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University of South Carolina Aiken Athletics

2017-18 Men's Golf

Artie Walker
Artie Walker
Artie Walker

Johnson Holliday

  • Height 6-1
  • Weight 0
  • Class Redshirt Senior
  • Hometown Galivants Ferry, S.C.
  • Prev School Aynor H.S.

Biography

2017-18: Played in all 12 events … Honorable mention All-America honoree ... PING all-region honoree ... Won the PBC Championship, had three top-five finishes and five total top-10 efforts … Recorded 20 rounds of par or better and finished with a 72.2 stroke average … First-team all-conference selection … PBC all-tournament team honoree … USC Aiken Male Student-Athlete of the Year … Jack Nicklaus Award Semifinalist … PBC Golfer of the Week on Sept. 21 and March 22 … PBC all-academic team selection … Posted a ninth-place finish with a five-under par, 211 at the Griffin Invitational … Notched a fourth-place effort with a one-under par, 215, at the Firestone Invitational … Tallied a 20th-place effort, shooting five-over par, 218, at the Copperhead Championship … Garnered 15th place after posting four-over par, 214, at the Camden Collegiate … Finished 10th with a three-over par, 219, at the Newberry Invitational … Took 40th with an 11-over par, 227, at the Wexford Plantation Intercollegiate … Shot 13-over par, tying for 53rd at the Cleveland Golf Palmetto Intercollegiate … Helped the Pacers win the Bobcat Invitational by tying for first after shooting four-under par, 206 … Shot five-over par, 221, tying for 28th at the Furman Invitational … Tied for 25th after shooting even-par, 216, at the Augusta 3M Invitational … Won the PBC Tournament, shooting eight-under par, 208, while leading the team to its 12th league title in program history … Tied for 37th after shooting seven-over par, 220, at the NCAA South/Southeast Regional.                  

2016-17: Srixon/Cleveland Golf All-America Scholar ... Competed in 12 events, notching a top-five and three top-10 finishes … Led the team with a 73.3 stroke average … PBC all-conference selection … PBC all-tournament team selection … Registered a one-under par, 143, for 10th place at the Kiawah Island Invitational … Posted a 30th-place finish with a five-over par, 221, at the Saint Leo Invitational … Tied for 38th with a six-over par, 222, at the Firestone Invitational … Finished 10th at the Camden Collegiate … Finished 42nd with a 16-over par, 232, at the Newberry Invitational …  Notched a five-over par, 221, to finish 12th at the Wexford Plantation Intercollegiate … Recorded a 26th-place finish with a seven-over par, 217, at the Cleveland Golf Palmetto Intercollegiate … Tied for 43rd with a 19-over par, 229, at the Bobcat Invitational … Shot a three-under par, 213, tying for 19th at the 3M Augusta Invitational … Earned the silver medal with a two-under par, 214, while helping USC Aiken claim the PBC Championship … Posted a four-over par, 220, for 30th place at the NCAA South/Southeast Regional.                                        

2015-16: Second-team all-conference selection … Competed in all 12 events … Notched a top-five finish and a pair of top-10 efforts … Garnered a 73.8 stroke average and a low-round of 66 for the year … Posted a one-under par, 143, for an eighth-place finish while helping the team claim the overall title at the Kiawah Island Invitational … Tied for 17th with a four-under par, 212, at the Saint Leo Invitational … Tied for 19th with an even-par, 216, at the Firestone Invitational … Tied for 31st with an 11-over par, 221, at the Camden Collegiate … Posted an eight-over par, 224, to tie for 29th at the Matlock Classic … Garnered a career-low 66 en route to an 11-under par, 205, to finish second at the Wexford Intercollegiate … Earned PBC Golfer of the Week for his effort at the Wexford Intercollegiate … Placed 25th with a seven-over par, 217, at the Cleveland Golf Palmetto Intercollegiate … Recorded a 55th-place finish at the Bobcat Invitational … Finished 71st with an eight-over par, 224, at the Furman Intercollegiate … Registered a 12-over par, 228, tying for 62nd at the 3M Augusta Invitational …  Tied for 42nd with a 20-over par, 236, at the PBC Championship … Finished 32nd with a nine-over par, 225, at the NCAA South/Southeast Regional.           

2014-15: Honorable mention All-American ... Freshman All-American ... PBC all-tournament team selection … Completed in all 13 tournaments … Tallied a 73.5 stroke average and accounted for a 752-395 win-loss record … Finished with a four-under par, 68, tying for second at the Kiawah Island Invitational … Shot a three-under par, 141, tying for 13th at the Saint Leo Invitational … Tied for 13th with a three-over par, 219, helping the Pacers win the Firestone Invitational … Was 51st at the Camden Collegiate Championship … Posted a six-over par, 222, for 40th place at the Matlock Collegiate Classic … Tied for 16th at the Wexford Intercollegiate … Finished nine-over par with a 219, tying for 55th at the Cleveland Golf Palmetto Intercollegiate … Tied for 46th with a 13-over par, 223, at the Bobcat Invitational … Placed 58th at the Furman Intercollegiate with a three-round total of 226 … Finished 17-over par, tying for 76th at the 3M Augusta Invitational … Earned all-tournament team honors at the PBC Championship, tying for third with a four-under par, 140 … Notched a three-under par, 213, for sixth place at the NCAA South/Southeast Regional … Posted a 39th-place finish with a seven-over par, 220, at the NCAA National Championship.              

2013-14: Redshirted.

High School: Played for Aynor H.S. … Earned all-state honors as a senior … Two-time individual region winner … Three-time all-region performer … Graduated Cum Laude.

Personal: Son of Judson and Cheryl Holliday ... Has an older brother that played golf in college … Majoring in communications.

 


 

Year Rounds Strokes Average Top-10 Finishes Best Finish
2017-18 36 2598 72.2 5 1st
2016-17 35 2567 73.3 3 2nd
2015-16 35 2582 73.8 2 2nd
2014-15 34 2498 73.5 2 2nd
Totals 140 10,245 73.2 12 2nd


 

Historical Player Information

  • 2013-14Freshman

    6'1"
  • 2014-15Redshirt Freshman

    6'1"
  • 2015-16Redshirt Sophomore

    6'1"
  • 2016-17Redshirt Junior

    6'1"
  • 2017-18Redshirt Senior

    6'1"