Jason Burstyn

Height:
6-0
Weight:
170
Class:
Senior
Hometown:
Miami, Fla.
High School:
Palmetto

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College-Career Notes: He finished his career playing the 12th most rounds in school history (134), with his 74.24 stroke average the 15th best (11th for those with 100 or more rounds). Just under 85 percent of his round counted toward team scoring (99 of 117; 17 played as an individual), and his 11 top 20 finishes tied for the 20th most in CU annals.

2012-13 (Sr.): He led the team in several categories, including stroke average overall (73.12, the 12th best in CU history for as single season) and the fall (71.65 (fourth best ever). He also tied for the team lead in top five finishes with three, and led the team in top 10 efforts (five) and top 20 finishes (five); he topped the team in rounds in the 60s (eight), subpar rounds (15) and tied for second in rounds counting toward team scoring (33 of 39, 84.6 percent). He was CU’s top performer in seven of 14 tournaments. He led the team in eagles (8, which finished as third most in the nation), pars (445) and percentage of holes par or better (76.6 percent). His best effort of the spring was a tie for third in the Bandon Dunes Championship, where his 72-71-71-214 (-2) performance led the Buffs to the team win, one of the most impressive spring victories in school history (the Buffs became the first school to finish under par in the four years of the meet). He also tied for 10th in the wind-marred Wyoming Cowboy Classic (76-67-143). He tied for 66th at the Pac-12 Championships (Los Angeles CC North) and for 47th at the NCAA Central Regional. He enjoyed quite a fall, winning his first two tournaments of his collegiate career in claiming the individual Ballyneal Challenge (4-under 138) and then winning the Air Force Falcon Invitational (9-under 207, opening and closing with rounds of 68 with a 71 in-between). He also tied for seventh in the New Mexico Tucker (+1, 217) and led the team with nine subpar rounds, five in the 60s. All 17 of his rounds were between 68 and 76, and with 252 out of 306 holes played scoring par or better (four eagles, 50 birdies, 197 pars), that 82.4 percent figure was a team best. Nationally, his first round scoring average (69.5) was fourth.

2011-12 (Jr.): He played in all 11 tournaments and enjoyed a breakout season, posting a career season best 73.79 stroke average, good for fourth on the team, as were his 82 birdies; his 383 pars out of 612 overall played and nine subpar rounds were both second most on the squad. He owned a 73.27 opening round average, second best on the Buffs, a number skewed by one bad round (82) at the New Mexico Tucker, otherwise it was 72.40 for the other 10 meets, which would have been the team high. He posted CU’s top individual finish in the Pac-12 Championships, finishing 26th with a 77-72-71-72-292 (+4) scorecard. After opening with a 5-over 77 and bogeying his first two holes of the second round, he played his last 52 holes at 3-under par and went on to lead the team with 47 pars, 16th most in the field, and tied for the second most birdies (11) and fewest bogeys (13). The 292 score was the third best ever posted by a Buff in a 72-hole conference championship. His spring stroke norm was 73.82, third best by a Buffalo, as 21 of the 22 rounds for the semester fell between 67 and 78. He tied for 17th in the Wyoming Cowboy Classic, his top placing for the spring, with a 69-72-67-208 scorecard (-2). He played in all four fall events, averaging 73.75 strokes per the 12 rounds and topped by a ninth-place tie in CU’s own Mark Simpson Invitational to open the year (70-73-70-213; -3). That was his best overall performance in the fall, though he did log two rounds in the 60s to open tournaments, a 3-under 69 at the AFA Miranda and a 4-under 67 at the Alister Mackenzie. He dropped both matches in the Colorado Cup, a Ryder Cup-style dual against Colorado State. In the fall, he led the team in fairways hit (78.0 percent) with his 72.0 first round scoring average was the third best on the team.

2010-11 (Soph.): He finished third on the team in scoring average (74.77), with his 74.67 spring average second best. He played 30 total rounds, including eight as an individual as 18 of his other 22 counted toward team scoring. He had the best second round scoring average on the team at 74.30, with all but two rounds between 71 and 75; he averaged 75.0 for the first and final round. His top finish was a runner-up effort in the Front Range Individual (71-71-142 at AFA’s Eisenhower Blue), which was just prior to his best showing in a major tournament when he tied for 13th at the Bandon Dunes Championship (76-71-74-221). After playing in just two fall events, he appeared in eight of the nine in the spring, when he opened with his best round for the year, a 1-under 69 in the Battle at the Beach; his 218 total (+8) led the team. He ranked 45th nationally in fairways hit percentage for the season (75.7 percent), and was 79th in the nation in the fall with a par-5 scoring average of 4.67. His final Golfweek national individual ranking was No. 470, second best on the team.

