2017-18 Men's Golf Roster
Jose Montaño
- Height:
- 6-1
- Class:
- Senior
- Hometown:
- Cochabamba, Bolivia
- High School:
- IMG Academy, Bradenton, Fla.
Has played in 35 collegiate tournaments with a stroke average of 72.35 • Has the lowest career stroke average on the team • Score has counted in 82 of 84 team rounds • Transferred to Carolina after two all-conference and all-region seasons at Xavier University • Has won three collegiate events and finished second three times • Has 14 top 10s and 22 top 20s in 35 starts • Shot 16 collegiate rounds in the 60s • Low round of 65 at the Elon Phoenix in October 2016 • Played in three NCAA Regionals and shot under par in six of nine rounds and had two more rounds at even par • Academic All-ACC student at UNC and a two-time Dean’s List student at Xavier.
2016-17: Academic All-ACC team, ACC Honor Roll member and Cleveland Golf/Srixon All-America scholar • Competed in 12 tournaments • Had second-highest stroke average on the team at 72.81 • Fired six rounds in the 60s • Twenty-four of his 26 rounds counted towards the team score (92.3 percent, highest on the team) • Shot 67-65-71 for a 10-under 203 to tie for medalist honors at the Elon Phoenix Invitational for his third collegiate title • Second-round 65 was his low round and the lowest round of any Tar Heel all year • His 203 total and 10-under-par were also season bests by a Tar Heel • Tied 12th at Sea Best and tied for 17th at the NCAA Stanford Regional • Shot 68-68 over the final two rounds at Stanford as Carolina advanced to the NCAA Championship by a single stroke • Shot 71 in the second round of the NCAA Championship.
2015-16 at Xavier: First-team All-Big East Conference and PING All-Midwest Region selection • Competed in 12 tournaments and averaged 72.06 strokes • Finished in the top three in six of his last seven tournaments, including three runner-up performances • Shot 4-under 212 at the NCAA Regional in Franklin, Tenn., where he tied for 22nd • Shot a season-low round 66 in the Rutherford Intercollegiate where he finished second with a 207, a season best for the Musketeers • Also was second at the Colleton River Collegiate and the Hoosier Collegiate at Otter Creek • Named Big East Golfer of the Week twice (4/14 and 4/21).
2014-15 at Xavier: First-team All-Big East Conference and PING All-Midwest Region selection • Played in 11 tournaments and led the Big East in scoring at 72.03 strokes per round • Shot 2-under par and tied for seventh at the NCAA Noblesville Regional • Shot six rounds in the 60s and 16 at par or better • Won twice – the Firestone Invitational and the NYX Hoosier Invitational • Seventh at the Big East Tournament • Big East Freshman of the Year • Recorded nine top-20 finishes and seven top-10s • Season-low 67 (-4) at the NYX Hoosier Invitational • Big East Golfer of the Month with three top-10 finishes in October • Big East All-Academic team.
Amateur: Had top-20 finishes this past summer in the Trans-Miss Amateur in San Francisco and the Cardinal Amateur in Greensboro • Attended Cochabamba Cooperative School and IMG Academy in Bradenton, Fla. • AJGA Rolex honorable mention All America • Won an AJGA Tournament • South American Junior Championships medalist • Member of the Bolivian National Golf Team.
Personal: Birthday is March 9 • Born Jose Luis Montaño Sanchez in Cochabamba, Bolivia • Son of Jose Luis Montaño Rico and Maria Sanchez de Montaño • Has three sisters, Laura, Estela and Alejandra, and a brother, Jhonny • Likes to play soccer and ping pong • Enjoys playing the drums, watching movies, spending time with family and friends • Favorite foods are steak and Peruvian cuisine • Favorite vacations spots are Miami and the Dominican Republic • Enjoys listening to EDM and Reggaeton • Favorite non-golfer athletes are Lionel Messi and Conor McGregor • Best competitive round was a 64 in the final round to win in Bolivia • Favorite course is the Firestone Country Club (where he won his first collegiate event) and the Sage Valley Golf Club • Favorite golfer is Henrik Stenson • His go-to clubs under pressure are his 3 iron and wedges • Best shot was a hole in one he made with a 5 iron in the final round of a tournament he won in Bolivia • Dream golf foursome is with Tiger Woods, Seve Ballesteros and Henrik Stenson • Worked hard this summer on his wedges and putting.
