Kraig McLeod

Height:
5-11
Weight:
165
Class:
Freshman
Hometown:
Pebble Beach, Calif.
High School:
Carmel

Note—He informed the coaching staff in the spring that he would not be returning to the team for his sophomore season, and thus was eliminated for consideration for the travel squad the remainder of the year.

2013-14 (Fr.-RS): He saw action in two tournaments, one all and one spring. In his collegiate debut, he finished 17th in CU’s Mark Simpson Invitational; after struggling in his first round (82), he bounced right back with a 70 then closed with a 71 for a 7-over 223 score; the 12-stroke improvement from the first to second rounds was the most ever between rounds in a debut tournament by a freshman in CU history. In his only spring action, he tied for 100th in the Wyoming Desert Intercollegiate (228, +12). He did not play enough to earn a letter.

2012-13 (Fr.): One of three true freshmen on the team, he wound up redshirting for the season, but did practice and participate in all qualifying events for the team.

High School--He was a four-time, first-team All-Mission Trail League performer who was also selected as the league’s most valuable player his freshman and senior seasons (and was a three-time team MVP). As a senior, he tied for first in the Northern California Boys’ Championship (state qualifier), carding a 4-under 68 (five birdies, one bogey) and then tied for 12th in the California state meet at San Gabriel Country Club (2-over 73). He averaged just over 35 strokes per nine holes as a senior (after averaging 36 as a junior, 37 as a sophomore and 35 as a freshman). He was 32nd in the Northern California Boys’ Championship as freshman (4-over 76) but then improved to a 20th place showing in the state meet (5-over 77), helping Carmel to a sixth place finish.

Other--2013: He shot a 69 in U.S. Open Local Qualifying to advance to Sectionals in Seattle. Though he tied for 121st and missed the cut in the Southwest Amateur (85-74-159), his 11-shot improvement between rounds tied for the fifth-best in the 145-man field. 2011: He posted a pair of top 10 finishes on the California state amateur circuit: he claimed fifth in the Palo Alto City Amateur (72-69-141) and seventh in the Salinas Valley Amateur (73-69-142). 2010: He was the runner-up in the FCWT Coyote Creek Open in San Jose (73-68-141), and in his final AJGA event, the Midwest Junior Players Championship, he took fourth with a 71-69-72-212 scorecard. 2009: He won two amateur meets, the NGGA Pajaro Valley Classic Fall Championship (69-73-142) and the AJGA Mexican Golf Federation Junior Open (73-72-71-216). 2008: One of his first top amateur results came as a 15-year old when he recorded three straight 70s (210; -6) to win the AJGA Junior All-Star in Lubbock, Texas.

Best Career Round In Competition--68 (-4; on three occasions; 2010 FCWT Coyote Creek Open in San Jose, Calif.; 2010 AJGA Virginia Event; 2012 California state qualifier at Butte Creek)

Academics--He was undecided on his major at Colorado. An honor roll member all four years in high school.

Personal--He was born July 4, 1993 in Kirkland, Wash. His hobbies include skateboard and snowboarding. Father (Kraig) played college tennis at the University of Puget Sound, and an older sister, Lauren, was a tennis player at UC-Santa Barbara.

	Overall					Spring			Fall
Season	Rd	Strokes	Avg.	Lo	Hi	Rd	Strk	Avg	Rd	Strk	Avg.
2013-14	6	451	75.17	70	82	3	228	76.00	3	223	74.33

Rounds Toward Team Scoring: 0 of 0 (0.0%; 3 played as an individual).
Stroke Count In Relation To Par (+19/+3.17): +19/+3.17 (2013-14).
Finishes-Wins: 0 Top 5: 0 Top 10: 0 Top 20: 1