Joseph Renfer '21 Recruiting Profile

Ann Arbor Gabriel RichardAnn Arbor, MIMen's Golf

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Height5'10"

Weight145lbs

Age21

Primary PositionGolfer

Dominant HandRight

18 Hole Average75.6

Junior Golf Scoreboard Ranking4248

Tournament Scoring Average79.4

Scoring Diff8.34

Handicap+0.1

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Personal Statement

I believe I would be an asset to a collegiate team through my coach-ability, perseverance, and leadership skills. I am very coach-able through my attitude and athleticism. I realize my athletic ability always has room for improvement, and my attitude towards my coaches and teammates reflects that. My competitive nature makes me strive to be a leader both on and off the course, challenging my myself and my teammates to be better players and better people. I’m not afraid to fight back when adversity comes. I was a competitive gymnast for 10 years, and early on had to persevere through the death of my coach and overcome adversity and continue to improve. I applied these skills to golf and went from shooting in the one-hundreds to shooting high seventies regularly because I made a choice to put in the hard work necessary to lower my score.

I want to be a student athlete because it will allow me to grow, individually and as part of a team, both academically and athletically. Being an athlete is more than being competitive, it is being able to work with your teammates and build off each other.

Athletics

High School Information

Years w/ Varsity
2 years
2019 Varsity Team
Individual Awards
All League Catholic HSL, All Tournament Catholic HSL, Coaches Award, All tournament, Regionals, 22nd in state out of 170 D3 Golfers.
2018 Varsity Team
Team Awards
Selected to play varsity as a freshman

