2018-19 Men's Golf Roster
Tye Waller
- Height:
- 5-9
- Weight:
- 160
- Class:
- Redshirt Junior
- Hometown:
- Griffin, Ga.
- High School:
- Spalding
2018-19 (Junior Season):
• Named to the Southeastern Conference Academic Honor Roll.
• Named to the J. Reid Parker Director of Athletics Academic Honor Roll.
• Finished the fall portion of the schedule with a scoring average of 73.63.
• Came in 19th in The Carmel Cup to open the season.
• Named the recipient of the Jack Carlyle Fraser Memorial Golf Scholarship.
2017-18 (Redshirt Season):
• Named to the SEC Academic Honor Roll.
• Named to the J. Reid Parker Director of Athletics Academic Honor Roll.
• Missed the entire season due to injury.
2016-17 (Sophomore Season):
• Finished a career-best seventh in the Puerto Rico Classic.
• Shot 7-under 209 in The Carmel Cup to establish his career low.
• Posted a career-best 4-under 68 in the Augusta Invitational.
• Named the recipient of the C. Read Morton Scholarship.
2015-16 (Freshman Season):
• Had two counting rounds in the SEC Championship as the Bulldogs won the program’s 29th conference title.
• Helped the Bulldogs win the Tuscaloosa Regional to qualify for the NCAAs.
• Made his Georgia debut in the Southern Intercollegiate Championships in Athens after transferring from Georgia Tech.
Amateur/Junior Highlights:
• Won the 2018 Golden Isles Invitational.
• Tied for second and grabbed one of four qualifying spots at Horseshoe Bend Country Club for the 2015 U.S. Amateur.
• Finished fifth in the 2015 AJGA Wells Fargo Junior Classic.
• Tied for 33rd at the 2015 Palmetto Amateur.
•Tied for 41st at the 2015 Southeastern Amateur.
• Posted three top-5 finishes in seven events in 2014.
• Won seven state or regional junior events in the last four years.
• Made two holes-in-one, both at Griffin Country Club.
High School:
• Graduated from Spalding High School and played under Coach Rusty Hudson.
• Earned medalists honors in the 2015 Georgia Class AAAA state championship.
• Earned All-State honors three times.
Personal:
• Born Oct. 11, 1996.
• Son of Kenneth and Lisa Waller.
• Majoring in Sport Management.
