Ross Steelman

Photo by: Hunter Dyke/Mizzou Athletics

Photo by: Hunter Dyke/Mizzou Athletics

Photo by: Hunter Dyke/Mizzou Athletics

HONORS

REDSHIRT FRESHMAN (2019-20):

Posted nine rounds under par in his first season, and finished with a 72.48 scoring average, the fifth-best among all SEC freshmen.
Followed up a strong fall season with a second career Top-10 finish (T10) at the Gators Invitational, completing the shortened 2019-20 season with five consecutive Top-25 finishes.
Recorded a 1-over 211 at the Gators, including two rounds under par, and was the top team finisher at the event.
Won the Prairie Club Invitational with a 9-under 210, a field of 42 golfers.
The Praire Club performance included an 8-under 65, the lowest Mizzou score of the fall and tied for the 12^th lowest round in program history.
Became the first Mizzou freshman since 2012 to win an event.
Closed out the fall season with five rounds under par during his streak of three consecutive events under par.

HIGH SCHOOL:

Played for Rock Bridge high school in Columbia, MO.
Ranked No. 48 in the national 2019 Junior Golf Scoreboard rankings.
Captured the individual 2018 Missouri Class 4 state championship as a junior with an 8-under par 136 for the tournament.
His performance steered Rock Bridge to a team state title, its first since 2015 as the Bruins won the team championship by 23 strokes.
Finished fifth in the state as a sophomore and 10^th as a freshman.
Also secured runner-up finishes at a pair of major American Junior Golf Association events, including the AJGA Lockton Kansas City Junior and the AJGA Bass Pro Shops/Payne Stewart Junior Championship.
Won the Missouri Junior Match Play Championship at Mizzou's Al Gustin Golf Course with an impressive 10-under 62.
Enrolled at Mizzou a semester early in Spring of 2019, and practiced with the squad last campaign while taking a redshirt season.