Career Statistics

Record-Courier Feature (July 4, 2010)
Golfweek Q&A (May 4, 2010)

 

• One of only three, three-time Honorable Mention All-Americans in school history (Eric Frishette, 1992-93-94; Ben Curtis, 1998-1999-2000)
• A two-time All-American Scholar he joined former Golden Flash Brian Bridges (1990, 1991) as the only two player in Mid-American Conference history to be named to both the All-America team and an All-America Scholar in the same season in consecutive years
• Three-time MAC Golfer of the Year
• Ended his career with a 72.43 career scoring average; second to only Ben Curtis (72.27) in the KSU record book
• Had seven career wins as a collegian tying Eric Frishette for the most in school history
Set a Kent State single season record with four tournament wins in 2010-11
• Won the 2009 Western Amateur and advanced to the round of 16 at the 2010 U.S. Amateur
    
2010-11 Senior Season 
• GCAA Honorable Mention All-American
• GCAA Cleveland Golf/Srixon All-America Scholar
• GCAA All-Midwest Region
• MAC Golfer of the Year
• First Team All-MAC & MAC All-Tournament
• Academic All-MAC
• KSU Academic Athletic Excellence Award
• Named Kent State’s top male athlete for  2010-11 (Merle Wagoner Award)
• His four wins in 2010-11 are tied for the most in the nation this season. (Bank Vongvanij, Florida; Jace Long Missouri; Patrick Cantlay, UCLA)
• Averaging a team best 72.64 strokes per round
• Recorded six top 10s and a had a .751 won-loss finish percentage
• Ranked 41th in the Golfweek/Sagarin Rankings
• Shot a three-under 210 (71-68-71) and made a nine-foot birdie on the final hole to share medalist honors at the Robert Kepler Intercollegiate (Apr. 23-24)
• Won the Fireline Towson Invitational (Mar. 26-27) with a one-under 215 (71-71-73)
• Captured the Louisiana Classics (Mar. 7-8) with a 10-under 206 (70-66-70) in the first event of the spring  
• Took part in the Western Refining All-American Classic (Nov. 22-23) for the second consecutive year.  Placed tied for 15th with rounds of 76-68-68 (211)
• Won the Gopher Invitational (Sept. 12-13) with a -10, 206 (68-67-71) to start the season  

2009-10 Junior Season
• GCAA Honorable Mention All-American 

• GCAA Cleveland Golf/Srixon All-America Scholar honors 

• GCAA All-Midwest Region

• First Team All-MAC 

• MAC All-Tournament 

• Academic All-MAC 

• KSU Academic Athletic Excellence Award 

• First Kent State player since Bryan DeCorso in 1995 to earn All-America and All-America Scholar accolades in the same season 

• Posted a career low 71.98 scoring average 

• Is only the third player in school history (Ben Curtis, 1999 & 2000 and Jon Mills, 2000 & 2001) to post a sub-72 scoring average 

• Earned six top 10 finishes and had a .797 finish percentage 

• Ranked 72nd in the final Golfweek/Sagarin Performance Index and 55th by Golfstat.com 

• With a five-under, 211 (72-70-69) he finish tied for sixth at the NCAA Championship equaling the KSU record for the best individual NCAA finish 

• His performance matched that of the last two-time All-America, Jon Mills who placed sixth in 2001 

• Carded 19 rounds of par or better, including eight of his last nine 

• Shot 11 rounds in the 60s including a career low 65 in the second round of the Administaff Augusta State Invitational 

• Along with his NCAA Championship showing, also tied for eighth at the NCAA East Regional and was the co-medalist at the MAC Championship along with teammate Brett Cairns 

• One of just 32 players in the nation to play in the Western Refining All-American Classic

• Shot a six-under 207 (67-75-68) to finish eighth in the tournament 

• Fired back-to-back 68s and just missed an entire tournament in the 60s with a seven-under 206 (70-68-68) at the David Toms Intercollegiate 

• Took third at the event for his best finish of the fall 

• Also placed in the top 10 at the Windon Memorial 

• Finished tied for ninth after carding a final round 67.

2008-09 Sophomore Season
• GCAA PING Honorable Mention All-American 

• GCAA All-Midwest Region
• MAC Golfer of the Year  

• First Team All-MAC 

• MAC All-Tournament 

• Academic All-MAC 

• KSU Academic Athletic Excellence Award

• Ranked 39th in the final Golfweek/Sagarin Performance Index and 40th by Golfstat.com 

• Just the third KSU sophomore to earn All-American status and first since Ben Curtis in 1998 

• Averaged a league best 72.1 strokes per round 

• His average was the fifth lowest in school history behind only Ben Curtis (1999 & 2000) and Jon Mills (2000 & 2001) 

• Had two wins on the year becoming the first player to do so since 2004-05 (Ryan Yip) 

• Posted 20 rounds of par or better, including 14 of his last 22 rounds 

• Shot nine rounds in the 60s 

• Had an 81.6 finish percentage 

• Earned four top five and six top 10 finishes on the year 

• Became the first player in KSU history to earn MAC Golfer of the Year twice in a career and is just the third back-to-back winner of the award in league history joining Toledo’s Brad Heaven (2002, 2003, 2004) and Miami’s Maarten van den Berg (1996, 1997) 

