The University of Mississippi Athletics

2022-23 Men's Golf Roster

Hugo Townsend
Hugo Townsend
Hugo Townsend
Fischer and Townsend
Hugo Townsend at US Am
Hugo Townsend

Hugo Townsend

  • Class:
    Graduate Student
  • Hometown:
    Boden, Sweden
  • Prev. College:
    Boise State
  • Experience:
    TR
 CAREER HIGHLIGHTS
 • SEC Golfer of the Week Honors

2022-23 (GRADUATE): Competed in all 12 tournaments in his first season as a Rebel … Was Ole Miss best individual in five tournaments … Shot a low 18-hole score of 67 during SEC Match Play … Claimed the winning point after winning the final two holes to give Ole Miss the win against South Carolina in match play … Made a hole-in-one in the first round of the Blessings Collegiate to give him his season-best finish of tied for 13th … Earned another top-20 finish in the Ka’anapali Classic after shooting an 18-hole score of 68 in the first and third round … Began the spring season with a tied for 14th finish, shooting all three rounds under par … Finished tied for 23rd at the Cabo Collegiate … Shot a first round of 68 at the Seminole Intercollegiate to grab a 4th place finish … Earned a season-best finish of 2nd at the All-American Intercollegiate with an overall score of 210 (-6) to assist in Ole Miss taking home the tournament title … Grabbed his sixth top-20 finish of the season at the Mason Rudolph Championship … Made his first SEC Championship appearance with a tied for 8th finish in stroke play, shooting a first round score of 68 and third round score of 65 … Third round was a season-low round of 65 to advance Ole Miss to the quarterfinals of match play … Shot all three rounds of 69 at the NCAA Norman Regional to place tied for 4th, but was unable to win the 8-hole tie-breaker to advance as an individual … Knocked down 132 birdies overall … Led Ole Miss with a 70.60 stroke average.

AT BOISE STATE: Four-year letter-winner with the Broncos … Two-time Mountain West Golfer of the Year in 2021 and 2022 … The first Bronco in program history to be named the conference golfer of the year twice in their career … PING Division I All-America Third Team selection for the 2020-21 season, becoming the second Bronco to be named an All-American in program history … PING Division I All-West Region selection in 2021 … Qualified as a individual to back-to-back NCAA Regional appearances in 2021 and 2022 … Two-time All-Mountain West selection in 2021 and 2022 … Two-time Srixon/Cleveland Golf All-America Scholar (2019-20, 2020-21) … Four-time honoree in the Spring Academic All-Mountain West Honor Roll … Two-time Mountain West Scholar Athlete … 2022 CoSIDA Academic All-District selection … Leaves the Broncos with the second-lowest career stroke average in program history (70.96) … Ended his time with the team with the second-most top 25 finishes in school history with 32 … Finished his Boise State career with the most career par or better rounds in program history (71) … posted the second, third and fourth lowest single-season stroke averages in program history; 69.74 (2021-22), 69.92 (2020-21) and 71.00 (2019-20) … Earned his lone collegiate victory at the 2021 Duck Invitational … Lost on the second playoff hole of the 2021 Mountain West Championship, earning a runner-up individual finish in the conference tournament for the Broncos.

HIGH SCHOOL: Was a member of the Swedish National Boys team from 2016-18, helping to lead the team to a fourth place finish at the 2017 European Boys Team Championship in La Manage, Spain … Won a total of 16 junior tournaments alongside 11 runner-up finishes between the years of 2010 and 2017 … Was ranked as the top player in Sweden in his age group from 2012-15 … Ranked as high at 1221 in the World Amateur Golf Rankings prior to beginning his collegiate career at Boise State … Also saw an eighth place finish at the U21 Swedish Amateur Stroke Play in 2018.

PERSONAL: Son of Peter and Sofia Townsend ... Peter Townsend is a former PGA TOUR professional and two-time Ryder Cup attendee ... Born on January 18, 1999.

YEAR-BY-YEAR
Year Tournaments Rounds Strokes Avg. Best 18 Best 54 Top 5 Top 10 Top 20 Best Finish
2022-23 12 35 2,511 70.60 65 207 3 4 8 2
Total 12 35 2,511 70.60 65 207 3 4 8 2
CAREER BESTS
Low 18 65 (SEC Championship, 2022-23)
Low 54 207 (2x, MR: SEC Championship, 2022-23)
Best Ind. Finish 2 (All-American Intercollegiate, 2022-23)
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