou City Collegiate Championship | 67-69-77 = 213 (-3) | T-6 |
Southern Highlands Collegiate Masters | 78-76-80 = 234 (+18) | 70 |
*Morris Williams Intercollegiate | 73-75-71 = 219 (+6) | T-31 |
* - competed as an individual
NATIONALLY
• currently ranked 1,112 in the World Amateur Golf Rankings
• qualified for the 2014 U.S. Amateur Championship by finishing as co-medalist at the USGA Amateur Sectional Qualifier at Links on the Bayou in Alexandria, La.
BEFORE TEXAS
• two-time Texas 4A runner-up (2007, 2010)
• tied for 38th place at the 2012 Texas Amateur
• tied for 10th place at the 2012 North Texas Amateur
• pair of top five finishes on the American Junior Golf Circuit, including the 2009 Valero Texas Open Junior Shootout and 2010 Elbit Systerms of America Junior Championship
PERSONAL
Born James Braxton McCarthy on Nov. 15, 1991 in Ft. Worth, Texas ... son of Tom and Julie McCarthy ... has one older brother, Bryce, and a younger sister, Emma, who is a sophomore at The University of Texas ... majoring in Marketing with a minor in Finance.
McCARTHY YEAR-BY-YEAR
Year | Events | Rounds | Strokes | Scoring Avg. | Low Round | Best Finish |
12-13 | 4 | 12 | 888 | 74.00 | 67 | T-6 |
13-14 | 11 | 34 | 2,534 | 74.53 | 69 | T-9 |
14-15 | 4 | 10 | 1,106 | 73.73 | 70 | T-36 |
TOTAL | 19 | 57 | 4,313 | 74.09 | 67 | T-6 |
