2024-25 Men's Golf Roster
Gross, Nick
Nick Gross
- Weight:
- null
- Class:
- Freshman
- Hometown:
- Downingtown, Pa.
- High School:
- Downingtown West HS
Bio
Career Accolades
- SEC Academic Honor Roll (2025)
- 2025 U.S. Amateur Qualifier
2024-25
- Competed in all 11 tournaments as a true freshman (32 rounds) and collected a pair of top 10 finishes
- Closed the year with an overall stroke average of 73.22 and an average vs. par of +1.81
- Collected six rounds in the 60s, highlighted by a season-best 66 at the Linger Longer Invitational, and 11 rounds of par or better
- Had a season-best finish at the Watersound Invitational where he tied for sixth overall at 5-under par 211 (69-72-70)
- Was the team’s highest finisher at the Maridoe Collegiate where he closed the event in 10th place with a 4-over par 220 (75-73-72)
- Made good progression throughout the year, as he closed out his freshman campaign with four finishes in the top 35 during the spring after not recording one in the fall
- Carded the second highest finish of the team in the NCAA Reno Regional, placing 30th overall
- One of five UA golfers to be named to the starting lineup in every event of the fall
Prep Highlights
- Was ranked No. 1 in his class in the World Amateur Golf Rankings (WAGR) and No. 2 in the Junior Golf Scoreboard (JGS) rankings
- Also ranked No. 8 in the Rolex AJGA and No. 16 in the Golfweek junior national rankings
- A three-time Rolex Junior All-American including earning First Team honors in 2023
- One of six junior boy's golfers to be named to the United States 2023 Junior Ryder Cup team
- Was also selected to the 2022 U.S. Presidents Cup team
- Earned medalist honors at the 2023 AJGA Simplify Boys Championship at Carlton Woods, winning the event with a 54-hole total of 205 (70-69-66)
- Of his 10 events played on the AJGA circuit in 2023, he earned four top-10 results and seven top-20 finishes
- 2023 AJGA Simplify Boys Championship medalist after finishing second in the same event in 2022
- Finished in third at the Polo Golf Junior Classic this past June and followed that when he tied for eighth overall at the Boy's Junior PGA Championship
- Advanced to the quarterfinals of match play at the 2022 U.S. Amateur Championship and finished in eighth overall in stroke play at the 2023 U.S. Am
- Recorded a third-place finish at the Junior PGA Championship in 2022
- Captured the PIAA Class 3A state golf title as a sophomore with a 2-under par 69
2024 Fall
- Made his freshman debut at the season-opening Folds of Honor Collegiate where the Crimson Tide claimed the tournament title
- One of five UA golfers to be named to the starting lineup in every event of the fall
- Showed steady improvement throughout the year, and closed the fall season with back-to-back top-50 finishes
- Finished the fall with an overall stroke average of 74.00 and average vs. par of +3.18
Personal Information
- Birthday is August 24, 2006
- Son of Shawn and Jennifer Gross
- Has one brother, Evan, and one sister, Madeline
- Majoring in economics
Watersound Invitational Recap: Coach Seawell
Wednesday, February 21
Watersound Invitational Day 1 Recap: Thomas Ponder
Monday, February 19
Men's Golf: Nick Dunlap Pro Announcement
Thursday, January 25
Nick Dunlap Press Conference
Thursday, January 25
