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2020-21 Golf Roster

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David Hanes

  • Height 5-9
  • Class Graduate Student
  • Hometown Elma, N.Y.
  • High School St. Francis

Biography

AWARDS
2018 MAAC ALL-TOURNAMENT
2017 MAAC ALL-TOURNAMENT
2016-17 CANISIUS MALE ROOKIE OF THE YEAR


CAREER BESTS
Low 18: 66 at 2016 Little Three Championship

Low 36: 139 at 2016 Little Three Championship
Low 54: 215 at 2019 Cornell Invitational


2020-21 • GRADUATE STUDENT SEASON
• Played in all five tournaments and posted a team-best scoring average of 74.6.
• Shot a season-low 70 in the first round of the 2021 MAAC Golf Championship. Finished that event T13.
• Tied for first with two other golfers at the Niagara Dual Match - one of his six career top-five finishes.
• Had two top-10 finishes, including a sixth-place finish at the annual Little Three Championship.
• Ended his Canisius career with three tournament wins, 11 top-10 finishes and 18 top-20 placements.
• Named to the 2021 MAAC All-Academic Team.


2019-20 • SENIOR SEASON
• Played in five tournaments and posted a scoring average of 75.7.
• His opening-round 69 at the Cornell Invitational stands as his fourth career round in the 60s.
• Set a new career-low for a 54-hole tournament with his three-round score of 215 at the Cornell event.
• Had two top-20 finishes during the year, including a T7 posting at the Cornell tournament.
• Named to the 2020 MAAC All-Academic Team.


2018-19 • JUNIOR SEASON
• Played in four tournaments - two in the fall and two in the spring season.
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Missed time with an injury midway through the year.
• Was the team's top individual performer in all four events he participated in.
• Shot a season-low 71 in the second round of the 2018 Little Three Championship and finished the event tied for fourth.
• Tied for ninth at the Towson Invitational, one of his three top-15 finishes on the year.
• Placed 12th at the 2019 MAAC Golf Championship with his three-round score of 226.
• Named to the 2018-19 MAAC All-Academic Team.


2017-18 • SOPHOMORE SEASON
• Played in five events and posted a scoring average of 72.8 in 11 rounds.
• Was the team's top individual performer in four of the five events he played.
• Finished with an even-par score of 216 through 54 holes at the 2018 FAU Spring Championship.
• Shot a season-low 66 (five-under par) against Niagara in the Niagara Dual Match in the fall season.
• Tied for eighth in the field with a three-round score of 225 at the 2018 MAAC Golf Championship, his second-straight top-10 finish at the conference's championship event.
• Participated in the 2018 Porter Cup, his third-straight appearance in the world-class amateur event.
• Named to the 2017-18 MAAC All-Academic Team.


2016-17 • FRESHMAN SEASON
• Played in nine events in his first season with the program.
• Was the team's top individual performer in eight of the nine events he played.
• Led Canisius with his 74.4 stroke average through 22 rounds.
• Claimed two top-five finishes and four top-20 efforts in his first year with the program.

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Won individual medalist honors at the 2016 Little Three Championship.
• At the Little Three, he shot a season-low 66 in the second round, the lowest score for a Canisius golfer since 2007.
• His two-round tally of 139 at the Little Three Championship was five-under par - the lowest Little Three score for a Griff golfer since 2012.
• By winning the 2016 Little Three, he earned a berth into the 2017 Porter Cup.
• Placed third at the 2017 MAAC Championship with his 54-hole score of 222.

• Is the first Canisius golfer to finish in the top-five at the MAAC Championship since 2013, and it is the best overall finish since 2009.
• Became the first Canisius freshmen in the last 30 years to record back-to-back rounds in the 60s after he posted a 68 in the first round of the Matthews Auto Collegiate Invitational in the fall season.
• Named the MAAC Golfer of the Month for October.


BEFORE CANISIUS
• A four-year letterwinner at St. Francis.
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Won both the medalist honors and the overall championship at the 2016 International Junior Masters tournament - the first golfer to accomplish that since 2003.
• Carded his first career hole-in-one at the 2016 Porter Cup.
• Won the Buffalo District Golf Association Junior Stroke Play championship.
• Played in the New York State Amateur championship.

PERSONAL
• Majoring in economics at the College.

Historical Player Information

  • 2016-17Freshman

    5'9"
  • 2017-18Sophomore

    5'9"
  • 2018-19Junior

    5'9"
  • 2019-20Senior

    5'9"
  • 2020-21Graduate Student

    5'9"