Men's Golf - 2004-05 Profile - Guilford College

Dave Patterson

Sr., 6-3, Fort Pierce, FL

2004-05: Finished in second place in the individual standings at the NCAA Division III Championships after a one-hole playoff with teammate Colin Clark who finished as the individualist medalists. shot 290 in the four-day tournament and earned First Team PING All-America recognition. Guilford's first four-time All-American in any sport and played on two national championship teams... shot a season-low 68 on the way to a two-day 144 that shared eighth place in the Greensboro Invitational. earned first team All-ODAC honors... received the Guilford's Best Senior Male Athlete Award... 2002-03: Earned pre-NCAA Championship Tournament All-America honors (honorable mention) as one of the South region's top-three players... ODAC Player of the Year... his team-leading stroke average ranks second in school history... placed 186^th among all college golfers in the Final Golfstat Cup rankings, third among Division III linksters... led Division III in Golfstat's par-five scoring (4.82) and greens in regulation (.692) rankings. finished second in par-three scoring (3.15) and third in par-four scoring (4.16). placed among the top-10 individuals in six of 11 events... tied the school record with rounds of 66 at the Camp Lejeune Intercollegiate and the Emory Spring Invitational... his 36-hole 139 at the Camp Lejeune tournament stands sixth in school history... ODAC Golfer of the Week. recorded his best finish (4^th) at the Greensboro Invitational... 2001-02: Earned PING First Team All-America honors by virtue of his second-place finish at the NCAA Division III Tournament... First Team All-ODAC and All-ODAC Tournament honoree. finished among the top five finishers in seven of 13 events ... ODAC Tournament medalist... led the nation in greens hit in regulation (.671) and ranked second in par-four scoring (4.19), according to Golfstat. finished second on the team in stroke average with the sixth-lowest single season stroke average in Guilford history... opened the year by winning the Bridgewater/ODAC Match with a one-round 70... placed fifth at the Pine Needles/Pfeiffer Invitational (142) and second at the Camp Lejeune Intercollegiate (224)... 2000-01: Joined the team in January... had the top rookie finish at the NCAA Championships (10th)... Second Team All-America... All-ODAC... had Guilford's third-lowest stroke average. shot a tournament-low 68 at the NCAA Championships... tied for fourth at the Emory Spring Invitational and the Lynchburg/ODAC Match... four-round 291 at the NCAA Championship placed eighth on Guilford's 72-hole scoring list... Personal: Reached the Round of 16 in the Championship Flight of the 2004 Florida State Golf Association (FSGA) Match Play Championship. placed 50^th in the FSGA Amateur Championship with a four-round 302 (+14). finished 54^th at the 2002 Southern Amateur Championship with a four-round 297 (+17). placed 56^th at the 2002 Monroe Invitational Championship with a four-round 304 (+24). won his third straight St. Lucie Amateur title in 2001... received Guilford's 2003 English Athletic Leadership Award, the school's highest athletic honor. Guilford's 2002-03 Undergraduate Male Athlete of the Year... four-year All-Treasure Lake Conference selection for Coach Jay Stewart's Fort Pierce Central H.S. team... three-time second team all-district honoree... averaged 35.8 strokes per round as a senior... son of Juanita Hill... sport management major.