AS A JUNIOR IN 2008-09: A mainstay in the ASU lineup for the second consecutive season … Helped lead ASU to an NCAA Southeast Regional appearance at Red Tail Golf Club in Sorrento, Fla. … Played 31 rounds and in all 11 events … Registered the team’s third-best stroke average at 72.71 … Tallied seven rounds in the 60’s and 12 rounds of par or better … Recorded top-10 finishes and three top-20 finishes … Shot a three-under 210 (72-69-69) and finished ninth in the VCU Shootout at Hermitage Country Club … Tied for 11th in the Hootie at Bulls Bay Intercollegiate and helped lead Jaguars to an eight-shot victory over Virginia … Fired a season-low, four-under 67 in the second round … Finished at one-under 212 (73-67-72) at Bulls Bay Golf Club … Tied for ninth in ASU’s home event, the Administaff Augusta State Invitational … Helped lead the Jaguars to back-to-back victories – a 13-shot victory over Chattanooga -- with a 54-hole total of six-under 210 (70-71-69) at Forest Hills Golf Club … Season Lows: First Round … 70 (-2) at Administaff Augusta State Invitational … Second Round: 67 (-4) in Hootie at Bulls Bay Intercollegiate … Third Round: 69 (-3) in Administaff Augusta State Invitational.
AS A SOPHOMORE IN 2007-08: Emerged early in the season as a main cog in the Jaguar lineup … Helped lead ASU to a second-place finish in the NCAA East Regional in Chattanooga, Tenn., and to an appearance in the NCAA Championships at Purdue’s Kampen Course … Played in 10 of 12 events … His 27 rounds played ranked as the second-most on the squad behind only Henrik Norlander … Ranked fifth on the squad and fourth among the starters in stroke average at 74.74… Tied for fourth on the team with six rounds of par or better … Tallied 24 rounds in the 70’s, the third-highest total on the team … Registered one top five, one top 10 and two top-20 finishes … Notched his first collegiate victory for ASU in the fall at the Mason Rudolph Intercollegiate in Nashville, Tenn. … Fired a four-under 67 in the first round before the rest of the tournament was canceled due to inclement weather and he was declared the official individual champion … Booked a season-low, 54-hole total of one-over 217 in the Mizuno Southbridge Intercollegiate … Season Lows: First Round: 67 (-4) at Mason Rudolph Intercollegiate … Second Round: 67 (-5) at CordeValle Collegiate … Third Round: 70 (-2) in Mizuno Southbridge Intercollegiate.
AS A FRESHMAN IN 2006-07: Spent freshman season at Lander University in Greenwood, S.C. … Led Lander to the NCAA Southeast Super Regional championship and to the Bearcats’ first-ever appearance in the NCAA Championships … Named a PING second-team All-American and to the NCAA All-Freshman team … Selected the Peach Belt Conference Freshman-of-the-Year … Named to the NCAA All-Southeast Region team as well as the PBC All-Conference team … Played for head coach Chipper Bagwell.
HIGH SCHOOL: Attended Lutterworth Grammar School in Leicestershire, England … Played four years of golf, four years of soccer and four years of rugby … Helped lead Lutterworth to the Leicestershire Schools championship in 2003 and 2004 … Named the Leicestershire Schools Sportsman-of-the-Year and helped lead Lutterworth to the Midland Regional Championship as well.
PERSONAL: Born February 4, 1987 in Crewe, England ... Son of Kay and Marshall Amos ... Has six siblings – Tracy, Joanne, Marie, Mandy, Kirsty and Gemma ... Full name is Jacob Daniel Marshall Amos ... Majoring in sociology ... Enjoys watching English soccer, playing soccer, tennis, watching DVD’s, sleeping and reading … Career goals include becoming the world’s No. 1 ranked golfer ... Goal for this season is to make All-American … Favorite food is fish and chips ... Favorite athlete is Steven Gerrard ... Considers his dad the person he most admires ... Favorite movie is “300” ... Favorite television show is Soccer AM ... Favorite vacation spot is the Caribbean... Favorite actor is Adam Sandler ... Favorite actress is Kate Beckinsale ... Favorite sport other than golf is soccer ... Favorite musical groups is Muse, the Beatles, Arctic Monkey and Dizzee Rascal ... Prefers PING S58 irons and PING wedges, PING Piper putter and PING Rapture driver as clubs of choice ... Considers Royal Birkdale, Royal St. Georges and Kilworth Springs as top three courses played ... Lists Augusta National, Bethpage Black and Shinnecock Hills as top three courses he wants to play ... Considers Royal St. Georges when the wind is blowing as the hardest course he’s ever played .... Lists Luke Donald as his favorite golfer ... Favorite major is the Open Championship ... Dream foursome includes Johnny Miller, Tiger Woods, Greg Norman and Harry Vardon … Carries a Frodo Baggins from Lord of the Rings in his golf bag … First heard about Augusta State’s golf program when Jaguar head coach Josh Gregory introduced himself at the 2004 British Boys Championships at Hoylake (Royal Liverpool) … Would like to switch places for a day with Hugh Hefner … Considers representing his country as his greatest athletic thrill to date … His favorite pre-round ritual is to listen to his I-pod for one song before he warms up (Butterflies and Hurricanes by Muse) … If he could be any character in a movie, he’d choose Will Ferrell’s character in “Old School”.
