Beau Schoolcraft

Height:
5-9
Weight:
170
Class:
Senior
Hometown:
Englewood, Colo.
High School:
Kent Denver/UCLA

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College-2012-13 (Sr.): He played in seven tournaments, all six in the fall and one in the spring; he had a 74.40 stroke average for the year, his 73.88 mark fifth best on the team in the fall; his 72.83 final round average was Colorado’s second best. He had three top 20 performances, headed by a tie for 13th in the New Mexico Tucker Invitational, where after an opening 77 he bounced back with rounds of 72 and 71 for a 220 total (+4). He tied for 20th in CU’s Mark Simpson Invitational, turning in a 72-73-69-214 (-2) effort in defending the title he had won as a junior. He was also fifth in the Ballyneal Challenge, an individual tournament that saw CU compete with Air Force. For the fall national rankings, he tied for 28th in fairways hit (77.0 percent) and 45th in greens hit in regulation (70.6 percent). In his only spring event, he tied for 106th in the Hawai’i-Hilo Amer Ari Invitational (232, +16).

2011-12 (Jr.): He played in all 11 tournaments in finishing with a 73.47 stroke average, second on the team. He had the best middle round scoring figure of 72.25, with his fall 68.75 also the team’s high mark. He led CU with five rounds in the 60s, was second on the team in birdies with 97 (his 43 in the fall were a team best) and his 11 holes worse than a bogey (out of 612) were a team low. He owned a 72.67 stroke average for the fall, with that number the 15th best average for a fall season in school history (though third on the team). He entered the season without competing in a college tournament for nearly two years, but made a statement in his return by winning CU’s Mark Simpson Invitational. Playing as an individual, he recorded a 66-66-73-205 scorecard, tying for medalist honors; his 36-hole total of 132 as well as his 11-under par 205 effort both tied school records for a par-72 course. His top spring effort was a tie for third in the Wyoming Cowboy Classic, in which he stood at 131 after two rounds (-9; 64-67) before he closed with an even-par 70 for a 201 score, a CU all-time best on a par-70 track. His other top effort came at the Bandon Dunes Championship, where he recorded a 75-73-72-220 scorecard (+7) which tied him for 15th. He played in his second league tournament, now the Pac-12 Championships as opposed to the Pacific-10 when he was a freshman; he shaved 27 strokes off that score with a 301 (+13) total that tied him for 47th. Also in the fall, he was 1-1 in Colorado Cup matches against Colorado State.

2010-11: He redshirted after transferring to CU from UCLA during the summer; he actively participated in team qualifying events throughout the year.

At UCLA (2008-09/2009-10; Fr./Soph)-He saw action in just two fall tournaments as a sophomore, with a 78.0 stroke average; but was a near regular as a true freshman when he made eight starts and played 24 rounds. That year, his top efforts were 23rd place ties at the Bill Cullum Invitational (73-75-76-224; +8) and at the CordeValle Classic (72-73-75-220; +6). He had two rounds under par as a frosh, a 70 (-1) at the USC Invitational and a 71 (-1) at the Match Play Championship.

High School-A two-sport, seven-time letterwinner at Kent Denver, earning three varsity letters as a center in hockey for Coach Dave Labette and four letters in golf for Coach Bob Austin. In golf, he led the Sun Devils to a pair of state championships and won the individual state title as a senior. He posted a 69-68-137 (-5) scorecard in winning the state championship at the Broadlands Golf Club. A four-time All-Metro League and two-time All-State selection as well as the 2008 Colorado Player of the Year his senior year. As a senior, he averaged a school-record 69.3 strokes per round. In hockey, he scored 13 goals with 12 assists in 13 games as a senior when he earned All-State honors. He also played lacrosse in high school.

