*Named to ASUN All-Decade team (2010-20)
*4x All-ASUN, 1st team (2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013)
*ASUN Freshma of the Year | All-Freshman (2010)
*2x ASUN All-Tournament (2011, 2013)
*5x ASUN Golfer of the Week
*PING All-American honorable mention (2013)
*2x PING All-Region (2012, 2013)
*Member of GB&I Walker Cup team (2013)
*Member of Team Europe for 2013 Palmer Cup
*3x ASUN Academic Honor Roll member
Fall 2012: Played in three events for the Ospreys earning a pair of Top 15 finishes… Fired two rounds under par at Shoal Creek en route to a tie for 11th and also finished tied for ninth at Isleworth… Represented Ireland for the second time at the World Amateur Team Championships.
2011-12: Garnered first team All-Atlantic Sun honors as well as Ping All-Region selection… Played in all 13 events for the Ospreys ranking third on team with a 72.79 stroke average… Led the squad with 11 Top 25 finishes… Earned four Top 10 showings including a career best matching runner-up finish at the Amelia National… Fired 10 rounds under par and had five tournament finishes in red numbers… Carded a six-under 210 at Amelia National for season best total… Team’s top finisher at the NCAA Championship (T-21st) with a three-over 216 total at Riviera CC… Earned academic honor roll recognition for work in the classroom
2010-11: Named a first-team All-Atlantic Sun Conference performer… Played in 10 events for UNF boasting a 72.57 stroke average in 30 rounds of competition… Collected eight rounds under-par and had a trio of sub-par tournament totals… Boasted four rounds in the 60s including season low round 68 at Gary Koch Invitational… Matched career best with a runner-up finish at the Atlantic Sun Championship, shooting 69-72-69=210 (-3)… Collected six Top 25 finishes including four in the Top 10… Top performer in five events for Ospreys with team counting his score in 29 of 30 rounds (96 percent)… Earned A-Sun All-Academic honors… Qualified for the Irish Open in the summer… Represented Ireland in the 2010 World Amateur Team Championships held in October in Buenos Aires, Argentina
2009-10: Named Atlantic Sun Freshman of the Year… Chosen to both the A-Sun All-Conference (first team) and All-Freshmen squads… Played in all 14 tournaments for the Ospreys and finished as team’s top performer five times including a second-place tie at the NCAA South Regional… Tallied a 72.35 stroke average over 40 competitive rounds… Led UNF with 18 rounds under par including personal best 66 twice (1st Rd of NCAA South Regional and 2nd Rd of Schenkel Invitational… Posted five under-par tournament totals with a season best 208 (-8) at NCAA Regional… Collected 10 Top 25 finishes highlighted by eight Top 10 performances… Earned three Top Five showings during the spring season… Enjoyed a highly successful summer campaign that included qualifying for the U.S. Open at Pebble Beach, reaching the semifinals of the U.S. Public Links and participating in the prestigious U.S. Amateur Championship
High School: 2009 graduate of Allen D. Nease High School, where he played for coach Pete Molinaro ... Helped lead his team to the Florida 2A state title as a junior … Team also captured conference, district and county championships as a junior and senior ... Won 2008 County individual title … Finished in the top 10 in the state championship as a junior and senior … Best round was a 65 at the County Championships as a junior … Team MVP as a freshman.
Amateur: Qualified for 2011 Irish Open and represented Ireland at World Amateur Team Championships... Enjoyed a highly successful 2010 summer campaign that included qualifying for the U.S. Open at Pebble Beach, reaching the semifinals of the U.S. Public Links and participating in the prestigious U.S. Amateur Championship... Best amateur finish was second at the 2008 Florida Azalea Amateur … Placed third at the 2009 FSGA State Amateur and the 2009 FSGA State Match Play Championships … Had fifth-place finishes at the 2008 Terra Cotta Invitational and the 2007 St. Augustine Amateur.
Juniors: Named the 2009 FSGA Junior Player of the Year … Won 2008 individual titles at the AJGA Mizuno Junior and the FJT at Amelia Island … Had a 12th-place finish at the 2008 AJGA Footjoy Invitational … Member of the 2008 East Canon Cup Team.
Personal: Majoring in Sport Management ... born Nov. 8, 1990... Born in Waterford, Ireland and grew up in St. Augustine, Fla. ... son of Josephine and John Phelan ... dad played professional squash … has one younger brother, Brian, who plays golf at Jacksonville University … Has three career hole-in-one’s (2004 King and Bear, 2007 Palencia and 2008 Amelia River) … hobbies include soccer, fishing and tennis … future goal is simple, win.
