Jack Ferguson Class: Senior Hometown: Seneca, SC High School: Seneca HS Height / Weight: 5-10 / 210 Birthdate: 08/29/1981

Overview: Second-team All-American each of the last two season...preseason watch list for the Ben Hogan Award...only player still on the Clemson roster who was a starter on Clemson's 2003 National Championship team...will always be remembered for knocking in the winning putt from six inches to make a par on the 18th hole, and clinch Clemson's national championship at Stillwater, OK in 2003...he had also made a birdie on the last hole to win the ACC Tournament with an eight-foot putt on the last hole that year... lowered his stroke average by 3.34 shots in 2002-03, the second best improvement from one season to another in Clemson history...Norman Chapman made a 3.84 shot improvement between 1980-81 and 1981-82...Clemson has won 10 tournaments since he has been with the program, including three NCAA East Regional titles, two ACC titles and one NCAA...ranked fourth in Clemson history in career stroke average with a 72.02 figure entering his senior year...trails only D.J. Trahan (71.49), John Engler (71.78) and Lucas Glover (71.78) on the all-time list...Trahan and Glover are currently on the PGA Tour...Ferguson's stroke average is ahead of current PGA Tour players Jonathan Byrd (72.48), Charles Warren (72.99) and Danny Ellis (73.78)...a model of consistency in many ways, but no stat shows it more than the number of times his scored has counted towards the Clemson team score recently...heading into the spring of 2005, his scored has counted towards the Clemson team score 87 of his last 90 rounds...had 71.38 stroke average as a sophomore and 71.39 as a junior, the ninth and 10th best single season stroke averages in Clemson history...had 147 birdies in 2002-03 and 146 in 2003-04...set Clemson record for consecutive rounds at par or better during the 2002-03 season when he had 15 straight between March 7 to May 9...two-time first-team All-ACC selection...will attempt to join Kevin Johnson, Chris Patton, Charles Warren and John Engler as the only players in Clemson history to be a first, second or third team All-American three times...ranked in the top 30 in the nation in stroke average each of the last two years...led the nation in birdie conversion and fewest putts on greens in regulation during the 2003-04 season... tied for 10th in Clemson history in career rounds in the 60s heading into his senior year with 21...also 11th in rounds at par or better with 52, he reached the 50 mark in less than 100 rounds...has scored par or better in 58 percent of his rounds entering his senior year...has 36 rounds under par entering senior year, 11th best in Clemson history, on pace to become just the sixth player in Clemson history to have 50 under-par rounds...tied for 15th in Clemson history in top 10 finishes with 12... as celebrated a career as he has had, yet to win individual title at an event for the Tigers...has had four second place finishes in his career, including the 2004 ACC Tournament...has finished third and second, respectively, at the last two ACC Tournaments... has not won for Clemson, but won the Sunnehanna Amateur in June of 2004, the fourth straight year someone with ties to Clemson has won that prestigious tournament...ranked in the top 25 nationally in 10 different statistical categories as a junior, he had seven top 25 rankings as a sophomore in 2002-03...competed for United States team in the Palmer Cup last August under Clemson head coach Larry Penley...it was the second time in his career he had competed for the United States in an international event, he was 2-0-1 for the US in the US vs. Japan Matches in the summer of 2003...ranked among the top 10 college golfers in the nation by Golf World heading into his senior year...a first-team preseason All-American for 2004-05 by Golfweek, he was ranked as the number-three player in the nation....ranked 28th by Golfweek in the world amateur rankings heading into the spring of 2005...

Fall 2004: Second among Clemson golfers in stroke average for the fall with a 72.73 stroke average...had seven rounds at par or better to tie for the team lead with Brian Duncan...did not take it deep, he did not have a round in the 60s, but was consistent all fall, leading the team in scores at 75 or better with 14 out of the 15 rounds he played...actually shot 74 or better in 14 of the 15 rounds...played in all five stroke-play events and the Hooters Match Play, his score counted in 14 of the 15 rounds...had four of the team's seven rounds at par...had a three-under par 213 score at The Ridges to help the Tigers to a third-place finish...that 213 was the second lowest tournament vs. par (-3) by a Tiger in the fall...had a pair of top 10s in the fall, the sixth-place finish at The Ridges and an eighth-place finish at Isleworth...Clemson's top golfer at Isleworth...Clemson's top golfer at the Hooters Match Play with a 2-1-1 record...that came after a 3-1 record at the same event in 2003...beat Mark Blakefield of Kentucky 5 and 4, Jeff Bell of Texas 2 and 1 ...both were big wins as the Tigers won the overall team matches by 3-2 scores....halved match with James Vargas of Florida...through the fall season ranked 56th in the nation by the Sagarin Rankings...

