HONORS & AWARDS

• Big Ten Medal of Honor (2023)
• GCAA PING All-America First Team (2023)
• Two-Time GCAA PING All-America Second Team (2021, 2022)
• NCAA All-American - Top-15 finisher at NCAA Championship (2023)
• Golfweek All-America First Team (2023)
• Golfweek All-America Second Team (2022)
• Four-Time GCAA PING All-Midwest Region (2019, 2021, 2022, 2023)
• Three-Time Big Ten Golfer of the Year (2021, 2022, 2023)
• Jack Nicklaus Award Finalist (2023)
• Fred Haskins Award Finalst (2023)
• Ben Hogan Award Semifinalist (2023)
• Two-Time Arnold Palmer Cup - Team International (2021, 2022)
• Two-Time Big Ten Les Bolstad Award (2022, 2023)
• Big Ten Sportsmanship Award (2020)
• CSC Academic All-America Seconod Team (2023)
• Two-Time CSC Academic All-District (2022, 2023)
• Four-Time Spring Academic All-Big Ten (2020, 2021, 2022, 2023)
• Four-Time GCAA All-America Scholar (2020, 2021, 2022, 2023)
• Four-Time Big Ten Distinguished Scholar (2019-20, 2020-21, 2021-22, 2022-23)
• Three-Time All-Big Ten First Team (2021, 2022, 2023)
• All-Big Ten Second Team (2019)
• Four-Time All-Big Ten Championships Team (2019, 2021, 2022, 2023)
• Big Ten Championship Medalist (2019)

FIFTH-YEAR SENIOR - 2022-23

• Unanimous selection as Big Ten Golfer of the Year (third golfer in conference history to win the award three times) and first-team All-Big Ten (5/3/23)
• Finalist (top 10) for the Fred Haskins Award along with teammate Tommy Kuhl (5/22/23)
• Ben Hogan Award watch list semifinalist (4/17/23)
• Played in the lineup in all 12 tournaments
• Led the team with a stroke average of 69.54, on pace to break his school-record of 70.08 set in 2021-22
• Recorded 12 consecutive top-16 finishes to open the season, with five top-5s and a four runner-ups at the OFCC/Fighting Illini Invitational (T2nd), Augusta Haskins Award Invitational (2nd), Tiger Collegiate Invitational (T2nd), and NCAA Bath Regional (T2nd)
• Posted his fourth-career victory at the Fighting Illini Spring Collegiate (April 22-23)
• Shot a season-low round of 65 (-7) in Round 2 at the Augusta Haskins Award Invitational, and again in Round 1 at the Tiger Collegiate Invitational where he closed with a career-best 54-hole tally of 198 (-18) to help the Illini to a school-record team score
• Tied for team lead with 27 of 35 rounds at par or better
• Recorded a team-high 18 rounds in the 60s
• First on the team as Illinois’ top finisher in six events on the year
• Earned three B1G Golfer of the Week honors on Sept. 21, 2022, April 6, 2023, and April 27, 2023

SUMMER - 2022

• Made major debut as one of 15 amateur competitors at the 2022 U.S. Open at the Country Club in Brookline, Mass. (June 16-17) after earning a spot through local qualifying at Springfield Country Club
• Competed at the 2022 Arnold Palmer Cup (July 1-4) at Golf Club de Geneve in Geneva, Switzerland, helping Team International to a 33-27 victory
• Played alongside Illini teammate Matthis Besard for Team Belgium at the European Amateur Team Championship (July 5-9) at Royal St. George Golf Club in England
• Advanced to match play at both the 120th Western Amateur (July 31-Aug. 5) and at the U.S. Amateur (Aug. 15-21)
• Helped Team Belgium, along with Illini teammate Matthis Besard, to a tie  for 11th at the World Amateur Team Championship (Aug. 13 - Sept. 34) in Paris, France

SENIOR - 2021-22

• Played in the lineup in all 12 tournaments
• Led the Big Ten in stroke average (70.15) to earn the Les Bolstad Award, and finished the season with a program-record mark of 70.08. 
• Earned back-to-back Big Ten Player of the Year awards as a unanimous selection in 2022
• Captured second-consecutive first-team All-Big Ten accolades
• Recorded top-20 finishes in 11 of 12 tournaments, and tied for 21st in his only finish outside of the top-20 at the Southern Highland Collegiate (Feb. 27-March 1)
• Led the team with seven top-10s
• Won his third collegiate event at the Boilermaker Invitational (April 9-10) with a 9-under 204
• Carded a career-low round of 64 (-8) in Round 2 of the National Invitational Tournament (March 18-19) and finished with a 54-hole total of 203 (-13), the second-lowest total of his career, to tie for fourth
• Tallied 29 of 36 rounds at par or better, including 15 rounds in the 60s
• Finished as Illinois first- or second-place finisher in all 12 events, pacing the squad in a team-most six events, for an average finish of 1.5
• Selected as B1G Golfer of the Week: April 21, 2022 and March 24, 2022
• Named April 22 to the Haskins Award Watch List
• Selected on April 19 to compete in second consecutive Arnold Palmer Cup (Team International)
• Named Feb. 8 to the Ben Hogan Award Watch List

