Davis Riley

Photo by: Amelia Barton

Height:
6-1
Weight:
null
Class:
Sophomore
Hometown:
Hattiesburg, Miss.
High School:
Presbyterian Christian HS

Overview

Returning team leader in stroke average, average vs. par and counted rounds (26 of 27) from a year ago ... has played 63 total rounds, 60 of which have counted toward the team total ... reached the semifinals of match play at the 2016 Western Amateur Championship ... competed at the 2016 U.S. Amateur Championship where he matched the course record of 64, originally set by Matt Kuchar, at Oakland Hills Country Club's North course in the final round of stroke play ... came to Alabama after a stellar junior career ... named the 2014-15 American Family Insurance ALL-USA Boys Golf Player of the Year ... ranked No. 3 in Golfweek's ranking and No. 6 in the American Junior Golf Association's (AJGA) rankings ... qualified for the 2015 U.S. Open after placing eighth in the 36-hole U.S. Open sectional qualifying tournament ... also competed at the 2015 U.S. Amateur Championship and was one of 64 golfers who advanced to the match play portion ... represented the United States at the 2015 Junior Ryder Cup Championship in Perthsire, England, helping the U.S. defeat England, 16-8.

Junior (2017-18)

Ended the fall season ranked as the top collegiate golfer in the nation by Golfweek/Sagarin Individual Rankings ... claimed his first collegiate victory in the Olympia Fields Illini Invitational after shooting a career low 54-hole total of 7-under par 200 (66-67-67) ... opened the season finishing tied for third in the Carpet Capital Collegiate with a score of 7-under 209 (73-69-67) ... finished in sixth overall at the Jerry Pate National Intercollegiate after carding a 6-under par 204 (67-71-66) ... tied for seventh overall in the Steelwood Collegiate Invitational shooting a 217 (69-75-73).

Sophomore (2016-17)

Named PING All-Region and Second Team All-SEC ... member of the SEC Academic Honor Roll .... closed the year ranked 53rd nationally in the Golfweek/Sagarin Performance Index ... saw action in nine tournaments on the season and finished in the top-10 three times ... led the team with a 71.63 stroke average while also leading the team with 96.3 percent of his rounds for the year counting towards the team total (26-of-27) ... finished in the top-20 in five of the final six events ... set a new career-low round with a 66 – the lowest round by a Tide golfer on the season – in the first round of stroke play at the SEC Championships where he finished 11th while tying his career-best 18-hole total with a 208 (66-72-70) ... shot a 68 or lower five times on the season ... shot a career-low 207 (71-68-68) and finished ninth at the Mason Rudolph Championship ... tied for ninth at the Clemson Invitational with a 217 (71-73-73) ... led the team and tied for eighth at the Linger Longer Invitational with a 6-under 210 (68-70-72) ... shot a then-season-low 1-under 215 (74-72-69) and finished tied for 19th at the Carpet Capital Collegiate ... tied for 22nd at the Olympia Fields/Illini Invitational with a three-round total of 8-over par 218 (68-74-76) ... missed the Puerto Rico Classic and Desert Mountain Intercollegiate due to injury ... boasted a team-best 12-over par for the season (0.44 average) ... finished tied for 17th place at the NCAA Washington Regional where he shot a 216 ... shot a 223 at the NCAA Championships.

Freshman (2015-16)

Earned a spot on the SEC First Year Academic Honor Roll ... made an immediate impact as a true freshman, earning honorable mention All-America honors as well as All-SEC second team and all-freshman accolades ... named to 2016 PING Southeastern All-Region team ... finished the year ranked No. 28 in the nation according to the Golfweek/Sagarin Performance Index ... had a record of 100-87-17 vs. players ranked in the top 100 and was 613-157-30 overall ... was one of two golfers to play in every tournament on the year (Tom Lovelady) ... led team in counted rounds at 94.4 percent with 34 of his 36 rounds on the season counting toward the team total ... ranked second on squad with a stroke average of 71.75 and a 0.58 average vs. par ... finished the year with five top-10 and 10 top-20 results in 12 tournaments played on the year ... had 18 rounds of par or lower, which ranked second on the team, and 10 rounds in the 60s ... was the team's low individual in four tournaments on the year, including the SEC Championships and NCAA Tuscaloosa Regional ... finished tied for fourth at regionals with a three-day total of 6-under par 210 ... also tied for fourth at the Olympia Fields/Fighting Illini Invitational with a season-low score of 2-under par 208 ... shot a 1-over par 217 and tied for seventh at the Carpet Capital Collegiate in his collegiate debut ... had his best score vs. par with a 7-under 209 at the Warrior Makai Princeville Invitational, helping the Tide claim the team title ... also recorded a seventh-place finish at the Linger Longer with a 4-under par 212 ... won both his head-to-head matches at the Farmlinks Collegiate Match Play event, defeating Auburn's Jacob Solomon, 1up, and Georgia Tech's Tyler Joiner, 4-and-3 ... recorded season-low round of 67 on two separate occasions, coming at the NCAA Tuscaloosa Regional (second round) and the Olympia Fields/Fighting Illini Invitational (second round) ... was first or second on the team in seven of the 12 tournaments for the year.

Prep Highlights

Played at Presbyterian Christian High School in Hattiesburg, Miss. ... named by USA Today as the 2014-15 All-USA Boys Golf Player of the Year ... won the state title four straight years, including shooting a 9-under par 63 to take individual honors by a six-stroke margin his senior season ... named as a recipient of the Byron Nelson International Junior Golf Award, which recognizes junior golf's top performing athletes who demonstrate strong character, consistent sportsmanship, a commendable academic background as well as a commitment to serving others ... at 17, he became the youngest player to ever win the prestigious Terra Cotta Invitational ... joined Tiger Woods and Jordan Spieth as the only golfers to appear in the U.S. Junior Amateur Championship in back-to-back years where he finished runner-up both times ... a two-time AJGA First Team All-America (2014 and 2015) ... as a sophomore in 2013, he finished inside the top 30 in every AJGA event he played and made it to the final match at the U.S. Junior.