Tyler Hitchner

Height:
5-11
Weight:
null
Class:
Junior
Hometown:
Tuscaloosa, Ala.
High School:
Home Schooled

Overview

Competed in three events as a true freshman and improved that to six events as a sophomore ... a local product who won seven of his final 14 Southeast Junior Golf Tournaments during a two-year stretch (2012-14) ... finished out of the top 10 only twice in 20 events in his final three years on the junior circuit ... won the 2013 Greystone Invitational and the 2014 Alabama State Match Play.... will provide depth and talent for the Crimson Tide.

Senior (2017-18)

Has yet to see any action this season.

Junior (2016-17)

A member of the 2017 SEC Academic Honor Roll ... played in six tournaments and counted 14 of 15 rounds towards the team score ... competed as an individual at the Puerto Rico Classic where he finished with the lowest score of the 12 individual golfers ... closed the event with a career-best 54-hole score of 3-under par 213 (71-70-72) ... had a score of 220 at the Carpet Capital Collegiate where he carded a season-best round of 4-under par 68 in the opening round ... best finish of season came with a 41^st-place finish at the Jerry Pate National Intercollegiate, carding a 54-hole total of 12-over 222 (74-75-73).

Sophomore (2015-16)

Earned a spot on SEC Academic Honor Roll ... played in a career-best six tournaments for the Crimson Tide ... finished the year with three top-25 finishes, including a career-best 14^th-place result at the Mason Rudolph Championship ... earned his first tournament where he finished below par, carding a 1-under par 215 (71-73-71) to place 25^th at the Puerto Rico Classic ... shot 1-over par 217 (70-76-71) and placed 18^th overall when he played as an individual at the Linger Longer Invitational ... carded a career-low tournament score of 216 (70-72-74) and finished tied for 33^rd at the Jerry Pate National Intercollegiate ... had four rounds of par or better on the year ... played three tournaments as an individual (Warrior Makai Princeville Invitational, Linger Longer and Mason Rudolph) with six of his nine rounds he played with the team counted towards the team score.

Freshman (2014-15)

Saw action in three tournaments on the season ... his first event was a 57th-place finish at the John Hayt Invitational, closing play with a 233 (85-76-72) ... best showing came at the Carper Capital Collegiate where he finished with an 8-over par 224 (74-74-76) ... also competed at the Shoal Creek Intercollegiate, closing play in 52nd with a 232 (74-75-83).

Prep Highlights

Top finisher at the 2014 Alabama State Match Play Championship, winning five matches over three days ... medalist at the 2013 Crabapple Junior Championship with a two-day total of 133 (rounds of 67 and 66) ... won the 2013 Greystone Invitational ... top-10 finisher at the AJGA Junior at Steelwood, finishing seventh ... tied for 15th at the 2013 Alabama State Amateur Championship.