2025-26 Men's Golf Roster
Keaton Vo
- Height:
- 5-11
- Weight:
- null
- Class:
- Senior
- Hometown:
- Austin, Texas
- High School:
- Anderson High School
Career Average: 72.51
Best College Finish: 2, 2022-23 Southwestern Invitational
Match Play: 10-7-2 (2-1 at Carolina)
Best UNC Finish: T10, 2024-25 Tar Heel Intercollegiate
Low Round: 66, 1st round, 2024-25 Amer Ari Invitational
Low Round to Par: -6, 1st round, 2024-25 Amer Ari Invitational
Low UNC 54 Holes (strokes): 208, 2024-25 Amer Ari Invitational
Low UNC 54 Holes (to par): -8, 2024-25 Amer Ari Invitational
Low College 54 Holes: 208, 2022-23 Southwestern Invitational and 2024-25 Amer Ari Invitational
Low College 54 Holes (to par): -8, 2022-23 Southwestern Invitational and 2024-25 Amer Ari Invitational
NCAA Championship Appearances: 2023, 2024
Career: Competed in 32 stroke play tournaments and six match play events over the last three seasons • Averaged 72.51 over 95 rounds and is 10-7-2 in match play • Played in three conference tournaments and NCAA regionals and two NCAA Championships • Low round was a 66 as a Tar Heel in the Amer Ari Invitational in Waimea, Hawai’i • Best finish was second place in the Southwestern Invitational as a freshman at Texas • Has shot par or better 36 times, including 14 rounds in the 60s.
2024-25 at Carolina: PING/All-East Region selection • All-America Scholar, Academic All-ACC honoree and member of the ACC Honor Roll • Co-winner of Carolina’s Best Teammate award with David Ford • Second on the team in scoring average with a career-best 71.86 • Played 36 rounds over 12 tournaments (one of two Tar Heels to start every tournament) • Even par or better in 17 rounds with nine in the 60s • Career-low 66 in the Amer Ari Invitational • Finished below par in five straight tournaments • Best finish was T10 at 1-over 211 in the Tar Heel Intercollegiate, which UNC won by a stroke • Shot 68 in the first and final rounds in the Tar Heel • Went 2-1 in match play in the ACC Championship, including a semifinal win over Florida State’s Jack Bigham, which gave Carolina a 3-2 victory • Made birdie on the 18th hole to tie the match then won on the first extra hole • Final-round 68 at Olympia Fields • Shot 67-69 in the first two rounds in the Valspar Collegiate at Floridian National • Shot even-par 71s in the first and third rounds in the NCAA regional.
2023-24 at Texas: Played in nine stroke play tournaments and two match play events • Averaged 73.29 in 28 rounds with a season-best 68 in the final round of the Big 12 Championship • Went 4-2-1 in match play (2-1-1 in the Big 12 Match Play and 2-1 in the Cypress Point Classic) • Shot par or better in eight rounds • Member of the Big 12 All-Tournament team after a season-best tie for eighth with a 4-under 284 (70-71-75-68) • Tied for 30th at the NCAA Austin Regional at 3-over 216 • T13 at the Johnnie-O Individual.
2022-23 at Texas: Competed in 13 of UT’s 14 events • Averaged 72.55 over 31 rounds • Shot par or better 11 times, including four rounds in the 60s • Second-place finish at the Southwestern Invitational at 8-under 208 (67-71-70) • First round 5-under 67 was best as a Longhorn • Carded a 3-under 68 in the opening round of the NCAA Bath Regional that included a hole-in-one on the fifth hole (6-iron at 202 yards) • Tied for fourth in the stroke-play portion of the East Lake Cup with a 2-under 70 • T19 at the Southern Highlands Collegiate with a 3-under 213 (74-70-69) • Went 4-0-1 in the fall in the Big 12 Match Play Championship.
Prep/Amateur: Tied for sixth in the 2024 Southern Amateur, shooting four rounds in the 60s, including a third-round 65, for 11-under 269 • Advanced to the Round of 32 in match play at the 2023 North & South Amateur • Medalist at the 2022 U.S. Junior Amateur with a 36-hole score of 9-under-par 134 (69-65) • 2022 Texas Class 5A state individual champion and led Anderson High School to the team championship • tabbed the No. 1 recruit in the state of Texas and No. 7 nationally by the AJGA in the class of 2022 • four-time Rolex Junior All-American • two-time Wyndham Cup participant (2020 and 2022) • won the individual title at the 2020 George Hannon Junior Invitational at UT Golf Club • three-time AJGA Champion, capturing the 2019 AJGA Junior All-Star Invitational at Reynolds Lake Oconee, the 2019 AJGA Junior All-Star at Wigwam and the 2018 AJGA Preview at The Republic • registered seven top-10 finishes on the AJGA Tour, including a tie for second at the 2021 Jackie Burke Invitational • Attended Chaparral Star Academy for three years and Anderson High School for one.
Personal: Born Keaton Vo on March 30, 2004, in Austin, Texas • Son of Derek and Sandra Vo • His father played tennis at Oklahoma State • Greatest golf achievements are winning the team and individual Texas 5-A state championships • Favorite course is Cypress Point • Favorite golfer is Lauren Kim • Go-to club under pressure is his driver • Best shot was a hole-in-one in the 2023 NCAA regional (6 iron, 202 yards) • Dream pairing is with Tiger Woods, Anthony Kim and Bryson DeChambeau.
Enjoys playing pickleball, fishing and eating at new places • Favorite food is sushi • Listens to NewJeans • Favorite non-golf athlete is Jeremy Lin • Favorite vacation spot is Hawai’i.
