Charlie Pilon

Class:
Graduate Student
Hometown:
New South Wales, Australia
High School:
Hills International

Pronunciation: "pill-on

Michigan Career
• Played in 35 career events, with 34 starts
• All-Big Ten Tournament Team (2019)
• Big Ten Sportsmanship, U-M's honoree (2022)
• Academic All-Big Ten (2020, '21)
• U-M Athletic Academic Achievement (2020, '21)
• Medalist (co-) at the 2019 Royal Oaks Intercollegiate (Oct. 21-22) with a 205 (67-69-69, 4)
• Medalist (co-) at the 2018 Desert Mountain Intercollegiate (March 3-4) with a 212 (69-73-70, -4)

Graduate Student (2021-22)
• Took advantage of the NCAA’s one-time rule to play additional year in response covid-19
• Started two events
• Helped Michigan to a share of the team title at the Desert Mountain Collegiate (March 5-6)
• Averaged 75.83 strokes per round
• Shot a season-low 71 (+1) at the Macdonald Cup (Sept. 25-26; second)
• Tallied a season-low 54-hole total of 225 (77-71-77) at the Macdonald Cup

Senior (2020-21)
• Fall season was canceled due to the covid-19 pandemic
• One of three Wolverines to start all six events; with Patrick Sullivan (Jr.) and Will Anderson (Fr.)
• Led U-M in three events -- Louisiana Classics (March 15-16; t-31st), Hoosier Collegiate (April 3-4; t-21st) and Big Ten Championships (April 30-May 2)
• Played in third Big Ten Championships, tying for 34th (231)
• Averaged 76.72 strokes per round
• Recorded one sub-par round with a season-low 71 (-1) at the Louisiana Classics (March 15-16; second)
• Tallied a season-low 54-hole total of 220 (75-71-74) at the Louisiana Classics

Junior (2019-20)
• Spring season (three events) and postseason (Big Ten & NCAA) was canceled due to covid-19 pandemic
• One of three Wolverines to start all seven events, along with Brent Ito (Sr.) and Henry Spring (Jr.)
• Led U-M in two events -- Crooked Stick Invitational (Oct. 14-15; t-21st) and Royal Oaks Intercollegiate (Oct. 21-22; t-1st)
• Medalist (co-) at the 2019 Royal Oaks Intercollegiate (Oct. 21-22) with a career-low 205 (-8)
• Averaged a career-low 73.00 strokes per round
• Recorded six sub-par rounds with three sub-70; had eight rounds of par-or-better
• Shot a season-low 67 (-4) at the Royal Oaks Intercollegiate (Oct. 21-22; first)
• Tallied a career-low, and team-low, 54-hole total of 205 (67-69-69, -8) at the Royal Oaks Intercollegiate
• Finished 2-2 at the Big Ten Match Play Championships (Feb. 7-8)

Sophomore (2018-19)
• One of two Wolverines to start all 10 events, along with Nick Carlson (Sr.)
• Led U-M in three events -- Big Ten Match Play Championship (Feb. 8-9), Boilermaker Invitational (April 13-14; t-18th) and Big Ten Championships (April 26-28; 3rd)
• Recorded four top 25 individual finishes with a season-best third place finish at Big Ten's
• Helped U-M record a program record 267 (-17) team single round at the Fighting Irish Classic (Oct. 7-8)
• Played in second Big Ten Championships, finishing third (213, +3)
• Averaged 73.46 per round
• Recorded five sub-par rounds; had six rounds of par-or-better
• Shot a career-low 65 (-6) at the Fighting Irish Classic (third)
• Tallied a career-low 36-hole total of 142 (72-70, -2) at the Boilermaker Invitational
• Tallied a season-low 54-hole total of 211 (73-73-65, -2) at the Fighting Irish Classic
• Finished 3-0-1 at the Big Ten Match Play Championship

Freshman (2017-18)
• Played in 10 events, with nine starts -- started the final eight tournaments
• Made his collegiate debut, and first start, at the Inverness Intercollegiate (Sept. 18-19), tying for 69th (151)
• Medalist (co-), with teammate Kyle Mueller), at the 2018 Desert Mountain Intercollegiate (March 3-4; 212, -4)
• Helped U-M to four top-five finishes including a runner-up finish at the Desert Mountain Intercollegiate
• Played in first Big Ten Championships (April 27-29), tying for 31st (230)
• Averaged 74.24 per round
• Recorded five sub-par rounds;, had six rounds of par-or-better
• Shot a season-low 67 (-3) at the Big Ten Championships (first)
• Tallied a season-low 36-hole total of 145 (74-71, +1) at the Boilermaker Invitational (April 14-15)
• Tallied a season-low 54-hole total of 212 (69-73-70, -4) at the Desert Mountain Intercollegiate
• Finished 1-3 at the Big Ten Match Play Championship (Feb. 9-10)

Prep & International Career
• Prepped at Hills International School in New South Wales, Australia
• No. 3 in the Australian Boys Ranking; No. 117 on the Australian Men's Ranking and No. 681 in the World Amateur Golf Ranking
• Advanced to match play three straight years at the Australian Amateur Championship (2015, '16, '17), advancing to the quarterfinals in 2016; qualified for match play with three straight top 20 finishes in stroke play including medalist honors at 2016 Amateur (66-72/138, '6), while tying for 12th (76-68/142) in 2015 and tying for 20th (70-76/146) in 2017
• Three-time champion of the Gary Player Classic at the Pacific Golf Club, winning the 15-and-under division in 2014 and then two straight 16-17 age division titles in 2015 and 2016; became first golfer to defend the 16-17 age division titles since Jason Day (2004 & '05)
• 2016 events: tied for 11th (74-75-75-76/300) at Jack Newton Srixon International Junior Classic; tied for 32nd (73-76-82-72/303) at Australian Boys' Amateur; tied for 66th (74-78-80-77/309) prestigious 2016 Australian Master of the Amateurs; tied for 42nd (70-71-78-72/291) at the Riversdale Cup
• 2015 events: medalist runner-up at Queensland Boys Amateur (73-69-70-72/284) and Greg Norman Junior Masters (70-72-71-72/285); member of the Australian Interstate Boys Team (top five per state) and Men's Team (top eight players per state); tied for 15th (72-76-72-75/295) at Australian Boys' Amateur

Personal
• Son of Lynne and Wayne Pilon
• Born on November 20, 1998
• Graduated with sport management degree (May, 2021) from U-M's School of Kinesiology)
• Graduated with a masters of management (May, 2022) from U-M's Stephen M. Ross School of Business

Season	Events	Starts	Rounds	Strokes	Avg.	18	36	54	72	T-5	T-10	T-20	Sub-Par	Par	MP
2017-18	10	9	25	1856	74.24	67 (-5)	145	212	-	1	1	2	5	1	1-3-0
2018-19	10	10	26	1910	73.46	65 (-6)	142	211	-	1	1	3	5	1	3-0-1
2019-20	7	7	18	1314	73.00	67 (-5)	-	205	-	1	1	1	6	2	2-2-0
2020-21	6	6	18	1381	76.72	71 (-1)	-	220	-	0	0	1	1	0	0-0-0
2021-22	2	2	6	455	75.83	71 (+1)	-	225	-	0	0	0	0	0	0-0-0
Career	35	34	93	6916	74.37	65 (-6)	142 (-2)	205 (-8)	-	3	3	6	17	4	6-5-1