Alex Goff Named to PING All-Southeast Region Team

LEXINGTON, Ky. – Alex Goff, a senior on the Kentucky men’s golf team, has been named to the NCAA PING All-Southeast Region Team, the Golf Coaches Association of America announced. The Second Team All-Southeastern Conference pick, who announced his return last week for the 2023-24 season, becomes Kentucky’s first PING All-Region selection since Cooper Musselman in 2017.

In a standout senior campaign, Goff paced the Wildcats with a 70.73 scoring average with a team-best five top-10 finishes and nine in the top 20. A total of 28.3 of his 30 team rounds counted toward the team tally as Goff carded a team-high 22 rounds of par-or-better and 19 under-par. A College Sports Communicators 2023 Academic All-District pick and NCAA Auburn Regional individual participant, Goff notched three second-place finishes, including an 8-under-par 202 at the SEC Championship in April.

Not only did Goff lead the Wildcats in several statistical categories as a senior, many of his numbers rank favorably among Kentucky golfers dating back to the 1993-94 season. Consider:

– In the 2022-23 season, Goff’s 70.73 scoring average and -0.73 strokes versus par are the best among Wildcats in that era, besting J.B. Holmes’ 71.29 average, -0.13 strokes against par, in his 2003-04 All-America campaign.
– Goff’s 84.5% finish percentage ranks second behind Holmes’ 93.2% finish percentage in 2003-04 narrowly ahead of Holmes’ 83.5% finish percentage in 2001-02.
– Goff’s season par-4 scoring average was best in program history at 4.0000, besting Holmes’ 4.0234 in 2003-04.
– His 4.6917 par-5 average ranked third while his 3.0942 par-3 average ranked sixth.
– Goff’s 7-under 65 in the second round of the Hootie at Bulls Bay this year is tied for the fourth-lowest round for a Wildcat since 1993-94. Four different players, including Goff at the Vanderbilt Legends Collegiate in 2021-22, have carded a 64. The 7-under-par round is one of a dozen by Wildcats since 1993-94, marking the best score versus par.
– For his career, Goff’s 71.72 scoring average through 105 rounds ranks best of any Wildcat, ahead of Chip McDaniel’s 72.02 average in 137 rounds from 2015-18.