2021-22 Golf Roster

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Danny Dougherty

  • Class Senior
  • Hometown Wilmington, Del.
  • Highschool Tower Hill

Biography

CAREER HONORS AND AWARDS
BIG EAST All-Academic Team 2018-19, 2019-20, 2020-21, 2021-22
Athletic Director's Honor Roll Spring 2020, Fall 2020, Spring 2021, Fall 2021, Spring 2022
 
CAREER STATS
Year Tourn./Rds. Strokes Average Low 18 Low 54 Par or Lower 1-10 11-20
2018-19 11/26 2064 79.38 73 (+1) 232 (+16) 0 0 1
2019-20 7/19 1470 77.37 72 (E) 224 (+11) 1 0 0
2020-21 2/3 236 78.67 77 (+7) - 0 0 0
2021-22 3/6 478 79.67 74 (+4) 234 (+24) 0 1 0
TOTAL 23/54 4,248 78.77 72 (E) 224 (+11) 1 1 1

Career: Has made 23 starts and played a total of 54 rounds in his four year career at Villanova … Owns a career 78.77 stroke average … Has a low round of 72 (E) at the VCU Invitational during the fall of his sophomore year … His low 54-hole score is 224 (+11), also during his sophomore year … Top career finish came in his senior season, when he competed as an individual at the Knights Spring Invite and placed ninth (+9) … Three-time selection to the BIG EAST All-Academic Team and has appeared on the Athletic Director’s Honor Roll three times.
 
2021-22: Competed in three tournaments in his senior year … At the Wildcat Fall Invitational, he posted his best single round score of 74 … Best finish came as an individual at the Knights Spring Invite, when he placed ninth shooting 81 (+9) … Competed on Villanova’s “B” Team and shot +23 at the Wildcat Spring Invitational … Posted a 79.67 stroke average.

2020-21: Played in the Villanova ‘B’ lineup at the LuLu Spring Invite and the Wildcat Invitational … Had a 78.67 stroke average in the three rounds he played … Carded an 82 and came in 27th at the LuLu Spring Invite in his first action of the year … Posted identical scores of 77 (+7) at the Wildcat Invitational to finish the tournament at 154 (+14) over 36 holes.
 
2019-20: One of the fixtures in the Villanova lineup during the season, tying for the team lead with seven tournaments and 19 total rounds played … Finished as high as third in the lineup in tournament play (UNCG/Grandover Collegiate) … Compiled a 77.37 stroke average on the season … Played 16 rounds in the team lineup and counted 13 towards the team score (81.3%) … Recorded his low score of the year when he shot an even-par 72 in the first round o the VCU Invitational … Carded rounds of 72-80-74 (226, +10) at that tournament to finish fourth in the Wildcats lineup … Tied for a 31st place overall finish at the Wildcat Invitational with scores o 74-73-77 (224, +11) … Tallied his best finish of the season when he tied for 25th place (83, +13) at the City 6 tournament to end the fall season.
 
2018-19: Played in 11 tournaments and 26 rounds as a freshman … Had a stroke average of 79.38 for the year … Played 12 rounds in the team lineup and had eight of those rounds (66.7%) count towards the team score … Finished second in the team lineup in consecutive spring tournaments at the Fort Lauderdale Intercollegiate and the Coca-Cola Lehigh Valley Invite … Shot rounds of 81-78-79=238 (+22) at the Fort Lauderdale tournament to record his low 54-hole score of the year … Carded scores of 76-73=149 (+5) to tie for 23rd place overall at the Coca-Cola Lehigh Valley Invite … His final round score of 73 (+1) was his low round of the year.
 
Tower Hill School: Earned four varsity letters … As a junior and a senior was an all-state performer and the Delaware Junior Golfer of the Year … Three-time state champion … Three-year team captain.
 
Personal: Born 12/4/99 … One of two children and the only son of Dan and Tina Dougherty … Has a sister, Veronica … Father and uncles are Villanova alums … Enjoys history, playing miniature golf and watching sports … Enrolled in the College of Arts and Sciences and has yet to declare a major.

Historical Player Information

  • 2018-19Freshman

  • 2019-20Sophomore

  • 2020-21Junior

  • 2021-22Senior