2022-23 Men's Golf Roster
Biography
Career Bio
Academic Honors
• Fall 2020 Athletic Director’s Honor Roll
• Currently intends to major in business
2022-23
Competed in 4 tournaments for the Panthers in 2022-23 and posted one top-10 finish as well as one top-25 finish... Finished with a head-to-head record of 154-161-12... Shot in the 60s once on the year with a low of 67 for the second round at the Georgia State Invitational... Finished two rounds under par on the season... Totaled 897 strokes for the year with an average stroke of 74.75
- Fall Average: 74.8
- First Round Average: 76.8
- Last Round Average: 75
- Rounds Under Par: 2
- Stroke Differential: +36
2021-22
Competed in five tournaments compiling a scoring average of 74.27 in 15 rounds of play… Opened the season at the GSU Invitational and competed as an individual, shooting a career best final round 4-under par 68… shot a second round of 70 at the Tiger Invitational… Kephart led the team to a fourth place finish at the Sun Belt Conference Championship with a career best finish tie for fifth, shooting 72-76-74 and receiving All-Tournament honors for his performance… won his pairing in match-play of the Sun Belt Championship 3&2.
2020-21
Competed in one tournament as a freshman finishing in 77th place at the Tar Heel Invitational including an opening round 75.
Prep
Competed at Mount Vernon Christian High School . . . Earned 2019 Class A-Private All-State Honorable Mention recognition . . . Named 2019 Team MVP and was team captain . . . Went to the state championship as a freshman and sophomore.
Prep/Amateur
Ranked as high as the No. 6 player in the state of Georgia . . . Won the 2019 Atlanta Junior Championship as a part of the Georgia PGA with rounds of 71 and 70 . . . Finished in second place at the 2019 Georgia PGA Junior Tour Championship . . . Finished in third place at the 2019 HJGT National Championship with a final round 70 . . . Earned a seventh-place finish at the 2019 AJGA Eagle Crest Junior Championship with rounds of 74-68-69 . . . Won the PGA Junior Championship at East Lake shooting 71-70.
Personal
Jacob Andrew Kephart was born on May 21, 2002 . . . Son of Kimberly and Tony Kephart . . . Has one sibling, Chase . . . Related to Horace Sowers Kephart who is an author and founder of the Great Smoky Mountain National Park.
Historical Player Information
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2021-22Sophomore
5'9"
152 lbs
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2022-23Junior
5'9"
152 lbs