Coach References

Private Coach
Chad Elledge
High School Head Coach
Steve Royce

Events

Camp/Event
Randy Wise AJGA
8/11/20 to 8/13/20
Score: 79, 86, 75 Finish Position: 50th Course Rating: 74.4/139 Yardage: 6923 Notes: Score: My first AJGA event. This was an amazing learning experience for me. I learned that I really have to take my time with each shot and go in to each shot fully committed in order to produce a good result.
Camp/Event
AJGA qualifier
8/10/20 to 8/10/20
Score: 71 Finish Position: 2nd Course Rating: 74.4 Yardage: 6923 Notes: After starting 4 over in my first 5 holes I really had to buckle down and try my best to get a couple shots back. I was able to really find a rhythm and shoot 32 on the back to post a -1, 71.
Camp/Event
AJGA qualifier
8/02/20 to 8/02/20
Score: 80 Finish Position: 28 Course Rating: 74.4/144 Yardage: 6969 Notes: An extremely tough round after being delayed multiple times due to bad weather and being sent back to the course with no warm up. I played really well considering the conditions.
Camp/Event
Michigan Junior Am
7/27/20 to 7/27/20
Score: 81, 76 Finish Position: 33 Course Rating: 75.1/148 Yardage: 7057 Notes: This is the first time I’ve ever played 36 in one day. I had a ton of positives come out of this tournament. 1st is that my putting has improved quite a bit after going to work on it. In 36 holes I missed 1 fairway when hitting driver with most of my drives going well over 300 yards. This made it possible to go for almost every par 5 in two which allowed by to go -3 on the par 5s during my second round.
Camp/Event
Callaway Tour Championship
7/23/20 to 7/24/20
Score: 79, 81 Finish Position: 22 Course Rating: 75.3/141 Yardage: 7013 Notes: I struck the ball really well over two days and played well considering the toughness of the course.
Camp/Event
Michigan junior am qualifier
7/15/20 to 7/15/20
Score: 78 Finish Position: 9 Course Rating: 70.7 Yardage: 6497 Notes: Qualified for the michigan junior am. I was very pleased to make the cut after having to take 4 days off due to an abdominal strain. I played my first 4 holes at +5 before making a nice comeback for the rest of the round to make the cut by 2 strokes.
Camp/Event
Callaway Junior Tour
7/06/20 to 7/07/20
Score: 83, 78 Finish Position: 19 Course Rating: Eagle eye - 75.9/145, Hawk Hollow - 74.4/145 Yardage: Eagle eye - 7318, Hawk Hollow - 6974 Notes: I struck the ball really well all week and had the 3rd best round on the second day and i feel that i can go much lower.
Camp/Event
Callaway Tour
5/30/20 to 5/31/20
Score: 82, 88 Finish Position: 27 Course Rating: 75.3/141 Yardage: 7013 Notes: I struck the ball really well for this tournament, especially on the first day. I had a few drives that were 75 yards in front of my playing partners, and a few great par saves on both days.
Camp/Event
Callaway Tour
5/26/20 to 5/26/20
Finished T-5 by shooting an 81. I only hit half the greens, 30% of the fairways, and had 38 putts but was able to still post a decent score. This course played really hard due to the very hot temperature. Despite only hitting half of the greens, i still felt that i struck the ball really well . I am looking forward to start putting more work into my game now that the school year is over.
Camp/Event
Callaway Tournament
5/21/20 to 5/21/20
Score: 76, T-3 finish. Stats: Fairways hit-4, GIR - 12, Putts - 31. I played a really great round. With the virus we were only allowed around 10 minutes of warmup time so I had a bit of a slow start. I was able to make up for my slow start by shooting -1 on the back with 4 birdies. I only hit 4 fairways but most of my misses were just off of the fairway and still over 300 yards. I am really proud of the way I was able to come back and make some birdies and hopefully I can continue this momentum for the rest of the summer.
Camp/Event
Callaway Junior Tour
7/15/19 to 7/16/19
Shot an 83 on day one putting me into 3rd place just two strokes off the lead. The second day i shot an 87 to finish 10th overall. Both courses played extremely hard with the field shooting in the 80s both days, but I was able to take the opportunity to birdie the holes I could. I got my first eagle on #6 at U of M on the 320 yard par four after driving it to 5 feet which allowed me to gain stokes on the field and end up in third on that day.
Camp/Event
State Championship
6/07/19 to 6/08/19
I ended up 15th in the state with a score of 164. I shot a 76 the first day and an 88 the second day. Unfortunately this was my first two day tournament so i was not fully prepared for how tired i would be the second day. Even with being tired, i struck the ball the best i did all year the first day and made tons of puts the first day. The second day i missed a bunch of fairways but still struck my irons really well, my putting was where most of my score came from. In the future i will look to prepare myself for the physical toll of a two day tournament so i can play much better next year.
Camp/Event
Catholic league tournament
5/13/19 to 5/13/19
I shot an 82 to take second place in our division. It was really cold and pretty windy, with very fast and firm greens. I hit a lot fairways, but didnt strike my irons very well. Even when i didnt hit greens i was able to get up and down. My putting was really good and i had a bunch of one putts.
Camp/Event
Clinton tournament
5/11/19 to 5/11/19
Shot a 76 to take 3rd place. Pretty windy and cold but i played really well. Hit most of the greens and putted lights out. Unfortunately made some unfortunate bogies on the last few holes. They moved the tees all the way back and tucked the pins, but i struck the ball really well and was able to attack the pin placements.
Camp/Event
9 hole league match
4/30/19 to 4/30/19
Shot a 40. Not a very nice course, but was able to put up a score. Not a good ball striking day, but was able to get up and down on most holes to shoot a 40.
Camp/Event
Lasing Catholic tournament
4/13/19 to 4/13/19
Team victory. I shot an 85, with not great course conditions: long fairways, spotty greens, windy. Felt like i struck the ball well just wasn’t able to score as well as i wanted.
Camp/Event
9 League match
4/02/19 to 4/02/19
This was our first match of the year, I shot a 42. Wind was a steady 20mph, with the course being a hard course in the first place. I struck the ball really well and played a great low shot to keep it out of the wind. Putting was all over the place and was where most of my score came from.
Camp/Event
Callaway Junior Tour
Finished T-4 with a score of 78. First time playing the course. Had two double bogies that cost me a few too many strokes. But I was able to come back with some birdies to climb back into 4th place.
Camp/Event
Callaway Junior Tour
Shot an 83 to take my first win of the summer. This course played extremely difficult after hosting an LPGA event just the week before. I drove the ball well the whole round and was able to go at pins but my putting was not its best. Even though I felt I could’ve scored much lower I still won by two strokes on the field.