August Meekhof

Troy Taylor II

/ Men's Golf

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Class:
Sophomore
Hometown:
Coopersville, Mich.
High School:
Allendale

2023-24 – Senior
An Academic All-Big Ten selection ... Selected to the All-Big Ten Championship team ... Led the team in events (14) and rounds played (39) ... Finished second on the team with a 72.36 scoring average, the 11th-best single-season average in program history ... Had 98.0 percent of his rounds count toward the team total (34.3 of 36) ... Posted one top-5, three top-10 and six top-20 finishes during the year ... Fired a career-best 6-under par 66 in the second round of the Quail Valley Collegiate (10/15), leading the team with a 7-under par 209 and tying for 17th place ... Opened the year with a tied for sixth place at the Folds of Honor Collegiate, carding a 1-over par 214 ... Had four top-20 finishes during the spring ... Led the team at the Big Ten Championships, tying for fifth place at 7-over par 217 ... Finished his career with a 72.76 scoring average, the third-best mark in program history.

Summer 2023
Won the Michigan Amateur ... Became the first player since 1983 to win back-to-back GAM championships with a three-day total of 7-under par 206 … The first golfer to win the Michigan Amateur title and the GAM Championship in the same summer since 2008.

2022-23 – Junior
Academic All-Big Ten … Finished third on the team in scoring average at 72.57 over 12 events … Posted one top-5, 1 top-10, and 2 top-20 finishes … Was MSU’s top finisher in two events, both in the spring … Captured his first collegiate win at the Colleton River Collegiate, using his lowest round of the season (68) to post a three-day total of 11-under par 205 (68-69-68) … Led the team with total birdies (97) … Tied for 23rd place at the Big Ten Championships at 4-over par 148 (78-70) … Tied for 25th at the NCAA Bath Regional at 3-under par 213 (70-69-74).

Summer 2022
Winner of the 101st Golf Association of Michigan Championship in August, firing a 7-under par 203 and winning the title on the third playoff hole … Made the cut at the 111th Michigan Amateur and advanced in match play to the semifinals before falls 1up to the eventual champion.

2021-22 – Sophomore
An All-Big Ten Second Team selection ... Named to the Big Ten Championships All-Tournament Team ... A Golf Coaches Association of America All-American Scholar ...An Academic All-Big Ten selection ... Second on the team with a 71.84 scoring average ... His 71.84 scoring average was the fifth-best in program history in a single season ... Played in 37 rounds over three tournaments ... One of four players to play all 37 rounds ... The team’s top finisher in four events, all in the spring and at the Big Ten Championships and the NCAA Bryan Regional ... Had four top-10 finishes and seven among the top-20 ... Top finish was a tie for third place at the Big Ten Championships where he shot a 1-over par 217 (68-74-75) ... Lowest 54-hole score was a 13-under par 203 (70-65-68) at the Puerto Rico Classic ... HIs score of 203 is tied for the third-lowest 54-hole score in program history ... His second round 65 is tied for the third-lowest 18-hole score at MSU ... Tied for 17th place at the NCAA Bryan Regional, carding an even par 216 (70-74-72).

2021 (Spring) – Freshman
Appeared in all eight tournaments as a freshman, compiling a 75.1 scoring average … Tied for 21st at the Hoosier Collegiate Invitational at 14-over-par 227 … His lowest 54-hole total of the year – 222 – came at the Spartan Collegiate at Sea Island (T-51st place) and the Git-R-Done Husker Invitational (T-28th place) … Tied for 29th at the Big Ten Championships with a 14-over-par 230.

Prior to MSU
Ranked the No. 1 junior player in Michigan in 2019 and the No. 1 player in Michigan in the class of 2020, both by National Junior Golf Scoreboard … Was the 2019 Golf Association Michigan Junior Boys Player of the Year … Finished fourth in the Michigan Amateur stroke play in 2019 … Qualified for the U.S. Junior Amateur and took 16th place in the stroke play portion … Was the 2019 West Michigan amateur men’s all-region point champion … Earned All-State honors at Allendale High School as a freshman and sophomore (did not play for his high school team as a junior or senior) … Won the Grand Valley Amateur in the summer of 2019.

Personal
Son of Doug and Connie Meekhof … Born in Grand Rapids, Mich. … Great uncle is former Major League Baseball pitcher Jim Kaat, who won 283 games over 25 seasons … Lists his favorite athlete as Tiger Woods.