Wake Forest University
Genesis Invitational Collegiate Showcase
Brennan Wins Genesis Invitational Collegiate Showcase
2/14/2022 5:42:00 PM | Men's Golf
With the victory, the sophomore has qualified for the Genesis Invitational this weekend in Los Angeles, Calif.
LOS ANGELES, Calif. – Wake Forest sophomore men's golfer Michael Brennan won the Genesis Invitational Collegiate Showcase on Monday afternoon.
The sophomore from Leesburg,Va. shot a 66 (-5) to capture the title, extending his impressive run over the last four tournaments he has played in. With the victory, he has qualified for the final spot in this weekend's Genesis Invitational on the PGA Tour.
This marks the second time that a Demon Deacon has won the Genesis Invitational Collegiate Showcase. PGA Tour pro Will Zalatoris won the inaugural event in 2015. Additionally, Wake Forest is the first school to have multiple winners.
Brennan has been the top Demon Deacon on the leaderboard after 12 of 15 rounds so far this season while also having three top two finishes and a pair of individual victories. In 15 career events, he has finished inside of the top five seven times.
This season he has taken home a pair of individual titles, claiming the Old Town Club Collegiate Invitational title along with Fitzpatrick. He followed that up in the next tournament by winning at the Colonial Collegiate Invitational.
The win at historic Colonial Country Club marked the fourth time in Brennan's career he has captured an individual title putting him with names such as Will Zalatoris and Bill Andrade to have four titles to their name at Wake Forest. Only six Demon Deacons have more than four titles in their collegiate career: Bill Haas (10), Gary Hallberg (9), Curtis Strange (8), Lanny Wadkins (5), Jay Haas (5) and Cameron Young (5).
Wake Forest Golfers to Win Four Collegiate Events
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Bill Andrade
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Lee Bedford
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Bob Byman
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Billy Chapman
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Will Zalatoris
Additionally, it was the second time in his career Brennan has won back-to-back events after winning at Kiawah and Pinehurst as a freshman.
Brennan has a team-best 69.80 stroke average this season, which would rank second in program history. It trails just Bill Haas' historic 2004 Fred Haskins Award winning season where he had a stroke average of 68.93.
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