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Justin Biwer
- Height:
- 5-11
- Weight:
- 165
- Class:
- Junior
- Hometown:
- San Diego, Calif.
- High School:
- Torrey Pines
- Major:
- Business (Finance)
Bio
College—Career Notes: Named CU’s Male Career Athletic Achievement Award winner at the school’s annual CUSPY’s (CU Sports Performers of the Year) … Final ranking in the PGA University program was 33rd (out of 168) … He set 29 school records and tied 10 others for a total of 39 he left his mark on … He completed his career as CU’s all-time leader in stroke average with a 70.95 mark, shattering the previous record by .73 of a stroke (Daniel O’Loughlin, 71.68) … In 49 career tournaments, he was under par in a school record 29 and even in two others; he’s only been more than six strokes over par just seven times in those other 18 (four or less eight times) ... Had 138 of 145 rounds count toward team scoring (95.2%; six have been played as an individual), second-best in CU history (by just 0.3) ... Set the school record for career stroke average for the fall, with a 69.86 mark for 63 rounds … His 43 career 54-hole events with scores of 220 or lower are the most in Buff annals … Owned three of CU’s top five fall stroke averages, with all four of his in the top eight, along with three of the top seven overall season averages … Also had three of the top six season counts of subpar rounds as well as in rounds of par or better … His 49 rounds in the 60’s were the second-most ever at CU (18th in NCAA history), with his 82 subpar rounds and his 101 rounds of par or better both topping the charts (the latter tied for the seventh in NCAA annals) … He was a model of consistency throughout his career: he didn’t record a score in the 80s until the final round of his junior season (an 85), a streak that reached 110 rounds, the second-longest in CU history, both overall and at the start of a career …  Prior to that 85, he had just 10 scores out of 110 higher than a 74 (four 75s, three 76s, two 77s and a 79) … He played an eye-popping 1,211 holes in his collegiate career before scoring his first hole worse than a double bogey (a triple at the 2013 Pac-12s; he had just 55 doubles and eight triples in 2,718 holes played, a career percentage of 82.9 of holes of par or better) … CU’s all-time leaders in birdies (546) and in pars (1,691) and tied for third in eagles (15); also finished first in bogey-free rounds (8) and top 20 finishes (29) ... In those 49 career events, he has been even or under par on the par-5 holes in 45 of them (under in 43) ... His 12 NCAA rounds are the fifth-most by a Buff (73.75 average was 14th-best ... Had three tournaments where he was under par on all holes for the event, and 10 overall where he was even or under par on all holes … Became just the second Buff to finish under par in the same tournament four times when he did so in New Mexico’s Tucker Intercollegiate; he then became the first to do it in two events when he did it in CU’s own Simpson Invitational.
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2024-25 (Sr.): Was one of six finalists for CU’s Male Athlete of the Year ... The team leader in stroke average for the third time in four seasons with a 70.08 average, CU’s all-time single-season best that also led the Big 12 Conference (Utah’s Gabriel Palacios was second with a 70.16 mark) ... Led or shared the lead in 22 team statistical categories (18 outright, four shared) ... Among the other categories he led in included rounds in the 60’s (17), subpar rounds (23), birdies (153), pars (458), subpar percentage (21.9) and par or better percentage (85.6), bogey-free rounds (6) and the team’s best first (69.31) and final (68.42) round averages … He tied for the team lead in top 10 and top 20 finishes (five and 10, respectively) and was second in rounds of par or better (27) and in rounds counting toward the team score (37 of 40, 92.5 percent) … Had seven tournaments where he did not record a score worse than bogey … Top effort in the spring was a tie for sixth in San Diego’s R.E. Lamkin Invitational (68-69-70—207, -9), one of five top 20 efforts in the spring… Tied for 14th in the Big 12 Championship at Southern Hills in Tulsa (287, +7), and followed it with a tie for 12th in the NCAA Northwest Regional in Bremerton, Wash. (214, -2) … Struggled in the NCAA Finals (226, +10), tying for 96th out of 156 … Enjoyed the best fall season in school history, as he was under par in all five tournaments (a combined 41-under) and finishing in the top 15 in all five (in the top eight on four with one win) … Set the school record for the lowest average during a fall season (68.47 for 15 rounds) … Had 10 subpar and three even rounds, with two 73’s his high rounds … He also set perhaps the most outstanding record in CU annals when he played 61 consecutive holes without a bogey over the course of two tournaments, CU’s Simpson Invitational and the Ka'anapali Classic Collegiate (he had an eagle, 17 birdies and 43 pars in the run); it broke the 16-year old mark of 59 held by associate head coach Derek Tolan he had set in 2008 … After knocking on the door with six career top five finishes, he earned his first win as a tri-medalist in CU’s Simpson Invitational, as he turned in a 67-68-68—203 (13-under) effort, which also was the just the 14th time a Buff scored all three rounds in the 60s in the same 54-hole tournament (and only the second player to do it twice) … In the Simpson, he played Colorado National’s tough par-4’s at 10-under, the best in the field by three shots …Tied for fourth in two events, the CSU Ram Masters Invitational (204, -6) and the UNM Tucker Intercollegiate (212, -4) … Tied the school record which was also his career low score with a 7-under 63 in the first round at CSU … In the fall finale in the Ka’anapali Classic Collegiate, he tied for eighth with an 11-under 202; he opened with a 7-under 64 en route to tying the third-best score on a par-71 course for 54 holes … Recorded the best par/subpar percentage of holes for a fall or spring season – 89.3 (241 of 270 for the fall) in the 10 years CU has tracked the statistic (three eagles, 66 birdies, 172 pars) … Went on to set the single-season highs at CU for both holes of par or better (85.6, 158 of 720) … Had six bogey-free rounds, a new school best as he had tied the previous season mark of four just in the fall (set by David Oraee in 2014-15)  … In addition, he played in the Big 12 Match Play Championship, posting a 2-2 record (defeating Texas Tech’s Charles DeLong, 3&2, and West Virginia’s Carson Kammann, 5&3.
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2023-24 (Jr.): In addition to his individual appearance in the NCAA regionals, he played in all 11 stroke tournaments as a designated scorer and the one match play event, compiling a team-leading 71.86 stroke average for 37 rounds … His stroke norm ranked 26th in the Pac-12, with his team-leading figures of 22 rounds of par or better fifth in the league, 11 rounds in the 60’s tied for 12th and his six top 20 finishes tied for 12th … Overall, he led the team in 16 categories, including rounds and holes played (37, 666), season and fall (70.17) averages, stroke average in relation to par (+0.62), subpar rounds (18), rounds counted toward team scoring (33 of 34, or 97.1 percent), top 20 finishes (6),  birdies (125), pars (409), subpar hole percentage (19.4), par or better hole percentage (80.8), first round average (71.58), middle round average (72.15), most birdies in a tournament (17) and the fewest holes worse than bogey in a round (21) … He was second in final round average (71.83) … Had three different runs of 20 straight holes of part or better over the course of the season … Tied for 15th in the Pac-12 Championship (74-79-74-68—295, +11); his 142 total over the last 36 holes was fifth-best in field, with the 3-under 68 tied for the third-lowest score in the final round, which moved him up 19 spots in the standings … Best spring finish was a tie for 11th in ASU’s Thunderbird Collegiate (209, -4), while tying for 23rd in two others to give him four top 25 spring performances … Played in all five fall tournaments (finishing under par in four); all 15 of his rounds counted toward the team score (12 of which were 72’s or lower) … Opened the fall with a 10-under 203 in the Mirabel Maui Jim Intercollegiate, his best 54-hole total for his career and tying for 13th in the process … His first round of the season, a 4-under 71 in the Maui Jim, was bogey-free, the first Buffalo in recent memory (if not ever) to open a season doing so … Best finish for the year was a runner-up effort in CU’s Mark Simpson Invitational (209, -7), two strokes out of the lead … Played the par-5 holes at 35-under for the year, and was 32-over on par-3s and 28-over on the par-4s … Nominated for CU’s Male Athlete of the Year across all sports (shared by football’s Travis Hunter and basketball’s K.J. Simpson).
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2022-23 (Soph.): Followed up an outstanding freshman year with an equally solid sophomore season ... Played in all 13 stroke tournaments and the one match play event, compiling a 71.00 stroke average for 40 rounds, second on the team (owned a 70.91 mark as a freshman; was literally one stroke shy of becoming the first Buffalo to post two sub-71 averages for a season) ... That figure was good for 12th in the Pac-12 (sixth-best by an underclassmen) … In the fall, he recorded the third-best fall stroke average ever by a Buff – 70.33 – just a tad behind his frosh average of 70.07 (now second-best) ... Owned per round averages of 71.5 (first), 70.7 (middle) and 70.9 (final) … Played all the par-5 holes at 33-under and the par-4s at 7-over, both second-best on the team ... Recorded his best career finish when he claimed third in CU’s Simpson Invitational (70-69-67—206, -4) at Boulder Country Club ... First five tournaments were all under par – all gradually improving in each (-1, -2, -3, -4, -6) – until it ended in Hawai’i (where he was just plus-1 in the Ka’anapali event) ... Score counted toward CU’s team total a team-best 39 of 40 times (97.5 percent) ... Second on the team with 28 rounds of par or better (20 subpar) ... Also second on the team in birdies (134) and in pars (460) and in par/subpar hole percentage (82.8%), as was his 18.9 percent of subpar holes (136 out of 720) ... Had runs of 23 and 22 holes in a row of par or better ... Had a 1-0-2 record in Wyoming’s World Match Play event to open the spring season.
