| Hunter Hamrick |
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 | Class: Sophomore
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 | Hometown: Montgomery, Ala.
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 | High School: Montgomery Academy
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 | Height / Weight: 5-9 / 155
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 | Position: Golfer
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 | Experience: 1L
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QUICKLY
Hunter Hamrick has been a key contributor in the Crimson Tide lineup as a redshirt freshman ... a 2009 honorable mention PING All-American ... played in all 11 of Alabama's tournaments during 2008-09 season ... has a career scoring average of 73.59 in 32 rounds of golf ... finished 70th nationally in the final Golfweek/Sagarin Performance Index ... won medalist honors at the NCAA Northeast Regional ... had two top-10 finishes and six top-20 showings ... very consistent on the golf course ... one of the Tide's best ball strikers and very straight off the tee.
REDSHIRT FRESHMAN (2008-09)
Hamrick has played in all 11 tournaments for the Crimson Tide this season ... finished with a 73.59 stroke average (2,355 strokes over 32 rounds) ... honorable mention PING All-American ... captured his first career tournament at the 2009 NCAA Northeast Regional as he paced Alabama to its first regional championship ... had two top-10 finishes and six top-20 showings as a freshman ... made his collegiate debut at the Carpet Capital Collegiate ... finished tied for 11th at the Jerry Pate National Intercollegiate with a 1-under-par 209 ... also fired the low round of his career at the JPNI with 6-under-par 64 in the second round of the event, which is tied for the second-lowest round in school history ... opened the spring on fire with a second-place showing at the John Hayt Collegiate Invitational, shooting three even-par rounds of 72 ... turned in another consistent and impressive performance the following weekend at the Puerto Rio Classic where he finished 16th ... shot rounds of 70, 71 and 71 to pace the Crimson Tide team with a 54-hole score of 4-under-par 212 ... finished tied for 49th in the stroke play portion of the Callaway Collegiate Match Play Championships with a 36-hole total of 154 (+10) ... a perfect 3-0 during match play, knocking off Charlotte's Corey Nagy 1-up, Duke's Spencer Anderson 2-up and San Diego's Ian Coffman 6 and 5 ... was the Tide's No. 2 scorer at the United States Collegiate Championship, finishing tied for 19th as the team finished tied for fifth ... carded rounds of 75 (+3), 76 (+4) and 71 (-1) for a 6-over 222 ... shot a second-round 68 at the SEC Championships and followed that up with a 71 in the final round to finish in a tie for 17th ... posted a 54-hole total of 219 (+3) after an opening round 80 ... posted an opening-round 74 in 25-plus mph winds at the NCAA Northeast Regional at the Galloway National Golf Club in Galloway Township, N.J. ... followed that with an even-par 71 in the second round ... tied the course record with a 4-under-par 67 in the final round to capture his first medalist honors ... birdied the 16th and 17th hole to earn a 1-stroke victory ... knocked a 3-wood within 20 feet at the par-5 16th and two-putted for birdie and then nailed another 3-wood within three feet at the 249-yard par-3 17th ... tied for 136th at the NCAA Championships with rounds of 73, 76 and 83.
FRESHMAN (SPRING 2008)
He graduated from high school early, earning his diploma from Montgomery Academy in December 2007 ... enrolled in school and began attending classes at Alabama in January 2008 in order to get a jump on school and golf ... redshirted during the spring of 2008.
PREP HIGHLIGHTS
Hamrick played in the 2006 U.S. Amateur ... was the youngest player in the field at the 2006 U.S. Amateur (age 16) ... played in the 2003 U.S. Junior Amateur, and at age 13, was the youngest in the field ... December 2007 graduate of Montgomery Academy ... was highlighted in Sports Illustrated's "Faces in the Crowd" section in the February 11, 2008, issue because of his graduating from high school early and his accolades (five top four finishes in the Class 3A tournament dating to the 7th grade, he didn't get to compete as a senior because he'd graduated), three individual titles and five team titles ... finished 2nd in stroke play at the 2007 U.S. Junior Championship ... won the 2007 Blue-Gray High School Invitational with a 2-under 142, including a Montgomery Academy record round of 65 ... won his first of three individual state high school titles as an eighth grader (won in 2005, 2006 and 2007) ... finished second in the state as a seventh grader ... owns the Montgomery Academy wins record with 1,334 (win for every golfer a player beats in a match or tournament, excluding teammates) ... sophomore stroke average was 72.3 ... freshman stroke average of 72.8 ... coached by Tim Bethea, who with Hamrick's help, won five consecutive 3A state championships.
PERSONAL INFORMATION
Hamrick is the son of Bill and Gail Hamrick ... has one older brother, Hayden ... was one of the youngest student's on campus when he began classes in January of 2008 ... majoring in pre-business.
ROUND-BY-ROUND
Redshirt Freshman (2008-09)
| t49th |
*Carpet Capital Collegiate |
76-76-72/224 |
(+8) |
| t52nd |
Ping/Golfweek Preview |
77-78-73/228 |
(+15) |
| t11th |
Jerry Pate National Intercollegiate |
70-64-75/209 |
(-1) |
| t35th |
UCF-Isleworth Collegiate |
73-74-80/227 |
(+11) |
| t2nd |
John Hayt Collegiate Invitational |
72-72-72/216 |
(E) |
| 16th |
Puerto Rico Classic |
70-71-71/212 |
(-4) |
| t49th |
Callaway Collegiate Match Play Championship |
74-80/154 |
(+10) |
| t19th |
U.S. Collegiate Championship |
75-76-71/222 |
(+6) |
| t17th |
SEC Championships |
80-68-71/219 |
(+3) |
| 1st |
NCAA Northeast Regional |
74-71-67/212 |
(-1) |
| t136th |
NCAA Championships |
73-76-83/232 |
(+19) |
CAREER BESTS
| Collegiate debut: 2008 Carpet Capital Collegiate |
| Career low collegiate round: 64, 2008 JPNI |
| Rounds in the 60s: 3 |
| Collegiate Career Victories: 1 |
| Tournaments Under Par: 3 |
| Collegiate Top 10 Career Finishes: 2 |
CAREER STATISTICS
| Year |
Events |
Rounds |
Strokes |
Avg. |
18 |
54 |
72 |
Under Par |
60s |
Top 10 |
| 2008-2009 |
11 |
32 |
2,355 |
73.59 |
64 |
208 |
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9 |
3 |
2 |
| Totals |
11 |
32 |
2,355 |
73.59 |
64 |
208 |
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9 |
3 |
2 |