2025-26 Men's Golf Roster
Niall Sheils Donegan
- Height:
- 6-2
- Weight:
- null
- Class:
- Junior
- Hometown:
- Mill Valley, Calif.
- High School:
- Tamalpais High School
Best Finish: T6, 2024-25 Lewis Chitengwa Memorial, Birdwood Golf Course, Charlottesville, Va.
Low Round: 64, 3rd round, 2024-25 The Prestige at PGA West, Greg Norman Course, La Quinta, Calif.
Low Round to Par: -7, 3rd round, 2024-25 The Prestige at PGA West, Greg Norman Course, La Quinta, Calif.
Low 54 Holes (strokes): 207, 2024-25 The Prestige at PGA West, Greg Norman Course, La Quinta, Calif.
Low 54 Holes (to par): -6, 2024-25 The Prestige at PGA West, Greg Norman Course, La Quinta, Calif.
Career: Selected to play for Team Great Britain and Ireland in the 2025 Walker Cup at Cypress Point in Pebble Beach, Calif. • Beat three All-Americas and the 2025 ACC champion to advance to the semifinals in the 2025 United States Amateur • Played the last two seasons at Northwestern, where he was third on the team in scoring average (71.87) as a sophomore and helped the Wildcats secure berth in the 2024 and 2025 NCAA regionals • Played in 21 tournaments, averaging 72.48 over 60 rounds • Four top-10 finishes, including a tie for sixth at Virginia’s Birdwood Course as a sophomore in the Lewis Chitenga Memorial • Best round was a 7-under 64 in the final round of The Prestige at PGA West, where he tied for seventh with a 6-under 207.
2024-25 at Northwestern: Second-team All-Big Ten • Third on the team in scoring average at 71.87 in 33 rounds • Played in every round for the Wildcats • Low round was a collegiate-best 64 in the third round in the The Prestige at Greg Norman’s Course in La Quinta, Calif. • Four top-10 finishes – T6 at Virginia’s Birdwood Course in the Lewis Chitenga Memorial, T7 at The Prestige, T8 at the Jubilee in the St Andrews Links Collegiate and T9 at The Clerico in Oklahoma • Seven rounds in the 60s • Final-round 67 at the Windon Memorial Classic at Conway Farms in Illinois • Shot 69 to win his medal match at the Old Course in the St Andrews Links Collegiate • Opening-round 69 in the 2025 Big Ten Championship and 71 in the final round of the NCAA Tallahassee Regional.
2023-24 at Northwestern: Averaged 73.22 over 27 rounds in nine tournaments • Low round of 69 three times, including the final round of the Wake Forest Invitational to finish 25th • Best finish was T19 in the Big Ten Championship • Helped the Wildcats win their first Big Ten title in 18 seasons • Best 54-hole total was 1-under 212 (73-69-70) at The Prestige • Shot 73-70-70 for a 3-over 213 at Finley in the NCAA Chapel Hill Regional.
Amateur: Semifinalist in the 2025 U.S. Amateur at the Olympic Club in San Francisco • Made match play by advancing out of a 20 players-for-17 spots playoff, then won his first four matches, all on the last hole • Beat the No. 1 seed from stroke play, first-team All-America Preston Stout of Oklahoma State, 1 up in the round of 16 with wins on the 15th and 16th holes • Beat All-America Luke Poulter (Florida) 1 up in the round of 64 with wins on 17 and 18 • Beat All-America Christiaan Maas (Texas) 1 up in the round of 32 with wins on 15 and 17 • Beat ACC champion Jacob Modleski (Notre Dame) 1 up in 19 holes in the quarterfinals, winning four of the final nine holes • Lost 1 up to Jackson Herrington (Tennessee) in the semifinals after pulling even with wins on the 16th and 17th holes • Tied for fourth in the 2025 St Andrews Links Trophy, shooting in the 60s in three of four rounds (with a second-round 66) at the Old Course • Missed qualifying for the 2025 Open Championship by a single stroke at a Scottish qualifier • Captain for the Great Britain & Ireland team in the 2022 Jacques Leglise Trophy • Competed for Scotland in the 2022 Home Internationals (went 6-0) and the European Boys Championship • Won the Hawai’i Amateur in 2022 and 2023 • Semifinalist in the 2021 British Boys Amateur • Finished second in the England U18 2022 Carris Trophy (the English Boys U18 Open Amateur Stroke-Play Championship) at Silloth on Solway Golf Club.
Personal: Born Niall Francisco Sheils Donegan in Glasgow, Scotland • Son of Lawrence Donegan and Maggie Sheils • Attended Tamalpais High School in Mill Valley, Calif. • Played for Coach Derry Ryan • Played baseball as a freshman and volleyball as a sophomore • Enjoys playing ping pong, pickleball, basketball and soccer • Hobbies include writing and walking • Favorite food is sushi • Favorite vacation spot is Melbourne, Australia • Listens to Indie music • Favorite non-golf athlete is Kobe Bryant • Top golf achievement was winning four matches and advancing to the semifinals in the 2025 U.S. Amateur • Low competitive round was a 64 at the Bend (Ore.) Country Club in a U.S. Amateur qualifier • Favorite course is the Kingston Heath Golf Club in Heatherton, Australia • Favorite player is Rory McIlroy • Go-to club under pressure is his driver • Best shot was a 310-yard ace on the par-4 eighth hole at the Leilehua Golf Course in Oahu in the first round of the 2023 Hawai’i Amateur • Dream pairing would be with McIlroy, Bryant and Andy Murray.
