Amateur Notes

• Was 61st at 2009 US Amateur in stroke play
• Reached semifinals of match play at 2009 Carolinas Amateur
• Tied for 12th at 2009 Sunnehanna Amateur
• Named 2007 Carolinas Junior Player of the Year and All-Junior Team by the Carolinas Golf Association (CGA)
• Won the 2008 Carolinas Amateur Championship (top amateurs from North and South Carolina)
• Winner of 2007 Dogwood State Junior Championship
• Took top honors at 2007 CGA Fall Junior Invitational
• Winner of 2006 FCWT (Future Collegians World Tour) Duke Open
• A two-time FCWT All-American – 2007 & 2008
• Runner-up at 2008 FCWT Tanglewood Invitational and 3rd Place finish at 2008 FCWT Sea Island Open
• Fourth at 2007 North & South Junior and final round medalist on Pinehurst No. 2 with 69
• Shot 64 during final round of 2008 Western Junior Championship
• Selected for 2008 Carolinas vs. Virginias Junior Team Matches
• Ranked No. 50 Junior player nationally by Golfweek (August 2008)
• No. 1 ranked Junior in North Carolina by CGA (August 2008)


2009-10 (Sophomore / Fall)
• Played in all five tournaments and led team with 70.80 stroke average
• Tied for first at the Maryland Intercollegiate for first career victory
• Finished in top-10 of first four events of the fall
• Shot 7-under at both Gary Koch and Maryland Intercollegiate tournaments

2008-09 (Freshman)
• Second on the team with 73.39 stroke average
 – the third best among ACC freshman and 18th overall
• Led UVa at East Regional with 11th-place finish, shooting 221
• Started NCAA Championships with back-to-back 75s before shooting 82 in final round
• Got his career off to a hot start, leading the Cavaliers in scoring in three of four fall events and finished second once
• Best tournament finish was sixth-place effort at Argonaut Invitational

• Also had a top-10 finish with eighth-place showing at Notre Dame’s Gridiron Classic
• Shot 1-under 212 to place 14th at the VCU Shootout
 which was his low tournament score
• His 4-under 67 at the Maryland Intercollegiate was his best 18-hole score

• Finished the fall ranked No. 100 by Golfweek

Green Hope High School / Junior Golf
• Three-year starter for Green Hope HS Golf Team
• Helped lead Green Hope to 2006 & 2007 4A State Champions and a third-place
finish his senior season
• 2008 Tri-8 Conference Player of the Year and All-Conference
• First in stroke average for the 2008 Tri-8 Conference season
• Third in stroke average for the 2007 Tri-8 Conference season
• An Honors Graduate and North Carolina Scholar
• Team captain as a senior

Personal
• Born in Dallas, Texas
• Parents are Sheri and Kevin
• Has a younger sister, Jenna
• Did not begin playing competitive golf until he was 15

Ben Kohles' Career Statistics

Career Best Tournament Finish:  1st, Maryland Intercollegiate, Sept. 12-13, 2009
Career Top-10 Finishes: 6
Career Best 54-Hole Score:  206, Maryland Intercollegiate, Sept. 12-13, 2009
Career Best 18-Hole Score: 66, Maryland Intercollegiate, Sept. 12, 2009