Rob Tighe

Class:
Fifth Year
Hometown:
Traverse City, Mich.
High School:
West
Swing:
Right

Fifth-Year (2004-05) ... Played all 11 tournaments, with 10 starts... ended fourth season averaging a career-best 75.09 strokes per round ... 31 of 32 rounds below 80 strokes, with 17 rounds at or below 75 ... led Maize and Blue in one event ... competed in third Big Ten Championships (May 6-8), tying for 32nd with a 221 total (73-72-76) ... had a season-best finish after tying for 16th at the Northern Intercollegiate (Sept. 18-19) ... had a season-best single round total of 71, two times - in the first and third rounds of the Northern Intercollegiate ... had a season-best 156 36-hole tournament total at the Big Ten/Pac 10 Challenge (Oct. 25-26) ... had a season-best 219 54-hole tournament total at the Northern Intercollegiate.

Senior (2003-04) ... Played in six tournaments, with six starts ... after playing in season-opening at Northern Intercollegiate (Sept. 20-21) did not see further tournament action until the 2004 spring season ... played in five of the last six tournaments ... had a stretch of 12 straight rounds under 80 through his first four tournaments ... had a season-best single round total of 71, two times - third round of Robert Kepler Intercollegiate (April 17-18) and second round of Big Ten Championships (May 8-9) ... competed in his second Big Ten Championships, tying for 28th with a 219 total (73-71-75) ... ended third season averaging 75.67 strokes per round ... shot 16 of 18 rounds below 80 strokes.

Junior (2002-03) ... Played in all 12 tournaments, with 11 starts ... led Maize and Blue in three events ... played as an individual at Coastal Carolina Invitational (March 10-11) ... had a career-best single roudn total of one-under 70 in the second round of the Wolverine Invitational (Oct. 5-6) ... had a career-best 54-hole tournament total of 217 (76-70-71) at the Wolverine Invitational, where he set a career-best finish, tying for 12th ... competed in first Big Ten Championships and tied for 28th with a 295 total (78-72-71-74) ... ended second season averaging 76.89 strokes per round ... shot 28 of 37 rounds under 80 strokes.

Sophomore (2001-02) ... Played in two tournaments, with two starts ... made collegiate debut at Badger Invitational (Sept. 8-9) ... shot a one-over 73 in first career round ... played in two of the first three events of season before not seeing any further tournament action ... ended first season averaging 75.40 strokes per round ... shot all five rounds under 80 strokes.

Freshman (2000-01) ... Redshirted the season.

Prep ... Traverse City West High School (2000) ... four-year golf varsity letterwinner ... three-time all-state performer (1998, '99, 2000) ... 1999 All-State Super team ... averaged 76.0 as a senior, 75.5 strokes as a junior and 77.0 as a sophomore ... two-time varsity letterwinner in basketball ... 2000 all-state fifth team after averaging 17.0 points and 7.0 rebounds a game.

Personal ... Enrolled in the College of Literature, Science and the Arts ... economics major ... given name Robert Francis Tighe ... born June 8, 1982.