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Oliver Whatley

Oliver Whatley

  • Class:
    Senior
  • Hometown:
    Rockville, Md.
  • Highschool:
    Churchill

Summary

Biography

The Whatley File
  • Three-time Big Ten Conference Championships starter
  • Three-time Preseason Big Ten Player to Watch (2019-21)
  • Two-time Academic All-Big Ten selection
  • 2021 PING All-Region selection
  • 2020 Srixon/Cleveland All-America Scholar
  • Finished collegiate career with 34 tournament appearances and 99 rounds of play
  • 2017 Janney Invitational Champion
  • Holds school record for most birdies in a season with 97
Spring 2021 (Senior)
  • 2021 PING All-Region selection
  • 2021 Academic All-Big Ten selection
  • Produced a 74.33 scoring average across 21 rounds and seven tournament starts
  • Collected six rounds of even or under-par golf
  • 2021 Big Ten Championships starter
  • Tied for 16th at the Rutherford Intercollegiate (April 18)
  • Carded back-to-back below-par rounds at the Kiawah Invitational to open the stroke play season (Feb. 14-15)
  • Earned individual win over Ohio State at 2021 Big Ten Match Play Championship
  • 2021 Big Ten Player to Watch
Spring 2020 (Junior)
  • Started both tournaments of the shortened spring season
  • Went 3-0 with individual wins over Indiana, Maryland and Wisconsin during Big Ten Match Play Championships (Feb. 7-8)
Fall 2019 (Junior)
  • 2019 Preseason All-Big Ten selection
  • Has started first three tournaments of the fall
Spring 2019 (Sophomore)
  • Had five rounds of under-par golf
  • Carded a one-under-par 69 to close out the 2019 Big Ten Conference Championships in Philadelphia
  • Had a four-under-par 67 to finish tied for 21st at the Robert Kepler Intercollegiate in Columbus
  • Carded a Top-20 finish at the Rutherford
  • Opened with a two-under-par 69 at the Redhawk Invitational at Chambers Bay
  • Opened the season with back-to-back one-under-par 71s at the Colleton River Collegiate and Desert Mountain Intercollegiate
  • Earned wins over No. 3 seed Iowa and No. 9 Indiana during the Big Ten Match Play Championships
Fall 2018 (Sophomore)
  • Started all five tournaments of the fall
  • Tied for 22nd at the Chatham Hills Collegiate in Westfield, Indiana
  • Tied for 39th at the Mountaineer Invitational
  • Finished at four-under-par (70-67-69), including a bogey-free second round, and tied for 12th at the OTC Collegiate
  • Produced a three-under par 69 in the second round to highlight action at the Badger Invitational
Spring 2018 (Freshman)
  • Carded 18 rounds in the spring, appearing in all six tournaments
  • Finished the spring with an average 18-hole score of 74.77
  • Carded the second-lowest individual score of the third round with his two-under-par 68 to highlight action at the Big Ten Championships in Baltimore
  • Contributed a two-over-par 73 in the first round to highlight action at the Robert Kepler Intercollegiate in Columbus
  • Finished with one-over-par 72's in second and third rounds to tie for 25th at the Rutherford
  • Carded a one-under-par 71 in the second round to highlight tied-for-18th result at the Seahawk Intercollegiate
  • Competed in the Colleton River Collegiate in Bluffton, South Carolina
  • Carded an even 72 in the first round and a one-under-par 71 in the second to highlight action at the National Invitational Tournament
  • Picked up and individual win over Indiana and halved with opponents from Michigan State, Northwestern and Penn State at the 2018 Big Ten Match Play Championships
Fall 2017 (Freshman)
  • Appeared in all five tournaments during the fall, which included four as a member of the starting lineup
  • Finished the fall with an average 18-hole score of 74.46
  • Carded an even 72 in the second round to help RU secure fifth at the East Bay Deli Classic
  • Helped Rutgers finish second at the Georgetown Intercollegiate in Beallsville, Maryland
  • Produced a one-under-par 71 to highlight action at the Mountaineer Invitational
  • Big Ten Men's Co-Golfer of the Week (Sept. 20)
  • Captured the Janney Invitational with a 10-under-par 206 (65-72-69), which included a seven-under-par 65 in the opening round in Richmond, Virginia
  • Finished the Badger Invitational with a three-over-par 75 in his first collegiate tournament in Madison, Wisconsin
Prior to Rutgers
  • Named 2016 Honorable Mention Spring All-Met by the Washington Post
  • Helped Churchill to its third consecutive and 14th overall Maryland Class 4A/3A Team Championship in 2016
  • Top finisher for Churchill at the championship event, carding a two-round score of 151 to place fourth
  • Participated in the prestigious U.S. Junior Amateur and assembled a 37.4 nine-hole scoring average in 2016
  • Also contributed to team state titles in 2014 and 2015.
Career Results
Year Scoring Avg. Rounds Tournaments T5 Finishes T10 Finishes T20 Finishes
2020-21 (Sr.) 74.33 21 7
2019-20 (Jr.) 74.84 13 5 --- --- ---
2018-19 (So.) 73.96 32 11 --- --- 1
2017-18 (Fr.) 74.61 33 11 1 --- ---
Career 74.43 99 34 1 --- 1

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