Player: Jackson Buchanan

FRESHMAN - 2021-22
• Competed in 32 rounds over 12 events, including a spot in the Illini's scoring lineup in each of the last seven tournaments of the regular season, plus the Big Ten Championship and NCAA New Haven Regional
• Played as an individual at the OFCC/Fighting Illini Invitational (Sept. 17-19) and took first in an individual event, the Milikin Country Club Classic (Oct. 3-4), before breaking into the team's scoring lineup over the final seven events of the season.
• Ranks fifth on the team with a stroke average of 72.84
• Posted 13 rounds on the season with scores of par or better
• Recorded back-to-back top-10 finishes with a tie for fourth at the Boilermaker Invitational (April 9-10) and a tie for eighth at the Robert Kepler Intercollegiate (April 23-24), closing each tournament by matching his career-low 54-hole score of 212 Initially set March 18-19 at the National Invitational Tournament
• At the Big Ten Championship, tied for 33rd and made birdie on 18 in Round 3 to help the Illini secure the one-stroke victory
Buchanan's 2021-22 Results
Date Event Score Finish
Sept. 17-19 OFCC/Fighting Illini Invitational ^ 74-78-76 = 228 (+18) T73
Oct. 3-4 Milikin Country Club Classic ^ 70-64 = 134 (-8) 1
Oct. 17-19 Isleworth Collegiate Invitational 79-73-72 = 224 (+8) T41
Feb. 14-15 Mobile Bay Intercollegiate 73-74-70 = 217 (+1) T28
Feb. 27-March 1 Southern Highlands Collegiate 77-82-75 = 234 (+18) 83
March 18-19 National Invitational Tournament 71-73-68 = 212 (-4) T23
April 2-3 Augusta Haskins Award Invitational 72-74-71 = 217 (+1) T25
April 9-10 Boilermaker Invitational 73-70-69 = 212 (-1) T4
April 23-24 Robert Kepler Intercollegiate 69-68-75 = 212 (-4) T8
April 29-May 1 Big Ten Championship 75-73-79 = 227 (+11) T33
May 16-18 NCAA New Haven Regional 69-74-71 = 214 (+4) T37
Season Totals
Rounds Strokes Average Low Round Low 54-Hole Score
32 2,331 72.84 64 (-7) 212 (-4)
^ - Competed as an individual and did not count toward team score
HIGH SCHOOL/JUNIOR
• Ranked 47th nationally and fourth in the state of Georgia in the Rolex AJGA rankings
• Earned four varsity letters for golf at Buford High School
• Selected as an All-State performer all four seasons
• Two-time Gwinnett Daily Post Boys Golfer of the Year
• Won the 2020 AJGA Stewart Cink Championship and finished third at the 2020 Georgia State Golf Association Junior Championship
• Posted a 4-0 mark in the Georgia-South CArolina Junior Challenge match-play event to help Georgia to a 9-7 victory
• Graduated with honors and was a member of the Spanish National Honor Society
PERSONAL
• Full name is Jackson Tyler Buchanan
• Son of John and Sherri Buchanan
• Born Feb. 19, 2002 in South Bend, Indiana
• Has an older sister, Kylie, and a younger sister, Lindsay
• Father played baseball at Mercer University
• Plans to major in Operations Management