2023-24 Men's Golf Roster

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PJ O'Rourke

  • Class Graduate Student
  • Hometown Paramus, N.J.
  • Highschool Blair Academy
  • Prev School Fordham

Biography

CAREER HONORS AND AWARDS
BIG EAST All-Academic Team 2023-24
Athletic Director's Honor Roll Spring 2024
 
CAREER STATS
Year Tourn./Rds. Strokes Average Low 18 Low 54 1-10 11-20
2023-24 11/26 1,961 75.42 71 223 0 2
TOTAL 11/26 1,961 75.42 71 223 0 2

2023-24: Posted a 75.42 scoring average over all 26 total rounds and 11 tournaments in his lone season at Villanova after transferring from Fordham for his final season of collegiate eligibility ... One of three Wildcats to appear in every single round of the 2023-24 campaign ... Tied for 28th with a 226 in his Wildcat debut at the Alex Lagowitz … Recorded a pair of top-20 finishes, including his first as a Wildcat at the Big 5 Invitational ... Tied for 24th with a 71-76-79 at the Nassau Intercollegiate to wrap up the fall … Ended as Villanova's top finisher at the BIG EAST Championship with a seven-over across the three rounds for a 17th place tie.

Fordham: Played four years as a member of the Rams … Maintained a 72.9 stroke average in his senior fall with two top-10 finishes … Led the Fordham lineup at the 2023 Atlantic 10 Championship with 30th place on the leaderboard …Tied Fordham's lowest mark in the last 20 years with a 73.6 stroke average through nine events as a junior … Became Fordham's best ever-finisher at the A-10 Championship in 2022 with his third top-10 finish of 2022 … Participated in six events during the shortened 2021 spring, shooting a season-low 73 four times … Competed in four of six fall events as a freshman with a team-low average of 76.8 before COVID-19 cancelled the season.

Blair Academy: Earned four varsity letters at Blair … Four-time Mid-Atlantic Prep League champion … 2016 Non-Public Group B state champion … Team captain as a senior.

Personal: Born 3/1/00 in Ridgewood, New Jersey … Son of Peter and Brinn O'Rourke … Has four siblings: Molly (31), Phoebe (30), Hannah (26) and Finn (19) … Enjoys fishing, traveling and caddying … Plans to major in finance … Chose to attend Villanova "to broaden my finance knowledge in the business school and play a more serious golf schedule" … Noted "the competition at Villanova and in the BIG EAST is the golf I've always dreamed about playing."