2019-20 Men's Golf Roster
Biography
2019-20: Compiled a 76.60 stroke average while playing 15 rounds over five tournaments … His best finish of the season came at the team’s fall home tournament … Tied for a 26th place finish while playing as an individual at the Wildcats home tournament … Carded rounds of 73-74-76 to finish the tournament with a 54-hole score of 223 (+10) … His opening round of 73 (+2) at White Manor CC was also a season-best … Followed that tournament by finishing second in the Villanova lineup at the Bank of Tennessee Intercollegiate, where he shot rounds of 76-74-79 (229, +13) … Placed fourth on the team at the Fort Lauderdale Intercollegiate with rounds of 77-77-75 (229, +13) at Fort Lauderdale CC.
2018-19: Made his Villanova debut and was one of three players on the team to appear in all 12 tournaments and 30 rounds the Wildcats played … Finished second on the team with a 74.93 stroke average for the year … Averaged +3.53 strokes above par in his 30 rounds and fired five rounds below par, including a low score of 66 (-5) in the second round of the Wildcat Invitational at White Manor CC … Counted 28 of his 30 rounds (93.3%) towards the team score … Led the team with a runner-up finish at the BIG EAST Championships, where he recorded a 54-hole score of 217 (+1) … Shot rounds of 73-71-73 at the conference tournament, finishing in a four-way tie for second place and just one stroke off the lead … Tallied four top-10 and two other top-20 finishes during the year … Top finisher in the Villanova lineup at three of the six spring tournaments, including the Fort Lauderdale Intercollegiate and the Coca-Cola Lehigh Valley Invite in addition to the BIG EAST Championship … Carded scores of 79-68-75 (222, +6) at the Fort Lauderdale tournament … Recorded rounds of 72-76=148 (+4) to tie for 18th place overall at the Lehigh tournament … His first event for the Wildcats was the Turning Stone Tiger Intercollegiate to open the fall campaign … Shot 75-77-80 (232, +16) to come in second in the team lineup at the event.
2017-18: Did not compete during the season due to NCAA transfer requirements.
University of Delaware: Played for the Blue Hens during the 2015-16 and the 2016-17 seasons … Appeared at 18 tournaments and played 46 rounds over those two seasons while compiling a 75.91 stroke average … Tied for a 36th place finish at the CAA Championships as a sophomore in 2017 … Named to the CAA All-Academic Team and earned Dean’s List recognition.
St. Augustine Prep: Played golf and squash during his scholastic career … Four-year captain of the golf team … Set the Cape Atlantic League scoring record with a nine-hole average of 34.2 … Led his team to a 69-3 record and four straight Cape Atlantic League titles … Two-time Daily Journal Player of the Year and three-time first team Atlantic City Press honoree … Medalist at the Francis X. Hussey Memorial and the Jock MacKenzie Memorial during the 2015 summer season … Won the JGA Tour Wildwood with rounds of 74-66=140 … Finished in third place for the GAP Harry Hammond Award … Placed 11th at the AJGA Philadelphia Junior … Tied for 12th at the U.S. Amateur qualifier … 2015 Greate Bay Club champion.
Personal: Born 6/10/97 … One of two children and the only son of Mark and Melissa Benevento … Has a sister, Victoria … Grandfather played Major League Baseball for the San Francisco Giants … Management major and Real Estate minor in the Villanova School of Business.
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