Zach Martin

Height:
6-2
Class:
Senior
Hometown:
Pinehurst, N.C.
High School:
Pinecrest High School (Southern Pines, N.C.)

Earned ACC Honor Roll honors in 2014, 2015 and 2016 • Played in 11 collegiate tournaments in his first three seasons • Carolinas Four-Ball champion in 2015 • Reached the North Carolina Amateur Match Play quarterfinals in 2016 • One of three seniors.

2015-16: Played in four events as an individual • Averaged 74.0 strokes per round • Shot a season-best 70 three times • Tied for 27th in the full field in the Puerto Rico Classic after shooting 70-73-73 • Shot 70 twice in the General Hackler and tied for 31st.

2014-15: Played in three tournaments in the fall and one in the spring as an individual • Top finish was T22 at the Wolfpack Spring Open at NC State where he shot 73-72 for a 3-over 145 • Tied for 23rd at Duke in the Rod Myers Invitational with a 2-over 146 • Also played in the Tar Heel Intercollegiate and the Bridgestone in Greensboro.

2013-14: Competed as an individual in three tournaments • Season best T-55 at the Rod Myers Invitational • Also played in the Tar Heel Intercollegiate and Irish Creek Collegiate • 76.89 stroke average.

Amateur: Tied for 23rd at the 2016 North Carolina Open with a 69 in the final round • Quarterfinalist at the 2016 North Carolina Amateur Match Play Championship • Tied for second in qualifier for the 2016 Carolina Amateur • Shot 67-67-69 to win the Oglethorpe Invitational in Savannah, Ga., in July 2015 • In May 2015 he won the Carolinas Four-Ball championship at the Camden (S.C.) Country Club (teamed with John Grimes of Greensboro College to win the event) • 2012 AJGA HP Scholastic All-America • Champion in 2012 IJGT—The Winter Shootout at Eagle’s Point • Finished seventh at 2012 Jimmy Anderson Junior Invitational • Placed eighth at 2012 AJGA E-Z-GO Vaughn Taylor Championship • Finished ninth at 2012 AJGA Webb Simpson Junior Championship and 10th at 2012 TYGA State Championship.

Prep: Four-year golfer at Pinecrest High School in Southern Pines • Team captain senior year • Conference player of the year in his freshman and senior years • 2013 NCHSAA 4A state champion • Seventh at 2012 NCHSAA 4A state championship • Four-year letterwinner • Member of the HP Scholastic All-America team and National Honor Society • Played for Coach Sandy Sackmann.

Personal: Born Zachary Davis Martin in Wilson, N.C. • Son of Bowie and Julie Martin • His dad owns a table tennis business • Birthday is December 27 • Majoring in economics • His brother, Joshua, is a sophomore on the UNC golf team • Likes to fish and watch movies • Favorite vacation spot is the Virgin Islands • Listens to alternative rock • Favorite non-golfer athlete is LeBron James • Favorite Tar Heel is Michael Jordan • Favorite golfer is Tiger Woods • Would like to have met Abraham Lincoln • Top golf achievement is winning the high school championship as a senior • Favorite course is his hometown Pinehurst No. 2 • Likes the 17th hole at UNC Finley because it’s an exciting par 5 • Best friends on other teams are Nick Thompson at East Carolina and John Grimes at Greensboro College • His go-to club under pressure is his 8-iron • Best shot ever was a 5-iron from a fairway bunker around a tree to two feet at a Future Masters event in Alabama • Dream foursome includes Jack Nicklaus, Woods, his brother and himself.