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2017-18 Men's Golf Roster

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Matt Lavery

  • Class Senior
  • Hometown Peoria, Ill.
  • Highschool Dunlap

Biography

2017-18: Averaged a score of 76.4 over five rounds ... tallied two rounds of 75 or less.

2016-17: Scored an average of 76.3 over 33 rounds ... recorded a career-low 54-hole score of 216 and shot a career-low round of 67 in the first round  (67-73-76) at the Hoosier Invitational ... finished 13th at the JD Memorial with a score of 227 (74-79-74) ... registered 14 rounds of 75 or less.


2015-16:  Placed tied for 7th at the MVC Championship to earn a top-18 honors flag ... scored an average round of 76.7 over 30 rounds ... fired 11 rounds of 75 or less ... recorded a career-low 54-hole score of 221 (72-74-75) at the MVC Championship.

2014-15: Placed tied for 13th at the MVC Championship to earn a top-18 honors flag … scored an average round of 77.2 over 19 rounds in the spring … carded a score of 223 (72-75-76) at the Jackrabbit Invitation for a career-low for a 54-hole tournament … shot a career-low round of 69 in the opening of the Bradley Invitational … posted seven rounds of a score of 75 or less ... finished the fall campaign with a 78.2 scoring average across nine rounds...crafted a career-low 73 to lead the Bulldogs to a dual-match victory over Creighton ... fired a then career-best 74 to open the ODU/Outer Banks Invitational en route to recording his best tournament scorecard 229 (74-77-78) of the season...turned in two rounds of 75 or lower

High School:
A two-time all-state selection at Dunlap High School, Lavery sparked the Eagles to an Illinois runner-up finish in the 2A state championship as a senior, including a seventh-place individual finish...a three-time all-conference performer, including earning first-team accolades each of his final two campaigns, Lavery was named the 2012 Peoria Journal Star Player of the Year after an individual state runner-up finish...was selected as a first alternate for the United States Junior Amateur in 2013...competed at the 2014 Illinois Open after winning the qualifier...posted multiple top-20 performances in AJGA tournaments during his prep career.

Personal: Born in Aug. 1995, in Lafayette, Ind ... majoring in entrepreneurial management...son of Patrick and Leslie Lavery.

 
2017-18 Tournaments Scores Total Finish
Falcon Invitational (Sept. 8-10) 79-75-0 154 110th
Zach Johnson Invitational (Oct. 2-3) 74-79-75 228 T-27th
Total NA 382/5/76.4 NA
 
2016-17 Tournaments Scores Total Finish
Badger Invitational (Sept. 11-13) 79-82-75 236 T-75th
JD Memorial (Sept. 19-20) 74-79-74 227 13th
Zach Johnson Invitational (Oct. 3-4) 75-76-80 231 T-14th
Northern Intercollegiate (Oct. 9-10) 72-78-79 229 T-22nd
ODU/Outer Banks Invitational (Oct. 23-25) 74-76-76 226 T-48th
Loyola Intercollegiate (Feb. 25-27) 74-75-74 223 T-69th
Fort Lauderdale Intercollegiate (March 6-7) 80-79-81 240 T-61st
Kingsmill Intercollegiate (March 19-21) 76-75-74 225 T-56th
Hoosier Invitational (April 1-2) 67-73-76 216 T-19th
Tiger Invitational (April 10-11) 74-78-76 228 T-39th
MVC Championship (April 24-25) 79-81-76 236 T-35th
Total NA 2,517/76.3 NA
 
2015-16 Tournaments Scores Total Finish
D.A. Weibring Intercollegiate (Sept. 13-14) 76-79-75 230 T-52nd
Badger Invitational (Sept. 27-29) 76-74-79 229 39th
Zach Johnson Invitational (Oct. 5-6) 80-81-75 236 T-43rd
Bill Ross Intercollegiate (Oct. 12-13) 77-76-74 227 T-33rd
ODU/Outer Banks Invitational (Oct. 19-21) 74-77-74 225 T-49th
Loyola Intercollegiate(Feb. 28-March 1) 76-78-78 232 95th
Sacramento State Intercollegiate (March 7-8) 77-78-79 234 T-52nd
Kingsmill Intercollegiate(March 20-22) 77-72-75 224 T-51st
NYX Hoosier Invitational (April 2-3) DNP DNP DNP
ORU Shootout (April 11-12) 82-83-78  243  T-69th 
MVC Championship  72-74-75  221  T-7th 
Total NA 2,301 NA
2014-15 Tournaments Scores Total Finish Scoring Avg.
SIUE/Derek Dolenc Invitational (Sept. 8-9) DNP NA NA NA
D.A. Weibring Intercollegiate (Sept. 14) DNP NA NA NA
Badger Invitational (Sept. 28-30) 80-77-80 237 T-64th 79.0
Bill Ross Intercollegiate (Oct. 13-14) 88-77 165 T-73rd 82.5
ODU/Outer Banks Invitational (Oct. 19-21) 74-77-78 229 T-53rd 76.3
Creighton Dual (Oct. 28) 73 NA NA 73.0
Carlton Oaks WIU Invitational (Feb. 9-10) 82-82-78 242 T-20th 80.7
Colleton River Collegiate (March 9-10) 79-79-86 244 80th 81.3
Jackrabbit Invitational (March 16-17) 72-75-76 223 T-52nd 74.3
Creighton Dual (March 30) 74 74 NA 74.0
Bradley Invitational (April 3-4) 69-74-81 224 T-9th 74.7
NYX Hoosier Invitational (April 11-12) 73-81-80 234 T-80th 78.0
MVC Championship (April 27-28) 76-79-70 225 T-13th 75.0
Total NA 2,170 NA 77.5/28 Rounds

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