2018-19 Men's Golf Roster
Preyer Fountain
- Height:
- 6-1
- Weight:
- null
- Class:
- Senior
- Hometown:
- Raleigh, N.C.
- High School:
- Broughton
Career: Stroke average of 74.40 in 21 events • Has six top-25 finishes • Best finish in a team event was a T-8 at the 2017 Tar Heel Intercollegiate • Lowest round a 67 at the 2017 Wolfpack Intercollegiate • Three-time member of the ACC Honor Roll.
2018-19 (Fall): Played in all five fall events with a stroke average of 73.53 • Tied for 21st at Duke and finished 1 under at Notre Dame.
2017-18: Carolina’s Most Improved Player • Averaged a career-best 73.19 strokes, nearly two shots lower per round than his sophomore season • Played in seven events • Shot a career-low 67 in the final round of the Wolfpack Intercollegiate, helping UNC to a second-place finish • Shot in the 60s three times, including a final-round 69 at Olympia Fields • Was eighth in the Tar Heel and 15th at NC State • Member of the ACC Honor Roll.
2016-17: Played in six events as a sophomore • Was in the starting lineup twice – at Duke and in Puerto Rico • Stroke average of 75.13 over 16 rounds • Had 15 birdies at Duke, most by a Tar Heel in a 54-hole tournament all season • Tied for third at the 36-hole Heel/Pack Invitational • Best 54-hole event finish was a tie for 22nd at UNCW • Shot single-round best 72s three times • Member of the ACC Honor Roll.
2015-16: Played in three events • Was in the starting lineup for the first event of the season at the Carpet Capital Collegiate (T71) • Member of the ACC Honor Roll.
Prep: Finished 22nd in 2015 high school state championship • Had a broken foot throughout much of his senior year • Broughton (Raleigh) captured the 2012 and 2014 N.C. 4A state championships and was second in 2015 • Earned all-state honors in 2013 and 2014 and was Triangle All-Metro and the CAP 8 Conference Player of the Year in 2014 • Averaged 33.6 strokes as a junior • Finished fifth at the 2014 state championship • Three-time all-conference (2012, 2013 and 2014) selection • Played for Coach Anderson Marlowe • Graduated with honors and was a member of the A/B Honor Roll.
Amateur: Third at the 2018 Carolinas Amateur • Advanced to the match play portion of the 2015 North Carolina Amateur Match Play Championship • Qualified in 2014 for the Callaway Junior World Golf Championships at Torrey Pines Golf Course in San Diego, Calif. • Sixth at the 2014 Carolinas Junior Boys Championship • Won the Webb Simpson Challenge in 2012, 2013 and 2014 and the North Carolina Junior Championship at UNC Finley in 2013 • Won the UNC Golf for Promise and the WinterNational Series No. 5 in 2014.
Personal: Born Preyer Harris Fountain in Raleigh • Pronounced prior FOWN-ten • Son of Richard and Emily Fountain • Birthday is November 14 • His brother, Richard, attended Davidson where he won the Southern Conference title, and is now a professional golfer • His mother played tennis at Princeton • Likes to play basketball and tennis and go fly fishing • Enjoys vacationing in the mountains • Learning to play the guitar • Favorite Tar Heel is Tyler Hansbrough, favorite non-golfer athlete is LeBron James and favorite golfer is Rory McIlroy • Would like to have met Scottish athlete and missionary Eric Liddell • Admires Webb Simpson because he is from Raleigh and he admires his faith and achievements • Low career round is 63 at the Carolina Country Club (his home course) in the Junior Championship • Favorite course is Roaring Gap GC in Roaring Gap, N.C. • Always makes four consecutive 10-footers on the practice green before he begins a competitive round and marks his ball with a heads-up quarter • Club he is most confident with under pressure is his pitching wedge • Best shot was an ace with a 7-iron from 183 yards on the eighth hole at the Carolina Country Club • Dream pairing includes McIlroy, Arnold Palmer, Sam Snead and Simpson.
