Upcoming Event: Men's Golf versus The Invitational at The Honors Course on September 15, 2025
Men's Golf
vs The Invitational at The Honors Course
2025-26 Men's Golf Roster
Love, William
William Love
- Height:
- 6-0
- Weight:
- 185
- Class:
- Senior
- Hometown:
- Atlanta, Ga.
- High School:
- Westminster Academy
Bio
AS A JUNIOR IN 2024-25
AS A SOPHOMORE IN 2023-24
HIGH SCHOOL
PERSONAL
- Competed in eight total tournaments and started for the team lineup in all eight
- Finished the year with a 73.17Â stroke average in 24 total rounds
- Logged a 10th-place finish at The Hayt, finishing at 3-under, 213
- Finished the year with seven under-par rounds and two rounds in the 60's
- Set a new benchmark for eagles in a season, with a team-leading eight
- Finished the season wtih 82 total birdies
AS A SOPHOMORE IN 2023-24
- Started in Duke's lineup for the season-opening event in the fall but missed the remainder of the fall schedule due to injury
- Returned to action at The Prestige, competing as an individual, with a tie for second-place at 6-under, 210
- All-ACC Academic selection
- Academic All-America Scholar
- Finished the year with a 72.46 stroke average in 24 total rounds
- Logged a third-place finish at the Wake Forest Invitational at Pinehurst No. 2, finishing at 1-over, 211
- Led the team in eagles, with five, and finished the season wtih 90 total birdies
- Had a record-breaking debut season, competing in 12 tournaments and recorded a scoring average of 71.80 through 35 rounds.
- Named to All-ACC Academic Team
- Stroke average of 71.80 finished as second-best by any freshman in program history, trailing his teammate Ian Siebers (71.07).
- Became just the sixth Duke freshman to claim medalist honors at an event, finishing at 17-under, 199, in the Dorado Beach Collegiate.
- Carded back-to-back record-setting rounds in the event, closing with a 63 and 65 to become the first freshman in program history to shoot a sub-200 total score and the first Blue Devil ever to finish at 17-under
- Carded 11 rounds in the 60's and 18 under-par rounds, the most by any freshman in Duke lore in both categories. Both are tied for sixth-best by any Duke player in their respective categories.
- His 19 par or better rounds trail only Chandler Eaton (21) for most by a Duke freshman.
- His two rounds of 9-under (63 at Dorado Beach Collegiate, 62 at Stitch Intercollegiate) were a freshman record and second-best in program history for a single round score-to-par.
- First appearance for the Blue Devils came in the Rod Myers Invitational, where he carded back-to-back rounds of 3-under, 69, to finish in a tie for sixth overall.
- Used four birdies over his final five holes to shoot a 6-under, 30, on his final nine holes of the NCAA Norman Regional to help the Blue Devils rally and advance to the NCAA Championship.
- Made seven eagles throughout the season, the most on the team.
HIGH SCHOOL
- Signed as the top ranked player in his class in Georgia by Junior Golf Scoreboard and the second-best overall player in the state, while also ranked 17th nationally in his class and 26th overall.
- Ranked by Golfweek as the 16th-best in his class national and 25th overall.
- Signed with a scoring differential of -5.34.
- Was named the 2021-22 Georgia Athlete of the Year and was a three-time All-State athlete.
- Recorded a scoring average of 68.8 during his senior year
- Won the Georgia AAA State Championship in 2019 by four strokes at rounds of 68 and 67 to finish 9-under.
- Champions of the AJGA Sean Foley Performance Junior Championship in 2020, winning in a playoff after finishing tied at 4-under (71, 70, 71).
- Co-medalist at the Trojan Invitational in April of 2021 after rounds of 64 and 73.
- 11th-place finish at the AJGA Jackie Burke with rounds of 71, 70 and 73.
- Won the 101st Georgia Amateur in July 2022 by two strokes with an 8-under 280 (69-67-68-76) after finishing 10th at the same event in 2021.
- Reached the Round of 16 at the 2022 U.S. Junior Amateur, with teammate Ethan Evans caddying for him at Bandon Dunes Golf Course.
- Qualified for the U.S. Amateur at the age of 15.
PERSONAL
- Son of David and Valerie Love.
- Father, David, played golf for Duke from 1991-94.
- Favorite athletes are Rory McIlroy and Tiger Woods
- Favorite golf course he's played is Wade Hampton and the top golf course he hopes to play is Shinnecock.
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