Men's Golf

JacobLang

  • class Sophomore
  • Hometown Alvaton, Ky.
  • High school Greenwood High School
  • Major Pre-Management & Pre-Finance

2025-26 (Sophomore): Started all 11 team events and finished with a 72.11 scoring average while tying for the team lead with 17 rounds of par-or-better … Qualified as an individual for the NCAA Championship in California where he shot 216 (E) for 54-holes, narrowly missing the cut for the final round … Tied for fifth at the NCAA Bermuda Run Regional, finishing with a 54-hole total of 204 (-9), the best 54-hole score of his collegiate career … His finish at the NCAA regional was the lowest by any player on a non-advancing team, qualifying him for the NCAA Championship … Shot a 64 (-7) in round two of the NCAA Bermuda Run regional, matching the lowest 18-hole score in program history … Was Kentucky’s best finisher at the SEC Championship, tying for 58th at 5-over par … Tied for 12th the the Bluegrass Collegiate Invitational … Finished T19 at the Colleton River Collegiate in a team victory for Kentucky … Had back-to-back T26 finishes at The Bearcat Invitational and the Cullan Brown Collegiate … Opened the season by tying for 15th at the Visit Knox Collegiate at 1-under par.

2024-25 (Freshman): Played in nine tournaments and made eight starts for the Wildcats … Finished the season third on the team in scoring average at 73.67 … Posted eight rounds at par-or-better … Had four top 20s and one top 10 finish … Was a counting score in 75.4 percent of his rounds as a starter … Tied for ninth at the Mountaineer Invitational for his best result of the season … Posted low 54-hole tournament total of the year at the Watersound Invitational where he shot 212 (-4) and tied for 12th … Was named SEC Freshman of the Week on Feb. 26 following his performance at the Watersound Invitational … Nabbed his first career top 20 when he placed T20 at the Cullan Brown Collegiate … Shot his low 18-hole score of the year in round two of the Steelwood Collegiate, carding a 4-under round of 68 … SEC First-Year Academic Honor Roll.

Prior to UK: 2023 Kentucky high school Mr. Golf … 2023 Kentucky high school All-State Champion … Achieved career-high Junior Golf Scoreboard rank of No. 30 … 2022 AJGA Greenwood Junior Champion … Top-five finish at 2023 Dye Junior Invitational … Four-time Mason Cup participant … 2023 Mason Cup captain … Uncle, Ron Layman, played golf at the University of Kentucky from 1996-2000.

 

Lang’s Career Stats

Year Tournaments Rounds Strokes Average Low Round
2024-25 9 27 1989 73.67 68
2025-26 12 35 2524 72.11 64
Career 21 62 4513 72.79 64
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