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2014-15 Men's Golf Roster

Peter Valasek

  • Class Senior
  • Height 6-0
  • Weight 185
  • Hometown Myjava, Slovakia
  • High School Montverde Academy (Fla.)

Biography

Honors
2013 NCAA Championship participant
2013 NCAA Regional participant
Represented Team Slovakia at the 2012 and 2014 World Team Amateur Championships



2014-15 (Senior)

  • Played in two events on the season
  • Carded a stroke average of 76.00 over six rounds of play
  • Turned in a low-round 73 in the final round of the Wendy's Kiawah Classic in the fall
  • Finished in a tie for 53rd overall at the General Hackler Championship with rounds of 74, 77 and 76 for a 54-hole score of 227, +11
  • Shot rounds of 80, 76 and 73 for a 54-hole score of 229, +13, at the Kiawah Classic


2013-14 (Junior)

  • Played in seven events and ranked fourth on the team with a 76.09 scoring average
  • Led Coastal at the Windon Memorial to start the season, shooting a 220, +4 (75-70-75), to tie for 24th overall
  • Tied for 35th at the Big South Championship (72-85-76=233)
  • Represented Slovakia in the 2013 European Men's Challenge Trophy
  • Slovakia team finished sixth, as he was the top finisher tying for seventh (73-72-78)
  • Won the 2013 Slovakian Match Play title
  • Played in the 2013 British Amateur and 2013 European International Amateur events


2012-13 (Sophomore)

  • Played in 13 of 14 CCU events and posted a scoring average of 75.53
  • Led Coastal at the NCAA Baton Rouge Regional as the team advanced to the NCAA Championship for the first time since 2007
  • Tied for sixth individually (75-74-69) with a 218, +2, while his third-round 69 was just his third career round in the 60's
  • Finished with a 218, +8, and tied for 109th at the NCAA Championship (75-71-72)
  • Tied for 16th at the Gifford Collegiate
  • Finished the event shooting 1-under over 36 holes and posted a 54-hole score of 217, +4, on the par-71 course
  • Traveled to Antalya, Turkey for the World Amateur Team in October 2012
  • Led the Slovakian team to a tie for 27th in the 72-team field with a team score of 430, +2, placing 19th overall
  • Won the Slovak Open (71-75-73)
  • Played in the World University Championship (74-75-72-66)
  • Shot a 221 (72-76-73) at the International European Amateur Championship
  • Qualified for the 2012 British Amateur and advanced to the match play after rounds of 74-70 in the stroke play portion
  • Lost in the first round of match play on the 20th hole


2011-12 (Freshman)

  • Played in eight events and averaged 74.75 strokes, garnering four top-25 finishes
  • Playing as an individual at the Hackler, opened with a 70-71 before shooting a 78 in the final round to finish ninth overall with a 219, +6
  • Carded rounds of 75, 68 and 74 to finish 12th with a 217, +1, tournament score at the Big South Championship
  • Turned in a 225, +9 (75-74-75), in his first collegiate tournament, tying for 24th at the Rod Myers Invitational
  • Posted a 67, 3-under par, in the second round of the Windon Memorial and tied for 12th with a 54-hole score of 213
  • Named to the 2011-12 Big South Presidential Honor Roll for posting at least a 3.0 for the academic year


Prior to Coastal Carolina

  • Named the Future Collegians World Tour (FCWT) Boy's Player of the Year in the Boys 16-18 division
  • Trained at the prestigious Gary Gilchrist Golf Academy
  • Tabbed the GGGA 'Most Improved Player' award for making tremendous strides in his golf game as he dropped his scoring average by nearly seven shots and excelled tremendously in tournaments
  • Named Golfweek's Boy's Junior Golf Player of the Week (Mar. 4, 2011) as he shot a 137, 7-under par (68-69), at Plantation Inn Golf Resort (Crystal River, Fla.) to win an FCWT event by four shots
  • Posted an FCWT-best three titles in 2010-11, also winning at World Woods Golf Club (72-70=142) and Mystic Dunes Resort and Golf Club (71-71=142)
  • Added a runner-up finish, tallied a top-five finish, and secured a total of seven top-10 finishes in his nine tour events
  • Posted a 74.22 scoring average over 18 rounds played and a 70.16 average in his three wins
  • Played in the 2011 World University Championship, shooting (71-78-72-75)
  • Ranked 94th in the Golfweek Boy's Junior national rankings

 

Historical Player Information

  • 2011-12Freshman

    5'11" 0 lbs
  • 2012-13Sophomore

    5'11" 0 lbs
  • 2013-14Junior

    5'11" 185 lbs
  • 2014-15Senior

    6'0" 185 lbs