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2016-17 Men's Golf Roster

Jeff Kellum, LU Athletics

Zander Gous

  • Ht./Wt. 5-10 /
  • Class Senior
  • Hometown Mpumalanga, South Africa

Biography

2016-17 SEASON:

Second-team All-Southland Conference selection … Led LU with a stroke average of 71.96 … Played 27 rounds over 10 events … Opened the season by earning medalist honors in the year’s first two events, the Jim Rivers Intercollegiate and the OGIO Utah Invitational … Posted a career-best 8-under-par 64 in the first round of the Jim Rivers Intercollegiate … Had 16 rounds of par or better … Was named Southland Conference Golfer of the Month for September ... Finished in the top five on three occasions and in the top 10 four times.

2015-16 SEASON:

Earned second-team All-Southland Conference honors … Competed in 10 events for the Cardinals, averaging 73.9 strokes per round over 29 rounds … Had three top-10 finishes, including two top-five finishes and one individual title … Won the James S. Litz Memorial with a 3-over-par 216 for 54 holes, that included a career-best round of 67, leading LU to the team title … Tied for second at the Chaps Invitational with a 7-under-par 209 for 54 holes … Placed eighth at the Bayou City Collegiate Classic with a 1-over-par 217 for three rounds ... Named to Southland Conference Commissioner's Academic Honor Roll.

2014-15 SEASON:

Played in six tournaments, recording one top-10 finish … Recorded 75.3 stroke average … Carded four par or better rounds … Recorded his best three-round score of the season at the Gifford Collegiate finishing sixth overall with a six-under par 207 … He improved all three rounds at the Gifford Collegiate posting scores of 71-69-67 … The third-round 67 was his lowest round of the season … Shot a three-round 231 to finish tied for 65th at the SLC men's championships.

2013-14 SEASON:

An honorable-mention All-Southland Conference selection ... A mid-year enrollee who became a significant contributor during the spring ... Played 24 rounds of golf, recording a 74.6 stroke average ... Recorded five par, or better, rounds ... Recorded a season-low seven-under par 65 in the opening round of the Coca-Cola Wofford Classic ... Had the team's second-lowest score at four different events ... His four-under par 212 at Wofford was his lowest three-round score of the season ... Finished tied for 16th at Wofford ... Recorded the team's second-lowest score at the Southland Championships (77-74-79 - 230) to finish tied for 14th.

PRIOR TO LAMAR UNIVERSITY:

Nomads SA Boys U-19 Champion ... Represented South Africa in Duke of York Young Champions Trophy ... Finished tied for 25th at the Duke of York ... Won the 2013 South Africa Boys Championship match play and stroke play titles.

Historical Player Information

  • 2013-14Freshman

  • 2014-15Sophomore

    5'7"
  • 2015-16Junior

    5'10"
  • 2016-17Senior

    5'10"
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