Tait Darby

Ht./Wt.:
5-10 / 165
Class:
Redshirt Sophomore
Hometown:
Olive Branch, Miss.
HS:
Lewisburg HS

SUMMER, 2015
Won the Wedgewood/Northcreek Invtiational by four shots over the field, carding a two-round 138 ... Finsihed 15th with a four-round 294 at the 2015 State Amateur Championship played at the Country Club of Jackson ... The 2015 tournament was considered the toughest field at the Mississippi State AM.

PRIOR TO MEMPHIS
Orginally competed at Northwest Community College where he received a medical redshirt ... Placed fourth at the Athens Collegiate played at the University of Georgia's home course ... Finished second at the Lexington Collegiate ... Junior college coach was Guy Purdy.

Member of back-to-back Class 4A state championships at Lewisburg High School in 2012 and 2013 ... The two-time, team MVP was named to the Class 4A all-state team as a senior ... Named a BankPlus Player of the Week for entire county during both sophomore and junior seasons ... High school coach was Adam Tipton ... Finsihed third in MJGA event played in Greenwood, Miss., in 2012 ... In 2010, finished third at the Memphis Summer Championship ... Orginally attended Magolia Heights High School where he finished fourth one tournament during freshman season.

Claimed first USJGT tournament title with a two-round 140 (73-67) at Willowbrook in Manchester, Tenn. in July, 2012 ... Won the tournament by three strokes ... Finished second at the Oxford Country Club Invitational in 2013 ... In second year playing golf in 2009, had four, top-10 finishes ... Finished second at the MS/LA Junior Championship in 2010.

PERSONAL
Son of William and Carol Darby ... Born Dec. 19, 1994 in Oxford, Miss. ... Has two younger sisters, Harley and Avery.