2019-20 Men's Golf Roster
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Walker Kesterson
- Height:
- 6-2
- Weight:
- 160
- Class:
- Senior
- Hometown:
- Hartsburg, Mo.
- High School:
- Southern Boone HS
Bio
2018-19 (Jr.): Was one of two Golden Eagles to play in all 12 tournaments during the year … Led the team in stroke average at 73.30, posting the team’s lowest round of the year at 65 in the second round of the Sam Hall Intercollegiate … Enjoyed two Top 5 finishes, which included winning the La Tour Collegiate Challenge with a low round of 69 in the single-round event … Finished tied for fourth in the Sam Hall Intercollegiate (74, 65, 71) with a 210 total … Won the Missouri Amateur Championship over the summer … Named a Srixon/Cleveland Golf All-America Scholar … Earned a spot on the C-USA All-Academic team … Collected a C-USA Academic Medal and was a member of the league’s Commissioner Honor Roll.
2017-18 (So.): Appeared in nine events and registered a team-low 74.41 stroke average over 27 rounds of play … Posted low round of 68 at the Jim Rivers Collegiate (9/18) … Tallied seven rounds of par of lower … Enjoyed best finish with a seventh-place tie at the Steelwood Intercollegiate (10/28-29) with a 54-hole total of 217 (71-73-73) … Added a 13th-place tie in the Jim Rivers Collegiate with a 216 (73-68-75) … Made the President’s List during the Fall semester and the Dean’s List in the Spring … Earned a C-USA Academic Medal and was a member of the league’s Commissioner’s Honor Roll.
2016-17 (Fr.): Played in seven tournament for 21 rounds ... Posted a 75.52 stroke average ... Enjoyed one top-five finish and three top-25 finishes ... Carded low round of 69 in the opening round Sam Hall Intercollegiate (9/12/16) … Provided career 36-hole (140) and 54-hole (210) scores in the Sam Hall Intercollegiate ending with a fifth-place finish … Placed tied for 13th in the Memphis Intercollegiate (9/26-27) with a nine-over 225 (76-74-75) …Made the President’s List for both the Fall and Spring semesters … Earned a C-USA Academic Medal and was a member of the league’s Commissioner’s Honor Roll.
Prep: A four-year letterwinner at Southern Boone High School, where he was a four-time all-conference, all-district, all-sectional and all-state selection … Three-time sectional champion … Was a state runner-up and second runner-up in his prep career … No. 1 overall junior golfer in the state of Missouri by Junior Golf Scoreboard and Golfweek and the No. 170 ranked player nationally for the 2016 class... Boone High School and has lettered three times...has earned three All-State honors... His state finishes include 11th as a freshman, 2nd as a sophomore and 3rd as a junior... Holds the three school records which includes lowest 9-hole score at 32 (tied), lowest 18-hole score at 68 and lowest season averages 37.3... Received the AJGA HP Scholastic Honorable Mention ... Tied for 3rd in the 2014 AJGA Lockton/Samsung Kansas City Junior, tied for 2nd at the 2014 AJGA Bass Pro Shops/Payne Stewart Junior Championship, finished tied for 10th in the 2015 AJGA Junior at Old Silo, and is the 2014 and 2015 Eagle Knoll Golf Club Champion ... Finished 16th in the Big I National Championship... Invited to the 2015 AJGA Footjoy Invitational.
Personal: Son of Jim and Ellen Kesterson … Majoring in political science, with a minor in management.
Low Round: 65, Sam Hall Intercollegiate, 9/17/18
Low 36: 139, Sam Hall Intercollegiate, 9/17/18
Low 54: 210, 2x, last a Sam Hall Intercollegiate, 9/17-18/18
Best Finish: 1st, La Tour Collegiate Challenge, 2/2/19
Par or Better: 21 rounds
In the 60’s: 6 rounds
2017-18 (So.): Appeared in nine events and registered a team-low 74.41 stroke average over 27 rounds of play … Posted low round of 68 at the Jim Rivers Collegiate (9/18) … Tallied seven rounds of par of lower … Enjoyed best finish with a seventh-place tie at the Steelwood Intercollegiate (10/28-29) with a 54-hole total of 217 (71-73-73) … Added a 13th-place tie in the Jim Rivers Collegiate with a 216 (73-68-75) … Made the President’s List during the Fall semester and the Dean’s List in the Spring … Earned a C-USA Academic Medal and was a member of the league’s Commissioner’s Honor Roll.
2016-17 (Fr.): Played in seven tournament for 21 rounds ... Posted a 75.52 stroke average ... Enjoyed one top-five finish and three top-25 finishes ... Carded low round of 69 in the opening round Sam Hall Intercollegiate (9/12/16) … Provided career 36-hole (140) and 54-hole (210) scores in the Sam Hall Intercollegiate ending with a fifth-place finish … Placed tied for 13th in the Memphis Intercollegiate (9/26-27) with a nine-over 225 (76-74-75) …Made the President’s List for both the Fall and Spring semesters … Earned a C-USA Academic Medal and was a member of the league’s Commissioner’s Honor Roll.
Prep: A four-year letterwinner at Southern Boone High School, where he was a four-time all-conference, all-district, all-sectional and all-state selection … Three-time sectional champion … Was a state runner-up and second runner-up in his prep career … No. 1 overall junior golfer in the state of Missouri by Junior Golf Scoreboard and Golfweek and the No. 170 ranked player nationally for the 2016 class... Boone High School and has lettered three times...has earned three All-State honors... His state finishes include 11th as a freshman, 2nd as a sophomore and 3rd as a junior... Holds the three school records which includes lowest 9-hole score at 32 (tied), lowest 18-hole score at 68 and lowest season averages 37.3... Received the AJGA HP Scholastic Honorable Mention ... Tied for 3rd in the 2014 AJGA Lockton/Samsung Kansas City Junior, tied for 2nd at the 2014 AJGA Bass Pro Shops/Payne Stewart Junior Championship, finished tied for 10th in the 2015 AJGA Junior at Old Silo, and is the 2014 and 2015 Eagle Knoll Golf Club Champion ... Finished 16th in the Big I National Championship... Invited to the 2015 AJGA Footjoy Invitational.
Personal: Son of Jim and Ellen Kesterson … Majoring in political science, with a minor in management.
| Season | Tournaments | Rounds | Score |
| 2016-17 | 7 | 21 | 75.52 |
| 2017-18 | 9 | 27 | 74.41 |
| 2018-19 | 12 | 30 | 73.30 |
| Career | 28 | 78 | 74.28 |
Low Round: 65, Sam Hall Intercollegiate, 9/17/18
Low 36: 139, Sam Hall Intercollegiate, 9/17/18
Low 54: 210, 2x, last a Sam Hall Intercollegiate, 9/17-18/18
Best Finish: 1st, La Tour Collegiate Challenge, 2/2/19
Par or Better: 21 rounds
In the 60’s: 6 rounds
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