2021-22 Men's Golf Roster
Brennan, Michael
Michael Brennan
- Weight:
- null
- Class:
- Sophomore
- Hometown:
- Leesburg,Va.
- High School:
- Tuscarora High School
- Deals:
Bio
Career Accolades
Brennan took home his seventh individual title at the Highlands Invitational in the fall after completing the tournament at 12-under-par…After a 5-hole playoff, Brennan captured his second ACC Individual Championship, only the fifth time in ACC history that someone has gone back-to-back with Wake Forest golfers accomplishing the feat three of those times…Brennan is tied with Curtis Strange in holding eight individual titles as a Demon Deacon, the third highest total in program history…Ranked fourth in Wake Forest history in career scoring leaders, with a career-stroke average of 71.46 over 134 rounds, players ranked above him include Will Zalatoris, Bill Haas and Alex Fitzpatrick… Five top-10 finishes during his senior season…Carded a season low round of 65 at the Louisiana Classics…
2022-23 Season (Junior)
Named a GCAA All-America Scholar for the second consecutive year...Placed on the PING All-East Region and All-ACC Teams...Placed on the preseason Fred Haskins Award Watch List, given to the best player in collegiate golf…Qualified for the U.S. Open, making his second start at a PGA Tour event and his first appearance in a major championship…Became the 23rd Wake Forest player to win the ACC, marking the first individual title for a Wake Forest player since Webb Simpson in 2008, winning in a three-hole playoff. He joined some elite company including future major champion winners Arnold Palmer, Lanny Watkins, Curtis Strange and Simpson…Claimed his fifth individual title at the Southwestern Invitational in January, winning by one stroke over an elite field…Had a team-best 71.00 stroke average, leading the team for the second-straight year…Provided a point in the Semifinal of the ACC Championship, helping the Demon Deacons reach the Final for the second-straight season…Claimed six top-10 finishes and four top-five finishes during the season…Posted his low round of the season in the opening round of the Wake Forest Invitational at Pinehurst No. 2, turning in a 64 (-6).
2021-22 Season (Sophomore)
Earned the 100th All-America honor in program history, being named a GCAA Second Team All-American...Placed on the PING All-East Region and All-ACC Teams...Named to the Arnold Palmer Cup Team in April as he is set to represent Team USA this summer...Placed on both the Fred Haskins Award and Ben Hogan Award Watch Lists, given to the best player in collegiate golf...Made his PGA Tour debut at the Genesis Invitational at Riviera Country Club after winning the Genesis Collegiate Showcase earlier in the week...Captured individual victories in back-to-back events during the fall season at the Old Town Club Collegiate Invitational and the Colonial Collegiate, the second time in his career he had back-to-back tournament wins...One of just 12 Demon Deacons to have four or more tournament wins in his career...Had a team-best 70.30 stroke average, ranking fifth in program history...Provided points in both the Semifinal and Final in the Demon Deacons ACC Championship run while also tying for third during the stroke play portion of the tournament...Finished tied for fourth at the New Haven NCAA Regional, carding a three-day-score of 7-under-par...Was the top Demon Deacon on the leaderboard after 19 of 33 rounds...Round of 62 (-8) in the opening round of the Old Town Club Collegiate Invitational is the second-lowest score in program history and tied the sixth lowest score relative to par in program history.
2020-21 Season (Freshman)
Second on the team with a 71.74 stroke average...PING All-East Region...Named to the All-ACC Team...Became the first freshman to record back-to-back wins, taking home the title at the Kiawah Invitational and the Wake Forest Invite at No. 2...recorded two other top five finishes and three more top 25 finishes...named to the All-ACC First Team
Background
Finished T11 in stroke play at the 2020 US Amateur...Won the Middle Atlantic Amateur in 2017/2018/2019...Virginia State Amateur 2019 Champion...2020 Maridoe Junior Invitational Champion...T3 at the Junior Invitational at Sage Valley...Scott Robertson Memorial Champion 2019...Highest WAGR ranking - 172
- Tied for third in Wake Forest history with eight individual titles. The only Deacs with more wins are Bill Haas (10), Gary Hallberg (9) and Curtis Strange (8).
- Holds a career-stroke average of 71.46 ending his senior season, ranking fourth in program history. The only three players with better career stroke averages are Will Zalatoris (70.44), Bill Haas (70.87) and Alex Fitzpatrick (70.94).
