ReidBedell
- class Graduate Student
- Hometown Fair Haven, N.J.
- Previous School USC Upstate
- Major High Performance Coaching
- High school Rumson-Fair Haven
2020-2021 (Graduate Student): Made six starts for the Wildcats in his lone season with the team … Logged a 73.39 stroke average … Tied for 10th in his first event with the Blue and White at the Kiawah Invitational … His round of 66 during the second round was a career-low score … Finished the tournament at 6-under par with a 210 mark … Tied for 24th at the LSU Invitational … Placed in a tie for 57th at the SEC Championship … Had a pair of 73s in that tournament … Fired six par-or-better rounds in 2020-21 … Had 16.5 of his 18 rounds played count towards the team’s score.
2019-2020 (Senior at USC Upstate): Ranked No. 78 nationally becoming just the third Spartan ever to crack the National Top-100 … Earned a spot on the PING All-Southeast Region Team, becoming the first Spartan in the Division I era to be named to the list … A two-time Big South Golfer of the Week and led both the Big South Conference and team with a 70.31 scoring average … The mark also set a new school record … Carded a 66 in the second round of the Sea Best Invitational which tied for the fourth lowest round in the Big South … Tied for the Conference lead with four top-10 finishes … Led the team with a trio of top-five finishes and he earned co-medalist honors at the USC Upstate One Day Invitational.
2018-19 (Junior at USC Upstate): Appeared in 10 events playing in 27 rounds his junior season … Ranked third on the team in stroke average with a 73.41 and had a season low 68 shot second round in the Big South Men’s Golf Championship … Had three top-10 finishes that included a sixth place finish at the Big South Men’s Golf Championship, a 10th place finish at the Wofford Invitational and a 10th place finish at the Southern Intercollegiates.
2017-18 (Sophomore at USC Upstate): Was one of three players to play in all 27 rounds and 10 events … Ranked second on the team with a 75.15 stroke average … Compiled 24 rounds with scores in the 70’s or better … Posted the lowest round of the season with a 5-under 67 during the third round of the East Bay Deli Classic … Recorded one top-five and two top-10 finishes … Tied for fourth at the East Bay Deli Classic … Added a tie for 11th place finish at the season-opening Bridgestone Stroke Play.
2016-17 (Freshman at Lafayette): Earned co-champion honors at the Navy Fall Classic finishing at 3-under par 68 … Added a top-10 finish at the Towson Spring Invitational … Earned a 23rd place showing at the 2017 Patriot League Championships.
Personal: Son of Donald and Paige Bedell … Has two siblings, Donald and Lily … Born on Oct. 2 … Earned a degree in interdisciplinary studies with a minor in English at USC Upstate … Pursing a certificate in high performance coaching at Kentucky … Father played football at Rutgers … Sister played lacrosse at Lafayette … Competing for UK as a fifth-year graduate student after earning an extra year of eligibility due to the COVID-19 pandemic during the 2019-20 season.
Bedell’s Career Stats
Year | Tournaments | Rounds | Strokes | Average | Low Round |
2016-17 | 11 | 22 | 1,655 | 75.23 | 67 |
2017-18 | 10 | 27 | 2,029 | 75.15 | 67 |
2018-19 | 10 | 27 | 1,982 | 73.41 | 68 |
2019-20 | 6 | 16 | 1,125 | 70.31 | 66 |
2020-21 | 6 | 18 | 1,321 | 73.39 | 66 |
Career | 43 | 110 | 8,112 | 73.75 | 66 |