The University of Texas at Austin Athletics
2025-26 Men's Golf Roster
Roster
Luke Potter
- Class:
- Senior
- Hometown:
- Encinitas, California
- High School:
- La Costa Canyon
- Prev School:
- Arizona State
- Major:
- Physical Culture & Sports
2024-26
As a Senior in 2025-26
Earned membership on the Korn Ferry Tour by virtue of his No. 5 finish in the PGA TOUR University Class of 2026 rankings …second-team All-America choice by PING/GCAA and Golfweek … second-team All-SEC selection … PING All-Central Region team choice … SEC Co-Golfer of the Week (Feb. 4) … played in 12 of UT’s 14 events on the season and posted a 69.65 stroke average through 37 rounds while recording one victory and a total of six top-10 individual finishes … 28 of his 37 rounds were par or better, including 16 rounds in the 60s … claimed medalist honors (second time in his collegiate career) at the NCAA Bryan Regional (May 18-19) with a 17-under 199 (67-64-68) … became the eighth Longhorn to earn medalist honors at an NCAA Regional … his 54-hole score of 17-under 199 is second in program history at an NCAA Regional only to Doug Ghim who tallied a 17-under 196 in the 2018 Raleigh (N.C.) Regional … registered just two bogeys during his 54 holes of play at the NCAA Bryan Regional … finished runner-up at the Arizona N.I.T. (Jan. 26-27) with a 12-under 204 (66-68-70) … placed fourth at the Amer Ari Invitational (Feb. 5-7) with an 18-under 198 (63-65-70) … finished fifth at The Ford Collegiate (April 13-14) with a 9-under 201 (65-69-67) … while competing as an individual, he placed sixth at The Williams Cup (Oct. 19-21) with a 3-under 213 (71-70-72) … tied for 10th at the Valspar Collegiate Invitational (March 23-24) with a 10-under 203 (67-69-67).
As a Junior in 2024-25
Earned a spot on the PING All-Central Region team … registered a 70.95 scoring average and placed in the top-20 in seven of his 13 stroke-play appearances … 25 of his 40 rounds this season have been par or better, including 13 rounds in the 60s … claimed his first career collegiate individual victory at The Hayt with a 10-under 206 (71-66-69) … tied for third at the NCAA Reno Regional (May 12-14) with a 6-under 210 (71-71-68) … tied for sixth at the OFCC/Fighting Illini Invitational (Sept. 20-21) with a 3-under 207 (68-68-71) … tied for 10th at the Amer Ari Invitational (Feb. 6-8) with a 14-under 202 (69-68-65) … tallied a season-best 7-under 65 in the final round of the Amer Ari (Feb. 8) … tied for 14th at The Ford Collegiate (April 14-15) with a 3-over 213 (74-69-70) … participated in the 2025 Jones Cup Invitational (Jan. 10-12) at Ocean Forest Golf Club … also competed in The Amateur, the European Amateur, the Southern Amateur, the Western Amateur and the U.S. Amateur in the summer of 2025 … enrolled at Texas prior the 2024 fall semester.
Before Texas
Competed in the Northeast Amateur, the Southern Amateur, the Western Amateur and the U.S. Amateur in the summer of 2024 … spent his previous two seasons at Arizona State … competed in seven tournaments and registered a 72.40 stroke average as a sophomore in 2023-24 … shot par or better in eight of his 20 stroke-play rounds, including five rounds in the 60s … recorded a season-best tie for seventh at the Ben Hogan Collegiate (Oct. 2-3) with a 4-under 206 (67-70-69) … posted a season-low 18-hole score of 3-under 67 in the opening round of the Ben Hogan Collegiate (Oct. 2) … tied for 10th at the Sahalee Players Championship (Sept. 9-10) with a 3-over 219 (70-76-73) … competed in 12 tournaments and registered a 71.00 stroke average as a freshman in 2022-23 … his 71.00 stroke average marked the second-lowest by a freshman in Arizona State program history since 1985, trailing only Michael Mjaaseth at 70.72 in 2022-23 … shot par or better in 22 of his 36 stroke-play rounds, including 11 rounds in the 60s … tied for second in the stroke-play portion of the East Lake Cup (Oct. 24) with a 3-under 69 … placed fourth at the Southwestern Invitational (Jan. 30-Feb. 1) with a 5-under 211 (65-75-71) … recorded a collegiate career-low 18-hole score of 7-under 65 in the opening round of the Southwestern Invitational (Jan. 30) … placed eighth at the Calusa Cup (April 2-4) with a 2-over 218 (76-73-69) … tied for 10th at the Cabo Collegiate (March 5-7) with a 1-under 212 (70-70-72) … posted a 1-under 69 during the second round of the NCAA Championship (May 27) … competed at the Northeast Amateur, the Trans-Mississippi Amateur, the Southern Amateur, the Western Amateur and the U.S. Amateur in the summer of 2023.
Before College
The top-ranked player in the Class of 2022 by Golf Channel … three-time Rolex All-American as a junior … 2021 U.S. Junior Amateur semifinalist and 2021 Western Amateur quarterfinalist … won the 2020 Maridoe Amateur at 16 years of age … also claimed the title at the Southern California Golf Association (SCGA) Amateur in 2020, becoming the youngest winner (16) in the 121-year history of the event … named the state of California’s sophomore athlete of the year in 2020 … recognized as the National High School Golfer of the Year following his freshman season in 2019 … shot a final-round 64 at Poppy Hills in Pebble Beach to win the 2019 California High School state individual title as a freshman while also leading La Costa Canyon to the state team championship … named the 2019 California Freshman Athlete of the Year (all sports), becoming the first golfer since Tiger Woods to earn the accolade.
