Dillon Barnard '23 Recruiting Profile

Montgomery High SchoolMontgomery, TXMen's Golf

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Height5'8"

Weight145lbs

Age19

Primary PositionGolfer

Dominant HandRight

18 Hole Average68

Junior Golf Scoreboard Ranking31

Tournament Scoring Average68

Scoring Diff.45

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2021 Spotlight #2

2022 Spotlight

December 2020

Personal Statement

My goal is always to overachieve and consistently improve on the course and in academics, and I am proving that by the following list of highlights.

Spent eight years living in two foreign countries where I learned to play golf even though there was a language barrier;
In 2016 my family moved back from overseas to Montgomery, Texas where I began competitive golf;
I won numerous junior tournaments;
Made varsity as a freshman;
Became #1 ranked golfer on Montgomery TX High School Golf Team as a freshman;
During the first semester of my sophomore year I shot the two lowest tournament rounds (71, 72) for my team;
In December 2020 I won an STPGA Prestige Tour event in Kingwood, Texas.
-I won two TJGT Tournaments in 2021.
-In my 2nd AJGA Tournament, I won it by 7 strokes, and set a record for lowest 3 day score in tournament history (67-66-66) at -17.
My experience abroad helped me appreciate opportunities, friendships and the many quality golf courses in the USA. I am a loyal friend and teammate, I lead by example, have a strong work ethic and seek consistency in everything.

In the coming years I look forward to showing you more goals accomplished, more wins, team championships and an overall complete student athlete you will want on your team.

Athletics

High School Information

Years w/ Varsity
1 year
2020 Varsity Team
Team Awards
Conference Champs, Regional 3rd Place

Coach References

High School Head Coach
Kirk Thomason
High School Assistant Coach
Ronald Cooper
Other
Chase Cooper

Events

Camp/Event
AJGA Patrick Reed Championship
6/21/22 to 6/24/22
3rd Place. Good tournament, even though I didn’t have my best stuff. Hard to win back to back tournaments, but had a blast.
Camp/Event
AJGA Beaver Creek Championship
6/06/22 to 6/09/22
WIN. In only my second AJGA event ever, I won the 3 day Championship by shooting 67-66-66, a total of -17, 7 strokes ahead of 2nd place. I made 21 birdies over the 3 days and set the record for the lowest score ever for this event and championship. https://www.ajga.org/tournaments/2022/ajga-junior-at-beaver-creek/ni-takes-home-her-third-ajga-win ; https://twitter.com/ajgagolf/status/1535003905695834115?s=21&t=MBdfGs33et9FBvyQ6h3jCA
Camp/Event
Region III-5A title
4/18/22 to 4/19/22
In the second-to-last group of the Region III-5A championship, Montgomery’s Dillon Barnard made one magnificent shot to seal the deal for the Bears. Barnard lofted his third shot from the fairway on the par-five 18th at The Golf Club of Margaritaville Lake Resort. It bounced. It back-spun. It went in the hole. Eagle. The crowd around the green erupted, Barnard pumped his fist. It was the exclamation point on huge back-nine performance for the Bears, who won the team championship and advanced to the Class 5A UIL Tournament for the third straight time on Tuesday afternoon with sunshine and moderate wind gusts.
Camp/Event
20-5A District Championship
3/28/22 to 3/29/22
2nd Place, 1st Team all District - 79/72. Battled 1st day with poor execution, went to range, then came back and shot even next day, tied lowest round of tournament.
Camp/Event
AJGA College Station Preview
3/19/22 to 3/20/22
1st ever AJGA event. 4th place out of 54 players. 69/75. 2nd lowest round on day 1 and 1 off lead after day 1, 2nd day, windy conditions but battled for a +4 round due to a lost ball.
Camp/Event
Mark Massengale Invitational
2/11/22 to 2/12/22
Dillon Barnard led the boys to a 3rd place finish this past weekend by shooting 73-76. The purple team shot 299-304 to place 3rd out of 24 teams. Other scores: Purple: Juan 80-73, Cason 75-78, Eyan 77-77 and Brady 74-80. Tanner led the gold team with a 75-85.
Camp/Event
TJGT - Gleannlocke Pines Championship
5/08/21 to 5/09/21
Got my first new set of irons the day before. I accidentally put my new 4 iron in the bag. Played 14 holes on day 1, and had to call a penalty on myself for having 15 clubs. 4 stroke penalty,. So, 1st day score was 79. 2nd day shot 71, even par, and 2nd lowest round of the day.
Camp/Event
“The Tyler Rose” Texas JR Golf Tour
5/01/21 to 5/02/21
WIN. 71-72 to win by 3 strokes. https://www.tjgt.com/robertson-barnard-victorious-at-annual-tyler-rose/. Bullard, TX | May 1-2, 2021] Chandler freshman Sydney Robertson and Montgomery sophomore Dillon Barnard became the latest to add their names to the long list of champions at the annual Tyler Rose event this past weekend by firing rounds in the low 70s each day to cruise to victories at Eagle’s Bluff Country Club. Robertson, who won the 2020 event in August, defended her title to the tune of a 5-shot victory (71-73=144) over Seabrook’s Amelia Guo and Paragould, Ark., Madison Holmes. Robertson was 2-over-par for the tournament, despite going 4-over in her last 3 holes in the final round. She lead wire-to-wire after shooting an even-par 71 on Day 1, and came out of the gates fast in the Round 2, making 3 birdies on the front 9. In the boys division, Barnard started the final round 1 stroke off the lead of Tyler’s Griffin Jones, but carded birdies on No. 1 and No. 6 to take the lead heading into the back 9, and essentially put the tournament away with back-to-back-birdies on No. 11 and No. 12. Tyler sophomore Jacob Cole finished in solo second, with Southlake’s Neel Sandhu and Fort Worth’s Trip Stroube tying for third, and Frisco’s Noah Hankinson finishing tied for fifth with Jones.
Camp/Event
TJGT Galveston Classic
3/15/21 to 3/16/21
WIN. Day 1: 73 (+1) and Day 2: 73. Ball striking was very good, putting good, Day 1 ball striking excellent, rimmed out 2 birdies. Day 2 mixed birdies with bogies, but solid ball striking. https://tournaments.tjgt.com/Scoreboard?TournamentID=17201&TournamentDivisionID=89703
Camp/Event
Oak Ridge Invitational
3/12/21 to 3/13/21
Day 1 score 75 and Day 2: score 74. Team placed 3rd. Solid 2 days, consistent play. Good to be back competing again.
Camp/Event
Jingle Bell Rock
12/12/20 to 12/13/20
WIN. Shot 73 and won the tournament, 2nd day got canceled because of weather.
Camp/Event
Glennloch Pines Highschool Tournament
11/20/20 to 11/21/20
Shot 83, 71
Camp/Event
Sandhill Farms
11/02/20 to 11/03/20
Shot 82 and 72
Camp/Event
Aggieland Classic
7/12/20 to 7/14/20
Struck ball well, fast greens, missed too many short putts. Shot 76-78-77.
Camp/Event
Texas A&M Match Play Event
2/28/20 to 2/29/20
1st Day Individual, 36 holes, 76/73; 2nd Day Match Play- L 2&1
Camp/Event
Don Masingale Invitational
2/14/20 to 2/15/20
2 day: 72/81; Day 1- 18 pars in a row
Camp/Event
JR Tour Woodlands CC
2nd place w/ 75.

Training

Chase Cooper (Golf Coach/Instructor)
1 year
Chase Cooper's Academy is in Columbus, TX at the Big Easy Ranch. I have taken three lessons directly from Coach Cooper and keep in telephone contact for tune ups.