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Ben Stow - Men's Golf - University of Kentucky Athletics

BenStow

  • class Senior
  • High school Gillingham Comprehensive

– 2012-13 Division I PING Midwest All-Region Team

2013-14 (Senior): Second on the team with five top 10 finishes, including four in the top-five… Also ranked second on the team in stroke average at 72.03… Helped the Wildcats return to the NCAA Championship for the eighth time in program history and first time since 2006… Guided UK to a team title at the Bluegrass Invitational after tying for second place with a 5-under par, 211… Recorded his first career individual title at the Hootie at Bulls Bay Intercollegiate with a UK personal best-tying 54-hole score of 209 (69-73-67)… Won the Hootie at Bulls Bay in a playoff on the 18th hole in which he sunk a birdie to clinch the title over Auburn’s Niclas Carlsson… Tied for fourth at the Querencia Cabo Collegiate with a 1-over par, 214… Recorded a personal-best final round score of 65 at the AutoTrader.com Collegiate Classic en route to a fourth place tie… Finished the AutoTrader.com CC with a 7-under par, 209… Collected his first top 10 finish of the season at the Wolf Run Invitational by tying for ninth at 7-over par, 220.

2012-13 (Junior): Sat out the fall season due to transfer regulations making his Kentucky debut at the Mobile Intercollegiate, where he finished tied for 27th … Named to the Division I PING Midwest All-Region Team … Competed in all eight spring tournaments … Led the Wildcats in the spring with a stroke average of 73.92 … One top-10 and four top-20 finishes … Best tournament came at the Schenkel Invitational where he was tied for ninth at 1-uner-par … Shot a season-low round of 4-under-par, 68 at the Gary Koch Invitational … Twice shot a career-low 54-hole round of 215, including at the Schenkel Invitational (71 – 71 – 73) and the Southeastern Conference Championships (70 – 72 – 73) … Finished either first or second on the UK team in six of his eight events.

Summer of 2012: Rated as the No.2 ranked European player in May, June and July… Competed in seven Big Internationalstroke-playevents and15 tournaments all year,where he finished in the top-20 in every event …recorded four top-10 finishes in major European events.

High School: Attended Gillingham Camp where he played golf under coach Darren Gass, where he improved from No. 1300 in the world to top-100 …Played rugby and cricket … Led England to the European Challenge Trophy Tournament with a team score of 11 under par. Stow led the team and finished the 72-hole competition as the individual champion at nine under par, five strokes ahead of second place … Won the “Grand Slam” of the Wiltshire County Golf Union with titles at the Colts, County and Junior Championships in 2008 and 2009 … Has recorded nine caps for England.

Personal: Son Kevin and Belinda Stow … Has a brother Jack and two sisters, Lou and Beth… Born on October 24, 1991.

Year Tournament Rounds Strokes Avg. Low Round
2012-13 8 24 1,774 73.92 68
2013-14 12 36 2,593 72.03 65
Career 20 60 4,367 72.78 65
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