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2020-21 Men's Golf Roster
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McKay, Connor
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Connor McKay
- Class:
- Graduate Student
- Hometown:
- Knoxville, Tenn.
- High School:
- Farragut HS
Bio
2020-21 (Graduate Student)
2020 Fall: Competed in all three events in the fall semester ... Tied for 15th place at the Graeme McDowell Invitational with a 54-hole total of 1-over par 217, posting par or better rounds of 71 and 72 in rounds one and three ... Shot a 1-under 71 in the opening round of the Intercollegiate at The Grove ... Turned in a 75.9 stroke average across eight rounds.
2021 Spring: Turned the corner in the spring after an offseason swing change, collecting 11 consecutive under par rounds to start the semester - seven of which were in the 60s - with a 68.9 stroke average in that span ... Claimed second place at the Raines Company Intercollegiate with a school record matching 54-hole total of 13-under par 203 (69-68-66) ... Followed that up with a tie for fourth at the Southern Invitational with a three-round total of 5-under par 211 (71-71-69) ... Named C-USA Golfer of the Week on both Feb. 11 and March 4 after his first two Top 5 finishes ... Claimed another runner-up finish at the Linger Longer Invitational at 12-under par 204 (66-69-69) ... Opened the Schenkel Invitational with back-to-back rounds of 2-under par 70 ... Led the Blue Raiders to the Conference USA Championship with an impressive match play performance, defeating Charlotte’s John Gough - the reigning Conference USA Golfer of the Year - 3&2 and leading North Texas’ Vicente Marzilio - an individual participant in the Stillwater Regional - 3 up thru 15 before the match was cut short as MT clinched the 3-0 team win … Earned the No. 1 spot in the lineup as the Raiders returned to the postseason in the NCAA Stillwater Regional ... Member of the C-USA Commissioner’s Honor Roll.
Lipscomb: Was a member of the Bisons program led by Head Coach Will Brewer for five seasons from 2015-2020 … Turned in a 74.4 stroke average in his final season as a Bison, posting six rounds of par or better including three career low rounds of 2-under par 70 … Claimed a Top 15 finish as a Bison senior at MT’s Intercollegiate at The Grove, shooting rounds of 73 and 72 to share 13th place … Missed the entire 2018-19 season due to a hip labrum surgery … Part of the Bison teams that reached the 2016 NCAA Regionals and 2017 NCAA Regionals and National Championship.
Amateur Golf: Two-time champion of the Tennessee Match Play Championship, claiming back-to-back titles in 2019 and 2020.
Farragut HS: Played for Head Coach Jonathan Cox at Farragut High School … An All-District and All-Region selection in 2013 … Helped the Admirals to four consecutive district and region team championships … Also led the 2014 Admiral squad to win the TSSAA State Championship.
Personal: Born Oct. 30, 1996 in Richmond, Va. ... Son of Pat and Melissa McKay ... Has two brothers, Shawn and Houston ... Father played basketball at Tarkio College in Missouri … Uncle, Mike, played football at Colorado State … Grandfather, Jim, played football at Oklahoma then was drafted and signed to the Los Angeles Dodgers … Has a bachelor’s degree in Marketing Entrepreneurship from Lipscomb and is currently pursuing a master’s degree in Strategic Leadership.
2020 Fall: Competed in all three events in the fall semester ... Tied for 15th place at the Graeme McDowell Invitational with a 54-hole total of 1-over par 217, posting par or better rounds of 71 and 72 in rounds one and three ... Shot a 1-under 71 in the opening round of the Intercollegiate at The Grove ... Turned in a 75.9 stroke average across eight rounds.
2021 Spring: Turned the corner in the spring after an offseason swing change, collecting 11 consecutive under par rounds to start the semester - seven of which were in the 60s - with a 68.9 stroke average in that span ... Claimed second place at the Raines Company Intercollegiate with a school record matching 54-hole total of 13-under par 203 (69-68-66) ... Followed that up with a tie for fourth at the Southern Invitational with a three-round total of 5-under par 211 (71-71-69) ... Named C-USA Golfer of the Week on both Feb. 11 and March 4 after his first two Top 5 finishes ... Claimed another runner-up finish at the Linger Longer Invitational at 12-under par 204 (66-69-69) ... Opened the Schenkel Invitational with back-to-back rounds of 2-under par 70 ... Led the Blue Raiders to the Conference USA Championship with an impressive match play performance, defeating Charlotte’s John Gough - the reigning Conference USA Golfer of the Year - 3&2 and leading North Texas’ Vicente Marzilio - an individual participant in the Stillwater Regional - 3 up thru 15 before the match was cut short as MT clinched the 3-0 team win … Earned the No. 1 spot in the lineup as the Raiders returned to the postseason in the NCAA Stillwater Regional ... Member of the C-USA Commissioner’s Honor Roll.
Lipscomb: Was a member of the Bisons program led by Head Coach Will Brewer for five seasons from 2015-2020 … Turned in a 74.4 stroke average in his final season as a Bison, posting six rounds of par or better including three career low rounds of 2-under par 70 … Claimed a Top 15 finish as a Bison senior at MT’s Intercollegiate at The Grove, shooting rounds of 73 and 72 to share 13th place … Missed the entire 2018-19 season due to a hip labrum surgery … Part of the Bison teams that reached the 2016 NCAA Regionals and 2017 NCAA Regionals and National Championship.
Amateur Golf: Two-time champion of the Tennessee Match Play Championship, claiming back-to-back titles in 2019 and 2020.
Farragut HS: Played for Head Coach Jonathan Cox at Farragut High School … An All-District and All-Region selection in 2013 … Helped the Admirals to four consecutive district and region team championships … Also led the 2014 Admiral squad to win the TSSAA State Championship.
Personal: Born Oct. 30, 1996 in Richmond, Va. ... Son of Pat and Melissa McKay ... Has two brothers, Shawn and Houston ... Father played basketball at Tarkio College in Missouri … Uncle, Mike, played football at Colorado State … Grandfather, Jim, played football at Oklahoma then was drafted and signed to the Los Angeles Dodgers … Has a bachelor’s degree in Marketing Entrepreneurship from Lipscomb and is currently pursuing a master’s degree in Strategic Leadership.
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