SUMMER - 2021

• Competed for Team International at the 2021 Arnold Plamer Cup (June 11-13)) at Rich Harvest Farms
• Tied for 14th at the European Amateur Championship (June 23-26)
• Helped Team Belgium to a third-place finish at the European Amateur Team Championship (July 6-10) PGA Catalunya Resort in Catalunya, Spain
• Shot 68-69-69-65 to place third, one spot behind Illini teammate Jerry Ji, at the German International Amateur Championship (July 22-25)
• Finished second at the Omnium Classic of Belgium (Aug. 12-15)

JUNIOR - 2020-21

• Played in the lineup in all 10 tournaments
• Second on the team with a stroke average of 71.06
• Earned Big Ten Co-Golfer of the Year honors
• Unanimous first-team All-Big Ten selection
• Recorded top-20 finishes in 8 of 10 tournaments
• Tied Michael Feagles for the team lead with seven top-10s
• Carded a career-low round of 65 (-7) in Round 2 of the Louisiana Classics (March 15-16)
• Tallied 18 rounds of par or better, including nine rounds in the 60s
• Closed as the Illini’s top finisher four times - second-most on the team - finishing T7 at the NIT (March 20-21), T4 at the Boilermaker Invitational (April 10-11), capturing a share of second at the Big Ten Championship (April 30-May 2), and tying for third at the NCAA Stillwater Regional (May 17-18)

SUMMER/FALLl - 2020

• Tied for 13th at the GTGA Invitational (July 22-25)
• Finished 80th in stroke play at the U.S. Amateur Championship (Aug. 10-16)
• Placed third at the GCAA Amateur Series at the U of I Orange Course in Savoy (Sept. 19-20)
• Finished 11th at the Golfweek Indiana Amateur (Oct. 3-4)
• Won the Golfweek Purdue Amateur (Oct. 10-11) by four strokes
• Placed fifth at the Sunshine State Amateur (Nov. 23-25)
• Missed cut at the South Beach International Amateur (Dec. 19-22)

SOPHOMORE - 2019-20

• Played in six tournaments in the COVID-19 shortened season
• Appeared in the team lineup in five tournaments
• Also competed in the Cypress Point Classic (Oct. 28-29)
• Posted season-best score (3-under 213) and finish (T-19th) at the Sports Authority Intercollegiate (Feb. 10-11), closing with a season-low 69 (-3)
• Carded four rounds of par or better
• Named Big Ten Sportsmanship Award winner

SUMMER - 2019

• Tied for 16th with a score 4-under par at the European Amateur
• Shot 3-under par at the St. Andrews Links Trophy
• Appeared in the field at the British Amateur
• Helped Belgium to victories over Iceland and the Netherlands at the European Amateur Team Championship

FRESHMAN - 2018-19

• Played in 11 events for the Orange and Blue and appeared in the team lineup in nine tournaments
• Earned six top-10 finishes throughout the season
• Won his first-career tournament title at the Tar Heel Intercollegiate
• Became Illinois 21st Big Ten Championship Medalist at Philadelphia Cricket Club
• Continued his strong play at the 2019 NCAA Myrtle Beach Regional, finishing among the top five
• Posted a career-low 65 (-6) at the Macdonald Cup on his way to a career-low 202 (-8) 
• His 71.39 season stroke average ranks second on the squad
• Appeared in the lineup at the 2019 NCAA Championships

HIGH SCHOOL/JUNIOR

• 2017 French Boys Champion
• Won the International Juniors of Belgium 2017
• 2017 Belgian International Amateur Champion
• Appeared in the 2017 field at the Challenge Tour’s KPMG Trophy
• Belgian National Juniors U18 Champion
• Won the 2017 European Men’s Club Trophy

PERSONAL

• Born March 1, 2000
• Has two siblings, Xavier and Delphine
• Enjoys playing tennis, soccer and basketball in addition to golf
• Lists Tiger Woods as his favorite athlete

Career Results

Individual Results

^ - Competed as an individual and did not count toward team score