2016-17 Men's Golf Roster
Andrew Whalen
- Height:
- 6-2
- Weight:
- 180
- Class:
- Redshirt Senior
- Hometown:
- Ephrata, Wash.
- High School:
- Ephrata Senior
Andrew Whalen Bio and Career Results
2016-17: Notched a top-three scoring average in his fifth-year senior season ... Finished his college career with a strong 1-under 71 in the final round of the NCAA Regionals at Baton Rouge ... Recorded a top-25 finish overall ... Finished in a season-best ninth-place tie at the Boilermaker Invitational after firing off a 72 and 71 in the final two rounds ... Shot an even 70 in the final round of the Big Ten Championships ... Carded a 220 (76-72-72) at the Redhawk Invitational ... Went under par in the first two rounds of the Desert Mountain Intercollegiate and registered a top-25 finish with a 2-over 218 ... Utilized a middle-round 69 at the Puerto Rico Classic ... Finished with a 2-under 214 (70-69-75) at the Bridgestone Golf Collegiate ... Shot a 2-under 68 in the middle round of the Marquette Intercollegiate and finished in 10th place (+1) ... Started the Windon Memorial with a 2-under 70.
2015-16: Started his third year playing for the Wildcats strong, notching three top-10 finishes out of his first five stroke play tournaments ... Among those strong finishes were a pair of tournaments in which he shot par or better in every round ... Finished in a sixth-place tie after shooting a 3-under 213 (71-70-72) at the Bridgestone Golf Collegiate in the fall ... Carded a 4-under 212 (72-70-70) at the Puerto Rico Classic and finished in ninth place ... Went 2-1 in Big Ten Match Play, including a 5-and-4 victory over Purdue’s Fernando Barco ... Competed in NCAA Regionals and the Big Ten Championships for the Wildcats ... Shot a 1-under 71 in the middle round ofthe Boilermaker Invitational ... Went under par in the middle round of The Goodwin with a 69 ... After an opening round 75 at the Southwestern Jones Invitational, rebounded to shoot 71 and 70 en route to an even 216 and a 13th-place tie ... Opened the Windon Memorial with a 69-67 and finished 2-under and in ninth place ... Middle-round 67 is his career-low mark ... Overall notched 12 rounds of par or better.
2014-15: Did not see action while taking a redshirt year.
2013-14: After playing in three of Northwestern’s five fall tournaments as an individual while working on his swing, launched himself toward the top of the NU team lineup in the spring ... Competed in six tournaments in the spring as a member of the team’s counting score ... Finished the year ranked second for the Wildcats in full-season stroke average at 74.13, carding nine rounds at par or better ... Best finish of the fall came via a 22nd-place performance at the Wildcats’ own Windon Memorial Classic where he opened with a fall-season-best 1-under 71 ... Also played in the Erin Hills Intercollegiate and the Rod Myers Invitational as an individual ... Began the spring by going 2-1 at the Big Ten Match Play Championship, defeating Andrew Havill of Indiana in the quarterfinal and Fernando Barco of Purdue in the semifinal ... Opened with a 1-under 71 en route to a 22nd-place finish at the Puerto Rico Classic ... Had a season-best 13th-place result to lead NU at the Kepler Intercollegiate ... Briefly flirted with the individual lead at the Robert Kepler Intercollegiate after an opening round even-par 71 and a second-round 2-under 69 ... Opened with a 2-under 70 at the Boilermaker Invitational, eventually placing 26th overall ... Challenged for the lead early at the Big Ten Championships with an opening 2-over 74 and an even-par 72 before ending up 24th overall ... Opened the NCAA San Antonio Regional with an even-par 72.
2012-13: Competed in nine of Northwestern’s 11 stroke play tournaments as a member of the team lineup while also competing at the Big Ten Match Play Championship ... Opened his college career with a 2-under 69 during the first round of the Inverness Intercollegiate, nearly winning the tournament before two late double bogeys left him in third place, one shot off the pace at 3-over 216 ... His third-place finish helped Northwestern win the team title at Inverness ... After going 1-1 at the Big Ten Match Play Championship to start the spring season, finished 12th at the Fresno State Lexus Golf Classic with a 4-under 212 ... Opened that event with a 1-over 73 before carding a 71 in the second round and a closing collegiate-best 4-under 68 in the final round ... Finished 12th at the Northwestern Spring Invitational for his third top-20 of the season to help NU take the team title at the event.
Amateur Career: In the summer of 2014, shot a final-round 3-under 67 at the Pacific Coast Amateur Championship to earn a top-25 finish.
Junior Career: Named the Washington State Golf Association Junior Boys Player of the Year in 2011 ... At the time of his NLI signing, ranked as the American Junior Golf Association (AJGA) No. 71 overall recruit and No. 31 in the class of 2012 ... Advanced to the Round of 16 at the 2012 Pacific Northwest Men’s Amateur Championship ... Semifinalist of the 2011 Pacific Northwest Junior Boys Amateur ... Represented Washington at the 2011 Junior America’s Cup ... Finished 16th at the 2011 Junior PGA Championship ... Quarterfinalist at the 2011 U.S. Junior, losing to eventual champion Jordan Spieth ... In AJGA Open competition, finished fifth at the 2010 Junior at Wenatchee, fifth at the 2010 Nebraska Junior at Quarry Oaks, sixth at the 2011 Las Vegas Junior Open and 10th at the 2011 Junior at Diablo Grande ... Central Washington Athletic Conference (CWAC) Men’s Player of the Year in 2009, 2010 and 2011 ... CWAC All-League first team in 2009, 2010 and 2011 ... National Honor Society member ... 2010 and 2011 AJGA HP Scholastic Honor Roll list.
Personal: Born Andrew Joseph Whalen ... Son of Joe and Patti ... Last name is pronounced whale-IN ... Major is communication studies.
