2022-23 Men's Golf Roster
Jack Holland
- Height:
- 6-1
- Weight:
- 160
- Class:
- Sophomore
- Hometown:
- Hampton, Australia
- High School:
- Haileybury College
- Major:
- Chemical Engineering
2024-25 (Sr.): (Sr.): Final national ranking (Scoreboard/Clippd) was 473rd … CU’s nominee for the Big 12 Scholar-Athlete of the Year (3.72 GPA/Chemical Engineering graduate) ... He was the designated substitute alternate for both the NCAA Northwest Regionals and Championship Finals, but was never activated … Played in six tournaments (three as a scorer) with a stroke average of 71.72 (all but one round between 69 and 74); that worked to the 14th-best season mark in CU history ... He tied the school best score for nine holes – 30 – on the back nine during the first round of the ASU Papago Individual (after opening with a 4-over 40) to finish with a 1-under 70; he shot a 4-over 217 and tied for 11th, his highest finish of the season ... Tied for 28th in CU’s Simpson (212, -4), where he was consistent with nine birdies, a career-best 40 pars and just five bogeys ... Best spring efforts were a pair of 29th place ties with subpar scores in Wyoming’s Desert Intercollegiate (214, -2) and San Diego’s Lamkin Invite (215, -1) ... Low round of 69 thrice on the year ... Within the Simpson, he had his career-best run of 26 straight holes of par or better (last 11 holes in the first round, first 15 in the second) ... Has been steady for the most part, with 262 of 324 holes of par or better (80.9 percent).
2023-24 (Jr.): Saw action in eight tournaments, three as a scorer, in averaging 73.43 strokes per his 23 rounds (sixth on the team) … Spring average was 72.73 for 11 rounds (fifth) … Of those 23 rounds, 14 were 74 or better (with two 75’s) … Playing as an individual, he won the Battle at the Dance in Windsor with a 12-under 67-65—132, his first collegiate win … His nine-stroke win was the largest margin of victory by a Buffalo in a tournament, besting teammate Robby Keilch … He was sharp throughout, with 14 birdies, 20 pars and only two bogeys … The 12-under 132 also was the second-best by a Buff for stroke relation to par for 36 holes on a par-72 course … His next best effort was a tie for 12th in the Southern Colorado Masters (219, +6) in incredibly bad weather conditions … Saw action in four fall tournaments, including one he played as an individual … Best fall performance was a tie for 26th in CU’s Mark Simpson Invitational (74-70-72—216, E) … Finished 30th in the Fallen Oak Invitational (221, +5), his next best fall effort … Had seven rounds (of 9) count toward the team score when he was a designated scorer (all in the fall) … With 77 birdies and two eagles in 414 holes, his 18.9 subpar hole percentage was third-best on the team.
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2022-23 (Soph.): Played in 10 of CU’s 11 stroke tournaments, all seven in the spring, nine overall as a scorer for the team and three individually … Owned a 73.27 stroke average for 37 rounds (71.93 in the fall, 74.18 in the spring) ... Placed 150th in the NCAA Finals (76-79-79—234, +24), but was a pivotal contributor to help the Buffs get there with arguably his best effort of the season, tying for 16th in the NCAA Central Regional (73-71-67—211, -5). It was his best spring performance with the 67 his low spring round … Tied for 43rd in the Pac-12’s (287, +7), with his first round 68 his spring season low round); he was the No. 6 man for the Buffs and all four of his rounds counted toward the CU team score ... Opened and closed the fall with a pair of 13th-place tie finishes (his best two for the season), in Air Force’s Miranda Individual (217, +1) and in Hawai’i’s Ka’anapali Classic Collegiate (68-74-64—206, -7); he was a designated scorer in the latter ... The final round 64 in Hawai’i tied six others for the second-best single round in CU history (the 7-under tied the sixth-best in relation to par). It was the best round by a Buffalo in five years and his nine birdies in that round were the most by a Buff in a single round for the season ... The 206 was the sixth-best by a Buff for a 54-hole event on a par-71 course ... Had only 18 holes worse than bogey out of 666 (17 doubles and a triple) ... Had one run of 23 straight holes of par or better during the fall, tied for third-best on the team; included in that streak was a team-high 17 pars for a single round (in CU’s Simpson Invitational; his 39 pars in the event was tied for the team-high this year) ... Best rounds have come on a tourney’s last day (averaging 72.8 strokes; had a 73.3 average for the first and a 74.1 norm for middle rounds).
