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2019-20 Men's Golf

Chris Bornhorst

  • Class Senior
  • Hometown West Newton, Mass.
  • High School Buckingham, Browne & Nichols

Biography

Career Achievements

• 2020 GCAA/PING All-America third team
• 2018 GCAA/PING All-America honorable mention
• 2019, 2020 GCAA/PING All-Mid Atlantic Region
• 2017, 2018 GCAA/PING All-Northeast Region
• 2016, 2017, 2019 NEIGA All-New England
• 2016, 2017 NECC Player of the Year
• 2016 NECC Rookie of the Year
• 2016, 2017 All-NECC first team
• 2019 CAC Academic All-Conference

Career Highlights

2019-20: As a senior, competed in all seven tournaments…finished second on the team with a 72.07 stroke average…finished under par five times and even-par or better in seven of 14 rounds…recorded six top-five finishes, which includes twice tying as the runner-up…shot 72-74 to post a 2-over par 146 total on the way to tying for fifth place at Trinity’s Bill Detrick Invitational to open the season on September 7-8…tied for second place with a 1-over total of 143 (70-73) at Middlebury’s Duke Nelson Invitational on September 14-15…followed up an opening round 74 with a 2-under 69 to finish fifth at 1-over par in the Williams Invitational on September 21-22…matched the low score of his collegiate career (67) and followed it up with a 72 to tie for fourth position at 5-under 144 at the Royal Lakes-Oglethorpe Invitational on October 7-8…shot 71-75 to finish at 2-over 146, which was good for a share of 11th place at the Saratoga National Invitational on October 12-13…carded scores of 73-76 to place fourth at 5-over 149 in the NEIGA Championship on October 21-22…closed with a final round 69 to finish in a tie for second place at 1-under 143 in The Atlantic Invitational in Jupiter, Fla., on October 28-29.

2018-19: As a junior, competed in all nine tournaments…finished second on the team with a 74.63 stroke average in 19 competitive rounds…recorded five top-seven results on the year…shot 71-72 to come in second at 1-under 143 at Trinity’s Bill Detrick Invitational on September 8-9…tied for 14th position at 6-over 148 (74-74) at Middlebury’s Duke Nelson Invitational on September 15-16…grabbed a share of 16th position at 11-over 153 after rounds of 79-74 at the Williams Invitational on September 22-23…fired rounds of 70-72 to earn a share of fourth place at 2-under 142 in the Royal Lakes-Oglethorpe Invitational on October 1-2…followed it up by shooting 74-70 to finish fourth at even-par 144 at the Saratoga National Invitational on October 13-14…tied for 13th place at 12-over after rounds of 78-78 in the NEIGA Championship on October 21-22…used rounds of 73-79 to finish seventh at 10-over 152 at the NYU Invitational on March 30-31…carded back-to-back rounds of 72 to finish in a tie for fifth position at even-par in the Tim Brown Invitational on April 13-14…put together rounds of 83-77-76 to finish in a tie for 13th place at 20-over at the CAC Championship on April 18-20.

2017-18: As a sophomore, competed in all 20 rounds and led the team with a program-record 73.40 stroke average…posted a score of 75 or lower 16 times and finished at even par or better on seven occasions…tied for 20th position at 11-over after carding rounds of 79-76 in the season-opening Bill Detrick Invitational at Indian Hill CC on September 16-17…tied for third place at 1-over par after shooting 72-71 at the Duke Nelson Invitational at Middlebury’s Ralph Myhre GC on September 16-17…opened with a 3-under 69 and posted a four-stroke victory with a 36-hole total of 1-under 143 in the NECC Championship at Wachusett CC on September 30-October 1…tied for first by shooting 74-72 to finish at 3-over par in the Blazer Invitational on October 8-9…tied for fifth place with a 36-hole total of 4-over 148 at the NEIGA Championship at the Captains GC on October 22-23…fired a 1-over 73 to win the Rhode Island Invitational at Valley CC on April 7…shot rounds of 72-72 to tie for second at even-par in the Bentley Invitational at Newport National CC on April 18…opened with a 1-under round of 70 and tied the program record with a 4-under 67 in the final round to win the Tim Brown Invitational with a 36-hole total of 5-under 137 at Ballston Spa CC on April 21-22…also won the Babson Invitational with a round of 1-under 70 at Wellesley CC on April 26.

2016-17: As a first-year, played 18 round and posted a 75.39 stroke average, good for the lowest by any Babson golfer going back to 1991…posted a score in the 70s in 17 of 18 competitive rounds and finished at 1-over par or better on five occasions…shot an even-par 72 in his collegiate debut and tied for fifth with a two-round total of 4-over 148 at the Trinity Invitational on September 10-11…tied for 13th after shooting 74-78 at the Duke Nelson Invitational at Middlebury on September 17-18…followed it up with back-to-back rounds of 76 to tie for 12th at 10-over par 152 at the Williams Invitational on September 24-25…opened with a 2-under 70 and shot a final round 73 to take medalist honors at the NECC Championship at Wachusett CC on October 1-2…posted a final round 73 and claimed medalist honors with a 36-hole total of 4-over 148 at the NEIGA Championship at The Captains GC on October 23-24…tied for second with a 1-over round of 73 at the Bentley Classic at Newport National GC on April 18…shot 79-76 and tied for 75th position with a two-round total of 155 (+11) at the NCAA Division III Championship at Mission Inn Resort on May 16-17.

Career Rounds: 71
Career Scoring Average: 73.97
Career Low Round: 67 (-5) Royal Lakes-Oglethorpe Invitational - Royal Lakes G&CC, 10/7/19; (-4) Tim Brown Invitational - Ballston Spa CC, 4/22/18

Historical Player Information

  • 2016-17Freshman

  • 2017-18Sophomore

  • 2018-19Junior

  • 2019-20Senior