Paul McBride

Class:
Freshman
Hometown:
Malahide, Dublin, Ireland

2016-17 (Junior)
All-ACC ... PING All-East Region ... one of two Deacs to be in the lineup for all 11 events of the season ... second on the team with a 71.69 scoring average ... had five top-10 finishes, including four top-five finishes ... runner-up at the ACC Championship, one of four players in an individual playoff ... finished under par in six events ... shot a season-low 208 at Querencia Cabo Collegiate and Irish Creek Intercollegiate ... shot a season-low 65 in the first round of the Querencia Cabo Collegiate ... ACC Player of the Month for April ... reached the quarterfinals of the 2017 British Am.

2015-16 (Sophomore)
One of three Deacs to be in the lineup for all 13 events of the season ... ranked third on the team with a 71.89 scoring average ... was low Deac at the Primland Collegiate Invitational (9-under, 3rd), Nike Golf Collegiate Invitational (9-under, T-5th) and the NCAA Tucson Regional (1-under, T-12th) ... had a top-10 finish at the ACC Championship (3-under, T-9th), where he shot a season-low 66 in the first round ... reached the round of 32 of the U.S. Amateur Four-Ball with Cameron Young ... reached the semifinals of the 2016 British Am.

2014-15 (Freshman)
Shot a 2-over 218 with scores of 74-73-71 at the Carpet Collegiate Classic, finishing 32nd overall...Tied fellow teammate Davis Womble for third in the Primland Collegiate Invitational playing as an individual, with an 11-under 205 on the tournament...Shot a 2-under 142 over two rounds at the Bank of Tennessee Intercollegiate, finishing 12th and helping Wake Forest to consecutive team tournament victories...Earned Wake Forest's highest individual finish at the US Collegiate Championship, taking 17th with a 2-under 214 and leading the Deacons to a fourth-place finish...Finished 57th at the Querencia Cabo Invitational as an individual...Shot a 1-over 217 to finish 45th at the Schenkel Invitational and help Wake Forest to a top-five finish as a team...Finished tied for 58th at The Hootie at Bulls Bay with an 8-over 224 on the tournament...Had his best tournament of his career so far when he finished second at the Yale Spring Invitational, part of a Wake Forest sweep of the top three individual positions in the tournament...Finished at 10-over par at the ACC Championship, with Wake Forest finishing in 8th as a team.

Prior to Wake Forest
Is not only an accomplished golfer but is also an accomplished Hurler ... Played both sports for Malahide Community School ... On the golf course, led Malahide to back-to-back Leinster Team Championships in 2012 and 2013 and was also named to the 2012 All-Ireland Team ... Won the 2012 Dublin Under 18 Hurling Championship and captained the 2012 Under 16 Dublin Championship team ... Was part of the winning 2011 North Dublin team who won the Leinster Colleges Hurling Championship ... In 2011, was on the winning Irish team who won the 4 Nations Golf Championship in Scotland and represented Ireland in the European Young Masters in Hungary, finishing 6th individually ... Represented Ireland in 2012 Junior Players Championship in TPC Sawgrass ... Was a member of the Leinster team who won the Interprovincial Championships ... T-6th in the 2012 Irish Boys Amateur Open Championship ... In the summer of 2013, played on the Irish team that won the 2013 Home Internationals ... Represented Ireland in the 2013 European team championships finishing fifth as a team and t-18th individually ... Finished fourth in the East of Ireland Amateur Open Championship and 10th in The Irish Boys Amateur Open Championship ... Won of the 2013 Ulster Boys Amateur Open Championship by 10 shots. Background
Born on Oct. 15, 1995 in Dublin, Ireland ... Son of David and Trish McBride.