Summer 2004: Member of the United States team in the Palmer Cup, an event played at the famous Ballybunion in Ireland in August...played a limited schedule, but he won the Sunnehanna Amateur in Pennsylvania June 10-12...had a 54-hole score of 203, seven-under-par...had consistent performance with rounds of 68-67-68...it marked the fourth straight year someone with ties to Clemson won the prestigious amateur event...finished 33rd at the Players Amateur and 51st at the Porter Cup before competing in the Palmer Cup...reached the stroke play competition of the US Amateur at Winged Foot, he missed the match play portion by one stroke...shot 74-77 in the two rounds of stroke play.

2003-04 Academic Year at Clemson: Second-team All-American and first-team All-ACC...finished the year with 10 rounds in the 60s, tied for ninth highest total in Clemson history for a single season...a model of consistency, had 36 rounds at 75 or better, tied for fourth best in Clemson history for a season...had 17 rounds under par, 14th best in school history...had 22 rounds at par or better, tied for 12th best total in Clemson history...had stroke average of 71.39, 10th best in Clemson history...second-best stroke average behind United States Walker Cup player Matt Hendrix for the year...that average would be good enough to lead a number of Division I teams...ranked 27th in the nation in scoring average... had five top-10 finishes in 13 tournaments... shot three consecutive 74s at the Yale University course at the NCAA East Regional...his 74 in the final round was the only time all year his score did not count towards Clemson's team score... just missed his first career win at the 2004 ACC Tournament...Sean Moore of Wake Forest birdied 18 and Ferguson finished second for the fourth time in his career...he did lead the Clemson team to its eighth conference title, and finished with a 10-under par 206 total...his tournament included rounds of 69-67-70...finished third in the Atlanta Intercollegiate in late March...shot 70-65-73 for an eight-under, 208 total...the second-round 65 was his career-best round and low round by a Tiger this year...also placed in the top 10 in Puerto Rico...fired an opening-round 67 in that tournament...shot three-under at Puerto Rico...finished in the top 20 at each event in the spring and in 11 events for the academic year...shot a four-under par 212 at Las Vegas, a total that included a first-round 66...had 10 of his 38 rounds in the 60s...36 of his 38 rounds were at 75 or better, best on the team...had 22 rounds at par or better to rank in a tie for first on the team... got off to a strong start when he led Clemson to a third-place finish in The Ridges...shot two-under-par 214 total for that event and finished sixth individually...shot a pair of 73s at the Fall Preview...best finish of the fall was fifth, when he shot six-under at the Carpet Classic...had two rounds in the 60s and shot a 210 total at the Jerry Pate in October...had his best round of the fall when he shot a 67 in round 2 of that tournament...he also compiled a terrific record at the Collegiate Match Play, posting a 3-1 mark for the Tigers...ranked 17th in the final Sagarin computer poll.

Summer 2003: Consistent summer for the second-team All-American...began with an eight-over-par 288 in the Sunnehanna Amateur...met Arnold Palmer while playing with his grandson in that tournament...finished 26th at the Monroe Invitational with a five-over-par score...boasted a 2-0-1 record in the U.S. vs. Japan Tournament held July 14-19...paired with teammate Matt Hendrix to represent United States in that event...fired a seven-under-par 273 at the Porter Cup and finished 11th in that event...had three rounds in the 60s at the Porter Cup.

