Lars van Meijel

Photo by: Joe Murphy

Photo by: Ben Solomon

Ht./Wt.:
6-0 / 170
Class:
Junior
Hometown:
Best, Netherlands
HS:
International School of Padua

HONORS (Academic & Athletic)
Memphis Tiger 3.0 Club Fall 2015 ... Named to the inaugural American Athletic Conference All-Academic Team following the 2013-14 season ... Also named to the American's 2014 All-Academic Golf Team.

SOPHOMORE (2014-15)
Played in nine events during the 2014-15 season including all six events during the spring ... In 26 rounds of play had the second-best scorng average for the Tigers ... Finished the year with a 73.50 strokes per round average. Spring 2015: Helped Memphis to a second-place finish at the UALR/First Tee Classic, finishing in a tie for fifth individually ... Carded a final-round 68 to finish with a 214 three-round score (-2) ... Matched season-low score for a round with a 68 the second round of the American Athletic Conference Championship ... Finished the tournament with an even-par 72 to finish with a 214 for the tournament (-2) and tied for 10th individually. Fall 2014: Highligh of the fall was a four-under 140, two-round score at the weather-shortened Bank of Tennessee Intercollegiate ... With two subpar rounds finished in a tie for sixth at the event held in Johnson City, Tenn.

FRESHMAN (2013-14)
Spring 2014: Saw action in all eight tournaments for the Tigers ... Best finish came at the USF Invitational where he shot a five under 211 to propel him to a seventh place finish ... Lowest round of the spring also came at the USF Invitational when he fired a 68 in the final round ... Finished the NCAA Regional tied for 32nd ... Average of 73.7 was good for second on the team behind Cory Gaylord in the spring. Fall 2013: Competed in three of the four tournaments in the fall ... five of 11 rounds were under 70 and led the team with a 70.3 average in the fall campaign ... Finished in the top 10 in all three tournaments, including two wins ... Won the Shoal Creek Intercollegiate, his first collegiate tournament, after shooting a 69-73-66 to finish eight under and tie for the lead ... His final round helped Memphis claim the team title ... Fired a final round-66 at the Bridgestone Golf Collegiate in a shortened two-round event to post his second win in three tournaments.

PRIOR TO MEMPHIS
The second-highest ranked junior and fifth-highest ranked amateur player coming out of the International School of Padua in the Netherlands ... Was a member of the Dutch National Team, representing the Netherlands at the 2011 and 2012 European Boys Championships as well as the 2012 Talihade Cup in Argentina ... Claimed several top-10 honors, finishing runner-up at the 2012 Dutch Junior Open and fifth at the 2012 German Junior Masters Tournament and the 2011 Italian International Amateur Tournament ... Added an eighth-place finish in the stroke play portion of the 2012 Argentina Amateur Tournament.