Fountain Named to All-Nicklaus Team

Peter Fountain, a Raleigh native and rising sophomore men's golfer at the University of North Carolina, was named to the 2021 All-Nicklaus team by the Golf Coaches Association of America.

The team, presented by True Spec Golf, is named for legendary golfer Jack Nicklaus, whose son Jackie played for the Tar Heels from 1981-85. Fountain is the first Tar Heel named to the Nicklaus team, which began in 2008.

Fountain earned first-team All-America honors from the GCAA and Golfweek after leading the Atlantic Coast Conference and setting a UNC record with a stroke average of 69.68. He won the ACC Championship, was the ACC Freshman of the Year and finished 13^th at the NCAA Championship. Fountain helped lead UNC to a tie for fifth at the NCAA Championship, Carolina's highest finish in 28 seasons. He was Carolina's first first-team All-America since 2003 and the first Tar Heel freshman to ever win first-team All-America honors.

He tied tournament records for a single round (63) and 54 holes (200) in winning the ACC title.

Fountain is one of 12 Division I and 24 players overall named to the Nicklaus team.

The honorees include Ludvig Åberg (Texas Tech), Alberto Avila (Erskine), Andrew Beckler (Washburn), Cecil Belisle (South Mountain), Sam Bennett (Texas A&M), Dan Bradbury (Lincoln Memorial), Lucas Cena (Keiser), Eugenio Chacarra (Oklahoma State), Pierceson Coody (Texas), Harry Crockett (Hutchinson), Fountain, Nick Gabrelcik (North Florida), Noah Goodwin (SMU), Ryan Hall (South Carolina), Will Hocker (Webster), James Mishoe (Guilford), James Morgan (Kirkwood), John Pak (Florida State), Ben Partridge (Hutchinson), Dawson Peters (South Carolina Beaufort), Turk Pettit (Clemson), Ruan Pretorius (Point), Davis Thompson (Georgia) and Rob Wuethrich (Illinois Wesleyan).

Players Mentioned

Peter Fountain

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