Grade: Senior
Age: 17
Sports: Golf
Claim to fame/honors: Medalist last year at Findlay Invitational and Kiley Cup; high school state qualifier; average 18-hole score of 73.5 and average nine-hole score of 36.75; named Golfer of the Year East Division in GWOC; shot lowest round of 68 at Memorial Junior tournament on Scarlett Course this summer; member of National Honor Society.
Bet you didn’t know … I’m left-handed and I play right-handed
Words you live by: If you’re not first, you’re last
Toughest opponent: Julian Perico from Peru (in junior tournaments)
Biggest influence: My dad
Match-day rituals: Music play list that I rarely change
What’s on your bedroom walls? Trophies, pictures of me playing golf
When I’m bored I like to … watch SportsCenter
Favorite movie: Step Brothers
Person who would play you in a movie: Jamie Foxx
Favorite TV show: Narcos
Favorite musical artist: Migos
I can’t live without: Golf
I can live without: Potato chips
Event you’d like to attend: Masters
Favorite book: The Big Miss by Hank Haney
Favorite home-cooked meal: My mom’s enchiladas
Favorite restaurant: Chipotle
Favorite smell: Fresh-cut grass
Favorite cereal: Lucky Charms
Store where you’d like a shopping spree: Golf Galaxy
Vegetable you won’t eat: Spinach
I’d love to trade places for a day with … Dustin Johnson
Place where you’d love to travel? San Diego
Talent you’d like to have? Flying
Favorite school subject: Math
Favorite athlete: Tiger Woods
Favorite team: Ohio State
Favorite Olympic sport: Swimming
Something in the world I’d like to change: All the pollution
Favorite sports moment: Making a 25-footer in first playoff hole to win my first Golf Week Junior event in 2015 at Dayton Country Club
Favorite junk food: Bagel Bites
Best thing about golf: Nobody can limit how good you can get
In 10 years, I hope to be … on the PGA Tour
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