Jimmy Meyers Season 2019-20

2022-23 | Senior Season
Awards: GCAA All-America Scholar...Academic All-Big Ten...Big Ten Sportsmanship Award.
 
Season: Played in eight events, collecting three top-10 finishes and one top-five placement...Finished junior season with a career-best 73.19 stroke average.
 
Rod Myers Invitational (9/9-10): Carded an 18-over, 234, to place 71st. Florida Gators Invitational (2/11-12): Shot a 13-over, 223, and finished tied for 54th. Colleton River Collegiate (3/6-7): Fired a 3-under, 213, to place tied for 34th. Sea Island Shootout (3/11): Finished tied for 10th after shooting an even 72 in single-round event. The Johnnie-O at Sea Island (3/13-14): Tied for 35th with a 7-over, 217. Rutherford Intercollegiate (4/15-16): Finished tied for sixth with a 2-under, 211. Big Ten Championships (4/28-29): Shot a 15-over, 157, to place tied for 53rd in weather-shortened event. National Golf Invitational (5/19-21): Placed tied for second as Penn State’s highest finisher in inaugural postseason event, shooting a 6-under, 210.

2021-22 | Junior Season
Awards: GCAA All-Northeast Region...GCAA All-America Scholar...Academic All-Big Ten.
 
Season: Put together a strong junior season in which he earned All-Northeast Region honors...compiled a 73.53 stroke average through 30 rounds and collected five top-20 finishes.
 
Turning Stone Tiger Intercollegiate (9/5-6): Shot a 4-over, 220, to finish tied for 20th while playing as an individual. Rod Myers Invitational (9/11-12): Finished at 15-over, 231. Mountaineer Invitational (10/4-5): Finished tied for eighth with a 3-under, 213, while playing as an individual. Bank of Tennessee Intercollegiate (10/10-12): Was Penn State’s highest finisher, placing second with a stellar 12-under, 204, that included a 66 in the second round and 68 in the third round. Florida Gators Invitational (2/12-13): Shot a 12-over, 222. Colleton River Collegiate (3/7-8): Carded a 10-over, 226. General Hackler Championship (3/13-14): Shot a 12-over, 228. Rutherford Intercollegiate (4/16-17): Finished tied for 11th at 4-over, 217. Robert Kepler Intercollegiate (4/23-24): Carded a 1-over, 217, to finish tied for 19th. Big Ten Championships (4/29-5/1): Finished tied for 36th at 12-over, 228.

2020-21 | Sophomore Season
Awards: Academic All-Big Ten.
 
Season: Played in two events, with his best finish coming in the Rutherford Intercollegiate.
 
Florida Gators Invitational (2/12-14): Finished tied for 116th with a +14 224. Rutherford Intercollegiate (4/17-18): Shot a +6 219 to finish tied for 25th.

2019-20 | Freshman Season
Season: Competed in two fall events as an individual...Tied for 26th for best finish with his career-low 229 at UNCG/Grandover Collegiate...Received first letter...Season shortened and no championships held due to COVID-19 pandemic.

at Rod Myers Invitational (9/14-15): Made steady improvement competing as an individual in his first collegiate tournament…Moved up six spots on final day to tie for 66th with a 236 (82-79-75)…Posted career-low score in final round with a 3-over 75. at UNCG/Grandover Collegiate (10/27-28): Competed in second tournament of the fall as an individual…Posted career-low tournament score with a 229 (76-78-75, 13-over) and tied his career-low round score with a 75 on final day…Earned a tie for 26th, his best career finish.

Junior Career
Recorded nine top-15 finishes nationwide in 2018…Placed second in 2018 WPGA Spring Stroke play at Bedford Springs Resort with 1-over 145 (70-75)…Helped Team WPGA repeat as 2018 Williamson Cup...Dominated afternoon of match play to help Western Pennsylvania Golf Association (WPGA) win its fifth consecutive win in 2018 Palmer Cup at Latrobe Country Club…Posted top-15 finish at 2018 Southern Junior Championship with 218 (76-70-72) at Squire Creek Country Club in Shreveport, Louisiana…Tallied five birdies and an eagle in first round of 2018 Lockton AJGA Kansas City Junior at Creekmoor Golf Club for a 212 total (68-73-71) for share of third place…Competed in 2018 West Penn Amateur at Fox Chapel Golf Club…Shot a final round 66 and tied for eighth overall (3-over 210) in 2017 Under Armour AJGA Canadian Junior event…Tied for 10th at 2017 West Penn Open…Tied for second with 5-under 208 at IJGT Bridgestone Golf Tournament of Champions in 2017…Made 12 birdies and an eagle over three-day IJGT event at Grand Cypress Golf Club…Played first AJGA event at Dauphin Highlands in 2016 and had top-20 finish with 152 (77-75).

High School
Played for coach Corey O’Connor at Pittsburgh Central Catholic…Earned four letters as member of Vikings and served as team captain for two seasons…Won 2018 WPIAL Class 3A Boys’ individual championship with 1-over 71 and propelled Vikings to team title as a senior…Fended off other soon-to-be NCAA Division I student-athletes to win the WPIAL title at historic Oakmont Country Club two weeks before the state championships…Birdied three of his final four holes as runner-up at 2018 PIAA 3A Boys’ Championships with 2-over 144 for best career state finish…Competed in 2018 Western Regional with top-five finish (75)…Qualified for state championships all four years, first Viking to advance more than once…Won individual medalist honors with a round of 69 to help lead Pittsburgh Central Catholic to team title at 2018 Gary Garrison Tournament…Helped Vikings to three consecutive WPIAL team championships and four-straight appearances…Selected as a member of the National Business Honors Society and to the 2017 and 2018 Transamerica Scholastic Honor Rolls.
 
Personal
Parents are Jim and Colleen Meyers...Has two sisters, Jess, his twin, who began her collegiate golf career at Notre Dame in fall 2019, and Paige, youngest of his siblings, and a brother, Jake…Becomes the seventh member of his family to attend Penn State…Lists his hobbies as ping-pong, skiing and basketball…Enrolled in the Division of Undergraduate Studies.