2009-10 (Fr.-RS): He saw action in 10 tournaments, five in the spring and five fall, including three as an individual in the latter. He owned a 75.9 stroke average for the season, sixth-best on the team, with his 74.88 spring figure the fourth-best. He earned his way on to the travel squad for the season opener, where he tied for 90th in the New Mexico Tucker Invitational (235, +19). He tied for 81st without his rounds counting toward CU’s team score in Air Force Falcon Invitational, highlighted by a second round 71, and tied for 86th in UCLA’s Collegiate at CordeValle, where he did count for the team. His best fall finish was his best season effort, a tie for fourth in the Colorado State Individual (71-78-149). In the spring, he had three top 40 showings, topped by a tie for 30th in the Big 12 Championships (73-70-79-75-297, +9), where he had a team-high 11 birdies and finished sixth among the 15 freshmen competing. He also tied for 36th at the Oregon Duck Invitational (223, +7) and for 38th at the Texas A&M Aggie Invitational (221, +5), his best 54-hole tournament of the year in stroke count in relation to par.

2008-09 (Fr.): Redshirted; did not see any tournament competition but competed in all team practices.

High School-He prepped at the city’s Palmetto High School, lettering three times under coach Mike Klekotka, and was selected to the 2005, 2006 and 2007 Miami Herald All-Dade County golf teams in the talent rich area. Owned an even par high school scoring average (36.0 for nine holes). He was the school’s No. 1 golfer his sophomore through senior years. He was the district champion as a junior, the regional runner-up as a sophomore, and was inducted into the Palmetto Senior High Hall of Fame as a senior, when he was the Westminster champion.

Other-2012: He tied for 29th overall but was the second low amateur in the Colorado Open, turning in a 71-71-68-71-281 (-3) performance. He tied for 12th overall and was the low amateur in the MLGT Golf Tour’s second “Major” of the season at PGA National in West Palm Beach, Fla. (71-68-139; -5). He won the qualifying round for the 2012 Florida Amateur with a career-best 63. 2011: Tied for 31st in the Florida Amateur (72-74-74-75-295, +11). 2010: Finished fourth in local U.S. Amateur Qualifying in Plantation, Fla. (66-75-141); he was the second alternate out of the region for the national event. 2008: Finished third in the FCWT (Future Collegians World Tour) Boys Invitational at TPC Sawgrass, recording a 78-71-149 scorecard. He tied for 11th in the FCWT Doral Classic (69-72-81-222, +9); he was one shot out of the lead after recording one of just two rounds in 60s the first day of the tournament. 2007: He had four top 20 finishes in FWCT competition, the top one a runner-up effort at the Innisbrook Open (74-70-72-216). He also tied for ninth in the Inverrary Classic (74-75-149), tied for 16th in the TPC Sawgrass as well as in the Boys’ National Championship at the PGA National Colf Club (Champions course). He also had a fourth place finish at the 2007 AJGA Midwest Players Championship (-4 at Hawthorne Woods). Other Years: He posted an eighth place finish at the 2006 AJGA Fidelity Investments Junior at Trump National, and tied for 43rd in the Boys’ National Championship (72 made the cut out of the 156-man field), one of higher finishes by a high school sophomore. He had a fifth-place performance (-3) at the 2005 Press Thornton Future Masters and a seventh place showing (70-71-75-216; E) at the 2005 FCWT Boys’ 13-15 National Championship. The latter was one of three top 10 and five top 20 efforts the 2004-05 FCWT season; his top finish was fifth in the Doral Silver.

Best Career Round In Competition-63 (-9; Florida Amateur Qualifier, May 2010, Lago Mar CC, Plantation, Fla.)

Academics-He graduated with a degree in Business Management in May 2013.

Personal-He was born October 29, 1989 in Miami, Fla. Hobbies include playing basketball.

