Taylor McCullum

Photo by: Joe Murphy

Ht./Wt.:
6-1 / 175
Class:
Redshirt Junior
Hometown:
Hoover, Ala.
HS:
Hoover HS
Prev School:
UAB

2015-16

Played in eight rounds during the season, including all six rounds during the spring season ... Finished inside of the top-20 twice during the year, at the Memphis Intercollegiate and at the Colleton River Collegiate ... Averaged 75.1 strokes per round during the season, including an average of 73.9 strokes per round in the third rounds ... Shot three strokes over par in both the first (Memphis Invitational) and last (NCAA Kohler Regional) tournaments of the season ... Shot rounds of 71 and 73 at the Maxwell Intercollegiate, and a season-low round of 70 at the Memphis Intercollegiate.

SUMMER, 2015

Qualified and played in the U.S. Amateur at Olympia Fields Country Club outside of Chicago ... Finished at +5 in one of the world's most prestigous amateur golf events.

PRIOR TO MEMPHIS

Transferred to the University of Memphis from UAB ... Prior to being announced as a transfer to Memphis, had already qualified for the prestigous Southern Amateur Championship and won the 87th Selma Invitational ... Also tied for third at the Signal Mountain Invitational in 2015 ... As a high school player, qualified for the 2012 U.S. Amateur ... Helped lead Hoover High School to four state runner-up finishes ... Individually, finished in the top-12 of the AHSAA 6A Championship four consecutive years ... High school coach was Wes Cable.

PERSONAL

Born Aug. 24, 1994 in Charleston, S.C. ... Son of Ken and Julie McCullum ... Has two older brothers, Kenneth and Daniel.