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Oliver Whatley
- Class:
- Senior
- Hometown:
- Rockville, Md.
- High School:
- Churchill
The Whatley File
- Three-time Big Ten Conference Championships starter
- Three-time Preseason Big Ten Player to Watch (2019-21)
- Two-time Academic All-Big Ten selection
- 2021 PING All-Region selection
- 2020 Srixon/Cleveland All-America Scholar
- Finished collegiate career with 34 tournament appearances and 99 rounds of play
- 2017 Janney Invitational Champion
- Holds school record for most birdies in a season with 97
- 2021 PING All-Region selection
- 2021 Academic All-Big Ten selection
- Produced a 74.33 scoring average across 21 rounds and seven tournament starts
- Collected six rounds of even or under-par golf
- 2021 Big Ten Championships starter
- Tied for 16th at the Rutherford Intercollegiate (April 18)
- Carded back-to-back below-par rounds at the Kiawah Invitational to open the stroke play season (Feb. 14-15)
- Earned individual win over Ohio State at 2021 Big Ten Match Play Championship
- 2021 Big Ten Player to Watch
- Started both tournaments of the shortened spring season
- Went 3-0 with individual wins over Indiana, Maryland and Wisconsin during Big Ten Match Play Championships (Feb. 7-8)
- 2019 Preseason All-Big Ten selection
- Has started first three tournaments of the fall
- Had five rounds of under-par golf
- Carded a one-under-par 69 to close out the 2019 Big Ten Conference Championships in Philadelphia
- Had a four-under-par 67 to finish tied for 21st at the Robert Kepler Intercollegiate in Columbus
- Carded a Top-20 finish at the Rutherford
- Opened with a two-under-par 69 at the Redhawk Invitational at Chambers Bay
- Opened the season with back-to-back one-under-par 71s at the Colleton River Collegiate and Desert Mountain Intercollegiate
- Earned wins over No. 3 seed Iowa and No. 9 Indiana during the Big Ten Match Play Championships
- Started all five tournaments of the fall
- Tied for 22nd at the Chatham Hills Collegiate in Westfield, Indiana
- Tied for 39th at the Mountaineer Invitational
- Finished at four-under-par (70-67-69), including a bogey-free second round, and tied for 12th at the OTC Collegiate
- Produced a three-under par 69 in the second round to highlight action at the Badger Invitational
- Carded 18 rounds in the spring, appearing in all six tournaments
- Finished the spring with an average 18-hole score of 74.77
- Carded the second-lowest individual score of the third round with his two-under-par 68 to highlight action at the Big Ten Championships in Baltimore
- Contributed a two-over-par 73 in the first round to highlight action at the Robert Kepler Intercollegiate in Columbus
- Finished with one-over-par 72's in second and third rounds to tie for 25th at the Rutherford
- Carded a one-under-par 71 in the second round to highlight tied-for-18th result at the Seahawk Intercollegiate
- Competed in the Colleton River Collegiate in Bluffton, South Carolina
- Carded an even 72 in the first round and a one-under-par 71 in the second to highlight action at the National Invitational Tournament
- Picked up and individual win over Indiana and halved with opponents from Michigan State, Northwestern and Penn State at the 2018 Big Ten Match Play Championships
- Appeared in all five tournaments during the fall, which included four as a member of the starting lineup
- Finished the fall with an average 18-hole score of 74.46
- Carded an even 72 in the second round to help RU secure fifth at the East Bay Deli Classic
- Helped Rutgers finish second at the Georgetown Intercollegiate in Beallsville, Maryland
- Produced a one-under-par 71 to highlight action at the Mountaineer Invitational
- Big Ten Men's Co-Golfer of the Week (Sept. 20)
- Captured the Janney Invitational with a 10-under-par 206 (65-72-69), which included a seven-under-par 65 in the opening round in Richmond, Virginia
- Finished the Badger Invitational with a three-over-par 75 in his first collegiate tournament in Madison, Wisconsin
- Named 2016 Honorable Mention Spring All-Met by the Washington Post
- Helped Churchill to its third consecutive and 14th overall Maryland Class 4A/3A Team Championship in 2016
- Top finisher for Churchill at the championship event, carding a two-round score of 151 to place fourth
- Participated in the prestigious U.S. Junior Amateur and assembled a 37.4 nine-hole scoring average in 2016
- Also contributed to team state titles in 2014 and 2015.
| Year | Scoring Avg. | Rounds | Tournaments | T5 Finishes | T10 Finishes | T20 Finishes |
| 2020-21 (Sr.) | 74.33 | 21 | 7 | |||
| 2019-20 (Jr.) | 74.84 | 13 | 5 | --- | --- | --- |
| 2018-19 (So.) | 73.96 | 32 | 11 | --- | --- | 1 |
| 2017-18 (Fr.) | 74.61 | 33 | 11 | 1 | --- | --- |
| Career | 74.43 | 99 | 34 | 1 | --- | 1 |
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