Bio
A two-time All-American, Brad Faxon was the 1983 SoCon medalist at the league’s championship and was named the 1983 South Carolina Male Amateur Athlete of the Year and Fred Haskins Award winner as the nation’s top collegiate golfer. He qualified for the NCAA tournament three times and recorded a third-place finish in 1983 and a fifth-place finish the following year.
Faxon earned all-conference honors twice and still holds Furman’s two lowest season stroke averages and the career low stroke average (71.78).
He joined the PGA TOUR in 1983 and has won eight tournaments. Faxon led the PGA TOUR in putting average three times (1996, 1999, 2000) and was a member of the U.S. Walker Cup team in 1983 and Ryder Cup teams in 1995 and 1997.
During his time as a professional, he has served three terms on the PGA TOUR policy board. In 2015, he became the 18th winner of the Francis Ouimet Award, recognizing his lifelong contributions to golf.
Faxon completed his bachelor’s degree in economics.