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2016-17 Men's Golf

Matt Kern

  • Height 5-11
  • Class Senior
  • Hometown Springboro, Ohio
  • Highschool Springboro

Biography

2016-17:
*In the lineup for eight of 10 tournaments (3/5 fall, 5/5 spring)
*21 tournament rounds, 77.6 stroke average
*Low round 71 (2nd round Quechee Club Collegiate Challenge)
SPRING
*5th among Penn players, t-32nd overall at Ivy League Championship (78-78-78--234)
*4th among Penn players, t-24th overall at Yale Invitational (76-74--150)
*5th among Penn players, t-63rd overall at Princeton Invitational (78-76-78--232)
*2nd among Penn players, t-30th overall at Towson Spring Invitational (73-78--151)
*2nd among Penn players, t-56th overall at Colleton River Collegiate (80-81-78--239)
FALL
*5th among Penn players, t-70th overall at LSU’s David Toms Intercollegiate (80-79-89--248)
*5th among Penn players, t-78th overall at Yale’s Macdonald Cup (79-75-77--231)
*t-1st among Penn players, t-7th overall at Dartmouth’s Quechee Club Collegiate Challenge (74-71--145)

2015-16:
*In the lineup for five of nine tournaments
*12 tournament rounds, 80.3 stroke average
*Low round 75 (3rd round Ivy League Championship)
SPRING
*1st among Penn players, t-18th overall at Ivy League Championship (78-80-75--233)
FALL
*4th among Penn players, 55th overall at Cornell Invitational (76-78-81--235)
*4th among Penn players, t-67th overall at Yale’s Macdonald Cup (87-78--165)
*5th among Penn players, 74th overall at LSU’s David Toms Intercollegiate (80-87-85--252)
*3rd among Penn players, t-18th overall at City Six Shootout (78)

2014-15: 11 rounds, 79.5 stroke average, low round 76 (1st round Wolfpack Spring Open) ... Played in five tournaments overall, three in the lineup and two as an individual ... Second among Penn players, t-21st overall at Yale's Met Intercollegiate (80-80--160) ... Shot 78-81--159 to tie for 53rd overall at Princeton Invitational ... Played NC State's Wolfpack Spring Open as an individual, shooting 76-79--155 to tie for 55th overall ... Also played the Mission Inn Spectacular as an individual, shooting 80-83-77--240 to tie for 74th ... In only fall appearance, shot 80-81--161 to tie for 53rd overall at Dartmouth’s Quechee Club Invitational. 

2013-14: 11 tournament rounds, 77.4 stroke average, low round 73 (3rd round Patriot Intercollegiate/2nd round Macdonald Cup) ... In the lineup for all three fall tournaments, finishing as Penn's No. 4 scorer in all three events ... Tied for 33rd overall at George Mason's Patriot Intercollegiate (79-75-73--227) ... Shot 75-73-76--224 to tie for 49th overall at Yale's Macdonald Cup ... Tied for 55th overall at Temple Invitational (74-78--152) ... In the spring, played the Cleveland Palmetto Intercollegiate and took 89th overall (87083-76--248) ... Played in the No. 4 position for Penn at the Ivy Match Play event, going 2-1 (beat Princeton's Ricci, 5 and 4; beat Brown's Lynch, 3 and 2; lost to Dartmouth's Fahey, 3 and 1).

High School: Lettered four years in golf, helping team to GWOC South championship each year ... Team also won 2011 sectional title ... Ranked as high as No. 65 in Class of 2013 rankings ... Three-time GWOC Player of the Year (2009, 2010, 2012) ... Four-time first-team all-conference ... 2012 HP Scholastic Junior All-America Team ... Had six top-10 finishes in AJGA events from 2010-12 ... National Honor Society member ... Honor roll student ... Principal's List ... Panther Kickoff Mentor.

Personal: Son of Brenda and Michael Kern ... Enrolled in the Wharton School of Business.

Historical Player Information

  • 2013-14Freshman

  • 2014-15Sophomore

  • 2015-16Junior

    5'11"
  • 2016-17Senior

    5'11"