Ethan Paschal

Height:
5-11
Weight:
null
Class:
Sophomore
Hometown:
Fayetteville, N.C.
High School:
Terry Sanford High School

Best Finish: T14, Williams Cup

Low Round: 68, 1st round, The Prestige

Low Round: to Par: -3, 3rd round, Williams Cup; 1st round, The Prestige; 1st round, Augusta Haskins Award Invitational

Low UNC 54 Holes (strokes): 212, The Prestige

Low UNC 54 Holes (to par): -1, The Prestige

2024-25: Averaged 73.46 in nine tournaments • Shot even or below par eight times, including three rounds in the 60s, in 26 rounds • Low of 68 at the PGA West Norman Course in La Quinta, Calif. • Final-round 69 as Carolina won the Williams Cup at Eagle Point in Wilmington, N.C. • Shot 68-73-71 for 1-under 212 for a T33 at the Prestige • Opening-round 69 in the Augusta Haskins Award Invitational and first-round 70 at Valspar • Best finish was T14 in the Williams Cup • Played one round in match play in the ACC Championship and the final two rounds in the NCAA regional.

Prep/Amateur: Led Terry Sanford High School to consecutive state titles in 2023 and 2024 • Won the individual and team 3-A state championship as a junior in 2023, the first team title by Terry Sanford in 41 years and first individual title by a Bulldog since 1977 • Shot 69 in the final round to enter a three-way playoff, which he won on the fourth extra hole • Shot 66-72 for a 6-under finish to tie for second as a senior.

Won the 2024 Dustin Johnson World Junior Championship at TPC Myrtle Beach • Shot a final-round 69 to finish 4-under 212 and won the title in a playoff • Trailed by five in the final round but birdied four of the last six holes in regulation and the first hole of the playoff • Qualified for the 2023 U.S. Amateur, where he shot 67 in the second round at the Colorado Golf Club, tied for 17th in stroke play and advanced to match play • Byron Nelson International Junior Golf award recipient in 2024 • Played in the U.S. Junior Amateur in 2021, 2022 and 2024 • Placed 13th in the 2024 North Carolina Amateur and 14th in 2024 AJGA Simplify Boys Championship at Carlton Woods • In 2023, he earned second-team Rolex Junior All-America honors • Finished second in 2023 in the AJGA Junior at Canebrake and was third in the Dustin Johnson and sixth in the Team TaylorMade Invitational.

Personal: Born Ethan Hughes Paschal on October 17, 2005, in Fayetteville, N.C. • Son of Michael and Kim Paschal • Plays basketball and enjoys hunting, fishing and horseback riding • Favorite food is steak • Listens to country music • Favorite non-golf athlete is Michael Jordan.

Biggest accomplishment is winning the Dustin Johnson Junior World • Low round is 62 to win the 2021 Creed Invitational at the Camden (S.C.) Country Club • Favorite course is Eagle Point Golf Club in Wilmington, N.C. • Favorite golfer is Scottie Scheffler • Go-to club under pressure is his 9-iron • Best shot was an ace at age nine • Dream round is with Jordan, Scheffler and Justin Thomas.