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2021-22 (Fr.): He enjoyed quite the collegiate debut ... Named to the Pac-12 All-Freshman Team and also garnered second-team All-PAC-12 honors overall ... Ranked nationally No. 184 by Golfweek and 189 by Golf Stat … Selected as CU’s Freshman Athlete of the Year (for all sports) and was the Male Athlete of the Week on two occasions ... Earned an individual berth to the NCAA Regionals, where he turned in a 72-73-77—222 scorecard (+6) to tie for 40th in the Norman Regional (the 11th freshman under CU head coach Roy Edwards who played in the NCAA’s) ... The team leader in stroke average with a 70.91 mark, he also led the team in the fall (70.07) and spring (71.57) … He was the first freshman since Jeremy Paul in 2013-14 to lead the team and just the sixth overall to ever accomplish the rare feat … The figure was also seventh overall in the Pac-12, and first among all freshmen; he also led all league frosh in top 20 finishes (7), rounds in the 60’s (12), subpar rounds (20), rounds of par or better (23) and the “low” high score (77) ... One of two league frosh to lead his team in stroke norm (other: Jackson Rivera, USC, 71.70) ... His 70.91 average tied for 50th in the nation, 19th in Region C (-0.53 scirp tied for 17th), but was second in the region by a freshman ... He owned the fifth-best average by a freshman in Division I ... He shattered Paul’s CU frosh record of 72.51 he set that ’13-14 season ... The team leader in 20 categories that all also set freshmen records: season scoring average (70.91), stroke count in relation to par (-0.53), fall average (70.07), spring average (71.57), first round average (71.0), middle round average (71.1), final round average (70.6), top 20 finishes (7), tournaments under par (8), tournaments of par or better (9), rounds of par of better (23), subpar rounds (20), rounds in the 60’s (12), birdies (134) subpar hole percentage (22.5, 138 of 612), par or better hole percentage (82.0, 502 or 612), highest percentage of rounds being par or better (23 of 34, 67.6 percent, second-best overall in CU annals), jumbo percentage (.412), the fewest holes worse than bogey (14) and the “low” high score of 77 … Since being tracked starting in 2011-12, had the second best subpar and par or better percentages, behind only Yannik Paul’s numbers of 23.5 and 85.7 in ’17-18 ... Had just 14 holes (all double bogeys) worse than bogey out of 612 .... Of his 34 rounds, 31 were between 65 and 74 ... Of the 10 times he shot 73, 74 or 75 in the first two rounds, six times he came back to shave two strokes or more off in his next round ... His fall average of 70.07 for 15 rounds (five tournaments) set a CU record for the best average for the fall portion of a season by (old best was 70.43), also topping the previous freshman best by two strokes ... Best tournament effort in relation to par was a 9-under par (70-69-65—204) to close out the fall in Hawai’i’s Ka’anapali Classic (where he tied for 14th; the final round 65 is his best collegiate round). The 65 tied two others for the lowest score in a tournament by a CU freshman ... Also shot an 8-under 208 in CU’s Simpson Invitational; combined with subpar finishes in the first two meets (Air Force, New Mexico) made him the first player in CU history – freshman or any class member, to open his Buff career with two and then three subpar performances in major tournaments ... In the AFA Miranda, his 4-under 212 was the second-best performances in a first collegiate event by a Buff … The first true freshman to be designated at CU’s No. 1 player for a league meet since Paul in 2013-14 (and those are the only two since Knut Ekjord in 1995); he responded with his top finish of his career to date as he finished fifth in the Pac-12 Championships (73-74-69-67—283, -1); he was the second freshman ... Biwer was the only player in the 72-man field to close with scores in the 60s (which were at a premium the last two rounds with just seven in each); he won the last two rounds with a 6-under 136, three better than anyone else ... The fifth place effort was the best by a CU freshman in the Pac-12’s since CU joined the conference in 2011-12, and the third best overall behind a pair of runner-up finishes by Ross Macdonald and Jeremy Paul in 2018 ... It also was the third-best finish by a CU freshman in any conference tournament, behind a runner-up effort by Rick Cramer in the 1979 Big Eight Championships; Cramer had bested a third place showing by Steve Jones in ’78.
