Michael McRae

Michael McRae

Player Profile

Class:
Junior

Hometown:
Salt Lake City, UT

High School:
Waterford School

Height / Weight:
6-2 / 155

Birthdate:
08/07/1986

Experience:
2V

2005-06: Was named to the All-West Coast Conference Team as a sophomore...competed in all 10 events and 29 total rounds for the Gaels...was second on the team in both stoke average and low round with 74.0 and 68, respectively...finished in the top 10 in three events...his most impressive event came at the West Coast Conference Championships when he entered the final round tied for 10th, and shot 2-under par in the final round to move up fourth overall with a score of 3-over par...shot 3-under par in both the Mid Pines Intercollegiate Invite and Northwest Collegiate Classic where he finished 12th and eighth, respectively... his season scoring average of 74.00 ranks him ninth in the Gael record books...is fourth in the Gael record books for best career scoring average with 74.11 in 65 rounds.

2004-05: Played in all 11 tournaments and 33 rounds during his freshman year...posted a Saint Mary's freshman record with a stroke average of 73.9...had two top-15 individual finishes including a ninth place finish at the WCC Championships...in his second collegiate tournament, he finished tied for 13th at the Fresno State Lexus Golf Classic on October 8-9...in that tournament, he posted a career-low scored of 4-under 212 with rounds of 69, 72 and 71...had 20 rounds of 75 or better, 12 rounds of par or better and two rounds on the 60s...shot a career-low 67 in the second round of the Xavier Invitational on October 11...had a 3.08 scoring average on par-3s, which ranked 22nd in the country...posted a 4.83 scoring average on par-5s...posted three eagles and 89 birdies.

High School: Earned four varsity letters in golf and one in basketball...72.0 stroke average through 2003 tournament season...USGA Handicap Index is 71.5...Four-time Utah All-State golf team member...2003 Utah High School state champion...2003 Jr. America Cup member... 2003 Qualifier for Jr. World Championships...2002 High School Region Champion...2001 High School State Co-Medalist...2001 Utah Jr. Amateur State Champion.