Colorado University Athletics
2020-21 Men's Golf Roster
Christopher Bornhorst
- Height:
- 6-4
- Weight:
- 180
- Class:
- Senior
- Hometown:
- West Newton, Mass.
- High School:
- Buckingham, Brown & Nichols/Babson College
College—Graduate (2020-21): He enrolled at Colorado for graduate school, and joined the team as a walk-on in September 2020. He competed individually in one event, the Southern Colorado Masters, where he tied for 22nd in the 54-man field with a 73-73-74—220 scorecard; he had 11 birdies and 28 pars overall.
At Babson College (2016-20): A team captain as a junior and senior, he was named the “Athlete of the Class of 2020” for all sports at Babson … Helped the Beavers jump from outside the top 50 in the Division III national rankings as a freshman to 14th his senior year … He earned third-team All-America honors as a senior (the 26th-ranked individual overall), which followed his earning honorable mention All-America honors his junior year … He was a four-time GCAA/PING All-Region selection, the first player in school history to be selected all four seasons (Mid-Atlantic for 2019 and 2020; Northeast Region in 2017 and 2018) … Selected as the Capital Athletic Conference’s Player of the Week on four occasions … A three-time NEIGA All-New England performer (2016, 2017, 2019) … As a freshman, he led Babson to the NEIGA Division III title, carding a 4-over 148 and claiming medalist honors on the first playoff hole … He would earn NECC Rookie of the Year honors for that 2016 season, and was the NECC Player of the Year for both 2016 and 2017, earning first-team All-NECC honors both years … Overall, he recorded four career victories and in his final event, finished tied for runner-up honors at the Atlantic Invitational in Juniper, Fla. (74-69—143, -1) … He set the school record for career stroke average with a 73.97 figure for 71 rounds (most of Babson’s tournaments were 36-hole affairs) … His stroke average as a senior was a career-best 72.07; he opened with a 75.39 mark as a freshman for 18 rounds, and followed with a 73.40 average as a sophomore and a 74.63 norm as a junior.
High School—A two-year team captain at Buckingham, Brown & Nichols High School in Cambridge, Mass. (considered one of the top academic independent high schools in the United States) … He made the varsity team in 8th grade, and went on to letter five seasons … The Knights won two ISL conference titles during his prep career, and as a senior, he claimed medalist honors in the ISL meet (called Kingman Tournament) … He earned the “Senior Coaches Award” presented by BB&N’s athletic department’s coaching staff.
Other—2020: Tied for 13th in the Gobbler Amateur (70-71-72—213, E) … One of six players to qualify for Match Play in the Massachusetts State Amateur Match Play competition for three consecutive years (2018, 2019, 2020); he lost to the eventual champion last summer after earning the No. 29 seed in stroke play qualifying. 2016: Tied for eighth in the FCWT at Hollywood Beach.
Best Career Round In Competition— 67 (-5; Royal Lakes-Oglethorpe Invitational, Royal Lakes Golf & Country Club, Flowery Branch, Ga., October 7, 2019); 67 (-4) Tim Brown Invitational, Ballston Spa Country Club, April 22, 2018).
Academics—He earned his master’s degree in Real Estate from Colorado in May 2021 … He graduated from Babson College with a bachelor’s degree in Real Estate in May 2020, owning a cumulative 3.33 grade point average and a four-time member of the Dean’s List … Earned GCAA Division III Srixon/Cleveland Golf All-America Scholar honors as a senior, when he also garnered Capital Athletic Conference Academic All-Conference accolades.
Personal— He was born May 6, 1998 in Boston, Mass. … His hobbies include playing basketball, poker, cycling (he once biked across the United States from San Diego to the Georgia Coast in 43 days) … Being a Massachusetts native, he is huge New England Patriots and Boston Celtics fan, along with the Maine Red Claws (an NBA G League team) … He is interested in real estate development after his golfing days, and has worked in the business in the past for a summer job.
At Babson College (2016-20): A team captain as a junior and senior, he was named the “Athlete of the Class of 2020” for all sports at Babson … Helped the Beavers jump from outside the top 50 in the Division III national rankings as a freshman to 14th his senior year … He earned third-team All-America honors as a senior (the 26th-ranked individual overall), which followed his earning honorable mention All-America honors his junior year … He was a four-time GCAA/PING All-Region selection, the first player in school history to be selected all four seasons (Mid-Atlantic for 2019 and 2020; Northeast Region in 2017 and 2018) … Selected as the Capital Athletic Conference’s Player of the Week on four occasions … A three-time NEIGA All-New England performer (2016, 2017, 2019) … As a freshman, he led Babson to the NEIGA Division III title, carding a 4-over 148 and claiming medalist honors on the first playoff hole … He would earn NECC Rookie of the Year honors for that 2016 season, and was the NECC Player of the Year for both 2016 and 2017, earning first-team All-NECC honors both years … Overall, he recorded four career victories and in his final event, finished tied for runner-up honors at the Atlantic Invitational in Juniper, Fla. (74-69—143, -1) … He set the school record for career stroke average with a 73.97 figure for 71 rounds (most of Babson’s tournaments were 36-hole affairs) … His stroke average as a senior was a career-best 72.07; he opened with a 75.39 mark as a freshman for 18 rounds, and followed with a 73.40 average as a sophomore and a 74.63 norm as a junior.
High School—A two-year team captain at Buckingham, Brown & Nichols High School in Cambridge, Mass. (considered one of the top academic independent high schools in the United States) … He made the varsity team in 8th grade, and went on to letter five seasons … The Knights won two ISL conference titles during his prep career, and as a senior, he claimed medalist honors in the ISL meet (called Kingman Tournament) … He earned the “Senior Coaches Award” presented by BB&N’s athletic department’s coaching staff.
Other—2020: Tied for 13th in the Gobbler Amateur (70-71-72—213, E) … One of six players to qualify for Match Play in the Massachusetts State Amateur Match Play competition for three consecutive years (2018, 2019, 2020); he lost to the eventual champion last summer after earning the No. 29 seed in stroke play qualifying. 2016: Tied for eighth in the FCWT at Hollywood Beach.
Best Career Round In Competition— 67 (-5; Royal Lakes-Oglethorpe Invitational, Royal Lakes Golf & Country Club, Flowery Branch, Ga., October 7, 2019); 67 (-4) Tim Brown Invitational, Ballston Spa Country Club, April 22, 2018).
Academics—He earned his master’s degree in Real Estate from Colorado in May 2021 … He graduated from Babson College with a bachelor’s degree in Real Estate in May 2020, owning a cumulative 3.33 grade point average and a four-time member of the Dean’s List … Earned GCAA Division III Srixon/Cleveland Golf All-America Scholar honors as a senior, when he also garnered Capital Athletic Conference Academic All-Conference accolades.
Personal— He was born May 6, 1998 in Boston, Mass. … His hobbies include playing basketball, poker, cycling (he once biked across the United States from San Diego to the Georgia Coast in 43 days) … Being a Massachusetts native, he is huge New England Patriots and Boston Celtics fan, along with the Maine Red Claws (an NBA G League team) … He is interested in real estate development after his golfing days, and has worked in the business in the past for a summer job.
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