	Overall					Spring			Fall
Season	Rd	Strokes	Avg.	Lo	Hi	Rd	Strk	Avg.	Rd	Strk	Avg.
2009-10	29	2198	75.79	70	82	16	1198	74.88	13	1000	76.92
2010-11	30	2243	74.27	69	79	24	1792	74.67	6	451	75.17
2011-12	34	2509	73.79	67	82	22	1624	73.82	12	885	73.75
2012-13	41	2998	73.12	67	80	24	1780	74.17	17	1218	71.65
Totals	134	9948	74.24	67	82	86	6394	74.35	48	3554	74.04

Rounds Toward Team Scoring: 99 of 117 (84.6%; 17 played as an individual).
Stroke Count In Relation To Par (+373/+2.78): +113/+3.90 (2009-10); +109/+3.63 (2010-11); +79/+2.32 (2011-12); +72/+1.76 (20012-13).
Finishes- Wins: 2 Top 5: 5 Top 10: 8 Top 20: 11

Fall 2009
UNM Tucker Invitational	77-76-82-235	+19	t90th
*AFA Falcon Invitational	79-71-80-230	+14	t81st
*Colorado State Individual	71-78-149	+5	t4th
*Colorado Mines/Regis Invitational	76-75-151	+7	t21st
UCLA Collegiate at CordeValle	75-79-81-235	+ 19	t86th

Spring 2010
Battle at the Beach	74-76-75-225	+12	t67th
Oregon Duck Invitational	74-74-75-223	+7	t36th
Barona Collegiate Cup	78-77-77-232	+16	t73rd
Texas A&M Aggie Invitational	75-72-74-221	+5	t38th
Big 12 Championships	73-70-79-75-297	+9	t30th

Fall 2010
*CU-Simpson Invitational	76-72-73-221	+5	t27th
*UNM Tucker Invitational	78-74-78-230	+14	t50th

Spring 2011
Battle At The Beach	69-74-75-218	+8	29th
*Front Range Individual	71-71-142	-2	2nd
Bandon Dunes Championship	76-71-74-221	+5	t13th
Oregon Duck Invitational	77-75-77-229	+13	t57th
Barona Collegiate Cup	78-75-76-229	+13	t49th
Wyoming Cowboy Classic	76-74-70-220	+10	t57th
Western Intercollegiate	72-71-78-221	+11	t39th
Big 12 Championships	77-79-78-78-312	+32	t54th

Fall 2011
CU-Simpson Invitational	70-73-70-213	-3	t9th
AFA Miranda Invitational	69-73-78-220	+4	t35th
UNM Tucker Invitational	82-79-74-235	+19	t74th
Alister Mackenzie Invitational	67-73-77-217	+4	t52nd

Spring 2012
Hawai'i-Hilo Ari Invitational	71-74-81-226	+10	t89th
Wyoming Desert Intercollegiate	77-74-71-222	+6	t52nd
Bandon Dunes Championship	73-75-77-225	+12	t41st
Oregon Duck Invitational	76-76-76-228	+12	t54th
U.S. Intercollegiate	75-78-70-223	+13	t46th
Wyoming Cowboy Classic	69-72-67-208	-2	t17th
Pac-12 Championship	77-72-71-72-292	+4	26th

Fall 2012
*Ballyneal Challenge	68-70-138	-4	1st
AFA Miranda Invitational	68-71-68-207	-9	1st
CU-Simpson Invitational	75-71-76-222	+6	t52nd
UNM Tucker Invitational	68-73-76-217	+1	t7th
Pac-12 Fall Preview	70-73-75-218	+2	t26th
Alister Mackenzie Invitational	68-74-74-216	+3	t41st

Spring 2013
Hawai'i-Hilo Ari Invitational	73-67-78-218	+2	t49th
The Prestige at PGA West	71-77-71-219	+6	t27th
Bandon Dunes Championship	72-71-71-214	-2	t3rd
UCI Anteater Invitational	76-80-71-227	+11	t21st
Stanford U.S. Intercollegiate	68-74-72-214	+4	t34th
Wyoming Cowboy Classic	76-67-143	+3	t10th
Pac-12 Championship	78-77-79-79-313	+33	t66th
NCAA Central Regional	74-80-78-232	+16	t47th