Mark Anderson

Mark Anderson

Player Profile

Class:
Senior
Hometown:
Sioux Falls, S.D.
Last College:
University of Louisville
Height / Weight:
6-1 / 180
Birthdate:
03/03/1983
Experience:
1L

CAREER VARSITY NUMBERS
STROKE AVERAGE: 74.52
ROUNDS: 95
LOW ROUND: 67 - 2001 Earl Yestingmeier Intercol.

2005-06 (THIS SEASON): A competitive golfer who always grinds it out...Gained experience last season playing on the fifth place NCAA team...Won U.S. Open Qualifier, Great Plains Amateur and the Sioux Falls City Championship.

2004-05 (JUNIOR): Won the South Dakota State Match Play Championship...Qualified for the 2004 U.S. Amateur...Played in eight tournaments...scored six rounds of par or better and two rounds of 70 or lower...best finish was tied for 29th at the Arizona Intercollegiate...Best tournament score was even par at John Burns Intercollegiate...Concluded season with a tie for 65th at the NCAA Championships.

2003-04 (REDSHIRT): Transfer from the University of Louisville...Sat out 2003-04 season...In the summer of 2003 won the Northwest Amateur.

2002-03 (SOPHOMORE): Named All-Conference USA, finishing 10th at the C-USA Championships...Posted a stroke average of 74.42, the sixth lowest in U of L history...Finished third at the Marshall Invitational with an even par 213...Carried the momentum from a strong summer into the fall season, posting a blistering 73.1 stroke average in five events...Fired a five-under 211 to card a fourth-place finish at the U of L Cardinal Intercollegiate in the second event of the season -- the 211 tied the fourth-best 54-hole score ever by a U of L golfer...Followed that strong showing with a 19th-place finish at the Adams Cup of Newport and a 21st-place finish at the Barona Collegiate Cup.

2001-02 (FRESHMAN): Participated in all 12 events as a freshman, posting a 74.50 stroke average which ranks as the seventh-best single season average ever by a Cardinal golfer...Teamed with Brett Jones and Charlie Woo to form one of the top freshman classes in the nation--the trio ranked fifth nationally according to the Golfstat Freshman Class Impact Rankings...Posted three consecutive rounds of 72 at the Mid-Pines Intercollegiate to finish at even par in first collegiate event...Followed the impressive debut with a 68 and 67 in the first two rounds at the Earl Yestingmeier Invitational to notch a tie for eighth-place with a three-under 213--the second-round 67 tied the fourth-best round in school history...Notched first career top five finish when he tied for fifth place at the Beau Chene Collegiate Classic...Turned in top collegiate effort with a third-place finish at the El Diablo Intercollegiate, finishing just two shots shy of medalist honors with a one-under 215.

HIGH SCHOOL: Attended O'Gorman High School in Sioux Falls, South Dakota...Won state title during his final two prep campaigns and tied for the state title his sophomore year at O'Gorman under coach Mike Beggeman...Won regional titles and was named all-city, all-conference and all-state as both a junior and senior...High school Golf Athlete of the Year as a junior and senior while also earning South Dakota's Golf Association Junior Golfer of the Year honors in 2000...Led O'Gorman to runner-up finishes at state during his sophomore and senior years...Member of the National Honor Society and a High Honor Roll selection all four years...Participated in FCA and the chess club as well.

PERSONAL: Born on March 3, 1983, in Red Oak, Iowa...Son of John and Joanne Anderson...Brother Jim was a member of the Lobo golf team.

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