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Wingate University Athletics

2020-21 Men's Golf Roster

John Hackney
Hugh Patton
John Hackney
John Hackney
Hugh Patton
John Hackney
John Hackney

Nicolas Brown

  • Class Senior
  • Hometown Wendell, N.C.

Biography


2020-21 (SENIOR)

  • Srixon/Cleveland Golf All-America Scholar, as named by the GCAA
  • Played in four-of-five events as a senior with his 75.08 average
  • Season-best round of 70 at the Tennessee River Rumble (round two)
  • Finished the River Rumble with a 54-hole total of 223
  • Posted back-to-back 72s in the Space Coast Collegiate Championships (SCCC)
  • Recorded a SCCC 54-hole scorecard of 222 to tie for 18th place
  • Opened his senior season with a first-round 72 in the Hargett Memorial
  • Received a B.S. degree in management at Wingate’s May commencement exercises

2019-20 (JUNIOR)

  • Honorable mention All-South Atlantic Conference choice
  • Participated in six-of-six events for the Bulldogs
  • Posted a 72.83 average on the season
  • Finished third in the Griffin Invitational with his scorecard of 65-77-69=211
  • His first-round 65 is a senior college school record for low 18 holes
  • Earned a fifth-place showing at the Hargett Memorial with his 74-70-71=215
  • Wingate won the 2020 Hargett Memorial by 30 strokes over second-place Erskine

2018-19 (SOPHOMORE)

  • Played in 26 of 26 rounds as a Bulldog newcomer
  • In first WU tourney, tied for eighth at Griffin Invitational with a 220
  • One-under-par 70 (third round) at same event was his best of the season
  • Posted a three-over-par 216 at the Division II Preview
  • Best spring finish was a tie for eighth at the Hargett Memorial
  • Shot 220 (73-73-74) at the Hargett Memorial event

PRIOR TO WINGATE
  • Was a team MVP and two-time all-conference golfer in high school
  • Member of the Tar Heel Cup Team
  • Won the 2017 Roy Jones Junior
  • Runner-up at the 2017 Coastal Plains Junior Amateur 
  • Career-low round of 64 at Tobacco Road 
  • Transfer from N.C. State

PERSONAL
  • Born June 17, 1999 in Greenville, N.C.
  • Son of Kim and Scott Brown
  • Majoring in management 

Historical Player Information

  • 2018-19Sophomore

  • 2019-20Junior

  • 2020-21Senior