Colorado State University Athletics
2019-20 Men's Golf Roster
Ott, AJ
AJ Ott
- Class:
- Senior
- Hometown:
- Fort Collins, Colo.
- High School:
- Fort Collins HS
Bio
Season Stats: 2020-21 /Â 2019-20 / 2018-19 / 2017-18 / 2016-17
For his career has a 72.46 stroke average in 150 rounds played, with his average ranking eighth in CSU annals and his 150 career rounds are a school record, surpassing Zen Brown (2005-09) at 147... Has 66 rounds of par or better (sixth at CSU) and 28 in the 60s (sixth at CSU)...Has posted eight top-five, 13 top-10 and 22-top 20 finishes in 51 career events, tied for third, tied for fifth and sixth, respectively... Was the 14th CSU player to make three or more regional appearances... Was honored for his contributions with the renaming of the Most Improved Player Award at CSU to the AJ Ott Most Improved Player Award.
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2020-21 (5th Year): Named All-Mountain West for his play in 2020-21 after leading the Rams in scoring this year, averaging 71.47 strokes per round (-0.03Â versus par) in 30Â rounds... Just the second Ram to be named All-Mountain West three times, joining four-time PGA Tour winner Martin Laird in that elite group, as Laird received the honor in 2001-02, 2002-03 and 2003-04... 18 of those 30 rounds were par or better, en route to earning an individual berth in the NCAA Stillwater Regional May 19-21 where he tied for 3rd (5-under 70-70-71=211) and advanced to the NCAA Championship (just the fourth time that CSU was represented in the final collegiate event of the year)... Picked up his first two individual collegiate wins this season, winning The Prestige Individual Invitational and Wyoming Desert Intercollegiate. In The Prestige, he won a one-hole playoff to earn the title after shooting a career-best 12-under 204 and then followed it up with an 11-under 205 for a two-shot victory at the Wyoming event... Earned Mountain West Golfer of the Week following each victory... Had three other top-20 finishes, including a tie for 12th at the PING BYU Cougar Classic and ties for 17th at the Lamkin San Diego Classic and Mountain West Championship.
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2019-20 (Senior): Earned GCAA Honorable Mention All-American and All-Region, as well as All-Mountain West… Played in all six events and in 17 rounds, averaging 71.89 strokes per round (+0.41 to par), prior to the early ending of the collegiate season due to the world health crisis… Recorded two top-five, three top-10 and four top-20 finishes….Had 11 rounds of par or better on the year with four in the 60s… Led the Rams effort in two events… Ranked 60th by Golfweek and 124th by Golfstat at the end of the season… Tied for second in the season-opening Ram Masters Invitational at 3-under 207, leading CSU to defense of its team title… Tied for seventh at the Jerry Pate Intercollegiate with a season-best 4-under 206, including a 4-under 66 in the second round, a score that helped pace the Rams to their second consecutive tournament victory… Tied for fifth at the spring-ending Lamkin Grips San Diego Classic at 3-under 213, including a pair of 2-under 70s in the final two rounds.
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2018-19 (Junior): Averaged 72.35 strokes per round (+0.92 versus par) in 12 tournaments and 37 rounds played… Had 16 rounds of par or better with nine in the 60s… Had four top-10 finshes on the year, with the best a tie for fifth at the Mountain West Championship with three consecutive 3-under 69s for a 9-under 207... Placed ninth at the Paintbrush Invitational to help the Rams to the team tournament title... Had a tie for ninth at the nationally-renowned Western Intercollegiate with a 2-under 208... Shot a 67 in the final round of the Western Intercollegiate... Posted a tie for 17th at the NCAA Pullman Regional, finishing at a career-low total of 6-under 204 and all three rounds of par or better... Tied his career best with a 4-under 66 in the second round... At the Paintbrush, shot a 1-over 217, including a 2-under 70 in the last round, in cold, difficult conditions... Also tied for ninth at the Ram Masters Invitational, helping CSU win the event for the fifth consecutive year... Shot one of his best rounds of the season in the final round of the National Invitational Tournament, shooting a 4-under 68 to finish at 3-under 213 in a tie for 26th... Was named the 2018 Colorado Golf Association Les Fowler Player of the Year as the state’s top amateur golfer.
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2017-18 (Sophomore): Led the Rams in scoring average this season, averaging 71.67 strokes in 33 rounds played, an improvement of almost four strokes a round over his freshman year, and was named All-Mountain West and team co-MVP this season... Posted a pair of top-five and three top-10 finishes on the year, highlighted by a fourth in the Ram Masters Invitational and a tie for fifth at the recent Mountain West Championship... Had 14 rounds of par or better, with a career-best 6-under 66 in the first round of the MW event, and placed in the top 26 in eight of 10 tournaments played this season... Started the season with a tie for 10th at the Gene Miranda Falcon Invitational with a career under-par 54-hole best of 5-under, which included a then career-best 4-under 67 in the second round... The 206 at the Ram Masters was a career-best total for 54 holes... Had a pair of under-par rounds at the NCAA Kissimmee Regional, shooting a 1-under 71 in the opening round and a 2-under 70 in the final 18, finishing at even-par 216... Having started the year not ranked in the World Amateur Golf Rankings, jumped all the way to 290th in the world from his play this year... Also was sixth on CSU’s single-season chart with his 71.63 scoring average.
