2021-22 Men's Golf Roster
Dougie Ergood
- Height:
- 5-8
- Weight:
- null
- Class:
- Senior
- Hometown:
- Mount Laurel, N.J.
- High School:
- Lenape (Medford Township, N.J.)
Career Stroke Average– 73.19
Career Low Round: 64, 3rd round, 2022 Elon Phoenix Invitational
Career Low 54 Holes (strokes): 203, 2022 Elon Phoenix Invitational
Career Low 54 Holes (to par): -10, 2022 Elon Phoenix Invitational
Career Best Finish: Co-1st, 2022 Elon Phoenix Invitational
Career: Shot the 16th-best stroke average in UNC history at 73.19 • Won his first collegiate tournament at the Elon Phoenix Invitational in fall 2021 • Played in 33 tournaments • Four top-10 and eight top-20 finishes • Low round of 64 in the final round in winning at Elon.
2021-22: Four top-20 performances in seven events, including a tie for first at Elon shooting 70-69-64 for a 10-under 203 • Also tied for third at the Wolfpack Individual Invitational (1-over 145), tied for 16th at both Duke as an individual entry and the Williams Cup, where he was in the starting lineup in UNC’s team victory • Averaged 71.89 strokes in 18 rounds, his best stroke average as a Tar Heel • Member of ACC Honor Roll.
2020-21: Averaged 73.33 over 18 rounds • Season-low rounds of 70 in the first round at Camp Creek and the second round at the Wake Forest Invitational at Pinehurst No. 2 • Started in three of his six tournaments • A starter when Carolina won the Tar Heel Intercollegiate • Also helped UNC finish second at Pinehurst No. 2 • His scores counted in the team total in eight of his nine rounds • Tied for 22nd at No. 2 and the Tar Heel Intercollegiate • Made 70 birdies • Made 3.6 birdies per round, which tied for second on the team.
2019-20: Won the team’s Ed Kenney Award for being the best teammate • Consideration given to work ethic, attitude and putting the team first • Played in seven events with six starts • Fifth in stroke average at 73.76 • Shot 67 in the first round at Turning Stone and finished 11th at even par • Turned in a 69 in the final round at Notre Dame • Had three top-25 finishes.
2018-19: Played in 13 of UNC’s 14 events, including each of the last nine • Shot eight sub-par rounds, including six in the 60s • Season-low 66 in the first round of the NCAA Stanford Regional • Was tied for second after 18 holes in the regional • Shot even-par 70 in the final round to tie for 27th • Had UNC’s best finish at Louisville when he shot 68 in each of the last two rounds and tied for a season-best fifth • Was sixth at the Tar Heel Intercollegiate with a 1-under 215.
Prep/Amateur: Won the 2017 AJGA Penn State Junior (final-round 67), the 2017 AJGA Junior Golf Hub Championship (68 in final round) and a 2017 US Junior Am Qualifier in New Jersey • Won the 2017 Garden State Cup, was sixth at the 2017 AJGA Philadelphia Junior and eighth in the 2017 N.J. State Amateur • Club champion at Tavistock CC in Haddonfield, N.J. • Led Lenape to 2016 conference championship • First-team All-New Jersey and three-time all-conference selection.
Personal: Born Douglass Foster Ergood Jr. on Dec. 25, 1999, in Philadelphia, Pa. • Son of Douglass and Danielle Ergood • His dad swam at Rutgers • Played for Coach Christopher Foley at Lenape High School in Medford, N.J. Is a second-degree black belt in Tae Kwon Do • One of four family members to attain a black belt • Honor roll student for four years • Likes baseball, basketball, mixed martial arts and tennis • Favorite non-golf athletes are Mike Trout, Carson Wentz and Conor McGregor • Greatest achievement was winning an AJGA event at Penn State with a final-round 67 (seven birdies in the last nine holes) • Best competitive round was 66 twice – once in Tavistock club championship • Favorite course is Pine Valley • Favorite golfer is Rickie Fowler • Go-to club is his putter • Best shot was a hole in one with a 4 iron, 205-yard par 3 into the wind • Would like a lesson from Jack Fields • Dream foursome includes Harvie Ward, Arnold Palmer and Fowler.
