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Michael Feagles2020-21 Head Shot

Michael Feagles

  • Class
    Graduate Student
  • Ht./Wt.
    - /
  • Hometown
    Scottsdale, Arizona
  • High School
    Brophy College Prep

Biography

Career Highlights

2020 PING All-Midwest Region
2020 All-Big Ten First Team
2019 PING All-America Honorable Mention
2019 PING All-Midwest Region
2019 All-Big Ten First Team
2018 PING All-Midwest Region 
2018 All-Big Ten Championships Team
2018 All-Big Ten First Team
2017 PING All-Midwest Region
2017 Big Ten Freshman of the Year
2017 All-Big Ten First Team

Senior - 2019-20

  • Played in the lineup in all six tournaments during the COVID-19 shortened season
  • Also competed in the Cypress Point Classic (Oct. 28-29)
  • First on the team with a stroke average of 71.56
  • Paced the team with 12 rounds of par or better
  • Finished among the top 25 in five of six events
  • Posted season bests for a single round (66) and 54-hole tournament (207) score at the Maui Jim Intercollegiate (Sept. 13-15)
  • Recorded his best finish of the year with a tie for eighth at the Mobile Sports Authority Intercollegiate (Feb. 10-11)
  • Led the Illini as the team's top finisher at the OFCC Fighting Illini Invitational (Sept. 20-22) and the Crooked Stick Invitational (Oct. 14-15)
  • Named to the All-Big Ten First Team
  • Earned PING All-Midwest Region honors from the GCAA

Summer - 2019

  • Placed third at the Arizona Open with a score 14-under par to also earn low amateur honors
  • Carded eight birdies and an eagle for a final round 63 at the Arizona Open
  • Appeared in the field at the Web.com (Korn Ferry) Tour's Lincoln Land Championship
  • Advanced to the Round of 32 at the North & South Amateur after tying for fifth in the stroke play portion of the tournament 
  • Tied for 12th with a score 6-under par at the Pacific Coast Amateur

Junior - 2018-19

  • Appeared in the team lineup in 12 tournaments on the season
  • Posted a career-low 202 (-11) at the Fighting Irish Classic to earn his highest finish of the fall season (T-6th)
  • Is among Illini leaders for his 70.76 spring stroke average
  • Earned three-straight top-10 finishes to start the spring season at the Louisiana Classics, Southern Highlands Collegiate and the Tar Heel Intercollegiate
  • Finished among the top 15 in seven total events
  • Tied for 16th at the 2019 Big Ten Championships
  • Won his first tournament title at the NCAA Myrtle Beach Regional with a career-low 201, which also stands as the second-lowest 54-hole score in Illini history
  • Played 20 rounds at or under par throughout the season
  • Led the Illini with his 70.97 season stroke average

Summer - 2018

  • Played in the Sunnehanna Amateur in Johnstown, Pennsylvania
  • Tied for 16th at the Sahalee Players Championship
  • Qualified for and appeared in the field at the U.S. Amateur at Pebble Beach
  • Appeared in the field at the Pacific Coast Amateur Championship 
  • Played in the Western Amateur 

Sophomore - 2018-19

  • Placed among the top 16 at the OFCC/Illini Invitational (T-15th) and the Bearcat Invitational (T-16th)
  • Carded his lowest round (67) of the fall season at the Bearcat Invitational
  • Defeated Oklahoma's Brad Dalke in the East Lake Cup semifinals
  • Posted three individual finishes among the top 20 during regular season spring play, highlighted by a 12th-place individual finish at the Louisiana Classics
  • Tied for fifth at the Big Ten Championships after posting a career-low 64 in the second round of play
  • Earned All-Big Ten First Team honors
  • Tied for 10th at the NCAA Columbus Regional

Summer 2017

  • Earned a top 25 finish at the Southwestern Amateur
  • Placed among the top 15 at the Sahalee Players Championship
  • Advanced to the Match Play Round of 32 at the North & South Amateur

Freshman - 2016-17

  • Appeared in the Illini lineup in all five fall tournaments
  • Earned his highest finish at Wolf Run, tying for fifth individually
  • Also earned a fifth place finish in the stroke play round at the East Lake Cup
  • Defeated Texas’ Scottie Scheffler 3 & 1 in the semifinal match at the East Lake Cup
  • Finished among the top 15 three times during the fall season
  • Recorded nine birdies to shoot 6-under par (66) and lead Illinois in the second round at the Tavistock Collegiate Invitational
  • Placed among the top 25 in six spring tournaments, earning two finishes among the top five
  • Tied for third at the Robert Kepler Intercollegiate to earn his highest collegiate finish
  • Named Big Ten Freshman of the Year and to the All-Big Ten First Team
  • Appeared in the lineup for Illinois at the 2017 NCAA Championship.

High School

  • AJGA Third-Team All-America selection
  • Took second at the Arizona High School State Championship
  • Won the USGA Junior Amateur qualifier
  • Arizona Stroke Play Champion
  • Took second at the AJGA Heather Farr Classic
  • Earned a top-10 finish at the AJGA Thunderbird International
  • Ranked 33 in the Polo Golf Rankings and eighth in the class of 2016
  • Took third at the AJCA TPC-Southwind

Personal

  • Son of Chris and Tricia Feagles
  • Born Dec. 8, 1997
  • Has three siblings, Remy, JD and William
  • Grandfather, John Foley, played collegiate golf at Notre Dame
  • Nephew of Jeff Feagles, former NFL punter
  • Lists Michael Jordan as his favorite athlete
Feagles' Career Statistics
Year Rounds Strokes Average Low Round Low 54-Hole Score
2016-17 37 2,705 73.11 66 (-6) 206 (-10)
2017-18 38 2,753 72.45 64 (-6) 209 (-4)
2018-19 36 2,555 70.97 65 (-7) 201 (-15)
2019-20 18 1,288 71.56 66 (-4) 207 (-3)
Total 129 9,301 72.10 65 (-7) 201 (-15)

Historical Player Information

  • 2016-17Freshman

  • 2017-18Sophomore

  • 2018-19Junior

  • 2019-20Senior

  • 2020-21Graduate Student