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UNC Greensboro

2019-20 Men's Golf Roster

Jonathan Brightwell

  • Position PLAYER
  • Height 6-4
  • Weight 0
  • Class Senior
  • Hometown Charlotte, N.C.
  • Highschool Independence

Biography

Honors
--Three-time All-SoCon selection
--Named 2017 SoCon Freshman of the Year

--Named to 2017 All-SoCon Freshman Team
--Won share of 2017 SoCon Championship before falling in a two-hole playoff

2019-20 (Senior)
Finished the season ranked No. 13 in the nation according to Golfstat.com, was ranked as high as No. 8 ... named to Haskins Award Watch List in October ... earned SoCon Player of the Month twice and Player of the Week three times between the fall and spring ... averaged a 70.09 over 22 rounds on the year ... shot eight under to tie for fourth at the Badger Invitational (9.8-9.10), shooting a 68 during the second round ... tallied 205 strokes (-11) at the Rod Myers Invitational to claim first in the competition (9.14-9.15) ... shot a 68-70-67 over three rounds ... took a second straight win at the Wolfpack Fall Intercollegiate (10.5-10.6), finishing 13 under par with a 203 total, and a 68-64-71 over the course of competition ... tied for 10th at the Crooked Stick Invitational (10.14-10.15), turning in a 219 ... started the first round of the Martin Downs Collegiate (2.14) shooting a season best 62 ... followed that round with a 69 and 70 to take a runner-up finish in the competition ... shot two-under in the first round of the Dorado Beach Collegiate (2.23), before the final two rounds were cancelled due to inclement weather ... shot a 215 (-1) to tie for 14th at the General Hackler Championship (3.9-3.10), recording a 68 in the second round. 

2018-19 (Junior)

Played in 36 rounds … Posted a 71.81 stroke average, fourth-best in the SoCon … Named to the All-SoCon Team ... Opened the season with a 12th place finish in the Rod Myers Invitational at one-under 215 ... Followed it up with a 14th place finish in the Windon Memorial Classic at one-over 217 ... Completed back-to-back second place finishes at the Wolfpack Intercollegiate (11-under 205) and Autotrader Collegiate Classic (12-under 204) ... Ended fall play with a fifth place finish in the UNCG Grandover Collegiate at one-under 215 ... Began spring play with another top-10 finish, this time tying for ninth place at the UNCG Martin Downs Collegiate ... Tied for 30th at two-over 218 at the Puerto Rico Classic ... Ended the Linger Longer at three-under 213 ... Finished at 10-over 226 in a 46th place finishing at the Tar Heel Intercollegiate ... Also finished tied for 10th place at the SoCon Championship with a five-over 221 ... Tied for 48th place in the NCAA Stanford Regional after opening the tournament with a three-under 67.

2017-18 (Sophomore)
Played in 36 rounds … Posted a 74.81 stroke … Recorded a 28th place finish at the Wolfpack Fall Collegiate with a 3-over par 219 (73-70-76) … Second round score of 70 was his lowest of the fall. ...Finished with a 221 at the Tarheel Intercollegiate ... Finished 45th in the Autotrader Intercollegiate Classic  with a 225 ... Recorded a 236 (82-76-78) at the UNCG/Grandover Intercollegiate ...Tied his second best total tournament score (220) at the UNCG/Martin Downs Intercollegiate ...Ended the Puerto Rico Classic with a 223 (73-75-75) ... Posted a top 25 (24th) finish at the Irish Creek Intercollegiate with a 220 (72-71-77)... Notched his best tournament finish of the year (18th) at the SoCon Championship, helping UNCG win the conference championship ... Participated in the NCAA Pacific Regional, totaling a 223. 

2016-17 (Freshman)
Played in all 31 rounds to earn his first letter … Named the Southern Conference Freshman of the Year … Named All-Southern Conference, the only freshman on the team … Named to the SoCon All-Freshman Team … Ranked eighth in the SoCon and first among all freshman with a 72.94 stroke average … Finished the year ranked No. 467 in the Golf Week individual ranksing with a 467-376-37 record … Finished tied for first overall at the 2017 Southern Conference Championships in Pinehurst before falling the first round of the individual playoff … Posted a 2-over par 218 score at the SoCon Championships (71-75-72) … Named the Southern Conference Player of the Week twice in April (12 & 19) … Named the SoCon Player of the Month for April ... Tied the UNCG single-round record with a 63 in the second round of the Wolfpack Spring Open … Finished seventh in the event with a career-best 4-under par 208 on the par-71 course with rounds of 67-63-78 … Also earned the SoCon weekly honor after the Irish Creek Collegiate where he finished 19th overall with an even-par 213 score … Posted rounds of 71-70-72 on the par-71 course … Placed 15th overall at the Linger Longer Invitational with a 4-under par 212 … Carded rounds of 71-72-69 with the 69 score marking the third-lowest round of the year … Finished at even-par at the Bridgestone Golf Collegiate with a 216 after notching three straight rounds of 72.

Prior To UNCG
Ranked No. 12 overall in the class of 2016 by the Carolinas Golf Association and No. 17 overall in junior golf … Four-year letterwinner at Independence High School for coach Brad Gibson … Three-time All-Southwestern 7 Conference selection and was named the team's Most Valuable Player in 2013 and 2015 … Advanced to the state regionals in his first three years of high school golf.


Personal
Son of Rick and Susan Brightwell … Majoring in business administration. 
 

Historical Player Information

  • 2016-17Freshman

    6'4"
  • 2017-18Sophomore

    6'4"
  • 2018-19Junior

    6'4"
  • 2019-20Senior

    PLAYER
    6'4"