Maxwell Ford

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Height:
5-11
Weight:
150
Class:
Sophomore
Hometown:
Peachtree Corners, Ga.
High School:
Rivers Academy
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    2022-2023: Named the SEC Player of the Week after placing third at 13-under 200 in the Ka’anapali Classic Collegiate ... Set career-low round with a 7-under 64 ... Finish and tournament total rank No. 2 on his career list ... Appeared in the Frederica Cup and Ben Hogan Invitational ... Named to the Leadership Education and Development (LEAD) program.
    2021-2022: Chosen by the GCAA for the Division I PING All-Southeast Region Team ... Named to the SEC All-Freshman Team by the league’s coaches ... Placed second in the Puerto Rico Classic, where he set career marks for finish, round (6-under 66), and tournament (16-under 200) ... His 16-under ranks third best in school history ... Placed a team-best fourth in the Bryan Regional to help the Bulldogs qualify for the NCAA Championships ... Came in 18th in the stroke play portion of the SEC Championship ... Named the SEC Freshman of the Week after placing 18th in the Southwestern Invitational, second in the Puerto Rico Classic, and fourth in the Linger Longer Invitational ... Made his Georgia debut in The Carmel Cup with a 20th-place finish ... Represented the Bulldogs in the Patriot All-America ... Named the recipient of the C. Read Morton Men’s Golf Scholarship.
    High School: Graduated from Rivers Academy … Led Rivers to the 2019 and 2021 GISA AA state titles … Won the 2019 and 2021 and 2019 GISA AA individual state championships … Won the 2019 and 2021 Region 5-AA titles.
    Amateur Highlights: Won the 2021 Wyndham Invitational … Finished as the runner-up in the 2022 Sunnehanna Amateur and the 2021 Dustin Johnson World Junior Championship and the Terra Cotta Invitational … Had top-10s in the 2021 U.S. Junior Amateur Championship, the Team TaylorMade Invitational, the AJGA Simplify Boys Championship at Carlton Woods, and the Polo Golf Junior Classic at Liberty National … Placed third in 2020 in the Dustin Johnson World Junior Championship and the Georgia Amateur Championship and sixth in the Press Thornton Future Masters … Won the 2019 Jones Cup Junior Invitational, came in second in the Press Thornton Future Masters and the Ollie Schniederjans Junior Classic, third in the E-Z-GO Vaughn Taylor Championship, and fourth in the Wyndham Invitational … Won the 2018 Evitt Foundation RTC Junior All-Star and the AJGA Junior All-Star at Cooks Creek … Won the SJGT’s 2018 Chattahoochee Junior Classic, the 2017 Berkeley Hills Junior Classic and Furman Junior Classic, and the 2016 Berkeley Hills Junior Classic.
    Personal: Born Sept. 14, 2002 … Son of Patrick and Karen Ford … Is a triplet with sister Abigail (who attends Georgia) and brother David (who plays collegiately for North Carolina) … Majoring in Sport Management.