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Davis Ovard
- Height:
- 6-0
- Class:
- Junior
- Hometown:
- Frisco, Texas
- High School:
- Frisco
Junior from Frisco, Texas ... Has appeared in 21 tournaments and 66 rounds for the Bears in his first two years ... Enters 2025-26 in the top-20 on Baylor's career stroke-average listย ... 2024 North and South Amateur Champion ... Brother Dawson played golf for SMU.
2024-25 (Sophomore):ย Cobalt All-American Scholar ... Academic All-Big 12 First Team ... Led the team in par-3 scoring average (3.13) ... Went 2-3 in the Big 12 Match Play at Houston Oaks (10/11) ... Recorded his best finish of the season, tying for 11th as an individual at the DBU Classic (10/29) ... Recorded a tie for 54th in the 117-player field at the Prestige (2/17) ... Carded his best tournament as a member of the lineup, tying for 13th at the Hackler (3/18) ... Rode a second-round 70 to a 29th-place finish at the difficult Maridoe Intercollegiate (4/1) ... Tied for 28th at the Aggie Invitational ... Shot 2-under in the second round before ultimately tying for 34th at the Big 12 Championship (4/24).
2023-24 (Freshman):ย Appeared in a team-leading 12 events and 38 rounds with a stroke average of 72.76 ... Made his collegiate debut as an Individual at the Valero Texas Collegiate (9/11) ... Shot three rounds at par or better en route to a tie for fourth at the MCC River Classic (9/19) ... Went 2-3 in his Big 12 Match Play debut, helping the Bears to a second-place finish (10/11) ... Tied for 91st as an individual at the Kapoleiย Invitational (11/2) ... Tied for eighth at the Benwater Intercollegiate (2/14) ... Tied for 53rd at the Prestige (2/21) ... Used a final-round 69 to finish tied for 23rd at the Cabo Collegiate (3/5) ... Carded his career-first top-10 as a member of the lineup with a tie for eighth at the All-American Intercollegiate (3/19) ... Tied for ninth at the Aggie Invitational, helping lift the Bears to the team title (4/7) ... Tied for 43rd in the 96-player field at the ASU Thunderbird Collegiate (4/13) ... Shot two-rounds at par-or-better in his Big 12 Championship debut, helping BU to its best finish in the event since 2002 (4/24) ... Shot a final-round 71, which proved crucial to helping the Bears make the NCAA Championship by one shot in the NCAA Chapel Hill Regional (5/15) ... Finished tied for 76th in his NCAA Championship debut (5/29).ย
High School: Shot a pair of rounds in the 60s to record a second-place finish this past summer at the Legends Junior Tour Byron Nelson Junior Championship โฆ Best AJGA finish came in December 2021 at the Dominican Junior Open, where he finished second with two rounds at par or better โฆ Also finished fifth at the KJ Choi Foundation Texas Junior Championship in Fort Worth โฆ Two-time Northern Texas PGA State Champion also played on the Legends Junior Tour, winning the Winter Classic in January of 2021 by a shot โฆ A seven-time participant in the US Kids Golf World Championships, Ovard has been playing competitive golf since the age of five.
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Personal: Business major from Frisco โฆ The son of David and Wren Ovard โฆ Brother Dawson played golf at SMU.
2024-25 (Sophomore):ย Cobalt All-American Scholar ... Academic All-Big 12 First Team ... Led the team in par-3 scoring average (3.13) ... Went 2-3 in the Big 12 Match Play at Houston Oaks (10/11) ... Recorded his best finish of the season, tying for 11th as an individual at the DBU Classic (10/29) ... Recorded a tie for 54th in the 117-player field at the Prestige (2/17) ... Carded his best tournament as a member of the lineup, tying for 13th at the Hackler (3/18) ... Rode a second-round 70 to a 29th-place finish at the difficult Maridoe Intercollegiate (4/1) ... Tied for 28th at the Aggie Invitational ... Shot 2-under in the second round before ultimately tying for 34th at the Big 12 Championship (4/24).
2023-24 (Freshman):ย Appeared in a team-leading 12 events and 38 rounds with a stroke average of 72.76 ... Made his collegiate debut as an Individual at the Valero Texas Collegiate (9/11) ... Shot three rounds at par or better en route to a tie for fourth at the MCC River Classic (9/19) ... Went 2-3 in his Big 12 Match Play debut, helping the Bears to a second-place finish (10/11) ... Tied for 91st as an individual at the Kapoleiย Invitational (11/2) ... Tied for eighth at the Benwater Intercollegiate (2/14) ... Tied for 53rd at the Prestige (2/21) ... Used a final-round 69 to finish tied for 23rd at the Cabo Collegiate (3/5) ... Carded his career-first top-10 as a member of the lineup with a tie for eighth at the All-American Intercollegiate (3/19) ... Tied for ninth at the Aggie Invitational, helping lift the Bears to the team title (4/7) ... Tied for 43rd in the 96-player field at the ASU Thunderbird Collegiate (4/13) ... Shot two-rounds at par-or-better in his Big 12 Championship debut, helping BU to its best finish in the event since 2002 (4/24) ... Shot a final-round 71, which proved crucial to helping the Bears make the NCAA Championship by one shot in the NCAA Chapel Hill Regional (5/15) ... Finished tied for 76th in his NCAA Championship debut (5/29).ย
High School: Shot a pair of rounds in the 60s to record a second-place finish this past summer at the Legends Junior Tour Byron Nelson Junior Championship โฆ Best AJGA finish came in December 2021 at the Dominican Junior Open, where he finished second with two rounds at par or better โฆ Also finished fifth at the KJ Choi Foundation Texas Junior Championship in Fort Worth โฆ Two-time Northern Texas PGA State Champion also played on the Legends Junior Tour, winning the Winter Classic in January of 2021 by a shot โฆ A seven-time participant in the US Kids Golf World Championships, Ovard has been playing competitive golf since the age of five.
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Personal: Business major from Frisco โฆ The son of David and Wren Ovard โฆ Brother Dawson played golf at SMU.
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