- 2025 transfer from Middle Tennessee with three years eligibility remaining
2025-26 (Sophomore)
- Made six appearances with five starts...sixth outing was the match vs UAB...74.73 strokes per 18 while counting in 10 of 15 team rounds...served as sixth man for postseason run winning the SoCon Championships and advancing through the NCAA Bryan Regionals to reach the NCAA Championships at Omni La Costa.
- Best finish was T21 at the Gators Invitational...low 54-hole score was 212 (+2) was there with rounds of 73, 71 and 68.
- Low 18 came at the Western Intercollegiate...shot 3-under 67 for the Mocs low 18 in round two...144 at the Gators was top 36-hole score.
- 39 birdies...single round high of four cam first at Colleton River and then matched in the second round at Pasatiempo...nine at Colleton River and Western Intercollegiate were tourney bests.
- Three eagles with one each at the Honors Course, Colleton River and Western.
- Dean's List & A.D. Honor Roll.
SEASON SCORING
Tournaments: 5
Rounds: 15 | Counters: 10/15 | Strokes: 1121 | Average: 74.73
Wins: 0 | Top 5s: 0 | Top 10s: 0
Par/Better Rounds: 2Â | Cards in 60s: 2
Best Finish: T21, Gators Invite
Low 18: 67 (-3), Western Intercollegiate Rd2
Low 36: 144 (+4), Gators Invite
Low 54: 212 (+2), Gators Invite
Prior to Chattanooga
- Played one season in Murfreesboro...average 73.00 over 27 rounds total counting in 19 of 24 team scores.
- Had two top 10s and four top 25s...best finish was T6 in his debut at the Bearcat Invitational and matched later that the Sharkey Individual.
- Three rounds in the 60s and 12 total par or better...low 18 was 69 turned in three times...low 36 came at the Sharkey with a 6-under 138...top 54-hole score was 211 (-2) at the Bearcat Invite...also under par at the Sharkey (-2) and Loyola Intercollegiate (-1) while shooting even (213) in the Elon Phoenix Invitational.Â
- Prepped at McCallie School in Chattanooga.
- Earned a fourth-place finish in the 2023 Division II-AA state championship…finished fourth at the 2023 Tennessee Junior PGA Championship.
- Qualified for the 2023 US Junior Amateur Championship… finished fifth at the Huntsville.org Junior Championship with a score of 209.
Personal
- Son of Carol and Thad Whitfield…plans to major in Business Administration.