2020-21: He opted to delay enrollment for a year due to the COVID-19 pandemic (the now commonplace “gap” year).
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High School—As a senior, when he was named as one of the top 25 high school golfers in the San Diego Section, he tied for 26th in the CIF Championship (74, +3; he birdied five of his last 10 holes) … He tied for seventh in the sectional meet, helping Torrey to a fourth-straight title … As a junior, he earned first-team All-CIF San Diego Section honors, as he tied for seventh in the CIF Championship (140, -4) … His scoring differential of 0.16 was seventh-best in all of the San Diego Section (in lieu of stroke averages, they use a format involving course ratings and slope) … He helped Torrey Pines finish third as a team in regional play and then second in the 2018 state championship … He resumed playing competitive golf midway through his sophomore year (January 2018) after a four-year layoff when he concentrated on basketball and baseball.Â
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2024-25 (Sr.): Was one of six finalists for CU’s Male Athlete of the Year ... The team leader in stroke average for the third time in four seasons with a 70.08 average, CU’s all-time single-season best that also led the Big 12 Conference (Utah’s Gabriel Palacios was second with a 70.16 mark) ... Led or shared the lead in 22 team statistical categories (18 outright, four shared) ... Among the other categories he led in included rounds in the 60’s (17), subpar rounds (23), birdies (153), pars (458), subpar percentage (21.9) and par or better percentage (85.6), bogey-free rounds (6) and the team’s best first (69.31) and final (68.42) round averages … He tied for the team lead in top 10 and top 20 finishes (five and 10, respectively) and was second in rounds of par or better (27) and in rounds counting toward the team score (37 of 40, 92.5 percent) … Had seven tournaments where he did not record a score worse than bogey … Top effort in the spring was a tie for sixth in San Diego’s R.E. Lamkin Invitational (68-69-70—207, -9), one of five top 20 efforts in the spring… Tied for 14th in the Big 12 Championship at Southern Hills in Tulsa (287, +7), and followed it with a tie for 12th in the NCAA Northwest Regional in Bremerton, Wash. (214, -2) … Struggled in the NCAA Finals (226, +10), tying for 96th out of 156 … Enjoyed the best fall season in school history, as he was under par in all five tournaments (a combined 41-under) and finishing in the top 15 in all five (in the top eight on four with one win) … Set the school record for the lowest average during a fall season (68.47 for 15 rounds) … Had 10 subpar and three even rounds, with two 73’s his high rounds … He also set perhaps the most outstanding record in CU annals when he played 61 consecutive holes without a bogey over the course of two tournaments, CU’s Simpson Invitational and the Ka'anapali Classic Collegiate (he had an eagle, 17 birdies and 43 pars in the run); it broke the 16-year old mark of 59 held by associate head coach Derek Tolan he had set in 2008 … After knocking on the door with six career top five finishes, he earned his first win as a tri-medalist in CU’s Simpson Invitational, as he turned in a 67-68-68—203 (13-under) effort, which also was the just the 14th time a Buff scored all three rounds in the 60s in the same 54-hole tournament (and only the second player to do it twice) … In the Simpson, he played Colorado National’s tough par-4’s at 10-under, the best in the field by three shots …Tied for fourth in two events, the CSU Ram Masters Invitational (204, -6) and the UNM Tucker Intercollegiate (212, -4) … Tied the school record which was also his career low score with a 7-under 63 in the first round at CSU … In the fall finale in the Ka’anapali Classic Collegiate, he tied for eighth with an 11-under 202; he opened with a 7-under 64 en route to tying the third-best score on a par-71 course for 54 holes … Recorded the best par/subpar percentage of holes for a fall or spring season – 89.3 (241 of 270 for the fall) in the 10 years CU has tracked the statistic (three eagles, 66 birdies, 172 pars) … Went on to set the single-season highs at CU for both holes of par or better (85.6, 158 of 720) … Had six bogey-free rounds, a new school best as he had tied the previous season mark of four just in the fall (set by David Oraee in 2014-15)  … In addition, he played in the Big 12 Match Play Championship, posting a 2-2 record (defeating Texas Tech’s Charles DeLong, 3&2, and West Virginia’s Carson Kammann, 5&3.
