Will Grimmer

CAREER HONORS

2018-2019 (Senior)

All-Big Ten Second Team
Academic All-Big Ten
GCAA All-Midwest Region
Ben Hogan and Fred Haskins Award watchlists
Named to the U.S. Arnold Palmer Cup Team
Received sponsor’s exemption to play in the PGA Tour Memorial Tournament
Turned in a team high six top-10 finishes, placing no lower than ninth in six of his first seven tournaments of the year
Second on the team with a 72.67 scoring average
Recorded nine rounds in the 60s and 15 rounds of par or better
Claimed second career victory at the Musketeer Classic, winning by a margin of 11 strokes at 11-under to set his career 54-hole record at 202 (68-67-67)
Closed out his collegiate career competing in 43 events with a 72.60 scoring average, two victories, and 13 top-10s.

2017-2018 (Junior)

Academic All-Big Ten
Second on the team in scoring at 72.50
Had a team-high 14 rounds at par or better notched five top-20 finishes in 10 events
Recorded a pair of top-5 finishes including a fourth place finish at the Big Ten Championship
88 percent of his rounds counted towards the team score
Opened the year with an under-par finish at The Carmel Cup at famed Pebble Beach
Playing in defense of his title at the Bearcat Invitational, he recorded his best finish in relation to par of the season with rounds of 71-68-69 (-5) to finish tied for 11^th
Closed the fall with a third place finish at the Dayton Intercollegiate
Was 1-under par for 54 holes at the Linger Longer Invitational, notching another top-20 finish

Had another great run at the Big Ten Championship, posting rounds of 70-69-72, finishing in fourth place and leading the Buckeyes to a runner-up finish as a team

2016-2017 (Sophomore)

All-Big Ten Second Team
Competed in all 33 rounds and contributed 29.5 scores to the team tally
Paced the Buckeyes with a 71.97 stroke average
Recorded a team-best 12 rounds under par, including 10 tallies in the 60’s
Nearly half (16 of 33 ) his rounds were even par or better
Won the Bearcat Invitational (Sept. 26-27) in his hometown by carding a 6-under 207 to earn Big Ten Golfer of the Week accolades (Sept. 28)
Big Ten Championships runner-up following a 66 in the final round, wrapping up the best B1G finish by a Buckeye since 2004
Totaled a pair of Top-5’s, three Top-10’s and six Top-25’s overall
Best Buckeye finisher in six of 11 tournaments

2015-16 (Freshman)

Posted a season stroke average of 73.38 while competing as a member of the Buckeye lineup in 10 of 11 events and logging 32 rounds overall
Contributed to the team tally in 27.5 of a possible 29 team rounds
Opened collegiate career tying for 10th place in The Carmel Cup (Sept. 4-6) firing scores of 73-68-76 (+1)
Cracked the Top-10 again March 6-8 with a piece of eighth place in the Tiger Invitational at even par (216)
Racked up five more Top-25’s by season’s end to match Tee-k Kelly for the team lead with seven Top-25 efforts
Paced the Buckeyes four times and finished no worse than third in the OSU lineup all season
Ripped off four consecutive Top-25’s in April, concluding in a T-12th performance at the Big Ten Championships (Apr. 22-24)
Tied for 35th in the NCAA Kohler Regional (May 16-18)
Totaled 11 rounds at or under par.

PRIOR TO OHIO STATE

Ranked 12th nationally overall (10th in class of 2015) by Junior Golf Scoreboard
Also slotted in the Golfweek/Sagarin (17th overall; 11th in class) and AJGA (29th overall; 18th in class) national junior golf rankings
2014 AJGA All-American
2014 Ohio Men’s Amateur runner-up, dipping seven shots under par (72-66-69-70)
Earned medalist honors at both the Ohio Junior Amateur Championship (-6; 66) and AJGA Memorial Junior (-7; 67-71-68) in 2013
Runner-up in the 2013 AJGA Coca-Cola Boyne Highlands (-1; 76-71-68)
Competed in back-to-back USGA Junior Championships following a local qualifier medalist effort in 2013 and receiving local qualifying exemption for 2014
Member of Ohio’s three-man team which tied for eighth at the 2014 USGA Men’s State Championship
Two-time Junior PGA Qualifier (2013-14)
Division-II Ohio high school state championships runner-up as a junior in 2013, posting a two-round 147 which was the fourth-best round in Ohio state championships history
Tied for fifth as a sophomore in the 2013 high school state championships
Four-time league championship medalist and player of the year.