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 | Class: Senior
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 | Hometown: Kenosha, Wis.
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 | High School: The Pendleton School
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 | Height: 5-8
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 | Position: Right handed
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 | Experience: 2V
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2009-10: Led the team with season stroke average of 73.50 ... tied for fourth place in the Wolverine Intercollegiate with a career-low score of 71-68-69--208 ... only senior to travel with the Badgers in all 10 regular-season tournaments ... led the Badgers in three of the five fall events ... led the Badgers in first four spring tournaments ... notched a career-best third place with a 69-71-73--213 at the Crooked Stick Invitational April 19-20 ... completed his career with 95 rounds ranked ninth all-time with an average of 75.17 strokes-per-round ... Elsen's 2009-10 season average of 73.76 ranked eighth best in UW men's golf history ... Elsen tallied his career-best 54-hole score of 208 at the 2009 Wolverine Intercollegiate Sept. 26-27. That 54-hole score tied for sixth best all-time.
2008-09: Played in all 11 events ... his scoring average of 75.17 was third-best on the team ... only non-senior on the team to compete in more than one event ... was among the Badgers' top two finishers four times ... had career-best finish by tying for third at the St. Mary's Invitational (72-69-70=211), registering career-bests for 18- and 54-hole scores ... tied for 26th at The Landfall Tradition with a 231 (78-76-77) ... tied for 26th at the Gopher Invitational (71-73-80=224) ... ended the season at the Big Ten Championships in a tie with teammate Pat Duffy for 32nd place (77-76-73-72=298) ... finished third in the 2009 Wisconsin State Open (professionals and amateurs) with a one-under par 72-72-73-70---287 at Blackwolf Run
2007-08: Competed in 26 rounds ... posted a 76.61 scoring average ... UW's only underclassman to compete on the season ... ended tied for 134th at the NCAA West Regional ... tied for 46th at the Boilermaker Invitational, finishing at five-over par with a 221 ... ended in a tie for 69th at the OSU Kepler Intercollegiate ... was the Badgers top competitor at the Pinehurst Intercollegiate, finishing a nine-over par with a 225, including a 71 in the final set of 18 holes ... recorded career best finish at VCU Shootout where he tied for 20th (71-69-76--216) ... ended as the third-best Badger at the Big Ten/Pac-10 Challenge, tying for 39th overall ... tied for fifth at the WSGA State Amateur Championships in the summer of 2007 ...
2006-07: Competed in nine rounds ... posted a 75.66 scoring average...tied for 52nd (77-79-73--229) at the USF Triumph ... tied his individual match 1.5-1.5 and won his team match 2.5-.5 against Florida Gulf Coast University... best finish came at the Memphis Intercollegiate where he tied for 17th ... during summer 2006 shot a 74-78-72--224 at the AJGA Future Legends and a 72-72-71--215 at the AJGA-Twin Orchard C.C.
High School: Attended The Pendleton School, a high school in Bradenton, Fla., as part of the David Leadbetter Golf Academy ... ranked the 99th best player in the 2006 recruiting class by Golf Week/Titleist Performance Index ... playing resume includes top-five finishes in two American Junior Golf Association (AJGA) events ... qualified for the AJGA HP Championship at Bay Hill Golf Club in Orlando, Fla., where he finished 31st in the field of 88 golfers ... had four top-five finishes on the Future Collegiate World Tour (FCWT), and one other tournament where he placed among the top 10 ... also had five top-five finishes in the International Junior Golf Tour ... was the medalist at the Callaway Junior World Qualifier and competed in the Callaway Junior World Tournament in 2005 ... shot rounds of 69 and 71 to finish four-under par and tie for second at the FCWT Mission Hills tournament in Rancho Mirage, Calif.
Stats
| Year |
Rounds |
Strokes |
Avg. |
Low 18 |
Low 36 |
Low 54 |
| 2006-07 |
9 |
681 |
75.67 |
73 |
148 |
220 |
| 2007-08 |
26 |
1992 |
76.61 |
69 |
140 |
216 |
| 2008-09 |
30 |
2255 |
75.17 |
69 |
141 |
211 |
| 2009-10 |
30 |
2213 |
73.50 |
68 |
139 |
208 |
| Totals |
95 |
7141 |
75.17 |
68 |
139 |
208 |
2006-07 Finishes:
| Oct. 2-3 |
Memphis Intercollegiate |
75-73-72=220 / T17th |
| Oct. 23-24 |
Big Ten/Pac-10 Challenge |
76-79-77=232 / T39th |
| March 12-13 |
USF Triumph |
77-79-73=229 / T52nd |
2007-08 Finishes:
| Sept. 10-11 |
St. Mary's Invitational |
76-76-80=232 / T69th |
| Oct. 1-2 |
VCU Shootout |
71-69-76=216 / T20th |
| Oct. 8-9 |
Memphis Tiger Invitational |
74-78=152 / T45th |
| Oct. 15-16 |
Prestige @ PGA West |
75-80-74=229 / T75th |
| Oct. 22-23 |
Big Ten/Pac-10 Challenge |
79-72-80=231 / T39th |
| March 16-18 |
Pinehurst Intercollegiate |
79-75-71=225 / T23rd |
| April 12-13 |
OSU Kepler Intercollegiate |
81-81-83=245 / T69th |
| April 19-20 |
Boilermaker Invitational |
71-77-73=221 / T46th |
| May 15-17 |
NCAA West Regional |
91-74-76=241 / T134th |
2008-09 Finishes
| Sept. 8-9 |
USF Olympic Club Intercollegiate |
77-78-72=227 / T54th |
| Sept. 12-14 |
Gopher Invitational |
71-73-80=224 / T26th |
| Sept. 20-21 |
Wolverine Intercollegiate |
76-75-73=224 / T64th |
| Sept. 29-30 |
St. Mary's Invitational |
72-69-70=211 / T3rd |
| Oct. 6-7 |
Memphis Intercollegiate |
78-79=157 / T63rd |
| Oct. 24-26 |
The Landfall Tradition |
78-76-77=231 / T26th |
| March 27-29 |
Spring Break Championship |
73-72-77=222 / T33rd |
| April 11-12 |
Robert Kepler Intercollegiate |
78-79-78=235 / T43rd |
| April 18-19 |
Boilermaker Invitational |
76-74-76=226 / T55th |
| May 1-3 |
Big Ten Championships |
77-76-73-72=298 / T32nd |
2009-10 Finishes
| Sept. 13-14 |
Gopher Invitational |
72-70-77=219 / T14 |
| Sept. 26-27 |
Wolverine Intercollegiate |
71-68-69=208 / T4 |
| Oct. 12 |
Alister Mackenzie Invitational |
70-73=143 / T35 |
| Oct. 19-20 |
Memphis Intercollegiate |
79-81-73=233 / T57 |
| Nov. 9-10 |
St. Mary's Invitational |
77-75-71=223 / T21 |
| March 26-28 |
FAU Spring Championships |
77-69-77=223 / T39 |
| April 10-11 |
Robert Kepler Invitational |
72-76-73=221 / T17 |
| April 19-20 |
Crooked Stick Invitational |
69-71-73=213 / 3 |
| April 24-25 |
Boilermaker Invitational |
80-73-75=228 / T41 |
| April 30-May 2 |
Big Ten Championships |
75-76-74-77=302 / T32 |