2002-03 Academic Year: Finished second on the team in stroke average (71.38) behind D.J. Trahan ...calmly two-putted for a par five on the 18th hole at Karsten Creek to give Clemson its first golf national championship...finished at 10-over-par and in 19th place in the National event, Clemson's top finisher...also had clutch birdie on his final hole in the final group in the last round on April 20 to win the ACC Tournament for the Tigers by one shot over Wake Forest...his 8-foot birdie putt on the par five 18th hole at The Old North State Club gave Clemson the team title by one shot, it was the closest thing to a "walk-off home run" in golf...finished third overall at that ACC Tournament with a 214 figure...second on the team in top 10 finishes with seven...one of three Tigers with at least 10 rounds in the 60s, Matt Hendrix and D.J. Trahan were the others...did not win an event, but had three runner-up finishes...runner-up at the Topy Cup, the Schenkel and the Atlanta Intercollegiate...earned first-team All-ACC honors as a sophomore...had 17 rounds under par, 13th best in Clemson history, and 27 rounds at par or better, second on the team and fifth best in school history...had same total Charles Warren had in 1997-98, year Warren won the Dave Williams Award...his 10 rounds in the 60s is eighth best in Clemson history and his seven top 10 finishes rank in a tie for sixth best...eighth in the nation in par four scoring with a 4.02 average, he was 11th in sub/par strokes/round (3.92), 14th in scoring average vs. par and 16th in final round scoring average (71.08)...had 11-under par 205 for his best tournament of the spring at Augusta State...had three rounds in the 60s in that event, just the fifth Clemson player in history to have three rounds in the 60s in the same event... improved his stroke average from 74.72 as a freshman to 71.38 as a sophomore...sixth on the team in stroke average as a freshman, second in 2002-03...his score did not count towards the Clemson team score just once in his 39 rounds in 2002-03...turned in the best score of the day nine times and had the best tournament score in five of the 12 events, including three times in the spring...shot under par in the final round in five consecutive tournaments and in seven of the 12 events for the year...had an outstanding fall with a 71.09 stroke average...outstanding in the fall on par four holes, he had a 3.96 average for the 11 rounds in the fall, ninth best in the nation...also hit fairways at 80.4 percent, 29th best in the nation for the fall...in the four tournaments he was Clemson's top player twice...shot a 204 in the opening tournament team victory at the Topy Cup and finished second to Nick Watney of Fresno State...that 204 score and 12-under performance was the best individual 54-hole score by a Clemson player in the fall...his -12 score was tied for the third best 54-hole score vs. par in Clemson history, trailing only a 13-under by Lucas Glover at the Jerry Pate in 2001 and D.J. Trahan's 15-under this year at Augusta State...had rounds of 68-66-70 to finish third overall in the individual race, second among American players...the second round 66 is his career best...also Clemson's top player at the Ping Preview at Oklahoma State with a 220 score, good enough for eighth place individually...also had a ninth-place at the Jerry Pate with a 139 score for the event that was shortened to 36 holes due to weather...only Tiger to record three top 10 finishes in the fall...had five under-par rounds and seven at par or better for his 11 rounds...also played all four days at the Hooters Collegiate Match Play, he had a 1-2-1 record for the four matches.

Summer 2002: Won the Birmingham Amateur in Alabama in June to get his summer off to a great start...continued his performance with four more top six finishes between July 4 and August 11...finished sixth at the Rice Planters with a 283 score, he had a final round 67 to jump into the top 10...finished third at the Southern Amateur at East Lake in Atlanta...had a 283 score that included a final round 68...finished second to D.J. Trahan at the South Carolina Amateur with a 291 score, seven over par...finished his amateur play in the summer of 2002 with a second place finish at The Cardinal in Greensboro...shot an eight-under 202 to finish second to Dustin Bray, an All-American at North Carolina...his Cardinal performance included an opening round 64...also played in the Monroe in June and finished 41st.

2001-02 Academic Year: Got his Clemson career off to a great start with a 13th place finish at The Ridges...had a 215 score to finish at one-under-par, he was Clemson's top golfer at the event...only tournament in the fall that D.J. Trahan did not lead the Tigers...had a second round 68 to highlight his play...had his second best event at Long Cove, he fired a 223, including an even par 71 in the fist round...played in Puerto Rico and The Schenkel in the spring on Clemson's third ranked team...best round in the spring was a second round 73 at Puerto Rico...score counted in three of the six rounds in the spring...red-shirted the 2000-01 season at Clemson.

Summer of 2001: Runner-up in South Carolina Match Play to teammate Gregg Jones...played in the Rice Planters Tournament in Mount Pleasant on the 7th of July and finished with a score of 281 and 7 under par, round scores of 76-68-70-71, defeated teammate DJ Trahan by a stroke...placed 5th in the South Carolina Amateur with a score of 289...traveled to Lufkin, TX to play in the Southern Amateur Tournament he had 75-74-71-72 round scores, and finished 10th at 4-over for the event.

In High School: Six-year starter and five-year team MVP at Seneca High School...set record for low score at the 2000 state Regional Tournament with a -10 score...all-state as a junior and senior, all-region all four years of high school...finished third at the state AAA Championship his senior year, he was second as a junior and 11th as a sophomore...had top 10 finishes at four American Junior Golf Association Tournaments in 2000, including a second-place finish at Bluegrass and fourth place at Monroe...played for South Carolina team vs. Ontario in Canada Junior Team Match championships each of the last two years...won four of possible six points in 2000, and 5.5 of possible six points in 1999 at the event...had exempt player status in AJGA his sophomore, junior and senior seasons....won the Cross Creek Plantation men's championship as a freshman in high school...he also won the championship as a sophomore and in 2000...number-one qualifier at US Junior qualifier in South Carolina in 1999...had seventh-place finish at Bluegrass in 1999, he was second at SCGA junior championships...won the Western AAA conference title as a freshman, junior and senior...had a 63 at the Ashworth Bluegrass his sophomore year, tying the all-time record for the American Junior Golf Association...finished second at SCGA junior championships as a sophomore and junior, he was third as a freshman...played his high school golf for Eric Wike at Seneca High...born August 29, 1981...majoring in PRTM at Clemson.

