John Murphy

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Class:
Redshirt Senior
Hometown:
Kinsale, Ireland

2020-21:
Competed in all 10 events ... Shot an average of 73.03 ... Recorded a runner-up finish with a nine-under-par at the General Hackler Invitational ... Shot 6-under-par to tie for seventh at the Mobile Bay Invitational ... Participated in the 2021 Walker Cup ... Closed out the PGA Tour's Top 25 University Rankings at No. 25 ... Named to the 2020-21 All-ACC Academic Team.

2019-20:
Honored as the program's first recipient of the Byron Nelson Award ... Set the school's single-season record for scoring average in a season ... Holds the third-best career scoring average in program history at 71.98... Won the Bearcat Invitational and the Dorado Beach Invitational, the first two individual wins of his career... Stands as one of four players in program history to win a pair of events in a single season... Shot 17-under-par 196 to win the Bearcat Invitational.. Fired a 10-under-par 206 to tie for fifth at the Bank of Tennessee ... Carded a 8-under-par 208 to tie for fourth at the Mobile Sports Authority Intercollegiate.

2018-19:
Earned PING All-Region accolades ... Named to the ACC All-Academic team ... Finished second on the team with a scoring average of 71.72 ... Shot in the 60s on eight occasions ... Posted one top-five finish and four top-10 endings ... Finished seventh at the Old Town Club Collegiate by shooting a 7-under-par 203 ... Fired a career best 15-under-par to place second at the Warrior Princeville Invitational ... Tied for sixth at the Seminole Intercollegiate by shooting 3-under-par ... Tied for 12th at the NCAA Regional by carding a 2-under-par 211.

2017-18:
Appeared in nine events and finished with a 74.37 scoring average ... Posted one top-20 finish and had one round in the 60s (ACC Championship) ... Tied for 11th at the Louisville Cardinal Challenge by shooting a 74-72-73=219 ... Shot an even-par 216 to finish in a tie for 25th at the Louisiana Classics ... Finished in a tie for 25th at the John Hayt Collegiate... Shot a career-low round of 69 in the final round of the ACC Championship.

Before Louisville
Grew up in Kinsale at the south of Ireland ... won the Munster and Leinster youths championships 2017, first person to win them both in the same year ...named the Munster junior golfer of the year in 2015 and 2016, first player to receive the award twice ... Munster boys and Kerry Boys champion in 2016 ... played on the Irish boys home international team ... winner of European team championship ... D2 qualifier in 2016 ... was in contention in events such as Irish Amateur French Amateur and an Alps tour event ... recorded top 10 finishes in the South of Ireland, the East of Ireland and Munsters stroke play ... son of Carmel and Owen Murphy ... has one sister, Faye.