2018-19 Men's Golf Roster
Peyton Wilhoit
- Class:
- Senior
- Height:
- 5-10
- Weight:
- 215
- Hometown:
- Searcy, Ar.
- High School:
- Searcy
Career Highlights
- First player in school history to earn All-Conference honors all four years (2016, 2017, 2018, 2019)
- A 10-time winner of the MVC Golfer of the Week award
- Appeared in three NCAA Regionals (2016 and 2019 team, 2018 individual)
- His 12th place finish at the 2019 NCAA Regional was the best postseason performance in school history
- Set the school record for single-season stroke average (71.65) in 2019
- Became the first player at SIU to earn an at-large bid to the NCAA Regionals (2018) since 1972
- Named 2018 Division I PING All-Region.
- The 2018 MVC Golfer of the Year
- Won tournament titles at the 2017 Kennesaw State Intercollegiate and 2018 William & Mary Intercollegiate.
- Finished the 2018 season ranked No. 186 in the nation — the top ranked player in the MVC
- 2018, 2019 First-Team MVC Scholar-Athlete Team
- 2017 MVC Scholar-Athlete Team honorable mention
- Accounting major
Career Stats At SIU
|
Low | Par/- | Finish Top | ||||||||
Season | Rounds | Strokes | 54-holes | 36-holes | Round | Rounds | Events | 1 | 5 | 10 | Average |
2015-16 | 35 | 2649 | 218 | 150 | 68 | 6 | 12 | - | 1 | 1 | 75.7 |
2016-17 | 33 | 2452 | 211 | - | 68 | 10 | 11 | - | - | 1 | 74.3 |
2017-18 | 33 | 2391 | 208 | 137 | 66 | 17 | 12 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 72.5 |
2018-19 | 37 | 2651 | 208 | 141 | 66 | 25 | 13 | - | 2 | 4 | 71.6 |
Totals | 138 | 10143 | 208 | 137 | 66 | 58 | 48 | 2 | 8 | 12 | 73.5 |
All-Time Tournament Results
Tournament | Date(s) | Rounds | Scores | Par | Rank |
D.A. Weibring Invitational | 9/13-14/2015 | 3 | 72-75-76=223 | +10 | t-17th/96 |
Golfweek Conference Challenge | 9/25-27/2015 | 3 | 72-76-72=220 | +4 | t-38th/75 |
LSU David Toms Intercollegiate | 10/10-11/15 | 3 | 78-80-76=234 | +18 | t-50th/75 |
Kennesaw State Pinetree Intercollegiate | 10/19-20/15 | 3 | 78-71-74=223 | +7 | t-18th/68 |
Arizona Intercollegiate | 1/29-30/16 | 3 | 83-87-84=254 | +41 | 84th/84 |
Wyoming Desert Intercollegiate | 2/19-21/2016 | 3 | 76-74-79=229 | +13 | t-71st/116 |
UT-Martin Grover Page Classic | 3/13-15/2016 | 3 | 72-77-74=223 | +7 | t-35th/73 |
Bobby Nichols Intercollegiate | 3/20-22/2016 | 3 | 76-78-73=227 | +11 | t-27th/78 |
Ohio State Robert Kepler Intercollegiate | 4/9-10/2016 | 2 | 73-77=150 | +8 | t-28th/84 |
Purdue Boilermaker Invitational | 4/16-17/2016 | 3 | 75-72-74=221 | +5 | t-31st/81 |
MVC Championships | 4/25-26/2016 | 3 | 68-73-77=218 | +8 | 5th/45 |
NCAA Regional | 5/16-18/2016 | 3 | 80-74-73=227 | +11 | t-50th/75 |
SEASON TOTALS | 35 | 2649 Avg. 75.7 | +4 | - | |
Murray State Invitational | 9/12-13/2016 | 3 | 72-71-68=211 | -2 | t-11th/63 |
Golfweek Conference Challenge | 9/30-2/2016 | 3 | 74-69-71=214 | -2 | t-8th/60 |
LSU Intercollegiate | 10/8-9/2016 | 3 | 79-74-76=229 | +13 | t-31st/78 |
Kennesaw State Intercollegiate | 10/24-25/2016 | 3 | 68-76-78=222 | +6 | t-13th/67 |
Arizona Intercollegiate | 1/23-24/2017 | 3 | 82-81-74=237 | +24 | t-72nd/90 |
Louisiana Classics | 2/27-28/2017 | 3 | 75-80-75=230 | +14 | t-51st/84 |
Seminole Intercollegiate | 3/10-12/2017 | 3 | 71-71-71=213 | -3 | t-22nd/81 |
Vanderbilt Mason Rudolph Championship | 3/31-4/2/2017 | 3 | 72-73-73=218 | +5 | t-40th/78 |
Gary Koch Invitational | 4/10-11/2017 | 3 | 71-77-76=224 | +8 | t-49th/81 |
Boilermaker Invitational | 4/15-16/2017 | 3 | 75-76-72=223 | +7 | t-30th/84 |
MVC Championships | 4/24-25/2017 | 3 | 79-78-74=231 | +15 | t-18th/45 |
SEASON TOTALS | 33 | 2452 Avg. 74.3 | +3 | - | |