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2023-24 (Jr.): In addition to his individual appearance in the NCAA regionals, he played in all 11 stroke tournaments as a designated scorer and the one match play event, compiling a team-leading 71.86 stroke average for 37 rounds … His stroke norm ranked 26th in the Pac-12, with his team-leading figures of 22 rounds of par or better fifth in the league, 11 rounds in the 60’s tied for 12th and his six top 20 finishes tied for 12th … Overall, he led the team in 16 categories, including rounds and holes played (37, 666), season and fall (70.17) averages, stroke average in relation to par (+0.62), subpar rounds (18), rounds counted toward team scoring (33 of 34, or 97.1 percent), top 20 finishes (6),  birdies (125), pars (409), subpar hole percentage (19.4), par or better hole percentage (80.8), first round average (71.58), middle round average (72.15), most birdies in a tournament (17) and the fewest holes worse than bogey in a round (21) … He was second in final round average (71.83) … Had three different runs of 20 straight holes of part or better over the course of the season … Tied for 15th in the Pac-12 Championship (74-79-74-68—295, +11); his 142 total over the last 36 holes was fifth-best in field, with the 3-under 68 tied for the third-lowest score in the final round, which moved him up 19 spots in the standings … Best spring finish was a tie for 11th in ASU’s Thunderbird Collegiate (209, -4), while tying for 23rd in two others to give him four top 25 spring performances … Played in all five fall tournaments (finishing under par in four); all 15 of his rounds counted toward the team score (12 of which were 72’s or lower) … Opened the fall with a 10-under 203 in the Mirabel Maui Jim Intercollegiate, his best 54-hole total for his career and tying for 13th in the process … His first round of the season, a 4-under 71 in the Maui Jim, was bogey-free, the first Buffalo in recent memory (if not ever) to open a season doing so … Best finish for the year was a runner-up effort in CU’s Mark Simpson Invitational (209, -7), two strokes out of the lead … Played the par-5 holes at 35-under for the year, and was 32-over on par-3s and 28-over on the par-4s … Nominated for CU’s Male Athlete of the Year across all sports (shared by football’s Travis Hunter and basketball’s K.J. Simpson).
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2022-23 (Soph.): Followed up an outstanding freshman year with an equally solid sophomore season ... Played in all 13 stroke tournaments and the one match play event, compiling a 71.00 stroke average for 40 rounds, second on the team (owned a 70.91 mark as a freshman; was literally one stroke shy of becoming the first Buffalo to post two sub-71 averages for a season) ... That figure was good for 12th in the Pac-12 (sixth-best by an underclassmen) … In the fall, he recorded the third-best fall stroke average ever by a Buff – 70.33 – just a tad behind his frosh average of 70.07 (now second-best) ... Owned per round averages of 71.5 (first), 70.7 (middle) and 70.9 (final) … Played all the par-5 holes at 33-under and the par-4s at 7-over, both second-best on the team ... Recorded his best career finish when he claimed third in CU’s Simpson Invitational (70-69-67—206, -4) at Boulder Country Club ... First five tournaments were all under par – all gradually improving in each (-1, -2, -3, -4, -6) – until it ended in Hawai’i (where he was just plus-1 in the Ka’anapali event) ... Score counted toward CU’s team total a team-best 39 of 40 times (97.5 percent) ... Second on the team with 28 rounds of par or better (20 subpar) ... Also second on the team in birdies (134) and in pars (460) and in par/subpar hole percentage (82.8%), as was his 18.9 percent of subpar holes (136 out of 720) ... Had runs of 23 and 22 holes in a row of par or better ... Had a 1-0-2 record in Wyoming’s World Match Play event to open the spring season.