- 2024 PING All-American honors
- 2024 All-ACC
- 2024 PING All Region
- 2024 ACC All Academic Team
- 2023 GCAA All-America Scholar
- 2023 PING All-East Region
- 2023 All-ACC
- 2022 GCAA All-America Scholar
- 2022 GCAA Second Team All-American
- 2022 Golfweek Second Team All-American
- 2022 PING All-East Region
- 2022 All-ACC
- 2022 Arnold Palmer Cup Team USA Member
- 2022 Fred Haskins Award Watch List
- 2022 Ben Hogan Award Watch List
- 2022 Genesis Collegiate Showcase Champion
- 2021 Colonial Collegiate Medalist
- 2021 Old Town Club Collegiate Invitational Medalist
- 2021 PING All-East Region
- 2021 All-ACC
- 2021 Kiawah Invitational Medalist
- 2021 Wake Forest Invitational at Pinehurst No. 2 Medalist
Brennan took home his seventh individual title at the Highlands Invitational in the fall after completing the tournament at 12-under-par…After a 5-hole playoff, Brennan captured his second ACC Individual Championship, only the fifth time in ACC history that someone has gone back-to-back with Wake Forest golfers accomplishing the feat three of those times…Brennan is tied with Curtis Strange in holding eight individual titles as a Demon Deacon, the third highest total in program history…Ranked fourth in Wake Forest history in career scoring leaders, with a career-stroke average of 71.46 over 134 rounds, players ranked above him include Will Zalatoris, Bill Haas and Alex Fitzpatrick… Five top-10 finishes during his senior season…Carded a season low round of 65 at the Louisiana Classics…
2022-23 Season (Junior)
Named a GCAA All-America Scholar for the second consecutive year...Placed on the PING All-East Region and All-ACC Teams...Placed on the preseason Fred Haskins Award Watch List, given to the best player in collegiate golf…Qualified for the U.S. Open, making his second start at a PGA Tour event and his first appearance in a major championship…Became the 23rd Wake Forest player to win the ACC, marking the first individual title for a Wake Forest player since Webb Simpson in 2008, winning in a three-hole playoff. He joined some elite company including future major champion winners Arnold Palmer, Lanny Watkins, Curtis Strange and Simpson…Claimed his fifth individual title at the Southwestern Invitational in January, winning by one stroke over an elite field…Had a team-best 71.00 stroke average, leading the team for the second-straight year…Provided a point in the Semifinal of the ACC Championship, helping the Demon Deacons reach the Final for the second-straight season…Claimed six top-10 finishes and four top-five finishes during the season…Posted his low round of the season in the opening round of the Wake Forest Invitational at Pinehurst No. 2, turning in a 64 (-6).
2021-22 Season (Sophomore)
Earned the 100th All-America honor in program history, being named a GCAA Second Team All-American...Placed on the PING All-East Region and All-ACC Teams...Named to the Arnold Palmer Cup Team in April as he is set to represent Team USA this summer...Placed on both the Fred Haskins Award and Ben Hogan Award Watch Lists, given to the best player in collegiate golf...Made his PGA Tour debut at the Genesis Invitational at Riviera Country Club after winning the Genesis Collegiate Showcase earlier in the week...Captured individual victories in back-to-back events during the fall season at the Old Town Club Collegiate Invitational and the Colonial Collegiate, the second time in his career he had back-to-back tournament wins...One of just 12 Demon Deacons to have four or more tournament wins in his career...Had a team-best 70.30 stroke average, ranking fifth in program history...Provided points in both the Semifinal and Final in the Demon Deacons ACC Championship run while also tying for third during the stroke play portion of the tournament...Finished tied for fourth at the New Haven NCAA Regional, carding a three-day-score of 7-under-par...Was the top Demon Deacon on the leaderboard after 19 of 33 rounds...Round of 62 (-8) in the opening round of the Old Town Club Collegiate Invitational is the second-lowest score in program history and tied the sixth lowest score relative to par in program history.
2020-21 Season (Freshman)
Second on the team with a 71.74 stroke average...PING All-East Region...Named to the All-ACC Team...Became the first freshman to record back-to-back wins, taking home the title at the Kiawah Invitational and the Wake Forest Invite at No. 2...recorded two other top five finishes and three more top 25 finishes...named to the All-ACC First Team
Background
Finished T11 in stroke play at the 2020 US Amateur...Won the Middle Atlantic Amateur in 2017/2018/2019...Virginia State Amateur 2019 Champion...2020 Maridoe Junior Invitational Champion...T3 at the Junior Invitational at Sage Valley...Scott Robertson Memorial Champion 2019...Highest WAGR ranking - 172
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