2021-22 Men's Golf Roster
Dunne, Ben

Ben Dunne
- Class:
- Senior
- Hometown:
- Cedar Park, Texas
- High School:
- Cedar Park
Bio
Michigan Career
• Big Ten Distinguished Scholar (2020)
• 3x, Academic All-Big Ten (2020, '21, '22)
• 3x, U-M Academic Achievement Award (2019, '20, '21)
Senior (2021-22)
• Did not play in an event
Junior (2020-21)
• Fall season was canceled due to the covid-19 pandemic
• Played in four events; with three starts
• Averaged 78.67 strokes per round
• Shot a season-low 73 (+1) in the final round of the Mobile Bay Intercollegiate (Feb. 14-16)
• Tallied a season-low 54-hole total of 230 (76-74-80) at the Louisiana Classics (March 15-16)
Sophomore (2019-21)
• Spring season (three events) and postseason (Big Ten & NCAA) was canceled due to covid-19 pandemic
• Played in all seven events; with six starts
• Averaged a career-low 75.39 strokes per round
• Shot a career-low and first sub-70 round of 69 (-2) in the final round of the Royal Oaks Intercollegiate (Oct. 21-22)
• Tallied a career-low 54-hole total of 220 (73-78-69) at the Royal Oaks Intercollegiate
• Finished 0-4 at the Big Ten Match Play Championships (Feb. 7-8)
Freshman (2018-19)
• Started eight events
• Played in final seven tournaments
• Made collegiate debut, and first career start, at the Northern Intercollegiate, finishing 86th (85-76-82/243)
• Played in first Big Ten Championships (April 26-28)
• Substituted (Patrick Sullivan, illness) the final two rounds (78-76), did not record a finish
• Averaged 77.05 per round
• Shot a season-low 72 (E) in the first round of the Boilermaker Invitational (April 13-14)
• Tallied a career-low 36-hole total of 147 (72-75) at the Boilermaker Invitational
• Tallied a season-low 54-hole total of 223, twice -- Gator Invitational (Feb. 16-17; 75-74-75) and Desert Mountain Intercollegiate (March 9-10; 73-73-77)
• Finished 1-1-2 at the Big Ten Match Play Championship (Feb. 8-9)
Prep & Junior Career
• Helped Cedar Park to the University Interscholastic League (UIL) Class 5A runner-up team title (2017) and third place finish (2018)
• Fourth (70-75/145, 2017) and tied for sixth (72-73/145, 2018) individually at UIL Class 5A championships
• UIL All-State first team (2017, '18), All-Region first team (2018), second team (2017) and All-District first team (2017, '18)
• Texas High School Coaches Association (THSCA) Academic All-State second team (2018)
• Posted two top-10 finishes in summer of 2017 closing eighth at 2017 AJGA's Bishops Gate Golf Academy Junior (71-73-73/217) and ninth at 2017 LJT Jimmy Demaret Junior Classic (69-71/140)
• Additional 2017 summer results included 25th at AJGA's Under Armour/Hunter Mahan Championship (75-77/154), 30th at Golfweek International Junior Invitational (74-75/149), 33rd at AJGA's Haas Family Invitational (72-72-76-69/289) and 38th at Western Junior Championship (72-70-69-77/288)
Personal
• Son of Jane and Andrew Dunne
• Born August 25, 2000
• Enrolled in School of Kinesiology
• Graduate with a sport management degree (May, 2022)
• Big Ten Distinguished Scholar (2020)
• 3x, Academic All-Big Ten (2020, '21, '22)
• 3x, U-M Academic Achievement Award (2019, '20, '21)
Senior (2021-22)
• Did not play in an event
Junior (2020-21)
• Fall season was canceled due to the covid-19 pandemic
• Played in four events; with three starts
• Averaged 78.67 strokes per round
• Shot a season-low 73 (+1) in the final round of the Mobile Bay Intercollegiate (Feb. 14-16)
• Tallied a season-low 54-hole total of 230 (76-74-80) at the Louisiana Classics (March 15-16)
Sophomore (2019-21)
• Spring season (three events) and postseason (Big Ten & NCAA) was canceled due to covid-19 pandemic
• Played in all seven events; with six starts
• Averaged a career-low 75.39 strokes per round
• Shot a career-low and first sub-70 round of 69 (-2) in the final round of the Royal Oaks Intercollegiate (Oct. 21-22)
• Tallied a career-low 54-hole total of 220 (73-78-69) at the Royal Oaks Intercollegiate
• Finished 0-4 at the Big Ten Match Play Championships (Feb. 7-8)
Freshman (2018-19)
• Started eight events
• Played in final seven tournaments
• Made collegiate debut, and first career start, at the Northern Intercollegiate, finishing 86th (85-76-82/243)
• Played in first Big Ten Championships (April 26-28)
• Substituted (Patrick Sullivan, illness) the final two rounds (78-76), did not record a finish
• Averaged 77.05 per round
• Shot a season-low 72 (E) in the first round of the Boilermaker Invitational (April 13-14)
• Tallied a career-low 36-hole total of 147 (72-75) at the Boilermaker Invitational
• Tallied a season-low 54-hole total of 223, twice -- Gator Invitational (Feb. 16-17; 75-74-75) and Desert Mountain Intercollegiate (March 9-10; 73-73-77)
• Finished 1-1-2 at the Big Ten Match Play Championship (Feb. 8-9)
Prep & Junior Career
• Helped Cedar Park to the University Interscholastic League (UIL) Class 5A runner-up team title (2017) and third place finish (2018)
• Fourth (70-75/145, 2017) and tied for sixth (72-73/145, 2018) individually at UIL Class 5A championships
• UIL All-State first team (2017, '18), All-Region first team (2018), second team (2017) and All-District first team (2017, '18)
• Texas High School Coaches Association (THSCA) Academic All-State second team (2018)
• Posted two top-10 finishes in summer of 2017 closing eighth at 2017 AJGA's Bishops Gate Golf Academy Junior (71-73-73/217) and ninth at 2017 LJT Jimmy Demaret Junior Classic (69-71/140)
• Additional 2017 summer results included 25th at AJGA's Under Armour/Hunter Mahan Championship (75-77/154), 30th at Golfweek International Junior Invitational (74-75/149), 33rd at AJGA's Haas Family Invitational (72-72-76-69/289) and 38th at Western Junior Championship (72-70-69-77/288)
Personal
• Son of Jane and Andrew Dunne
• Born August 25, 2000
• Enrolled in School of Kinesiology
• Graduate with a sport management degree (May, 2022)
Season | Events | Starts | Rounds | Strokes | Avg. | 18 | 36 | 54 | 72 | T-5 | T-10 | T-20 | Sub-Par | Par | MP |
2018-19 | 8 | 8 | 19 | 1464 | 77.05 | 72 (E) | 147 | 223 | - | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1-1-2 |
2019-20 | 7 | 6 | 18 | 1357 | 75.39 | 69 (-2) | - | 220 | - | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0-4-0 |
2020-21 | 4 | 3 | 12 | 944 | 78.67 | 73 (+1) | - | 230 | - | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0-0-0 |
2021-22 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | - | - | - | - | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0-0-0 |
Career | 19 | 17 | 49 | 3765 | 76.84 | 69 (-2) | 147 | 220 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1-5-2 |
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