2019-20 Men's Golf Roster
Davis Thompson
- Height:
- 6-3
- Weight:
- 190
- Class:
- Junior
- Hometown:
- Auburn, Ala.
- High School:
- Lee-Scott Academy
2020-2021
• Chosen as the SEC Player of the Year and named to the First Team by the league’s coaches.
• Named to the SEC Community Service Team for the second time.
• Won the Tallahassee Regional with a career-best 14-under 202 to help Georgia qualify for the NCAA Championships.
• Won the Tiger Invitational presented by Jason Dufner for his third collegiate victory.
• Earned SEC Player of the Week honors after the victory.
• Came in third as the Bulldogs claimed the stroke play portion of the SEC Championships.
• Moved into 10th on Georgia’s all-time list with 17 top-10- tournament finishes.
• Named to the Haskins Award Final Watch List.
• Named one of the three finalists for the Ben Hogan Award.
• Named one of the four semifinalists for the Byron Nelson Award.
• Helped the United States retain the Walker Cup as he went 1-2-1 against Great Britain & Ireland in a 14-12 win.
• Ascended to No. 1 in the World Amateur Golf Ranking on Nov. 11, 2020, and again on March 9, 2021. Currently stands No. 3 among Americans and No. 4 overall.
• Leads the SEC with a scoring average of 69.48, including 16 of his 27 rounds in the 60s.
• Stands No. 2 in the PGA Tour University rankings.
• Competed in the 2020 U.S. Open Championship.
• Played in the PGA Tour’s RSM Classic in November.
• Played for the United States in the Arnold Palmer Cup, going 2-1-1 in his matches.
• Chosen as the male recipient of the Joel Eaves Award as the Georgia student-athlete with the highest GPA entering his senior year academically.
• Picked as Georgia’s male nominee for the SEC’s H. Boyd McWhorter Scholar-Athlete of the Year.
• Named to the J. Reid Parker Director of Athletics Academic Honor Roll.
• Named a recipient of the Ramsey Scholarship for Academic & Athletic Excellence.
• Serving as one of the team captains this season.
2019-2020
• Chosen as a First-Team All-American by PING and the Golf Coaches Association of America.
• Picked as a Second-Team All-American by Golfweek.
• Named to the United States’ Arnold Palmer Cup Team.
• Named First-Team All-SEC.
• Chosen by the GCAA for the Division I PING All-Southeast Region Team.
• Chosen as one of the three finalists for the Haskins Award.
• Chosen as one of the five finalists for the Jack Nicklaus National Player of the Year Award presented by Golf.com.
• Ranked No. 5 in the WAGR.
• Won the Jim Rivers Invitational for the second victory of his career and led the Bulldogs to the team title.
• Placed fourth and helped the Bulldogs win the team title in the Crooked Stick Invitational.
• Came in sixth in the Nike Golf Collegiate Invitational and the Southern Highlands Collegiate, and eighth in The Carmel Cup.
• Boasted a scoring average of 69.95, including nine rounds in the 60s.
• Played in the PGA Tour’s 2019 RSM Classic.
• Played in the PGA Tour’s 2020 Puerto Rico Open.
• Named to the Ben Hogan Award Watch List.
• Won the 2020 Jones Cup Invitational with a tournament-record 13-under 203 and earned a spot in the 2020 RSM Classic.
• Named the recipient of the Jack and Mary Dinos Men’s Golf Scholarship.
• Chosen as a 2020 Srixon/Cleveland Golf All-America Scholar.
• Named to the 2020 SEC Spring Academic Honor Roll.
2018-2019
• Chosen as an Honorable Mention All-American by PING and the Golf Coaches Association of America.
• Chosen by the GCAA for the Division I PING All-Southeast Region Team.
• Named Second-Team All-SEC and to the SEC Community Service Team.
• Won the NCAA Athens Regional for his first collegiate victory.
• Led the Bulldogs to the team title in the NCAA Athens Regional and a berth in the NCAA Championships.
• Finished third in the Southern Intercollegiates.
• Led Georgia with a fourth-place finish in the SEC Championship as all three rounds were in the 60s.
• Came in fourth in the rain-shortened Jim Rivers Intercollegiate.
• Placed 11th in The Carmel Cup and 13th in the General Hackler Championship.
• Appeared in every tournament and finished with a 70.97 scoring average (which tied the ninth-best single season in UGA history) with four top 10s and seven top 20s.
• Inducted into UGA’s Student-Athlete Leadership Academy.
• Won the team’s Howell Hollis Award as the Bulldog with the best grade point average for the second straight season.
• Named to the Southeastern Conference Academic Honor Roll.
• Named to the J. Reid Parker Director of Athletics Academic Honor Roll.
• Named the recipient of the Jack and Mary Dinos Men’s Golf Scholarship.
2017-2018
• Named the SEC Male Freshman of the Week after placing third in the Linger Longer Invitational and setting personal standards for round (a school-record-tying 9-under 63) and tournament total (10-under 206).
• The 9-under 63 matched the school mark set by Peter Persons in the 1984 Rafael Alarcon Intercollegiate.
• The 9-under 63 eclipsed the Great Waters course record of 8-under 64.
• Chosen as the SEC Male Freshman of the Week after the Wexford Intercollegiate where he finished a career-best second.
• Made his collegiate debut in The Carmel Cup, placing 20th.
• Saw action in 11 of the Bulldogs’ 12 tournaments.
• Named the recipient of the Jack and Mary Dinos Men’s Golf Scholarship.
• Named to the First-Year SEC Academic Honor Roll.
• Named to the J. Reid Parker Director of Athletics Academic Honor Roll.
• Won the team’s Howell Hollis Award as the Bulldog with the best grade point average.
Amateur/Junior Highlights
• Claimed medalist honors in the 2019 Western Amateur, earning the George R. Thorne Trophy.
• Finished as the runner-up in the 2019 and 2021 Jones Cup.
• Named the 2016 Southeastern Junior Golf Tour Player of the Year after winning five events.
• Participated in the 2017 U.S. Junior Amateur Championship.
• Placed sixth in the 2015 Alabama State Amateur Championship.
• Came in seventh in the 2017 Southeastern Amateur.
• Finished 12th in the 2016 Dogwood Amateur.
High School
• Graduated from Lee-Scott Academy.
• Helped lead Lee-Scott Academy to six state championships.
• Claimed state medalist honors in 2013 and 2015.
Personal
• Born June 5, 1999.
• Son of Todd and Leigh Thompson.
• His father lettered for Georgia from 1985-88 and served as team captain in 1987 and 1988.
• Graduated with a degree in Sport Management.