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2021-22 (Fr.): He enjoyed quite the collegiate debut ... Named to the Pac-12 All-Freshman Team and also garnered second-team All-PAC-12 honors overall ... Ranked nationally No. 184 by Golfweek and 189 by Golf Stat … Selected as CU’s Freshman Athlete of the Year (for all sports) and was the Male Athlete of the Week on two occasions ... Earned an individual berth to the NCAA Regionals, where he turned in a 72-73-77—222 scorecard (+6) to tie for 40th in the Norman Regional (the 11th freshman under CU head coach Roy Edwards who played in the NCAA’s) ... The team leader in stroke average with a 70.91 mark, he also led the team in the fall (70.07) and spring (71.57) … He was the first freshman since Jeremy Paul in 2013-14 to lead the team and just the sixth overall to ever accomplish the rare feat … The figure was also seventh overall in the Pac-12, and first among all freshmen; he also led all league frosh in top 20 finishes (7), rounds in the 60’s (12), subpar rounds (20), rounds of par or better (23) and the “low” high score (77) ... One of two league frosh to lead his team in stroke norm (other: Jackson Rivera, USC, 71.70) ... His 70.91 average tied for 50th in the nation, 19th in Region C (-0.53 scirp tied for 17th), but was second in the region by a freshman ... He owned the fifth-best average by a freshman in Division I ... He shattered Paul’s CU frosh record of 72.51 he set that ’13-14 season ... The team leader in 20 categories that all also set freshmen records: season scoring average (70.91), stroke count in relation to par (-0.53), fall average (70.07), spring average (71.57), first round average (71.0), middle round average (71.1), final round average (70.6), top 20 finishes (7), tournaments under par (8), tournaments of par or better (9), rounds of par of better (23), subpar rounds (20), rounds in the 60’s (12), birdies (134) subpar hole percentage (22.5, 138 of 612), par or better hole percentage (82.0, 502 or 612), highest percentage of rounds being par or better (23 of 34, 67.6 percent, second-best overall in CU annals), jumbo percentage (.412), the fewest holes worse than bogey (14) and the “low” high score of 77 … Since being tracked starting in 2011-12, had the second best subpar and par or better percentages, behind only Yannik Paul’s numbers of 23.5 and 85.7 in ’17-18 ... Had just 14 holes (all double bogeys) worse than bogey out of 612 .... Of his 34 rounds, 31 were between 65 and 74 ... Of the 10 times he shot 73, 74 or 75 in the first two rounds, six times he came back to shave two strokes or more off in his next round ... His fall average of 70.07 for 15 rounds (five tournaments) set a CU record for the best average for the fall portion of a season by (old best was 70.43), also topping the previous freshman best by two strokes ... Best tournament effort in relation to par was a 9-under par (70-69-65—204) to close out the fall in Hawai’i’s Ka’anapali Classic (where he tied for 14th; the final round 65 is his best collegiate round). The 65 tied two others for the lowest score in a tournament by a CU freshman ... Also shot an 8-under 208 in CU’s Simpson Invitational; combined with subpar finishes in the first two meets (Air Force, New Mexico) made him the first player in CU history – freshman or any class member, to open his Buff career with two and then three subpar performances in major tournaments ... In the AFA Miranda, his 4-under 212 was the second-best performances in a first collegiate event by a Buff … The first true freshman to be designated at CU’s No. 1 player for a league meet since Paul in 2013-14 (and those are the only two since Knut Ekjord in 1995); he responded with his top finish of his career to date as he finished fifth in the Pac-12 Championships (73-74-69-67—283, -1); he was the second freshman ... Biwer was the only player in the 72-man field to close with scores in the 60s (which were at a premium the last two rounds with just seven in each); he won the last two rounds with a 6-under 136, three better than anyone else ... The fifth place effort was the best by a CU freshman in the Pac-12’s since CU joined the conference in 2011-12, and the third best overall behind a pair of runner-up finishes by Ross Macdonald and Jeremy Paul in 2018 ... It also was the third-best finish by a CU freshman in any conference tournament, behind a runner-up effort by Rick Cramer in the 1979 Big Eight Championships; Cramer had bested a third place showing by Steve Jones in ’78.
2020-21: He opted to delay enrollment for a year due to the COVID-19 pandemic (the now commonplace “gap” year).
