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Class
Sophomore
Hometown
Farmington,
Utah
Last School
Davis HS
Roster Years
2019-2021
Personal
- Prepped at Davis High School in Kaysville, Utah
- Parents are Tom and Becky Ponich
- Has two sisters
- His dad, Tom, played football at Utah State
- His mom, Becky, was a cheerleader at West Virginia University
- Youger sister Caylyn is committed to play golf at UVU for the 2020-21 season
Before BYU
- Competed at the 2019 U.S. Amateur
- Competed in the Rolex Tournament of Champions (2017, 2018)
- Two-time Rolex All American (2017, 2018)
- Member of the 2018 Junior Ryder Cup Team
- Finalist for 2018 USA Today Boys Golfer of the Year
- Placed second at the 2018 AJGA PING Invitational
- Won the 2017 Bobby Chapman Junior Invitational
- Two-time UJGA Player of the Year (2016, 2017)
- Placed seventh at the 2017 PGA Junior Championship
- Won the 2017 FCG Las Vegas Championship
- Won the 2017 AJGA Preview at LaPurisma
- Shot a course-record 59 at Lakeside Golf Course in Layton, Utah
- Won the 2018 6A High School State Championship, also leading Davis to a first-place finish
- 6A High School All State First Team (2018, 2019)
Stats
2019-20 Freshman
Tournament | Round 1 | Round 2 | Round 3 | Total Score | To Par | Place |
William H. Tucker | 74 | 74 | 74 | 222 | +6 | T36/92 |
Nick Watney Invitational | 74 | 70 | 72 | 215 | +2 | T35/92 |
Jerry Pate Intercollegiate | 73 | 72 | 75 | 220 | +10 | T36/60 |
Pacific Invitational | 73 | 71 | 74 | 218 | +2 | T34/96 |
Saint Mary's Invitational | 70 | 70 | 71 | 211 | -2 | T16/100 |
Southwestern Invitational | 74 | 82 | 71 | 227 | +11 | T47/71 |
John A. Burns | 77 | 71 | 71 | 219 | +3 | T42/124 |
Coronado Individual* | 68 | 79 | 73 | 220 | +4 | T15/24 |
*Competed as an individual
BYU Career Stats
Season | Events | Rounds | Strokes | Average | Low Rd. | Top 20 |
2019-20 | 8 | 24 | 1,753 | 73.04 | 68 | 2 |
BYU Hall of Fame
Freshman Year
2019-2020
Fall
- Tied for 16th at the Saint Mary's Invitational (70-70-71—211, -2). Total score was his season-low.
- Competed in all five of the team's fall tournaments.
Spring
- T15 at the Coronado Individual (68-79-73—220, +4). First-round 68 (-4) was his season-low.
Sophmore Year
2020-2021
Junior Year
Senior Year
Graduate Year
Redshirt Year
Medical Redshirt Year
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- ImageM Golf | Mar, 10
Ponich finishes top-3 as BYU bounces back at Lamkin Classic