Payton Cox '23 Recruiting Profile

Hi, my name is Payton Cox and I would be interested in earning a scholarship to play college golf!  I have a goal to get my Education Degree and become an Elementary School Teacher.   I am a dedicated student-athlete.  I work hard in the classroom and out on the course. I have a 96.575 GPA out of 100.   I am the leader on the golf team and help my teammates however I can.

What makes me different from other student-athletes is I first picked up a golf club my freshman year of high school because the coach needed a 5th player to complete the golf team.  He told me he didn’t care what I scored, he just needed my effort to compete.  In my first round of 18 holes, I shot a 137.  I took some private lessons and worked with my HS coach, and the number started to come down.  Then Covid hit, and our season ended early, but I was able to keep working on my swing/game by participating in the Beltway Junior Golf Tour in Central Texas.  The score kept coming down and I began to fall in love with the game. 

 In my Sophomore year, I broke 100 and then set a goal to be consistent in the 90’s.  In District play, I qualified for the Regional Tournament as an individual.  At Regional I shot my personal best of 92 and qualified for the State Golf Tournament.  At State I lowered the personal best again and shot a 90.  I ended up 26th out of 72 in the 3A division.

Since then this summer I have been playing lots of golf.  I lowered my personal best again with an 87 at Beltway Juniors on Jul 21, 2021.