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High School—As a senior, when he was named as one of the top 25 high school golfers in the San Diego Section, he tied for 26th in the CIF Championship (74, +3; he birdied five of his last 10 holes) … He tied for seventh in the sectional meet, helping Torrey to a fourth-straight title … As a junior, he earned first-team All-CIF San Diego Section honors, as he tied for seventh in the CIF Championship (140, -4) … His scoring differential of 0.16 was seventh-best in all of the San Diego Section (in lieu of stroke averages, they use a format involving course ratings and slope) … He helped Torrey Pines finish third as a team in regional play and then second in the 2018 state championship … He resumed playing competitive golf midway through his sophomore year (January 2018) after a four-year layoff when he concentrated on basketball and baseball.Â
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Other—2025: Played in the Colorado Open as an amateur, missing making the cut by one stroke after posting a 1-under 70-71-141 effort … Shot a 5-under 67 in an attempt to qualify for the Korn Ferry Tour Event at TPC Colorado (The Ascendant presented by Blue), but missed making the event by one stroke … Had an exemption into the U.S. Amateur at the Olympic Club in San Francisco but missed the cut for match play by three strokes (74-72—146, +6).  2024: Tied for seventh in the Patriot All-America (66-67-71—204, -6), four strokes out of the lead … Tied for ninth on May 9 in U.S. Open Qualifying at the Broadlands (Westminster, Colo.); shot a 3-under 69 and missed by a stroke … Attempted to qualify for the PGA Tour’s ISCO Championship in Kentucky; shot an even-par 72 but was four strokes shy of advancing, still a valiant effort … Tied for 49th in the Northeast Amateur Invitational in Providence, R.I. (Wannamoisett CC, 68-73-71-68—280, +4) … Missed the cut in the Southern Amateur in Lexington, Ky., by two shots (72-67—139, -1) … Tied for 94th (out of 156) in the Western Amateur with a 73-72—145 (+3) effort, missing the cut by four shots … Was the fifth alternate for the U.S. Amateur but was not called upon.  2023: Tied for 22nd in the Northeast Amateur in Rhode Island (71-69-67-70—277, +1) … Placed 51st in the Sunnehanna (Pa.) Amateur (71-67-68-76—282, +2).  2022: Won his first two matches before bowing out in the Round of 16 at the U.S. Amateur in Paramus, N.J. He advanced into match play after tying for 21st in stroke play with a 70-73—143 (+2) effort; he had qualified by finishing second in qualifying at Mission Viejo (Calif.) CC with a 71-66—137 (-5) effort, two back of the lead … Placed 27th but was the fourth low amateur in the California State Open (285, -3) … In the British Amateur (Lancashire, England), he shot 75-71—146 (+4) but missed advancing to match play by three shots; he tied for sixth among 15 Americans in the 288-man field … Shot a 7-over 79 in the Genesis Collegiate Showcase at Riviera Country Club in Los Angeles (placed 15th); played with two CU alums and PGA Tour pro Adam Schenk … Tied for 15th in the Saguaro Amateur (72-70-69—211, -5).  2021: Tied for second low amateur honors (16th overall) in the So Cal Open with a 71-65-73—209 (-6) effort at Indian Wells Resort (the 65 tied for the low score for the second round as well as for the third-best 18 holes overall over the three days) … Also tied for second in the Sizzler Amateur at Troon North in Scottsdale (67-68-76—211, -5), two out of the lead (he was the first round leader) … Finished fourth in the U.S. Amateur Qualifier at San Diego’s Bernardo Heights Country Club (71-69—140, -4); he earned the second alternate spot.  2020: Tied for 16th in the inaugural Silver State Amateur in Las Vegas (71-71-72—214, -2) … Tied for 62nd in the inaugural Tucker Amateur in Maricopa, Ariz. (76-73-69—218, +2). 2019: He had seven top five finishes in major amateur events, including earning co-medalist honors in the AJGA Preview in San Bernardino (142, -2) … In the Future Champions Golf (FCG) Western States Players Cup in Manifee, Calif., he recorded a 70-68-68—206 (-10) scorecard and finished second after losing in a playoff, and he also nabbed a runner-up finish in the Southern California PGA’s Toyota Tour Cup (140, -4) … Another top AJGA finish was a tie for sixth in the Open at The Oaks Club in Valencia (213, -3). 2018: Just seven months after he resumed playing competitive golf, he qualified for the IMG Junior World and tied for 21st with a 78-74-69-71—292 (+4) effort on Torrey Pines’ South Course; his 2-under total over the last three rounds was the sixth-best in the field.
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Best Career Round in Competition— 63 (-7, Sept. 17, 2024; first round, CSU Ram Masters Invitational at Fort Collins Country Club); 64 (-7, Nov. 2, 2024, first round Ka’anapali Classic Collegiate, Lahaina, Maui).Â
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Academics—He graduatd with a bachelor's degree in Business (Finance) in May 2025 … A three-time GCAA All-American Scholar, as a sophomore, junior and senior … A member of the Pac-12 Conference’s Spring Academic Honor Roll as a sophomore (’23) and junior (’24) and the Big 12’s as a senior (’25).
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Personal— He was born September 27, 2001 in Laguna Hills, Calif. … Hobbies include surfing, hiking, photography and going to concerts … His family relocated to Grand Rapids, Mich., in 2022. (last name is pronounced be-were).
