Florida State senior Jack Whaley is still trying to process what he accomplished last week.
Days after capturing the U.S. Amateur Championship at Merion Golf Club on Aug. 16, Whaley returned to campus as the first Seminole golfer to win the prestigious Havemeyer Trophy and just the third Englishman to claim the ******* le, joining Matt Fitzpatrick (2013) and Harold Hilton (1911).
For Whaley, the victory represents the culmination of years of work and a remarkable rise from the NAIA ranks at Dalton State, where he set the record for shooting 8 under to win the national championship in 2025, to represent the Seminoles on one of amateur golf's biggest stages.
He credited head coach Trey Jones on Aug. 20 for bringing him to Tallahassee and grooming him into an elite golfer.
"It means the most," Whaley said. "For Coach (Trey) Jones and the coaching staff to take a chance on me last year after playing NAIA golf, and now to be sitting in this position, I can't thank them enough. For them to be there with me and experience it, I think it's an incredible memory for all of us, and something we'll cherish forever."
#jones #amateur #championship
Days after capturing the U.S. Amateur Championship at Merion Golf Club on Aug. 16, Whaley returned to campus as the first Seminole golfer to win the prestigious Havemeyer Trophy and just the third Englishman to claim the ******* le, joining Matt Fitzpatrick (2013) and Harold Hilton (1911).
For Whaley, the victory represents the culmination of years of work and a remarkable rise from the NAIA ranks at Dalton State, where he set the record for shooting 8 under to win the national championship in 2025, to represent the Seminoles on one of amateur golf's biggest stages.
He credited head coach Trey Jones on Aug. 20 for bringing him to Tallahassee and grooming him into an elite golfer.
"It means the most," Whaley said. "For Coach (Trey) Jones and the coaching staff to take a chance on me last year after playing NAIA golf, and now to be sitting in this position, I can't thank them enough. For them to be there with me and experience it, I think it's an incredible memory for all of us, and something we'll cherish forever."
#jones #amateur #championship
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