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2016-17 (Freshman): Played in all 11 tournaments and 33 rounds as a true freshman for CSU… Averaged 75.15 strokes per round with five rounds of par or better… Had a season-best tie for 20th at the Mountain West Championship, shooting a season-low even-par 216… Also shot even-par 216 at the Cowboy Classic to tie for 22nd, his second best placing of the year… Shot a 1-under 71 in the opening round of both those events… Also had a 1-under 71 in the second round of the Lamkin Grips San Diego Classic... Tied for second at US Amateur qualifier at Fort Collins Country Club and advanced to the 2017 US Amateur in southern California, coming within a shot of advancing to match play.
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High School: Won the 2016 Colorado Junior PGA Championship, contested at Indian Tree Golf Club (Par 70 - 7,003 yards) in Arvada, Colo., to qualify for the 2016 Junior PGA Championship at Wannamoisett Country Club in Rumford, Rhode Island... Had a pair of top-five finishes in summer events, tying for second at the AJGA Hale Irwin Colorado Junior and then finishing as the runner-up at the PGA Junior Series event held at the Eisenhower Golf Club’s Blue Course in Colorado Springs, site of CSU’s opening tournament of the 2016-17 season... Was ranked 43rd in the class of 2016 nationally and as the top player in the state per the National Junior Golf Scoreboard. A qualifier for the 2014 United States Junior Amateur who represented Colorado in the Junior Americas Cup in 2014 and 2015, placing 16th in the 2015 event with a three-round total of 214 (70-72-72)... Was 13th at the 2015 Big I National Championship, posting a 72-hole score of 296 (78-72-74-72) in the prestigious tournament... Within the state tied for medalist honors at the 2015 State Junior Stroke Play at 208 (67-71-70) and won the Colorado Golf Association Tournament of Champions with a 1-under 141 (74-67)... Also was third in the 2015 AJGA Hale Irwin Colorado Junior, finishing at 6-under 207 (70-67-70)... Also considered Wyoming, Kansas and Iowa before selecting CSU as his collegiate choice.
For his career has a 72.46 stroke average in 150 rounds played, with his average ranking eighth in CSU annals and his 150 career rounds are a school record, surpassing Zen Brown (2005-09) at 147... Has 66 rounds of par or better (sixth at CSU) and 28 in the 60s (sixth at CSU)...Has posted eight top-five, 13 top-10 and 22-top 20 finishes in 51 career events, tied for third, tied for fifth and sixth, respectively... Was the 14th CSU player to make three or more regional appearances... Was honored for his contributions with the renaming of the Most Improved Player Award at CSU to the AJ Ott Most Improved Player Award.
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2020-21 (5th Year): Named All-Mountain West for his play in 2020-21 after leading the Rams in scoring this year, averaging 71.47 strokes per round (-0.03Â versus par) in 30Â rounds... Just the second Ram to be named All-Mountain West three times, joining four-time PGA Tour winner Martin Laird in that elite group, as Laird received the honor in 2001-02, 2002-03 and 2003-04... 18 of those 30 rounds were par or better, en route to earning an individual berth in the NCAA Stillwater Regional May 19-21 where he tied for 3rd (5-under 70-70-71=211) and advanced to the NCAA Championship (just the fourth time that CSU was represented in the final collegiate event of the year)... Picked up his first two individual collegiate wins this season, winning The Prestige Individual Invitational and Wyoming Desert Intercollegiate. In The Prestige, he won a one-hole playoff to earn the title after shooting a career-best 12-under 204 and then followed it up with an 11-under 205 for a two-shot victory at the Wyoming event... Earned Mountain West Golfer of the Week following each victory... Had three other top-20 finishes, including a tie for 12th at the PING BYU Cougar Classic and ties for 17th at the Lamkin San Diego Classic and Mountain West Championship.
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2019-20 (Senior): Earned GCAA Honorable Mention All-American and All-Region, as well as All-Mountain West… Played in all six events and in 17 rounds, averaging 71.89 strokes per round (+0.41 to par), prior to the early ending of the collegiate season due to the world health crisis… Recorded two top-five, three top-10 and four top-20 finishes….Had 11 rounds of par or better on the year with four in the 60s… Led the Rams effort in two events… Ranked 60th by Golfweek and 124th by Golfstat at the end of the season… Tied for second in the season-opening Ram Masters Invitational at 3-under 207, leading CSU to defense of its team title… Tied for seventh at the Jerry Pate Intercollegiate with a season-best 4-under 206, including a 4-under 66 in the second round, a score that helped pace the Rams to their second consecutive tournament victory… Tied for fifth at the spring-ending Lamkin Grips San Diego Classic at 3-under 213, including a pair of 2-under 70s in the final two rounds.
