VILLANOVA, Pa. – Rising Villanova senior Peter Weaver was already having a 2023 for the record books. Then the summer came around and he made even more history. 

It was a tremendous junior season for the VU golfer, who earned All-BIG EAST First Team honors as the league's third ranked player. He broke his own record for single season scoring average while also establishing program single season bests in birdies, par or better rounds and counting scores.

The Wildcats' team captain also excelled academically in his third year on the Main Line, compiling a 3.85 GPA as a mechanical engineering major with a minor in aerospace engineering. Weaver picked up PhillySIDA Academic All-Area Men's Golf Performer of the Year, GCAA All-America Scholar and Athletic Director's Honor Roll distinctions for his performance in the classroom. 

Yet the Frontenac, Missouri, native was not done with his dominance at the end of the school year, carrying it over into his home state's amateur circuit. Weaver became the first player to win the Missouri Amateur, St. Louis District Golf Association's Griesedieck Championship and the Metropolitan Amateur all in the same year, but to him, it was all for the love of the game.

"I don't think about that stuff, it's just golf at the end of the day," Weaver said. "If it happened, it happened, but it wasn't why I was trying to win."

First up was the 116th Missouri Amateur Championship, a grueling 10-round, seven-day tournament. Even for a college golfer who's used to two rounds in a day, the schedule was tiresome.

"It was okay up until the last three days, they're 36 holes each day and by the end of that on Sunday, I was exhausted," Weaver said. "It was very hot that week, in college golf it doesn't usually get above 75 degrees."

Last year, the event was hosted at Weaver's home course and he did not perform up to his expectations, so it was time for redemption.

"I wasn't too happy about last year, playing poorly at my home course. That was in my mind a little bit," Weaver said. "I hadn't played Payne's Valley before this tournament started, but I got there and right away, I could tell that it fit my game pretty well."

And fit his game it did, as three birdies in the final five holes made a Wildcat the 116th Missouri Men's Amateur Champion.

The next victory was a bit more nerve-wracking, as Weaver had to rally from a three-hole deficit to win the longest playoff in the history of the STLDGA Griesedieck Championship. 

"I was three-down through 11, he made some good putts on 9, 10, 11 and I got down," Weaver said. "I kept hitting good shots and I knew if I did that, I'd have a decent chance. I won 12 and 16, so I was one-down coming into 18."

After a strong drive on the final hole, it took a 93-yard lob wedge to keep the Wildcat alive with an eagle on the 18th hole, giving himself a chance in extras.

"I had to do something special and it happened," Weaver said. "Going into the playoff, I had to calm myself down after that. Playoffs are pretty nerve-wracking, if you don't hit every shot how you want to, that whole match is gone. So I kept my composure, kept hitting good shots and finally made a birdie on that fourth hole, and that was that."

With two victories down, Weaver heard there was a chance at history at the summer-closing Metropolitan Amateur, but blocked out all the noise. Despite not being atop the leaderboard on either of the first two days, Weaver saw himself leading the field after a bogey-free back nine in the final round.

But the Metropolitan Am was a new animal compared to his previous victories, with the event using stroke play instead of match play.

"It was definitely different than the other two," Weaver said. "With the other two wins, I'm in control and if I beat the guy I'm playing, I win the tournament. But stroke play is a lot different, you can't control anything about it."

Weaver turned in his scorecard at seven-under, but had to sit and wait as his competition was still on the course.

"I was in the second to last group, he was in the last group," Weaver said. "18 is a gettable par-five if you get a good drive down the fairway. He hit it a little in the rough, had to lay up and didn't get up and down for birdie. So it was a little stressful waiting for 20-25 minutes, but it was worth it."

With that, the Villanova team captain had done what nobody else had before in the Show-Me State, capturing all three tournaments in one summer. And his favorite W among the three? The first one.

"The Missouri Am is probably the biggest and the most grueling of a test," Weaver said. "It's more stamina and endurance so I'm proud to have come out of there with a win."

Now, Weaver will turn his attention back to the courses and classrooms of the Northeast United States. Next in his sights? Oh, just a BIG EAST title and conference player of the year nod.

"I know that I can compete with anyone, college golf is no different than the stuff I competed in this summer," Weaver said. "Hopefully I'll bring some good vibes to the season, ride the momentum and have some strong finishes."