Other—2025: Played in the Colorado Open as an amateur, missing making the cut by one stroke after posting a 1-under 70-71-141 effort … Shot a 5-under 67 in an attempt to qualify for the Korn Ferry Tour Event at TPC Colorado (The Ascendant presented by Blue), but missed making the event by one stroke … Had an exemption into the U.S. Amateur at the Olympic Club in San Francisco but missed the cut for match play by three strokes (74-72—146, +6).  2024: Tied for seventh in the Patriot All-America (66-67-71—204, -6), four strokes out of the lead … Tied for ninth on May 9 in U.S. Open Qualifying at the Broadlands (Westminster, Colo.); shot a 3-under 69 and missed by a stroke … Attempted to qualify for the PGA Tour’s ISCO Championship in Kentucky; shot an even-par 72 but was four strokes shy of advancing, still a valiant effort … Tied for 49th in the Northeast Amateur Invitational in Providence, R.I. (Wannamoisett CC, 68-73-71-68—280, +4) … Missed the cut in the Southern Amateur in Lexington, Ky., by two shots (72-67—139, -1) … Tied for 94th (out of 156) in the Western Amateur with a 73-72—145 (+3) effort, missing the cut by four shots … Was the fifth alternate for the U.S. Amateur but was not called upon.  2023: Tied for 22nd in the Northeast Amateur in Rhode Island (71-69-67-70—277, +1) … Placed 51st in the Sunnehanna (Pa.) Amateur (71-67-68-76—282, +2).  2022: Won his first two matches before bowing out in the Round of 16 at the U.S. Amateur in Paramus, N.J. He advanced into match play after tying for 21st in stroke play with a 70-73—143 (+2) effort; he had qualified by finishing second in qualifying at Mission Viejo (Calif.) CC with a 71-66—137 (-5) effort, two back of the lead … Placed 27th but was the fourth low amateur in the California State Open (285, -3) … In the British Amateur (Lancashire, England), he shot 75-71—146 (+4) but missed advancing to match play by three shots; he tied for sixth among 15 Americans in the 288-man field … Shot a 7-over 79 in the Genesis Collegiate Showcase at Riviera Country Club in Los Angeles (placed 15th); played with two CU alums and PGA Tour pro Adam Schenk … Tied for 15th in the Saguaro Amateur (72-70-69—211, -5).  2021: Tied for second low amateur honors (16th overall) in the So Cal Open with a 71-65-73—209 (-6) effort at Indian Wells Resort (the 65 tied for the low score for the second round as well as for the third-best 18 holes overall over the three days) … Also tied for second in the Sizzler Amateur at Troon North in Scottsdale (67-68-76—211, -5), two out of the lead (he was the first round leader) … Finished fourth in the U.S. Amateur Qualifier at San Diego’s Bernardo Heights Country Club (71-69—140, -4); he earned the second alternate spot.  2020: Tied for 16th in the inaugural Silver State Amateur in Las Vegas (71-71-72—214, -2) … Tied for 62nd in the inaugural Tucker Amateur in Maricopa, Ariz. (76-73-69—218, +2). 2019: He had seven top five finishes in major amateur events, including earning co-medalist honors in the AJGA Preview in San Bernardino (142, -2) … In the Future Champions Golf (FCG) Western States Players Cup in Manifee, Calif., he recorded a 70-68-68—206 (-10) scorecard and finished second after losing in a playoff, and he also nabbed a runner-up finish in the Southern California PGA’s Toyota Tour Cup (140, -4) … Another top AJGA finish was a tie for sixth in the Open at The Oaks Club in Valencia (213, -3). 2018: Just seven months after he resumed playing competitive golf, he qualified for the IMG Junior World and tied for 21st with a 78-74-69-71—292 (+4) effort on Torrey Pines’ South Course; his 2-under total over the last three rounds was the sixth-best in the field.
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Best Career Round in Competition— 63 (-7, Sept. 17, 2024; first round, CSU Ram Masters Invitational at Fort Collins Country Club); 64 (-7, Nov. 2, 2024, first round Ka’anapali Classic Collegiate, Lahaina, Maui).Â
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Academics—He graduatd with a bachelor's degree in Business (Finance) in May 2025 … A three-time GCAA All-American Scholar, as a sophomore, junior and senior … A member of the Pac-12 Conference’s Spring Academic Honor Roll as a sophomore (’23) and junior (’24) and the Big 12’s as a senior (’25).
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Personal— He was born September 27, 2001 in Laguna Hills, Calif. … Hobbies include surfing, hiking, photography and going to concerts … His family relocated to Grand Rapids, Mich., in 2022. (last name is pronounced be-were).
Academic Recognition Closing
Thursday, April 05
Petter Reistad, Scholar-Athlete
Thursday, April 05
Naghede Abu, Byron R. White Leadership & Initiative Award
Thursday, April 05
Nancy Best, Student-Athlete Achievement Award
Thursday, April 05