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2018-19 (Junior): Averaged 72.35 strokes per round (+0.92 versus par) in 12 tournaments and 37 rounds played… Had 16 rounds of par or better with nine in the 60s… Had four top-10 finshes on the year, with the best a tie for fifth at the Mountain West Championship with three consecutive 3-under 69s for a 9-under 207... Placed ninth at the Paintbrush Invitational to help the Rams to the team tournament title... Had a tie for ninth at the nationally-renowned Western Intercollegiate with a 2-under 208... Shot a 67 in the final round of the Western Intercollegiate... Posted a tie for 17th at the NCAA Pullman Regional, finishing at a career-low total of 6-under 204 and all three rounds of par or better... Tied his career best with a 4-under 66 in the second round... At the Paintbrush, shot a 1-over 217, including a 2-under 70 in the last round, in cold, difficult conditions... Also tied for ninth at the Ram Masters Invitational, helping CSU win the event for the fifth consecutive year... Shot one of his best rounds of the season in the final round of the National Invitational Tournament, shooting a 4-under 68 to finish at 3-under 213 in a tie for 26th... Was named the 2018 Colorado Golf Association Les Fowler Player of the Year as the state’s top amateur golfer.
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2017-18 (Sophomore): Led the Rams in scoring average this season, averaging 71.67 strokes in 33 rounds played, an improvement of almost four strokes a round over his freshman year, and was named All-Mountain West and team co-MVP this season... Posted a pair of top-five and three top-10 finishes on the year, highlighted by a fourth in the Ram Masters Invitational and a tie for fifth at the recent Mountain West Championship... Had 14 rounds of par or better, with a career-best 6-under 66 in the first round of the MW event, and placed in the top 26 in eight of 10 tournaments played this season... Started the season with a tie for 10th at the Gene Miranda Falcon Invitational with a career under-par 54-hole best of 5-under, which included a then career-best 4-under 67 in the second round... The 206 at the Ram Masters was a career-best total for 54 holes... Had a pair of under-par rounds at the NCAA Kissimmee Regional, shooting a 1-under 71 in the opening round and a 2-under 70 in the final 18, finishing at even-par 216... Having started the year not ranked in the World Amateur Golf Rankings, jumped all the way to 290th in the world from his play this year... Also was sixth on CSU’s single-season chart with his 71.63 scoring average.
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2016-17 (Freshman): Played in all 11 tournaments and 33 rounds as a true freshman for CSU… Averaged 75.15 strokes per round with five rounds of par or better… Had a season-best tie for 20th at the Mountain West Championship, shooting a season-low even-par 216… Also shot even-par 216 at the Cowboy Classic to tie for 22nd, his second best placing of the year… Shot a 1-under 71 in the opening round of both those events… Also had a 1-under 71 in the second round of the Lamkin Grips San Diego Classic... Tied for second at US Amateur qualifier at Fort Collins Country Club and advanced to the 2017 US Amateur in southern California, coming within a shot of advancing to match play.
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High School: Won the 2016 Colorado Junior PGA Championship, contested at Indian Tree Golf Club (Par 70 - 7,003 yards) in Arvada, Colo., to qualify for the 2016 Junior PGA Championship at Wannamoisett Country Club in Rumford, Rhode Island... Had a pair of top-five finishes in summer events, tying for second at the AJGA Hale Irwin Colorado Junior and then finishing as the runner-up at the PGA Junior Series event held at the Eisenhower Golf Club’s Blue Course in Colorado Springs, site of CSU’s opening tournament of the 2016-17 season... Was ranked 43rd in the class of 2016 nationally and as the top player in the state per the National Junior Golf Scoreboard. A qualifier for the 2014 United States Junior Amateur who represented Colorado in the Junior Americas Cup in 2014 and 2015, placing 16th in the 2015 event with a three-round total of 214 (70-72-72)... Was 13th at the 2015 Big I National Championship, posting a 72-hole score of 296 (78-72-74-72) in the prestigious tournament... Within the state tied for medalist honors at the 2015 State Junior Stroke Play at 208 (67-71-70) and won the Colorado Golf Association Tournament of Champions with a 1-under 141 (74-67)... Also was third in the 2015 AJGA Hale Irwin Colorado Junior, finishing at 6-under 207 (70-67-70)... Also considered Wyoming, Kansas and Iowa before selecting CSU as his collegiate choice.
Colorado State Golf (M): Jack Kennedy Fall Press Conference
Wednesday, August 06
Colorado State Golf (M): 2021 Paintbrush Recap
Friday, October 08
Colorado State Golf (M): 2021 Ram Masters Recap
Tuesday, September 21
Colorado State Golf (M): AJ Ott Prepares for NCAA Championship
Thursday, May 27