Other-2011: He tied for 31st in the Southwestern Amateur (El Paso, Texas), with a 73-70-70-78-291 (+3) scorecard. Tied for 49th in the Rice Planters Amateur (Mt. Pleasant, S.C.) with a 79-70-71-73-293 (+5) effort. 2010: He cruised to medalist honors in the U.S. Amateur Sectional Qualifying at the Broadmoor Golf Club’s West Course, turning in a 73-65-138 (-2) scorecard to win by seven shots. In the stroke play qualifier for the event at Chambers Bay/University Place, Wash., he shot 80-75-155 (+13), tying for 155th in the 312-man field (he missed the cut by six strokes). He played in the Colorado Open, but was 4-over after 36 and missed the cut by four strokes. He tied for 83rd in the Trans-Mississippi Championship at Denver Country Club (73-79-78-230; +20). 2007: He recorded three top 15 results in major junior events: he tied for sixth at the Fidelity Investments Junior Championship (66-73-76-215); he tied for 10th at the OSSO Junior at Oak Tree (72-75-147) and tied for 11th at the Las Vegas Founders Junior Championship (70-69-72-211).

Best Career Round In Competition-63 (-9; July 2007, U.S. Junior Amateur Qualifying, Mira Vista GC, Aurora, Colo.)

Academics-He is majoring in Political Science at Colorado.

Personal-He was born July 18, 1990 in Denver. His hobbies include ice hockey, fishing, skiing and snowboarding. Younger brother, Mike, is a freshman on the golf team at the University of Oklahoma.

	Overall					Spring			Fall
Season	Rd	Strokes	Avg.	Lo	Hi	Rd	Strk	Avg	Rd	Strk	Avg.
2008-09 (at UCLA)	24	1848	77.00	70	87	15	1161	77.40	9	687	76.33
2009-10 (at UCLA)	6	468	78.00	73	81	--	--	--	6	468	78.00
2011-12	34	2498	73.47	64	78	22	1626	73.91	12	872	72.67
2012-13	20	1488	74.40	69	79	3	232	77.33	17	1256	73.88
Totals (Colorado)	54	3986	73.81	64	79	25	1858	74.32	29	2128	73.38
Totals (Overall)	84	6302	75.02	64	87	40	3019	75.48	44	3283	74.81

Rounds Toward Team Scoring: 45 of 64 (70.3%; 38 of 46 at Colorado; 20 played as an individual, 8 at Colorado).
Stroke Count In Relation To Par (+287/+3.42): +132/+5.50 (2008-09); +36/+6.00 (2009-10); +68/+2.00 (2011-12); +51/+2.55 (2012-13)
Finishes-Wins: 1 Top 5: 2 Top 10: 3 Top 20: 6

Fall 2008
*Cal-Poly Invitational	85-82-76--243	+30	t38th
*Bill Cullum Invitational	72-73-75--220	+4	t23rd
UCLA Collegiate at CordeValle	73-75-76--224	+8	t23rd

Spring 2009
*USC Invitational	78-70-75--223	+10	t44th
Southern Highlands Invitational	76-72-76--224	+8	t29th
Match Play Championships	81-71--152	+8	t36th
U.S. International	74-79-81--234	+24	t87th
Pacific-10 Championships	87-80-81-80--328	+40	t59th

Fall 2009
*The Prestige at PGA West	81-78-81--240	+24	t75th
UCLA Collegiate at CordeValle	74-73-81--228	+12	t28th

Fall 2011
*CU-Simpson Invitational	66-66-73--205	-11	t1st
*AFA Miranda Invitational	73-70-76--219	+3	t33rd
UNM Tucker Invitational	76-75-76--227	+11	t41st
Alister Mackenzie Invitational	77-68-76--221	+8	t68th

Spring 2012
Hawai'i-Hilo Ari Invitational	78-73-75--226	+10	t89th
Wyoming Desert Intercollegiate	78-76-74--228	+12	t83rd
Bandon Dunes Championship	75-73-72--220	+7	t15th
Oregon Duck Invitational	75-76-76--227	+11	t50th
U.S. Intercollegiate	72-73-78--223	+13	t46th
Wyoming Cowboy Classic	64-67-70--201	-9	t3rd
Pac-12 Championship	74-76-74-77--301	+13	t47th

Fall 2012
*Ballyneal Challenge	77-71--148	+6	t5th
AFA Miranda Invitational	71-78-74--223	+7	t41st
CU-Simpson Invitational	72-73-69--214	-2	t20th
UNM Tucker Invitational	77-72-71--220	+4	t13th
Pac-12 Fall Preview	75-77-75--227	+11	t48th
Alister Mackenzie Invitational	71-74-77--222	+9	t61st

Spring 2013
Hawai'i-Hilo Ari Invitational	79-79-74--232	+16	t106th