2022-23 Men's Golf Roster
Ryan Burnett
- Height:
- 6-4
- Weight:
- null
- Class:
- Fifth Year
- Hometown:
- Lafayette, Calif.
- High School:
- Campolindo (Moraga, Calif.)
through 2023 NCAA Championship
https://goheels.com/documents/2023/6/1/2022-23_M-Golf_Results___Stats.pdf
Career– 71.33 (No. 3 in UNC history)
Low Round: 63, 3rd round, 2019 NCAA Stanford Regional; 1st round, 2023 NCAA Salem Regional, Salem, S.C.
Low 54 Holes (strokes):198, 2019-20 Turning Stone Missouri Tiger Invitational, Verona, N.Y.
Low 54 Holes (to par): -18, Turning Stone Missouri Tiger Invitational
Best Finish: 1st, 2019-20 Turning Stone Missouri Tiger Invitational; 2022-23 Calusa Cup, Naples, Fla.; 2023 NCAA Salem Regional
NCAA Championship Appearances: 2019 (T30), 2021 (T34), 2022 (T2), 2023 (T36)
Career: Led Carolina to three consecutive top-5 NCAA Championship finishes (T5 in 2021, T5 in 2022 and T3 in 2023) • No. 3 all-time at UNC in stroke average at 71.33 and third in score to par (0.12 per round) • Played in 160 rounds over 52 tournaments, the second-most rounds in UNC history • Three-time college medalist • All-ACC in 2023 (no selections were made in 2020) • Golfweek second-team All-America in 2020, GCAA honorable mention All-America in 2022 and GCAA and Golfweek third-team All-America in 2023 • Started in nine tournament teams wins and helped UNC lead in stroke play in both the 2022 and 2023 NCAA Championships and the 2021 and 2022 ACC Championships • Finished seventh in the 2023 PGA Tour University rankings to earn playing privileges on the Korn Ferry Tour • In addition to the four wins, had four seconds, two thirds, 13 top-five and 19 top-10 performances • Has the third- and sixth-lowest scoring averages in UNC single-season history (70.21 in 2019-20 and 70.62 in 2022-23) • Shot 48 rounds in the 60s • Even par or better in 90 of 160 rounds • Career-low 63s in the final round of the 2019 NCAA Stanford Regional and the first round of the 2023 NCAA Salem Regional • One of four individuals to tie for first in stroke play in the 2022 NCAA Championship • Made a 12-footer for par on the 72nd hole to post 280 • Parred the 18th again in the playoff but Vanderbilt’s Gordon Sargent made birdie for the win • Tie for second was best finish by a Tar Heel since John Inman was medalist in 1984 • Joined Inman, champion Harvie Ward (1949) and runner-up Bill Williamson (1953) as the only Tar Heels to finish in the top two in an NCAA Championship • Made fourth-round cut as a freshman at the 2019 NCAA Championship (T-30).
2022-23: Third-team GCAA and Golfweek All-America and All-ACC and All-PING/East Region • Helped lead the Tar Heels to a tie for third at the NCAA Championship, its highest finish since 1993 • Defeated Ryggs Johnston of Arizona State 1 up to win his NCAA quarterfinal match • NCAA Salem Regional champion • Won twice (both wire-to-wire) at The Calusa Cup and the regional • Second on the team in stroke average (70.62) and score to par (-19) • Scoring average was sixth best in UNC single-season history • Shot 63-68-68 for a 17-under 199 to win the Salem Regional • That was the first time all season and third time in his career he shot all three rounds in the 60s • Won The Calusa Cup, which Golfweek/Sagarin ranked the fifth strongest field in the country all season • Two wins, five top 10s and eight top 20s in 12 starts • Shot below par in 19 of 37 rounds with 12 in the 60s • Led UNC in percentage of rounds counted toward team score (34 of 37, 91.9%) • Carolina’s best finisher three times • Final rankings of No. 21 Golfweek/Sagarin and No. 31 Golfstat.
2021-22: GCAA second-team All-America after tying for second in the NCAA Championship • Shot even or under par in three of four rounds of stroke play and finished 72 holes tied for first at even-par 280 (71-69-70-70) • Tied eventual medalist Gordon Sargent of Vanderbilt, Parker Coody of Texas and Eugenio Lopez-Chacarra of Oklahoma State • Made a 12-footer for par on the 72nd hold to post 280 • Parred the 18th hole again in the playoff but Sargent made birdie for the win • Tie for second was best by a Tar Heel since John Inman was medalist in 1984 • Joined Inman, champion Harvie Ward (1949) and runner-up Bill Williamson (1953) as the only Tar Heels to finish in the top two in an NCAA Championship • Led the field in par-3 scoring over four rounds in the NCAA Championship at 5 under par (2.69).
