Tyler Tucker
Tyler Tucker
Height: 5-8
Weight: 215
Year: Senior
Hometown: Gray Court, S.C.
High School: Hillcrest HS
2007-08: Saw action in 10 tournaments for the Spartans... lowered his stroke average by 2.2 strokes from his sophomore season... had a solid, consistent year for the Spartans... won his first collegiate individual title... claimed two top-10 and three top-15 tournament finishes... tallied a 496-342 (.592) head-to-head record on the year... won the BSC Invitational in the spring... helped the Spartans win the team championship at the season-opening Rutgers Invitational by finishing in a tie for sixth... finished 12th at the Samford Intercollegiate. 2006-07: Played in 12 tournaments for the Spartans... finished with one top-10 finish, a seventh-place finish at the Presbyterian College Intercollegiate at the demanding Musgrove Mill Golf Club... claimed a 24th-place finish at the Johnny Palmer Memorial... opened the NCAA Division II National Championships with a career-best 72 to help the Spartans to third place after the first round. 2005-06: Saw action in nine of the 11 tournaments for Upstate... ranked fourth on the team with a 77.7 stroke average... had one top-10 finish, finishing ninth in the Peach Belt Conference Championships... had four top-15 finishes... was 14th at the NCAA Division II Southeast Regional. Before Upstate: Played three years on the varsity squad at Hillcrest... finished the year as the 17th-ranked senior in South Carolina... posted a 36-hole total 147 at the 2004 Carolina Golf Association Junior Championship... shot a seven-over-par 223 at the 2004 South Carolina Junior Golf Association Championship... placed second in the SCJGA Players Championship... earned a Top 20 finish in the Charles Tilghman Invitational... claimed second place in the 2004 Greenville County High School Championships. Personal: Born on Mar. 13, 1987 in Greenville, S.C... son of Jimmy and Deni Tucker... a Communications major... likes to eat chicken fajitas... favorite movie is American Gangster... likes watching SportsCenter... favorite season is winter... heroes growing up were his parents... person he admires most is his mom.
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