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2020-21 EKU Men's Golf Roster

Billy Basham

  • Class Senior
  • Hometown Louisville, Ky.
  • High School St. Xavier High School
  • Prev School St. Xavier High School

Biography

AS A SENIOR IN 2020-21
Posted a team best 74.45 scoring average … played in all seven events and a total of 20 rounds … posted one top-5 performance … shot six rounds at par or below … shot back-to-back rounds of 71 and 70 to finish 3-under and tied for fourth at the LaTour Intercollegiate (Feb. 14) … shot a second round 4-under 68 at the Ohio Valley Conference Championship (April 27).

AS A SENIOR IN 2019-20
Led the team, and was eighth in the Ohio Valley Conference, with a 72.14 stroke average … his average tied for the third lowest single season mark on record for an EKU golfer … played in five events and a total of 14 rounds … shot par or below in seven rounds … placed eighth in a field of 96 at the Joe Feaganes Marshall Invitational (Sept. 9-10) with a season-best 54-hole total of 206 (-7) … began the Marshall Invitational with a season-low round of 67 … tied for 12th among 87 golfers at the Musketeer Classic (Oct. 21-22).

AS A JUNIOR IN 2018-19
Ohio Valley Conference All-Tournament team … appeared in 10 of the team’s 11 events … finished third on the team and 21st in the OVC with a 73.52 stroke average … second on the team with 10 rounds of par or below … had three top-5 finishes, including one individual medalist performance … placed fourth at the OVC Championship (April 21-23) with a three-round total of 210 (-6) … shot a career-best 66 (-6) during the first round of the OVC Championship … tied for first at the EKU Intercollegiate (Sept. 15-16) with a 54-hole total of 205 (-5) … finished second at the Marshall Invitational (Sept. 10-11) with a two-round total of 136 (-6) … shot a second round 67 (-4) at the Marshall Invitational.
 
AS A SOPHOMORE IN 2017-18
Played in eight of the teams 10 events … had a 75.39 stroke average in 23 rounds … shot a season-low round of 70 at the Joe Feaganes Marshall Invitational (Sept. 11) and tied for 19th in a field of 88 with a 36-hole total of 143 … shot rounds of 71, 74 and 72 at the EKU Intercollegiate (Sept. 16-17) for a season-best total of 217 … finished tied for 35th among 90 golfers at the EKU Intercollegiate … tied for 20th with a 54-hole total of 225 at the Pinehurst Intercollegiate (March 9-11).
 
AS A FRESHMAN IN 2016-17
Ohio Valley Conference All-Newcomer Team … played in five events for a total of 14 rounds … finished with a 74.64 stroke average … had one top-10 performance … shot a season-low round of 67 and tied for sixth at the EKU Intercollegiate (Sept. 18) … shot a season-low 54-hole total of 209 (-1) at the EKU Intercollegiate … tied for 30th in a field of 120 golfers at the Kingsmill Intercollegiate (March 19).
 
High School
Helped St. Xavier High School capture two straight state championships ... recognized as one of the top junior golf and high school players in the state ... won the boys division title at the Natural Resource Partners Bluegrass Junior hosted by J.B. Holmes at Bellefonte Country Club in Ashland ... comes from a talented athletic family, his father Greg is a PGA professional and a former collegiate golfer at Western Kentucky University and his mother Kelly was a standout basketball player at the University of Louisville.

Historical Player Information

  • 2016-17Freshman

  • 2017-18Sophomore

  • 2018-19Junior

  • 2019-20Senior

  • 2020-21Senior