Coach Penley on Jack Ferguson "Jack Ferguson, red-shirt sophomore, was one of the biggest reasons we maintained a number-one ranking in the fall. He played a lot of great tournaments and was very steady, very consistent. He is a terrific team player. I think it is just a matter of time before he finds the winner's circle. He's a perfect compliment to DJ, Greg, Matt, Ben, and Brian. He is everything we need in our lineup because he is a hard worker. I can't say enough good things about Jack and his performance this past summer and fall."

Ferguson in Top 50 Golfstat National Rankings, 2003-04
*1st in birdie conversion, .343
*1st in fewest putts on greens in regulation, 1.740
*4th in putting for par, -1.13
*11th in par 3 scoring average, 3.05
*15th in par three greens in regulation
*17th in average putts per round, 29.38
*17th in fewest three-putt holes per round, 0.63
*17th in greens in regulation inside 15 feet, .391
*22nd in birdies, 146
*24th in subpar strokes per round, 4.00
*27th in scoring average, 71.39
*28th in first round scoring average, 71.08
*29th in greens reached in regulation, .694
*35th in scoring average vs. par, -0.11
*46th in fewest bogeys per round, 2.82
*47th in par four scoring average, 4.06

Ferguson Career Tournament by Tournament

Ferguson Tournament by Tournament, 2001-02
Date	Tournament	1-2-3	Par	Tot	Fin
9/8-9	The Ridges	73-68-74	-1	215	13
9/28-30	Ping Preview	70-77-80	+14	227	55
10/15-16	Jerry Pate	77-79-73	+16	229	47
11/9-11	Long Cove	71-78-74	+10	223	34
2/24-26	Puerto Rico Classic	77-73-74	+8	224	40
3/23-24	Schenkel	76-76-75	+11	227	58
Ferguson Tournament by Tournament, 2002-03
Date	Tournament	1-2-3	Par	Tot	Fin
9/3-5	Topy Cup	68-66-70	-12	204	2
9/27-29	Carpet Classic	76-70-73	+3	219	33
10/7-8	Ping Preview	76-72-72	+4	220	8
10/14	Jerry Pate	73-66	-3	139	9
2/17-18	Mercedes Benz Coll.	72-74-73	+3	219	23
2/23-25	Puerto Rico Classic	77-72-73	+6	222	24
3/7-9	Toyota Las Vegas	72-71-72	-1	215	17
3/22-23	Schenkel	72-67-71	-6	210	2
4/5-6	Augusta State	67-69-69	-11	205	4
4/18-20	ACC	72-72-70	-2	214	3
5/8-9	Atlanta Intercollegiate	71-69-68	-8	208	2
5/15-17	NCAA East	73-69-70	-4	212	16
5/27-30	NCAA National	73-76-72-77	+10	298	19
Ferguson Tournament by Tournament, 2003-04
Date	Tournament	1-2-3	Par	Tot	Fin
9/13-14	The Ridges	73-69-72	-2	214	6
9/22-23	Fall Preview	73-73	+6	146	28
10/3-5	Carpet Classic	71-68-71	-6	210	5
10/13-14	Jerry Pate	74-67-69	-3	210	20
2/8-10	N. Florida Collegiate	76-70-75	+5	221	14
2/22-24	Puerto Rico Classic	67-72-74	-3	213	7
3/12-14	Las Vegas	66-74-72	-4	212	11
3/20-21	Schenkel	70-72-76	+2	218	17
3/29-30	Atlanta Intercollegiate	70-65-73	-8	208	3
4/3-4	Augusta State	72-70-75	+1	217	12
4/16-18	ACC Tournament	69-67-70	-10	206	2
5/20-22	NCAA East Regional	74-74-74	+12	222	54
6/1-4	NCAA National	69-73-74	+6	216	#32
#Standing at end of third round. No official final standing.
Ferguson Tournament by Tournament Fall of 2004
Date	Tournament	1-2-3	Par	tot	Fin
9/11-2	The Ridges	70-72-71	-3	213	6
9/26-27	Preview	74-72-74	+10	220	34
10/11-12	Jerry Pate	73-71-73	+4	217	47
10/25-26	Isleworth	70-74-73	+1	217	8
11/5-7	Carpet Classic	72-80-72	+8	224	22
Jack Ferguson Career Stats
Tr	Rds	Stks	60s	-75	Par	-Par	Avg	Top 10	BR	BT
6	18	1345	1	10	1	2	74.72	0	68	215
13	39	2785	10	34	10	17	71.41	7	66	204
13	38	2713	10	36	5	17	71.39	5	65	206
32	95	6843	21	80	16	36	72.03	12	65	204