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2020-21 Men's Golf Roster

Brad Puckett
Michael Wade
Bobby McDuffie
Michael Wade
Michael Wade
Michael Wade
Brad Puckett
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Brad Puckett

Yannick Schütz

  • Height 6-0
  • Weight 170
  • Class Redshirt Senior
  • Hometown Friolzheim, Germany

Biography

2019-20: One of two individuals to play in all seven events and 20 rounds ... Had a team-best 73.35 stroke average and was among the top 25 in the Sun Belt Conference in score versus par ... Also led South with four top-20 performances and tied for the top total on the squad after shooting par or below on eight occasions ... Began the season-opening Lone Star Invitational with a season-best 5-under-par 67, tying for fourth in the final individual standings with a 1-under-par 215 total to help the Jaguars claim the team title ... Also recorded a 215 54-hole score at the Steelwood Collegiate Invitational to end the fall campaign with another top-10 finish ... Tied for 17th place individually at the Intercollegiate at the Grove following a 2-under-par 70 in the second of two rounds ... Finished in a tie for 17th out of 102 competitors in the final event of the year at Auburn’s Tiger Invitational after carding a 4-under-par 68 in the second round and a 71 over the final 18 holes ... Shot par or better in each of the first two rounds at the Mobile Sports Authority Intercollegiate to begin the spring season.

Summer 2019: Ended the summer ranked seventh individually in the Deutsche Golf Liga ... Went 4-0 in match play at the German Team Championship, helping the Stuttgart GC Solitude to the title ... Posted a 214 54-hole total to finish third in a field of 120 golfers at the Polish Amateur Championship ... Placed 12th out of 95 competitors at the Danish Amateur Championship after carding a 71 on the final day of play ... Recorded a four-round 283 total at the German Amateur Championship, which included scores of 70 in the first and last rounds as well as a third-round 68.

2018-19: Named third-team all-Sun Belt Conference ... Led South with a 72.40 scoring average, five top-20 performances and 14 rounds at or under par ... Stood among the top 10 in the Sun Belt Conference in score against par ... Posted the low total on the team at four of the first five tournaments of the season ... Best finish was tied for sixth at the Mobile Sports Authority Intercollegiate, where he broke par in both rounds while recording a 5-under-par 139 36-hole score ... Fired a 3-under-par 69 in the final round of the Lone Star Invitational — the opening event of the year — to tie for 10th place in the individual standings ... Shot par or better in both rounds on the opening day of the Steelwood Collegiate Invitational, tying for 11th with a 54-hole 217 total ... Broke par in each of the last two rounds at the Old Waverly Collegiate Championship in the final event of the regular season, tying for 17th individually with a 54-hole 2-under-par 214 score ... Earned a top-20 finish at the Shoal Creek Invitational after posting a 2-under-par 70 in the second of three rounds ... Shot par or better on each of the last two days of the Sun Belt Championship, highlighted by a season-best 3-under-par 68 over the final 18 holes, to tie for 25th in the individual standings with an even-par 213 54-hole total … Also shot a 69 on the last day of Notre Dame’s Fighting Irish Classic ... Carded a pair of rounds at or below par at the Linger Longer Invitational to record a top-25 result ... Was the only Jaguar to go 2-0 at the Jerry Weeks Match Play.

Summer 2018: In only event of the offseason, posted a 4-under-par 212 54-hole score to tie for sixth place at the McNeill Open, an event on the German Pro Golf Tour ... That included carding a 71 in the opening round before closing out play with a 3-under-par 69.

