Marc Gladson

Weight:
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Class:
Freshman
Hometown:
Cedar Rapids, IA
High School:
Linn-Mar

2009-10 Individual Results

Fall 2009
Played at the Olympia Fields/Illini Invitational, carding rounds of 85-89-80. Summer 2009
Shot a 69 in the second round of the Eastern Amateur Championship at Elizabeth Manor Country Club but would miss the 36-hole cut ... Carded a 76 on the first day of US Amateur qualifying at Oak Valley Golf Club in Advance, NC ... Shot rounds of 79-80-83 to finish 75th at the Cardinal Amateur in Greensboro, NC. 2008-09
Played in just one tournament in the spring, finishing tied for ninth at the Pine Needles Intercollegiate after rounds of 72-77 ... Forced to miss the majority of the season after back surgery. Fall 2008
Played in four events ... Shot an even-par 71 in the opening round of the VCU Shootout, which was his lowest round of the season ... Wound up finishing tied for 59th at the VCU Shootout after a final round 74 ... Shot 73-75 over the final two rounds of the Duke Individual to finish tied for 27th ... Averaged 76.6 strokes per round and two of his three rounds at the Shoal Creek Inv. counted for the team score.

2007-08
Redshirted... Will look to be a major contributor to the squad as a redshirt junior. Fall 2007
Did not participate in any tournaments while recovering from knee surgery. Summer 2007
Participated in the North-South Amateur, the Eastern Amateur, the Cardinal Amateur and the Iowa State Amateur. 2006-07
Played in five tournaments as a sophomore . . . Averaged 74.8 strokes per round . . . Shot two rounds in the 60s including a season-low 67 at the Belmont Intercollegiate. Fall 2006
Played in three of Wake Forest's five fall tournaments... Produced a stroke average of 76.78... 58.3 percent of his nine rounds counted toward the team score... Had one sub-par round... Began the fall on a very solid note in Scotland at the International Collegiate... Shot two rounds of 71 to go with an 80 and finished 30th with a cumulative 6-over par score... Recovered from an opening-round 80 at the Bank of Tennessee Intercollegiate to shoot a 74 and a 73 to finish 11-over and in 49th place... Struggled in the final tournament of the fall at the Isleworth Invitational in Orlando... Shot an 80-79-83 under tough conditions. Summer 2006
Tied for fifth at the Southeast Amateur in Columbus, Ga.... Shot a 73-74 at the North/South Amateur in Pinehurst and did not make the cut... Tied for 33rd at the Eastern Amateur in Portsmouth, Va.... That tournament was won by his Deacon teammate, Chris McCartin. 2005-06
Played in five tournaments as a freshman, producing a 76.13 stroke average... Eight of his 12 rounds counted toward the team score... Had three rounds of par or better... Made his career debut playing as an individual in the Mattaponi Springs Shootout... Shot a solid 1-over 217 to finish 25th in a tournament won by the Deacons... Finished 69th and 14-over at the Bank of Tennessee Intercollegiate despite a solid closing round of 74... Saw action in the second tournament of the spring at the Lexus Naples Intercollegiate... Finished 23rd with the help of a 2-under par 70 in the second round... Struggled on an extremely difficult course at the GCAA/Hall of Fame Invitational, finishing 27-over for the event... Saw his final action of the season at the U.S. Collegiate Championship... Finished 57th after shooting a 54-hole total of 233. High School
Graduated from Linn-Mar High School in 2005... Played for coach Steve Kahler... Also taught by his dad, Larry Gladson, a highly-respected golf coach... Earned four letters in golf and two in basketball for the Lions... Was a three-time state runner-up in golf... Led the basketball team to the state championship in 2004 and to second place in 2005... A four-time first team All-Mississippi Valley Conference selection in golf... Twice named the conference Athlete of the Year... Four-time All-Metro selection... Earned several academic awards -- the Bernie Saggau Award, the United States Army Reserve National Scholar Award, and the All-American Scholar-Athlete... Also involved in Students Okay without Drugs and Alcohol (SODA), Teens Reaching Youth (TRY), the National Honor Society and the Spanish Club... Chose Wake Forest because of the academic excellence and golf tradition. Personal
Undecided on a major... Full name is Marc Richard Gladson.... Nickname is Porterhouse... Born March 30, 1987 in Cedar Rapids, IA... Son of Larry and Julie Gladson... Post-school ambition is to play professional golf.