2017-18 Men's Golf Roster
William Register
- Height:
- 5-9
- Weight:
- null
- Class:
- Senior
- Hometown:
- Burlington, N.C.
- High School:
- Walter Williams
Enters his senior season tied for the second-lowest stroke average in UNC history for players with at least 20 tournaments (72.37) • Is one of only seven Tar Heels with a career stroke average under 73 • Played in 35 collegiate events • Has two wins, six top fives, nine top 10s and 21 top 20s • Scores counted in 92 of 101 rounds • Three-time ACC Honor Roll and two-time Academic All-ACC selection.
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2016-17: Cleveland Golf/Srixon All-America Scholar • Third-best stroke average on the team at 73.14 • Thirty-four of his 37 rounds counted towards team score (91.9 percent) • Shot 10 rounds under par • Had five top-20 finishes including two in the top 10 • UNC’s top finisher in three events • Tied for Carolina’s best finisher at Sea Best Invitational with T12 • Season-low 66 in the second round propelled him to a 6-under finish and T4 at the Tavistock Collegiate Invitational • Top 20s include 14th at the Aggie Invitational, T17 at Olympia Fields, T10 at Rod Myers Invitational.
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2015-16: PING all-region selection • Played in 10 of UNC’s 11 events • Stroke average of 72.28 was the second-lowest on the team • Twenty-six of 29 rounds counted (.897), second-best on the team • Carolina’s low finisher in three events (Tavistock, Puerto Rico and General Hackler) and in UNC’s top two in six of 10 events • Season-best T-4 finish in the Puerto Rico Classic where he overcame illness to shoot 69-69-72 for a 6-under-par 210 • Fired a season-low 69 four times • Was under par in three events (-6 at Puerto Rico, -3 at Schenkel and -2 at General Hackler) • Six top 20s (T4 at Puerto Rico, T12 at Primland and General Hackler, T13 at Tavistock, T16 at Bridgestone and the ACC Championship • Academic All-ACC and ACC Honor Roll.
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2014-15: PING all-region selection • Stroke average of 71.63 was the second-lowest on the team and was the seventh-lowest single-season average by a Tar Heel since individual stats were recorded beginning in 1979 • Won two events as a freshman • Thirty-two of his 35 rounds counted toward the team score (91.4 percent) • Had two wins, four top 5s, six top 10s and 10 top 20s in his 12 events • Ranked 64th by Golfweek • Shot 11 rounds in the 60s • Was 7-under-par for the 12 tournaments, including 34-under in the five fall events • Shot 66-65-68 for a 17-under 199 to win the Primland Collegiate Invitational • The 65 was his low round of the year and equaled the low round by any ACC freshman • Broke the UNC record for 54 holes (199) and tied the UNC record for score vs. par for 54 holes (17 under, also shot by John Inman in the 1984 NCAA Championship) • Was the eighth ACC golfer to break 200 and it was the 10th time in ACC history a player broke 200 • Shot 67-70-76 for a 3-under 213 to tie for medalist honors at the Liberty Spring Invitational for his second victory • Also tied for fourth at the Rod Myers Invitational at Duke; was fourth at the Bridgestone, which UNC won; finished sixth at the Tar Heel, which UNC also won; and 10th at the Lamkin San Diego Classic • Closed with a final round 68 at the ACC Championship to finish T14 at 2-under • The 68 was the best round by a Tar Heel in the ACC Championship and equaled the second-best final round by any player in the field • It was the best final round score by a Tar Heel in the ACC Championship since 2008 • Had Carolina’s best tournament finish four times, including a T13 in the NCAA Chapel Hill Regional • Fired a 6-under 66 to lead by one stroke after the first round of the regional • Named to the ACC All-Academic team.
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Amateur: Played in the 2017 U.S. Amateur in Los Angeles and the 2016 U.S. Amateur at Oakland Hills (Mich.) • Semifinalist in 2016 North & South Amateur • Tied for fifth in the 2015 North Carolina Match Play Amateur • 2013 AJGA Rolex All-America • AJGA HP Scholastic All-America • Chosen to Wyndham Cup team in 2013 • Won AJGA IZOD Championship and AJGA Exide Technologies Junior Open and advanced to match play in USGA Junior Amateur Qualifier in 2013 • Third at 2014 Carolinas Amateur • Fifth at 2014 Rolex Tournament of Champions • Eleventh at 2014 FOOTJOY Invitational.
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Prep: Four-time letterman at Walter Williams High School • Four-time all-state • Three-time regional champion, 2012-2014 • Four-time county player of the year • Conference champion in 2011, 2013 and 2014 • County champion in 2013 and 2014 • Second in the 2014 state championship • Played for coach Tommy Cole.
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Personal: Born William Register in Burlington • Son of Robert and Jan Register • Birthday is February 5th • Majoring in economics with a minor in statistics and analysis • His brother, Robert, played golf for UNC from 2011-15 • His father played tennis at Presbyterian • Likes to play basketball, ping pong and tennis • Top golf achievement was shooting 17-under to win at Primland as a college freshman • Enjoys listening to hip hop music • Favorite favorite non-golf athlete is Kobe Bryant and favorite golfer is Rickie Fowler • Favorite course is Sage Valley in Graniteville, S.C. • Always plays with two tees in his pocket and listens to his favorite song that week prior to teeing off • His go-to club under pressure is the driver • Best shot was a 40-foot putt to win the IZOD AJGA • Dream four-some is with Michael Jordan, Mark Wahlberg and Fowler.
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