Charles (CJ) Merritt '22 Recruiting Profile
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July 2020Personal Statement
Golf has been a part of my life since I was a kid. My dad taught me to play when I was little and I stuck with it my whole life. However just around 2 years ago, golf has become the most important part of my life. I started to go out and practice and I couldn't put the club down. I found a whole new love for golf and enjoyed every hour of my practice sessions. I started to play tournaments and had some pretty good success starting out with nine hole local tours. The feeling of winning never gets old, so I took on a big commitment and put everything in my life secondary in the summer and started to really put in a lot of hours of practice. As I improved throughout my short time I started to think about playing college golf and therefore I am now playing in much bigger tournaments and putting in even more hours of practice. Even with all my hard work I am still able to perform well in the classroom keeping a 4.0 GPA for my sophomore year. I am extremely hard working, determined at committed to anything I have a passion for. I still have goals of becoming a better golfer with every day that goes by and hopefully I can improve throughout my collegiate years as well. Even though I am mighty focused with golf, education is very important to me and I plan on graduating with a useful degree to help me after college. I am a great fit for a college team because of my hard work, personality and I happen to be a great team player.
Athletics
Coach References
- High School Coach
- N/A
Events
- Camp/Event
- Saddlebrook Spring Junior Open
- 4/03/21 to 4/04/21
- Shot scores of 76,76 to finish 4th out of a field of 42. Tough first round conditions being very windy.
- Camp/Event
- Central Florida Junior Open
- 2/27/21 to 2/28/21
- Shot 76,77 to Finish 8 out of a field of 49. Bounced back from a 5 over start round one to make 3 birdies in a row the back nine to put myself in contention day 2.
- Camp/Event
- AJGA Junior Golf HUB/VM Sports Preview at Westmoreland
- 10/03/20 to 10/04/20
- My first AJGA event, Shot 80 day one and 75 day 2 to finish T18 out of 55 players. Par 72, 6641 yards
- Camp/Event
- HJGT Academy Cup at the Ridge at Back Brook
- 9/26/20 to 9/27/20
- Shot a 75 day 1 and a 79 day 2 . Par 72, 6731 yards. Tiger wood division ages 16-18. Finished 4th out of a field of 33 players.
- Camp/Event
- Met Junior PGA Future series at Eisenhower White.
- 9/12/20 to 9/13/20
- Shot scores of 79, 74 to finish 9 over par and finish T13 out of a field of 56 kids ages 12-18.
- Camp/Event
- New York Fall Junior Open
- 9/05/20 to 9/06/20
- Shot scores of 77 and 78 to finish T3 out of a field of 13, ages 14-15.
- Camp/Event
- Met Junior PGA Match Play Championship
- 8/27/20 to 8/28/20
- Top 16 players from the tour championship qualified for the event. Won all my matches, 5 and 3, 2 and 1, 3 and 2, and 2 and 1 to win the whole event.
- Camp/Event
- Met Junior PGA tour championship
- 8/24/20 to 8/25/20
- Top 32 players qualified for the event. Shot scores of 75 both days and finished T2 on a very difficult course
- Camp/Event
- Met junior PGA: Future series at Wind Watch Golf & CC
- 8/18/20 to 8/19/20
- Shot 75 to finish T3 out of a field of 56, 12-18 years old. Lowest tournament score. Second round cancelled due to weather.
Training
- Leadbetter Junior Golf Academy
- 1 year
- - For the year of 2021 I was fortunate enough to have the opportunity to come down to Florida for the winter months and train golf everyday after school. The academy lasts from January to the end of may and the training I am receiving includes physical fitness at least 4 days a week, 5 golf training days on the weekdays as well as coaching from sports phycologists and mental coaches.
Additional Sports
- Ice Hockey
- 5 years
- Club/Travel Team
- - Won MVP for my team twice in my hockey career
Statistics
Academics
Grades
Test Scores
Academic Accomplishments
Are you in honor classes?
Yes. Honors Chemistry Honors SpanishAre you in AP/IB classes?
NoAwards and Activities
- AwardsOn honor roll for all 4 marking periods freshman year On high honor roll all 4 marking periods Sophomore year Won a pride award in middle school
- ActivitiesSpent a lot of time volunteering at an assisting living facility near our house Play the trombone for the school band since 4th grade In marching band for 2 years Volunteering my time to help a junior golf clinic at my home country club.
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