2021:
- All-MAC First Team
- MAC All-Tournament Team
- Academic All-MAC
- Played in all seven events, leading NIU with a stroke average of 73.90
- Finished second in NIU’s dual match victory at Missouri State Feb. 26-27 with a 36-hole score of one-under par 142
- NIU’s top finisher in each of the last four tournaments of the season
- Took fourth place at the Aggie Invitational April 9-11 with a one-under par 215, carding a final round 69; finished ahead of Oklahoma’s Garret Reband and Texas Tech’s Ludvig Aberg, the third and fourth-ranked amateurs in the world at the time
- Finished under par at the Hawkeye Invitational April 17-18, tying for 12
th place with a one-under par 215
- Tied for second place at the MAC Championships, one stroke behind individual champion Chris Vandette of Kent State
- Led NIU to second-place finish at the MAC Championships, the Huskies’ best finish since 1986
2019-20:
- Played in all eight tournaments, leading NIU with a 72.5 stroke average
- Three top-20 finishes
- Tied for 11
th at the Prairie Club Invitational (Sept. 29-30)
- Finished the Musketeers Classic (Oct. 21-22) at one-over par in a tie for sixth
- Tied the NIU single-round scoring record with a 65 in the final round of the White Sands Intercollegiate (Nov. 1-3); finished second in the tournament with a 14-under par 202
- Was two-over par for the tournament at the Loyola Intercollegiate (Feb. 22-24)
2018-19:
- Academic All-MAC
- Played in 12 of 13 events
- Recorded his lone top-20 finish of the season at the Windon Memorial Classic, finishing in a tie for 14
th at +1 (217)
- Finished one-over par (214) at the Fighting Irish Classic; Carded his lowest round of the season with a final round two-under par 69
- Posted three rounds of even-par 72 at the Augusta Haskins Award Invitational, finishing tied for 33rd
2017-18:
- Academic All-MAC
- Played in 10 tournaments
- Second on the team with a scoring average of 74.6
- Three top-20 finishes
- Tied for 20
th at Inverness Intercollegiate (Sept. 18-19) with an even-par 142; carded a two-under par 69 in final round
- Carded lowest round of the season with a two-under par 68 in final round of Windon Memorial Classic on Oct. 9 to finish tournament in tie for 23
rd
- Shot a one-under 71 on April 14 to finish Boilermaker Classic in a tie for 12
th at one-over par
- Had his best finish of the season at the Robert Kepler Intercollegiate (April 21-22), tying for eighth with a two-over par 215; Posted a final round of two-under par 69
- Tied for 29
th at the MAC Championships (April 27-29)
2016-17:
- Competed in nine tournaments and posted the second-best average by a Huskie (74.42)
- Stroke average was the second-lowest by a freshman in Mid-American Conference
- Debuted at the Marquette Intercollegiate (Oct. 2-3), playing unattached
- Cracked the NIU lineup at the Northern Intercollegiate (Oct. 9-10)
- Three top-20 finishes during the spring
- Placed a season-best ninth at the Tiger Invitational (April 10-11), earning MAC Golfer of the Week honors on April 14
- Shot a season-best 19 at the Loyola Intercollegiate (Feb. 26) in the second round to finish 16th overall
- Tied for 14th overall at the Robert Kepler Intercollegiate at Ohio State’s Scarlet Course, posting a first round score of 72 (April 22-23)
PRIOR TO NIU
- Posted 16 top-10 finishes in Illinois Junior Golf Association events, including one win at the 2013 IJGA Regional.
- Finished tied for ninth at the IHSA State Tournament for York during senior season.
- Recorded a fifth-place finish at the American Junior Golf Association's Midwest Junior Players Championship, shooting a 64 in the second round, the best single round score at the tournament.
PERSONAL
- Son of Geoffrey and Margaret Less
- Studying for MBA
- Won the Blackberry Amateur (6/29/19) with a round of 67
- Placed second at the Illinois State Amateur (7/16/19) at Cantigny
- Low Amateur at the Illinois Open in 2019 and 2020
| CAREER STAT LINE |
|
Through Spring 2021 |
| Tournaments |
46 |
|
| Rounds |
130 |
|
| Scoring Average |
74.15 |
|
| Top 20s |
11 |
last, 4/30/21-5/1/21 at MAC Championships |
| Top 10s |
7 |
last, 4/30/21-5/1/21 at MAC Championships |
| Best Tournament Finish |
2nd |
twice, last 4/30/21-5/1/21 at MAC Championships |
| Lowest Tournament (to Par) |
202 (-14) |
11/1-3/19 at White Sands Intercollegiate |
| Lowest Round (to Par) |
65 (-7) |
11/3/19 at White Sands Intercollegiate |
