TREVECCA NOTES
2018-19
Played in a career-high 30 rounds and 13 tournaments ... 30 rounds is the most ever played in a single season ... shot his season-low of 68 (-4) at the Midwest Regionals ... maintained his season scoring average from last season with a 73.10 mark which is 4th lowest all-time ... helped the Trojans win the Greystone Cup Match Play by splitting 75-69 and 68-70 with his opponents ... his highest tournament finish came when he tied for 1st with teammate Blain Turner at the Great Midwest Athletic Conference Championships after turning in a 70-76-71=217 ... his season included two top-five finishes and five top-20 outings ... had 10 par or better rounds the most of his career which is also 4th most all-time in a single season ... produced 92 birdies on the year which tied teammate Blain Turner (18-19) and former Trojan, Joey Bradley (11-12) for the most all-time in a season ... held an impressive +1.20 versus par rating which included a 3.22 (4th best all-time) par-3 scoring, a 4.11 (4th best all-time) par-4 scoring, and a 4.78 (2nd best all-time) par-5 scoring ... his 2-under par 70-73-71=214 performance at the Badger Invitational was the 3rd best score for a 54-hole tournament ever ... concludes his career with the second-best career scoring average in Trevecca history with a 74.02 over 88.5 rounds which is the most rounds ever played by a Trojan ... for his career had 25 par or better rounds (3rd most all-time) and the second most wins (4) ... is the Trevecca leader in career birdies (260) and is tied with Joey Bradley with the most career eagles (8) ... his performance at the NCAA National Championships helped the Trojans climb 15 spots in the national rankings from #42 to becoming the 27th best team in NCAA Div. II golf.
NCAA National Championships Video:
Trevecca Men's Golf | Larken Whittemore talks 2019 NCAA National Championships Run, Trevecca Career
2017-18
The G-MAC Player of the Year played in eight tournaments and recorded a school-best 73.05 average round score for the year ... he had four top 10 finishes including three of those being top fives and two victories ... his lowest round score (64) came in the Mississippi College Invite, where he tied for the victory ... his other victory came in the Findlay Spring invite where he shot a 69 and 71 in the two rounds ... Whittemore has yearly school records in average score (73.05) and par-3 scoring (3.14) ... he is second best in school history in par or better rounds (9), par 4 scoring (4.12), par 5 scoring (4.79) ... Whittemore is ranked the 20th best golfer in the region for the year
2016-17
Played in eight tournaments and 17.5 rounds … recorded the second-best season scoring average in program history with 74.23 … finished the season ranked 165th in Division II highest ranking in school history … finished t-1st at the Skyhawk Invitational shooting 72-74=146 … named G-MAC Player of the Week 3/20 … shot five rounds par or better with his season lowest score of 69 coming at the Music City Regional … led the team with a 4.80 par 5 scoring average which is second-best in program history … recorded two eagles and 53 birdies ranking him eighth all-time in birdies with 108 and fifth all-time with four eagles in program history
2015-16
Played in nine events and 20 rounds with a ninth-best average score in school history of 76.25 as a freshman during the year ... he had one round of par or better golf ... his best finish was a tie for third in the Trevecca Fall Invitational ... he had two other top ten finishes during the season ... a tie for fourth at the DII Midwest Fall Regional and a tie for seventh at the MW Regional @ Fox Run ... he also finished the year with a tie for 13th at the G-MAC Championship ... a school fifth best in finishing percentage at 74.7% ... tied for fifth best in school history with 53 birdies ... tied for sixth best in school history with 2 eagles during the season ... fifth best in the school record books in par three average with an average score of 3.3292 ... third best in school history with a 4.9221 average in par five scoring
HIGH SCHOOL NOTES
Played for Beverly Shoulders at Macon County High School … made the Tennessean All-Mid State team as a sophomore, junior, and senior … won the district title as a senior while finishing fourth at the region and seventh at the state championships … in his junior year he finished fourth at district, second at region, and 12th at state … during his sophomore season he third at district and region and fifth at the state tournament … top eight at the 2014 edition of the historic School Days Tournament held at the McCabe Golf Course in Nashville, Tenn. … turned in a top 5 finish at the 2014 AJCA Tournament in Atlanta, Ga. … finished in the top 25 at the 2013 Tennessee Junior Amateur in Cleveland, Tenn. … made the 2012 All-District baseball team … the Macon County team won the 2012 district, region, and state champions and the 2013 district title and in 2014 the team finished fourth at the state championships and won the district and region.