Wolf Run Intercollegiate | 9/8-10/2017 | 3 | 76-80-75=231 | +18 | t-41st/90 |
Golfweek Conference | 9/17-19/2017 | 3 | 77-75-71=223 | +7 | t-36th/75 |
David Toms Intercollegiate | 10/6-8/2017 | 2 | 72-70=142 | -2 | t-5th/72 |
Pinetree Intercollegiate | 10/23-24/2017 | 2 | 66-71=137 | -7 | 1st/61 |
Desert Intercollegiate | 2/16-18/2018 | 3 | 66-70-74=210 | -6 | t-10th/135 |
Seminole Intercollegiate | 2/24-25/2018 | 3 | 73-68-74=215 | -1 | t-15th/75 |
South Florida Invitational | 3/12-13/2018 | 3 | 70-73-76=219 | +3 | t-3rd/66 |
Kingsmill Intercollegiate | 3/25-27/2018 | 3 | 74-68-66=208 | -2 | 1st/127 |
Bubba Barnett Intercollegiate | 4/2-3/2018 | 3 | 67-70-72=209 | -7 | 3rd/74 |
Boilermaker Invitational | 4/14-15/2018 | 2 | 72-73=145 | +1 | t-12th/93 |
MVC Championships | 4/23-24/2018 | 3 | 82-79-71=232 | +16 | t-21st/45 |
NCAA Regionals | 5/14-16/2018 | 3 | 74-70-76=220 | +4 | |
SEASON TOTALS | 33 | 2391 Avg. 72.5 | +1 | - | |
Fuzzy Zoeller Invitational | 9/8-9/2018 | 3 | 68-75-70=213 | -3 | t-12th/70 |
Golfweek Conference Challenge | 9/15-18/2018 | 2 | 71-70=141 | -3 | t-9th/84 |
Windon Memorial Classic | 9/23-24/2018 | 3 | 74-77-72=223 | +7 | t-43rd/92 |
Fighting Irish Classic | 10/7-8/2018 | 3 | 71-70-70=211 | -2 | t-26th/84 |
Ka'anapali Collegiate Classic | 11/2-4/2018 | 3 | 70-71-70=211 | -2 | t-42nd/116 |
Gator Invitational | 2/16-17/2019 | 3 | 74-70-78=222 | +12 | t-60th/86 |
Wyoming Desert Intercollegiate | 2/22-24/2019 | 3 | 79-72-75=226 | +10 | t-62nd/1119 |
USF Invitational | 3/11-12/2019 | 3 | 73-69-73=215 | -1 | t-6th/84 |
FAU Spring Championship | 3/29-31/2019 | 3 | 72-70-66=208 | -8 | t-5th/78 |
Tiger Invitational | 4/8-9/2019 | 3 | 71-73-69=213 | -3 | t-26th/78 |
Boilermaker Invitational | 4/13-14/2019 | 2 | 73-71=144 | E | t-22nd/84 |
MVC Championship | 4/22-23/2019 | 3 | 71-72-70=213 | -3 | 3rd/45 |
NCAA Louisville Regional | 5/13-15/2019 | 3 | 72-69-70=211 | -2 | t-12th/70 |
SEASON TOTALS | 37 | 2651 Avg. 71.6 | E | - |
Searcy High School
Three-time State Champion at Searcy High School... 6A Arkansas State High School Individual Champion... Three-time member of the Arkansas All-State team.
Amateur Achievements
Arkansas State Golf Association Junior Player of the Year in 2013
Arkansas State Golf Association Junior Match Play Champion in 2013
2014 AJGA Huntsville Junior 3rd place
Worth Knowing
Son of Kevin and Sarah Wilhoit...Born Feb. 7, 1997 in Greeneville, Tenn....Majoring in accounting...Growing up, he fell in love with golf by hitting golf balls out into a field behind his house.
Q&A with Peyton
Favorite course: Prairie Dunes in Hutchinson, Kansas
Favorite club: Driver
Favorite athlete: Tiger Woods
Favorite sports team: Miami Dolphins
Favorite TV show: The Office
Favorite sports movie: Caddyshack
Favorite book: The Unstoppable Golfer by Bob Rotella
Favorite restaurant: Buffalo Wild Wings
Favorite band: Alan Jackson or George Strait
Favorite App: Twitter
Longest drive: 380
My dream foursome: Tiger Woods, Phil Mickelson, Jordan Spieth and me
What I've learned from Coach Fetcho: How to play golf the smart way
Cartoon character that best describes me: Garfield
Best thing I cook in the kitchen: Scrambled eggs
Something most people don't know about me: Played golf ever since I could walk
One thing I've always dreamed about doing: Playing Augusta National
What's in the Bag?
Driver: Callaway Big Bertha Alpha 816 Double Black Diamond 9*
Wood: Titleist 915 Fd 15*
Hybrid: Titleist 816 H1 19*
Irons: Taylormade PSI 4-PW
Wedges: Taylormade Tour Preferred 50,54,58
Putter: Ping Ketsch
Ball: Titleist Pro V1X