Johnny Widmer

Height:
6-0
Weight:
180
Class:
Freshman
Hometown:
George Town, Cayman Islands
High School:
Bradenton, Fla. Prep

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College?This Season (Jr.): He saw action in one fall tournament, CU’s own Mark Simpson Invitational; he turned his career best performance as far as stroke count in relation to par as well as his best finish in a major tournament with a 70-75-71?216 performance, the even-par effort tying him for 18th.

2010-11 (Soph.): He played in seven tournaments on the season, competing in two as an individual.? He owned a stroke average of 76.55 for 20 rounds, with a 75.71 figure for opening round action.? His top finish was a tie for seventh in the Front Range Individual (a 36-hole affair with one round at Eisenhower Blue and the other at Colorado National GC), as he turned in a 73-78?151 scorecard.? He opened the spring with his best collegiate round to date, a 3-under 69 in the first round of the Hawai’i-Hilo Invitational; he went on to shoot a 2-over 218 and tie for 59th, recording his best tourney in relation to par for the year.? He participated in two fall meets, tying for 61st in the Air Force Miranda Invitational (227, +11), and tying for 42nd in CU’s Simpson invite (225, +9), playing in the latter as an individual.? He also played in the Colorado Cup versus Colorado State, dropping both matches in close fashion.?

2009-10 (Soph.-RS): Redshirted; he practiced with the team when he could while dealing with his mother’s valiant fight against cancer; he spent much of his time dealing with the situation, traveling to and from school on numerous occasions (she battled for almost two years before succumbing in the summer of? 2011).

2008-09 (Fr.): He saw action in seven tournaments, six in the spring when he earned his way as a regular on the travel squad.? He owned a stroke average of 76.23 for the year (76.00 in the spring), with one subpar and one even-par round in his 22 on the season, though had just three rounds in the 80s (with no 79s, but four 77s and five 78s).? His top finish was a tie for 20th in the Oregon Duck Invitational (222, +6).? He played some of his best golf for the final two rounds of the Big 12 Championship: he closed with rounds of 73 and 72 on the tough Prairie Dunes Golf Club layout, or just five over par; he tied for 34th and helped CU to a second place finish as a team.? That was the fifth best finish by a CU freshman in the Big 12’s since the league’s inception in 1997.? He saw action in one fall tournament, making his debut on one of the hardest courses on the college circuit in the Northwestern Windon Memorial.? He tied for 73rd with a 74-81-78?233 (+20) scorecard on the tough North Shore Country Club course.

High School?He played internationally for the Cayman Islands Men’s Team while attending the Pendleton School in Bradenton, where he was coached by Shane Reiser of the IMG Academies.

Other?2008: He finished 12th in the Junior Orange Bowl, posting a 72-71-70-70?283 (+3) scorecard.? 2007: He finished eighth in the 2007 Golfweek Invitational in Orlando (at the New Course at Grand Cypress), recording a 7-under 68-69?137 scorecard.?? The top 100 junior golfers in the magazine’s rankings were the only ones invited to participate in the tournament, which took place four days after his 18th birthday.? Other Years: He has an impressive list of amateur accomplishments, which include Caribbean Junior Championships medalist honors in both 2002 and 2006.? He had numerous Future Collegians World Tour (FCWT) top 20 finishes, including wins in the 2005 Clearwater (70-73?143) and South Florida Junior (73-69?142) tournaments and ninth place showings in the 2005 Grand Cypress Junior and both the 2006 and 2007 Doral Silver events.? He tied for 16th in the 2005 Boys’ National Championship (73-73-73?219).? He had one win and one runner-up finish in the Optimist International Championship in West Palm Beach (2003, 2006), and fared well in the few American Junior Golf Association (AJGA) events he played, including second in the 2006 First American meet.? He was the Cayman Islands Men’s Champion in 2004, 2005 and 2006, and was a six-time member of the Cayman Islands Men’s Team (2002-04-05-06-07-08).? He was the Caribbean Amateur Champion last summer and helped the Western Islands win the Caribbean Cup, a Ryder’s Cup style format.?

Best Career Round In Competition?65 (Summer 2006, CIGA Men’s Championship, The Links at Safehaven GC, George Town, Grand Cayman).

Academics?He is majoring in Sociology at Colorado.? He was awarded CU’s Clancy A. Herbst, Jr., Award for the 2010-11 academic year for overcoming personal, academic or emotional difficulties to succeed both academically and athletically.

Personal?He was born October 23, 1989 in the Cayman Islands.? Hobbies include fishing (a one-time tournament champion), painting and working out, and he has volunteered at Children’s Hospital.? First name is actually Jonathon, but he goes by Johnny with an “h.”

	Overall					Spring			Fall
Season	Rd	Strokes	Avg.	Lo	Hi	Rd	Strk	Avg	Rd	Strk	Avg.
2008-09	22	1677	76.23	70	85	19	1444	76.00	3	233	77.67
2010-11	20	1531	76.55	69	85	14	1079	77.07	6	452	75.33
2011-12	3	216	72.00	70	75	--	--	--	3	216	72.00
Totals	45	3424	76.09	69	85	33	2523	76.42	12	901	75.08

Rounds Toward Team Scoring: 23 of 34 (67.6%; 11 played as an individual).
Stroke Count In Relation To Par (+207/+4.60): +110/+5.00 (2008-09); +97/+4.85 (2010-11); 0/0.00 (2011-12).
Finishes?Wins: 0? Top 5: 0? Top 10: 1? Top 20: 3

Fall 2008

Northwestern Windon Memorial

74-81-78?233

+20

t73rd

Spring 2009

Hawai’i-Hilo Invitational	70-73-85?228	+12	t56th
Oregon Duck Invitational	73-75-74?222	+6	t20th
Western Intercollegiate	77-78-78?233	+23	t58th
*CU-Stevinson Ranch Invitational	77-78-77?232	+16	t63rd
Big 12 Championships	78-81-73-72?304	+24	t34th
NCAA West Regional	76-77-72?225	+9	t70th

Fall 2010

AFA Falcon Invitational	74-77-76?227	+11	t61st
*CU-Simpson Invitational	77-74-74?225	+9	t42nd

Spring 2011

Hawai'i-Hilo Invitational	69-75-74?218	+2	t59th
Battle At The Beach	83-78-85?246	+36	82nd
*Front Range Individual	73-78?151	+7	t7th
Oregon Duck Invitational	79-77-77?233	+17	t72nd
Barona Collegiate Cup	75-78-78?231	+15	t59th