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  Chris Williams
Chris Williams

Player Profile
Class:
Sophomore

Hometown:
Moscow, Idaho

High School:
Moscow High School

Experience:
1V

Junior Golf and Personal:
• Four-time Idaho High School 4A state champion and four-time North Idaho Golfer of the Year.
• Earned as high as ninth in Junior Golf Scoreboard rankings.
• 2007 Washington Junior Golf Association (WJGA) State Champion, Player of the Year and Junior Golfer of the Year.
• Third at 2008 Junior Worlds, 27th at 2007 Junior World and 27th at 2007 Junior America's Cup.
• 2008 San Diego Junior Am Champion.
• Graduated from Moscow High School and helped team to 2009 state championship. Team was second in 2008 and fourth in 2007.
• Claims the record at eight courses.
• 4.0 GPA Honor Roll for 2008-09 school year.
• Parents are Linda and Varnel Williams. Has two older brothers, Pete and Jeff, and an older sister, Julie.
• Pete was a professional golfer from 2006-2008 and Jeff played hockey for University of Idaho.


2009-10 (Freshman)
• The first Husky to ever win Pac-10 Freshman of the Year honors, sharing it with USC's T.J. Vopel
• Tied the Olympic Course at Gold Mountain record with a 7-under 65 in the final round of the NCAA West Regional
• Stroke average of 71.14 ties Brock MacKenzie for 3rd all-time in a single season
• Only freshman in UW history to win twice during the season
• Best round of 8-under 63 in the Pac-10 Championships equals the best-ever third-round score in a tournament by a Husky
• Shot ten rounds in the 60s and has a total of 13 rounds under par
• Second overall at the NCAA West Regional with a 6-under 210, including his first-ever hole-in-one on a 205-yard hole
• Tied for ninth at the NCAA Championships

2009-2010 RESULTS BY TOURNAMENT

Date Score Tournament Overall Place Place On Team
Sept. 14-15 74-75-66-215 (-1) Palouse Collegiate 7th of 78 1st of 7
Sept. 27-28 79-75-76-230 (+14) PING/Golfweek Invitational T50th of 75 4th of 5
Oct. 11-13 78-75-68-221 (+5) The Prestige at PGA West T26th of 80 Indv.
Feb. 14-16 69-65-71-205 (-8) Battle at the Beach T1st of 86 1st of 6
March 8-9 73-70-75-218 (+5) Fresno Lexus Classic T21st of 99 3rd of 6
April 2-3 72-69-64-205 (-8) ASU Thunderbird Invitational T1st of 89 1st of 5
April 11-13 72-71-70-213 (+3) U.S. Intercollegiate T24th of 107 T3rd of 5
April 26-28 71-68-63-73-275 (-9) Pac-10 Championship T8th of 60 T2nd of 6
May 20-22 73-72-65-210 (-6) NCAA West Regional T2nd of 75 2nd of 5
June 1-3 72-71-69-212 NCAA Championship T9th of 154 1st of 5

Williams' 14:
Driver: Callaway FT
3-wood: Titleist 904
Hybrid: Adams Idea
Irons: Taylormade TP
Wedges: Ping Tour W

CHRIS WILLIAMS'S CAREER STATISTICS

YEARROUNDSSTROKESAVGLOW
2009-1031220471.1063
CAREER31224071.1063
Career Best Finish: 1st, (twice) Battle at the Beach, Feb. 14-16, 2010 and ASU Thunderbird Invitational (lost playoff), April 2-3, 2010
Career Top-10 Finishes: 6
Career Best 54-Hole Score: 205, (twice) Battle at the Beach, Feb. 14-16, 2010 and ASU Thunderbird Invitational, April 2-3, 2010
Career Best 18-Hole Score: 63, third round of Pac-10 Championships, April 27, 2010

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