2017-18: Was a first-team all-Sun Belt Conference selection, earning an individual bid to the NCAA Kissimmee Regional after recording a 71.96 stroke average, six top-20 results and a team-leading 13 scores at or below par ... Finished third in the league in stroke average and score against par ... Final scoring average ranked seventh on the school’s season record list ... Posted a score at or under par at least once at every event in the spring, turning the trick multiple times at each of the first four outings of the semester ... Recorded a 54-hole total below par at four straight tournaments to open the spring campaign ... Was the Jaguars’ top finisher in each of the final four events of the regular season ... Tied for 26th at the NCAA Regional with a 2-under-par 214 total that included a 71 on the first day of play and a 2-under-par 70 over the last 18 holes ... Fired a career-low 6-under-par 210 total to end up fifth — the best individual finish as a Jag — at the Mobile Sports Authority Intercollegiate to open the spring ... Had a final-round 5-under-par 67 to close out play, matching that score on the last day of Auburn’s Tiger Invitational, to post the low 18-hole mark of his career ... Also shot 71 in the second round of the Tiger Invitational to conclude play 15th in the individual standings with a 2-under-par 214 three-day score ... Carded a 4-under-par 212 total — which included shooting 2-under-par 70s in the first and last rounds — at the All-American Intercollegiate, tying for 19th place in a field of 99 competitors ... Opened the BIGHORN Invitational with back-to-back 70s on the way to a top-25 result ... Won his opening match with a 4 & 3 decision over Peter Hinnant to help South to a 3-2 victory over Louisiana on its way to defending the title ... Tied for 16th at the Old Waverly Collegiate Championship after beginning the tournament with an even-par 72 ... Contributed a 1-under-par 70 on the final day of the conference championship to help the Jaguars move on to match play ... After missing the opening month of the season due to injury, in first event of the year carded consecutive 1-under-par 71s in the last two rounds of the Jerry Pate National Intercollegiate hosted by Alabama ... Qualified for the Sun Belt Conference Academic Honor Roll.

Summer 2017: Won the Bad Liebenzell Golf Club Masters with an even-par 216 total, beginning the event with a 1-under-par 71 ... Also was the medalist at the Stuttgart Golf Club Solitude championship following a 2-under-par 70 ... Shot a 70 in the third round of the German Amateur Championship ... Posted scores of 68, 69 and 71 — all below par — in 1. Bundesliga competition.

2016-17: Participated in six events — playing a total of 14 rounds — his first season at the collegiate level, ending up with a 76.00 scoring average ... Shot an even-par 72 in his collegiate debut and had a 224 two-day total at The Invitational at The Ocean Course, his low 18- and 54-hole scores of the year ... Best finish of the season was a tie for 22nd at the Bridgestone Match Play ... Low round at Alabama’s Jerry Pate National Intercollegiate was a 73 ... Also recorded a 73 in the second round of the USA Individual Tournament to begin the spring season ... Had a 227 three-round score at the Steelwood Collegiate Invitational in the final event of the fall ... Made the Sun Belt Conference Academic Honor Roll.

Amateur Highlights: Tied for eighth place at the 2016 Swiss Amateur Championship with a 216 54-hole score that included a 71 in the first and last round ... Competed in 13 tournaments during the 2015 season including several national team events — highlighted by Germany’s victory at the European Boys’ Team Championship — posting eight top-15 results while carding a score of par or better 15 times ... Best finish came at the Curro South African Juniors International, where he tied for third out of 104 competitors with a 2-under-par 214 score that included a pair of 70s on the last two days of the event ... Finished ninth at the German Match Play Championship, and was 10th at both the German Boys Open and the German National Boys Championship — at the latter tournament he carded a 6-under-par 207 54-hole total with three consecutive sub-par rounds of 68, 69 and 70 ... In 2014, best finish was a third-place result at the German National Boys Championship after opening with scores of 72 and 71 in the first two rounds ... Came in seventh at the Slovenian Amateur Championship, where he recorded a 1-under-par total over 72 holes highlighted by a 70, and also posted top-20 finishes at the Doral-Publix Junior Classic and the German National Amateur ... Won the Hungarian Junior Open the previous year after firing a 69 in the final round ... Carded a 70 on the last day of the German National Boys Championship to place among the top 10  ... Also recorded a 73 on the opening day of the German National Amateur.

Personal: Full name is Yannick Schütz ... Born Dec. 28, 1997, in Leonberg, Germany ... Son of Stefan Sabenberg and Renate Schütz ... Favorite movie is “Iron Man” ... Favorite team is FC Bayern Munich ... Favorite athletes are Tiger Woods and Jason Day ... Favorite musical artist is Chris Brown ... Favorite food is Wienerschnitzel and Spaetzle ... Favorite subject is math ... Is a marketing major.

Historical Player Information

  • 2016-17Freshman

    5'11" 165 lbs
  • 2017-18Sophomore

    6'0" 165 lbs
  • 2018-19Junior

    6'0" 170 lbs
  • 2019-20Senior

    6'0" 165 lbs
  • 2020-21Redshirt Senior

    6'0" 170 lbs