2016-17 Men's Golf Roster
Jacob Fair
- Class:
- Redshirt Senior
- Hometown:
- Monett, Mo.
- High School:
- Monett
AWARDS & HONORS
2014 Spring SEC Academic Honor Roll 2012-13 SEC First Year Academic Honor Roll
SOPHOMORE YEAR (2013-2014)
Redshirted to 2013-14 season and will enter the 2014-15 campaign as a redshirt sophomore.
FRESHMAN YEAR (2012-2013)
Enjoyed a tremendous rookie campaign, participating in all 12 events, making 11 starts for the Tigers ... Top newcomer to the club in 2012-13, finishing with a 74.1 stroke average, fifth on the team ... Enjoyed five Top 25 individual finishes, highlighted by a seventh-place finish at the Mizzou Intercollegiate and 12th at the season-opening Turning Stone Intercollegiate ... Was strong in his first SEC Championship event, finishing 31st with steady rounds of 74-74-73 ... Top round was a 69 at the Mizzou Intercollegiate where he competed as an individual.
HIGH SCHOOL:
Letter winner in both golf and basketball during his high school career ... Earned four letters on the golf course, winning the conference championship three times (sophomore, junior and senior) district championship three times (sophomore, junior and senior) and qualifying for the state championship four times ... Finished runner-up at the state championship as a junior, fifth as a sophomore and 12th as a senior ... Was a 2011 Second Team All-American by Rolex and the American Junior Golf Association ... Ranked among the Top 20 players on the Polo Junior Golf Rankings and finished Top 10 at the 2011 TaylorMade Junior PLAYERS Championship.
PERSONAl:
Son of Rick Fair and Christy Long ... Majoring in Mathematics ... Career ambition is to play professional golf ... Has two brothers ... Enjoys playing basketball and tennis during his free time ... Lists his brother, Isaac, as his most inspirational person ... Was a member of National Honor Society and volunteered for the American Cancer Society's Relay for Life.