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Wingate University Athletics

2018-19 Men's Golf Roster

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Philip Coles

  • Class Senior
  • Hometown Rossdorf, Germany

Biography


2018-19 (SENIOR)

  • Team’s leading scorer at SAC championships with a three-round total of 222
  • Third on team with his 74.8 strokes per round average
  • Started senior season by tying for sixth at the Griffin Invitational with a 219
  • In the spring, tied for eighth at Wingate’s Hargett Memorial with a 220
  • Twenty-five of 26 rounds in the 70s
  • Srixon/Cleveland Golf All-America Scholar as named by the GCAA
  • South Atlantic Conference Commissioner’s Honor Roll student-athlete
  • A marketing major (entrepreneurship minor) with a 3.320 GPA

2017-18 (JUNIOR)

  • Appeared in nine of 10 events during his junior season
  • Posted a 75.4 stroke average in 23 rounds
  • Recorded four top-20 finishes on the season
  • Had five rounds of par or better
  • Finished at 13th the Richard Rendelman Invitational thanks to a final-round 69
  • Shot 76, 72 to finish 17th at the Hargett Memorial
  • A final round 70 helped him finish 25th at the Bearcat Golf Classic
  • Finished 11th at the Tennessee River Rumble Intercollegiate with rounds of 76 and 75
  • Second-round 72 helped him finish 13th at the SAC Championship

2016-17 (SOPHOMORE)

  • Posted a 75.9 stroke average as a sophomore
  • Finished 18th at the McDonough Cup with rounds of 74, 70 and 76
  • Shot two rounds of 70 (McDonough Cup and Bercat Golf Classic)
  • Finished 15th at the Tennessee River Rumble with a one-over par round of 73
  • Final-round 70 led him to a 25th-place finish at the Bearcat Classic
  • One of three Bulldogs to appear in every event
  • SAC Commissioner’s Honor Roll student

2015-16 (FRESHMAN)

  • Compiled a 76.3 stroke average in his freshman season
  • Finished 41st at the Hargett Memorial
  • Posted two rounds of 71 on the season (Hargett Memorial, Tennessee River Rumble)
  • Finished third at the River Rumble with rounds of 71 and 76
  • Tied for eighth at the Etowah Challenge with his round of 75   

PRIOR TO WINGATE
  • Was the U-16 German vice champion
  • Played three years for a first division team (Frankfurt) - vice German champion in 2014
  • Career-low round is an eight-under par 63 

PERSONAL
  • Born March 29, 1995 in Frankfurt, Germany
  • Son of Nigel and Doris Coles
  • Majoring in marketing

Historical Player Information

  • 2015-16Freshman

  • 2016-17Sophomore

  • 2017-18Junior

  • 2018-19Senior