• Shot a four-over 217 (75-67-75) to finish tied for third at the NCAA Northeast Regional 

• Just missed advancing to the National Tournament with a sudden death playoff loss on the second hole to eventual NCAA Championship runner-up Kyle Stanley of Clemson 

• Won the 2009 MAC Championship with a nine-under 279 (71-68-66-74) 

• His third round 66 was the lowest by a KSU golfer during the season 

• Took eighth at the Administaff ASU Invitational with a seven-under 209 (70-67-72) 

• Claimed his first collegiate individual title at the Towson Invitational with a five under 211 (68-73-70) 

• Earned his third career MAC Golfer of the Week honor (Oct. 8) after finishing second at the Windon Memorial 

• Shot a KSU low six-under 207 (68-70-69) to match the seventh lowest 54-hole score in school history 

• Second time in his career he missed an entire tournament in the 60s by one stroke 

• Named MAC Golfer of the Week three times during the season 

• Was KSU’s top finisher in the last six events of the year.

2007-08 Freshman Season
• GCAA PING All-Region 

• MAC Golfer and Freshman of the Year – first ever unanimous selection for both awards 

• First Team All-MAC & MAC All-Tournament

• Two-Time MAC Golfer of the Week 

• Named to the Ohio Golfer of the Year watch list 

• Ranked 71st in the country in the Golfweek/Sagarin Performance Index and 107th in the Golfstat Cup 

• Led the team with a 73.0 scoring average - lowest scoring average at KSU since 2004-05 and 11th lowest all-time 

• Had 15 rounds of par or better, including six in the 60s 

• Had three runner-up and four top five finishes 

• Placed top 10 in eight of 13 events 

• Produced a team best 111 birdies, averaging 2.9 per round 

• Had a 71.58 average in the final round 

• Tied for 33rd at the NCAA Championship (May 28-31) 

• Shot a 17-over 305 (83-71-73-78) after opening play with an 11-over 83 

• Also was 33rd at NCAA Central Regional (May 15-17) 

• Shot a final round 70 to take third at the MAC Championship (May 2-4) with a one-over 289 (74-73-72-70) 

• Was second in the field with 15 birdies over four rounds 

• Earned a second straight runner-up finish with an even par 140 (69-71) at the KSU FirstEnergy Intercollegiate (Apr. 26) 

• Recorded the third lowest 54-hole score in Kent State history with an 11-under 205 (70-68-67) at the Boilermaker Invitational (Apr. 19-20) 

• Placed second at the tournament following a final round 67 – matching his collegiate low round – to earn MAC Golfer of the Week honors 

• Moved up 19 places into a tie for 10th with a final round 70 at the Robert Kepler Intercollegiate (Apr. 12-13) 

• His 70 marked the lowest round in the field for the 54-hole event 

• Fired a two-under 214 (71-73-70) to take 10th at the National Invitational Tournament (Mar. 23-25) 

• Earned a MAC GOW honor after he tied for second at the Bank of Tennessee 

• His score of eight-under 208 (72-67-69) equals the ninth-lowest round in the KSU record books 

• Also recorded top-10 finishes in the Purdue Midwest Shootout (Sept. 8) and the Windon Memorial Classic (Oct. 7-8) 

• Carded a fall season-low score of 67 in the second round of the Bank of Tennessee Tournament (Oct. 10-12) 

• Shot a 63 to match the non-competitive course record at KSU’s home course, Windmill Lakes Golf Club.

Amateur
• Played in five events in the summer of 2010 averaging 70.6 in 19 rounds
• Reached the match-play sweet 16 at the U.S. Amateur after finishing tied for 13th in stroke play
• Played in five events in the summer of 2009 averaging 70.7 in 19 rounds 

• Won the 107th Western Amateur match-play championship 

• Also finished top 10 at the Sunnehanna Amateur (t-9) and Monroe Invitational (t-7) 

• Shot a final round 63 to earn a tie for fourth place at the 2008 Northeast Amateur Invitational 

• Won the 2007 Scott Robertson Memorial 70-66-66=202 by seven strokes 

• Finished second in the 2007 Hudson Junior (78-72-71) 

• Advanced to the second round of match play at the 2006 U.S. Men’s Amateur Championship at Hazeltine National Golf Club 

• Placed 22nd in stroke play at the U.S. Junior Amateur (72-73--145) advancing to match play 

• Qualified for the event by winning the local qualifier (72-70--142), besting 64 other players 

• Finish third at the 2006 Westfield Junior PGA Championship with a seven-under par (71-68-72-66--277) performance 

• Representing the PGA of America at the Harder German Junior Masters, he finished second of 34 (76-72-69--217) 

• Also captured the 2006 Good Park Junior, the 2005 Kiely Cup at Canterbury Golf Club and finished second at the 2006 Summitt County Amateur.

Prior to Kent State
• Was the highest rated Ohioan and ranked 22nd nationally among the 2007 graduating class on the National Junior Golf Scoreboard (NJGS) 

• Is the highest-ranked signee in the history of the Kent State golf program.

Personal
• Born February 6 1989 (21 years old) 

• Son of John and Marcy Hahn 

• Majoring in pre-business management 

• Is the first incoming freshman to be awarded the Ben & Candace Curtis Endowed Golf Scholarship.

Career Stats