The improvement throughout the year culminated with Sherwin being named to the ASUN Second Team. After not posting a top-5 finish in the first three tournaments of the year (two in which Booker had not yet been hired), FGCU posted four top-5 finishes over the final six tournaments. The Eagles finished in the top 5 on five occasions in their eight regular-season tournaments – each which featured double-figure teams in the field.īooker joined the Eagles after the team had already commenced its 2014-15 season. Schultz went on to be named to the ASUN Second Team, the league's Scholar-Athlete of the Year (for men's golf) and earned a spot on the All-Academic Team, where he was also joined by classmate Jake Sherwin.
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His first full season in 2015-16 ended with Austin Schultz as the runner-up at the ASUN Championship with rounds of 75-69-69, one shot shy of medalist honors.
Additionally, Booker guided FGCU to either 2nd- or 3rd-place finishes in four-straight tournaments, marking the first time since the 2011-12 season that the Eagles secured four-straight top-3 showings – and that squad incredibly won four-straight tournaments.
The Eagles also secured top-10 single-season program records in birdies (5th, 398), par-4 scoring (6th, 4.22) and par-or-better rounds (T-9th, four). Statistically, FGCU finished the 2016-17 season with a 296.06 scoring average – the 8th-best in single-season program history and lowest since 2011-12. Combined with Renegar, it marked the first time since the 2011-12 season that FGCU had two different medalists in the same year. Howells also picked up a medalist title at the Cape Fear National Intercollegiate in mid March. Additionally, Booker had two individuals claim medalist honors, and three in total when factoring in Grant Renegar’s triumph in the FAU Dual along with his win at the East Carolina Intercollegiate in early April. 9) during the season, in addition to ASUN All-Freshman Team member Doug Smith – the first such selection for FGCU since 2013.
The 273 total was tied for the 3rd-lowest round in program history (lowest: 267), and the 15-under score was the 2nd-lowest in program history relative to par (lowest: -16).īooker coached two different ASUN Golfer of the Week selections in Keaton Jones (Sept. In the rain-shortened, one-round event, FGCU posted an incredible round of 273 to emerge victorious. In 2016-17, FGCU continued to improve under Booker’s tutelage, highlighted by a head-to-head victory over FAU in October. The Eagles rolled in 356 birdies (9th-most in single-season program history) and produced the best par-3 scoring average since 2011-12 with a 3.23. It marked just the 5th time in program history that a team has put together two sub-280 rounds in the same season.įGCU had a scoring average of 296.06 and produced five par-or-better rounds during the season – tied for the 7th-most in single-season program history. The first came in the final round of the Fort Lauderdale Intercollegiate with a 277 (tied for the 7th-best in program history) and the second occurred a few weeks after, again in the final round, with a 279 (tied for the 12th-best) at the FAU Slomin Autism Invitational. 8.Īs a team, FGCU put together two of the best rounds in program history during the 2017-18 season. That performance landed Castro with ASUN Golfer of the Week honors on Mar. Castro finished the year with a stroke average of 75.43 to rank 3rd on the team and 5th among all ASUN first-year players, and claimed medalist honors out of 90 competitors at the Fort Lauderdale Intercollegiate with rounds of 70-73-67: 210 (-6). The second occurred a couple weeks later as FGCU finished tied with Bethune-Cookman at the Legacy Intercollegiate following rounds of 293-287-296: 876 (+12) before falling in a one-hole playoff.īooker coached another ASUN All-Freshman Team representative in Cole Castro – the second-straight year he has recruited and coached a member of the team. The first came during the Eagles’ home spring event at the Randy Grimes Memorial Shootout with a two-round 602 total. In 2017-18, Booker helped guide the Eagles to two wins – the first time since the 2013-14 season that FGCU has won multiple tournaments in the same year. Former PGA Tour member and Web.com winner Eric Booker is in his fourth season as the FGCU men's golf coach in 2018-19.
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