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2021-22 (Fr.): Played in nine tournaments, four as an individual; he was a designated scorer in the first event of the season, the Air Force Miranda Invitational, where he was the No. 1 player after qualifying. He struggled a bit in that meet (237, +21), but bounced back a week later to tie for 14th in CSU’s Ram Masters Invitational (228, +18; his highest finish of the year) … Had his best effort of the fall in CU’s own Simpson Invitational, where he tied for 38th with a 3-under 213 scorecard; a second round 67 was his top single round score for the fall season … He matched that 67 gross score (though 3-under) in the first round of Stanford’s The Goodwin, where he followed with a 69 and then a 70 for a 4-under 206 score that tied him for 23rd. That was his top spring effort, both in best score and highest finish and tied for the eighth-best by a Buff on a par-70 course for a 54-hole event … One of two players who had a lower stroke average in the spring (75.33) than the fall (75.83) … Had 15 pars in a round twice, in the first round of the Wyoming Desert Intercollegiate and in The Goodwin … Was 2-1 in dual play CU’s 6-3 match win over Nevada … Owned a 75.56 stroke average for 27 rounds; his best average came in middle rounds (74.56).
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High School—Team captain his final two years at Haileybury, where he earned the Golf Medal and honors, the latter on two occasions as a junior and senior … In 2019, he captured both the Associated Public Schools/AGSV State Championship (69, -3) and the Independent (Victorian) Schools state final, defending his title in the latter in winning by five strokes … In 2018, he claimed the Independent Schools state final (2-under par; won in a playoff) … Also earned honors in field hockey.
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Other—2024: Tied for ninth in the NT Men’s Amateur in Darwin, Australia (74-66-74-71—285, -3) … Tied for 81st in the Australian Master of the Amateurs (73-77-75—225, +9).  2023: Tied for 32nd in the Australian Master of the Amateurs (73-73-71-75—292, +4).  2022: Tied for second in the Adidas Golf Junior 6s Tour Liverpool (74-70-68—212, -4); the 68 was the low score in the final round … Placed 51st in the Portsea Open Amateur (79-77). 2021: Won the Junior Players Series (-4, two stroke victory), a televised tournament where amateurs played with professionals … Also won the adidas Junior 6s Tour Metropolitan in a playoff (71; -1, winning 2 up in the “knockout” finale in treacherous conditions that included rain and gusting winds) … 2020: Tied for third in the Victorian Junior Open (74-74-73-69—290, +4); he was four out of the lead … 2019: He placed fifth in the Victorian Boys Championship and tied for seventh in the Victorian Junior Open … Member of the Victorian Men’s Pennant Division 1 champion team. 2018: Claimed the Rossdale Open Amateur.Â
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Best Career Round In Competition—64 (-7, Oct. 30, 2022, Hawaii Ka’anapali Classic, Maui); 65 (-7, December 2019; Victorian Junior Open at the 13th Beach Golf Links in Barwon Heads, Victoria.Â
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Academics—He graduated with a bachelor’s degree in Chemical Engineering in May 2025 … He was selected as the Male Student-Athlete of the Month for December 2021 by the Herbst Academic Center staff … Earned High Distinction honors as a junior and senior at Haileybury (after earning Distinction Honors as a freshman and sophomore) … A two-time CSC Academic All-District team member as a junior and senior … A two-time GCAA All-American scholar as a sophomore and senior (3.72 final cumulative GPA) … 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).
Personal—He was born November 29, 2002 in Melbourne, Australia … Nickname is “Dutchy” … His hobbies include surfing, reading, running, exercise and hiking … Hampton is a coastal suburb of Melbourne in the state of Victoria in southeast Australia.
