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2015-16 Men's Golf

Hugo Bernard

  • Height:
    6-3
  • Weight:
    200
  • Class:
    Freshman
  • Hometown:
    Mont-Saint-Hilaire, Quebec, Canada
  • High School:
    De Mortagne

Summary

Biography

Transferred to College back home - pursuing professional career

AS A FRESHMAN (2015-16)
2016 NCAA DII INDIVIDUAL NATIONAL CHAMPION*…DII PING FIRST TEAM ALL-AMERICAN…Golf Coaches Association of America’s (GCAA) DII ARNOLD PALMER AWARD RECIPIENT…GCAA DII PHIL MICHELSON OUTSTANDING FRESHMAN AWARD…GCAA DII ALL-FRESHMAN TEAM…GCAA ALL-NICHLAUS TEAM…DII PING ALL-SOUTH REGION TEAM…ALL-SSC SECOND TEAM selection…Played in 27 rounds during his freshman season…maintained a 71.67 stroke average…posted a team-high 6 top-10 finishes with his best finish coming at the NCAA National Championship with a 203 and the Argonaut Invitational when he carded a 210...recorded a low round score of 65 at the 2016 NCAA National Championships in the first 18-holes…averaged a 3.14 on par-3’s, 4.07 on par-4’s and 4.65 on par-5’s…recorded 3 eagles on the year with 96 birdies…finished ranked 9th in the nation according to stroke average by GolfStat...became just the 17th Individual National Champion to help lead their team to the National Title as well…NCAA RECORDS: [individual] lowest score (in relation to par) two rounds – 131 (13 under); broke previous record held by Josh Creel (Central Oklahoma) at 135 (9 under) in 2012; lowest score (in relation to par) three rounds – 203 (13 under); broke previous record held by Josh Creel (Cent. Okla.) and Jim Knous (Colo. Mines) at 206 (10 under) in 2012. [team] helped Saint Leo set the best score two rounds at 551 (25 under) and best score three rounds at 838 (26 under); both records beat Florida Southern’s 1999 record of 565 (11 under) for two rounds and 848 ( 16 under) for three rounds.

* First Ever National Champion (team or individual) in Saint Leo History – won the 2016 Individual title with a 203 (13 under) in stroke play on May 19th, 2016 in Denver, Colorado at the Green Valley Ranch Golf Club.

CAREER
Member of Canadian National Amateur team, and former member of Golf Canada Development squad… Runner-up at 2015 Canadian Men’s Amateur Championship… Runner-up at 2015 Quebec Provincial Men’s Amateur Championship… 2013 Quebec Provincial Men’s Amateur Champion at just 18 years old… 2012 Quebec Junior Boys Champion… Won FuZion Minor League Tour event in April 2015 at Abacoa Golf Club (Jupiter, Fla.) with rounds of 61 and 63 for a two-day tournament record of 124.

PERSONAL
Born December 13… Born in Gaspé, Quebec, Canada… Comes to Saint Leo from École Secondaire De Mortagne in Boucherville, Quebec, Canada, where he played for Coach Daniel Langevin.

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