Averaged 71.71 and was a combined 11 over par in 31 rounds • Season-best T-2 at the NCAA Championship, one of three top-10 and five top-20 performances • Top 10 in three of his last five starts • Tied 10th at the ACC Championship (6-under 210) and T-10 at Valspar (6-under 207) • Low round of 67 four times, including first two rounds at Valspar • Was 21 over par in his first four starts and 10 under in his final six tournaments • Final rankings of 93 (Golfstat) and 116 (Golfweek).
2020-21: Tied for third on the team in stroke average at 71.60, 12th lowest in UNC history • Three top 10s, including T4 at The Prestige (-3), T5 at the ACC Championship (-4) and T8 at the Tar Heel (-4) • Nine rounds in the 60s, including four in the ACC Championship and Noblesville Regional • Tied one other player in the field for the most birdies (17) in Noblesville and was tied for third in par-3 scoring at even par • Shot 68-69 in the last two rounds of the regional • Averaged 72.89 in his first three tournaments and 70.88 in his last five.
2019-20: Carolina’s Most Valuable and Most Improved Player • Second-team All-America (Golfweek) and PING All-East region honoree • Was a candidate for the Haskins Award as the top collegiate player in the country • Ranked No. 16 in the nation by Golfweek • ACC’s Golfer of the Month for September • Stroke average of 70.21 would have been the lowest in UNC history, but is unofficial as the season was halted after eight events due to Covid-19 • Posted a win, two seconds and a third in eight starts • Record of 590-101 • Par or better in 17 of 24 rounds with 11 in the 60s • Was 24 under par in five tournaments • Led UNC with 64 birdies • First five rounds were 69-65-64-69-66 • Won the Turning Stone Tiger Intercollegiate in Verona, N.Y., with an 18-under 198 • Second best 54-hole total by strokes and against par in UNC history • Also second at Notre Dame and General Hackler and third at Duke • Shot 6-under 210 to tie for second at General Hackler and lead UNC to the team title • Earned Srixon/Cleveland Golf All-America Scholar-Athlete honors and was a member of the ACC Honor Roll.
2018-19: Played in all 14 events • Third on the team in stroke average (72.14) • Advanced as an individual to the fourth round of the NCAA Championship and finished T30 • Shot 70-71 in the middle rounds at the NCAA Championship • Had four top 10s and eight top-25 finishes with a season-best T-2 in the NCAA Stanford Regional and third in his college debut at Duke • His 63 in the final round at Stanford was the lowest round by any player in the regional • Shot 73-67-63–203 (-7) at Stanford • Set UNC records for low round and low 54-hole total in a regional and tied the best-ever finish by a Tar Heel in a regional (third player to finish second) • Led the field in par-5 scoring (11 under) and eagles (three) • Shot all three rounds in the 60s at Notre Dame (68-67-68) • Led UNC with 10 eagles • Second on the team with four top-10 finishes • UNC’s best finisher at Duke (3), Royal Oaks (T14), John Burns (T4), Stanford (T2) and the NCAA Championship (T30) • Named to the Academic All-ACC team and an ACC Honor Roll member.
Prep/Amateur: Played in 2020 U.S. Amateur in Bandon Dunes, Ore. • Second at the 2019 U.S. Amateur qualifier at UNC Finley • Member of the winning West team at the 2018 Wyndham Cup • Qualified for match play (24th in stroke play) at the 2018 U.S. Amateur at Pebble Beach • Second-team 2017 Rolex All-America • California Interscholastic Federation scholar-athlete • Won the Northern California High School championship as a sophomore • Two-time sectional MVP • Five career AJGA event top-five finishes • Won the California Tour championship in 2016 and was second in 2017, tied for second at the 2016 Jones Cup Junior Invitational and tied for second after shooting 68 in the final round at the 2017 Ping Invitational.
Personal: Born Ryan Robert Burnett on Oct. 1, 1999, in Lafayette, Calif. • Son of Steve and Liz Burnett • Played for Coach Steve Robinson at Campolindo High School in Moraga, Calif. • Likes to play baseball, basketball and tennis and swimming • Enjoys fishing, spending time with friends and exploring adventurous restaurants • Favorites foods to make are flank steak and barbeque chicken • Other favorites include rap and electronic music, The Office (TV show), Hawai’I (vacation spot) and Steph Curry (non-golf athlete) • Person in history he’d most like to meet is Bobby Jones • Greatest golf achievement is earning Rolex All-America honors and playing for Team USA in the Toyota World Team Championship in Japan in summer 2018 • Best competitive rounds were the 63 at the 2019 NCAA Stanford Regional and 2023 NCAA Salem Regional • Favorite course is Pine Valley in N.J. • Favorite golfer is Tiger Woods • Best friend in golf is professional Cody Blick • Go-to club under pressure is his driver • Best shot was holing out an 8 iron at Poppy Hills • Always starts a tournament with a Titleist 1 ball.
