2024-25 Men's Golf Roster
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Luke Powell
- Height:
- 5-11
- Weight:
- null
- Class:
- Sophomore
- Hometown:
- Laguna Niguel, Calif.
- High School:
- Capistrano Valley Christian Schools
Bio
2024-25
Powell registered a 73.5 scoring average over 27 rounds and 10 tournaments … was recognized as a Big Ten Spring Academic Honor Roll selection in 2025 … had one top-20 finish and totaled four rounds under par (including two rounds in the 60s) … was tied for 20th place at The Golf Club of Georgia Collegiate during the Bruins’ fall season … shot 1-under 215 (75-68-72) at The Golf Club of Georgia Collegiate … recorded a season-low 68 in the second round at The Golf Club of Georgia Collegiate … shot 2-over 218 (78-69-71) at The Preserve Golf Club Collegiate in Carmel, Calif., (t-24th) as the Bruins recorded their first team title of the 2024-25 season … shot 1-over 71 in each of the second and third rounds of the Big Ten Championships in Baltimore (competing as a substitute on days two and three) … helped UCLA win the conference title in the Bruins’ first year as Big Ten members … 18/27 counting rounds during his sophomore season at UCLA.
2024-25 low round score: 68, round two at The Golf Club of Georgia Collegiate (Oct. 19)
2024-25 low 54-hole tournament score: 215, at The Golf Club of Georgia Collegiate (Oct. 18-20)
2024-25 best finish: t-20th, at The Golf Club of Georgia Collegiate (Oct. 18-20)
2023-24
Powell secured second-team All-Pac-12 honors … was also named to the Pac-12 All-Freshman Team and was a GCAA West All-Region honoree … tabbed to the Ben Hogan Award Watch List in the early spring … recorded a 71.7 scoring average over 37 rounds and 12 tournaments … was the only Bruin to appear in the starting lineup for all 12 of UCLA’s events … secured four top 10s and five top 20s … tallied 17 rounds under par, including 12 rounds in the 60s … had a stellar start to his collegiate career with three top-3 finishes in the Fall 2023 season, including his first collegiate medal at the Hamptons Intercollegiate (Oct. 2-3) … averaged a team-best 69.9 strokes and was a collective 25-under in UCLA’s four fall tournaments … shot -17, 199 (64-67-68) to win the Hamptons Intercollegiate which is the second lowest 54-hole score in relation to par in program history … his total score of 199 is tied for the third lowest 54-hole score in program history and was the lowest by a Bruin in 11 years … opened round one of the Hamptons Intercollegiate with a 8-under 64 which is tied for the seventh lowest 18-hole score in program history and tied with Patrick Cantlay, Jonathan Garrick and Steve Conway for the lowest ever by a UCLA freshman … totaled 19 birdies and just two bogeys over his 54 holes at the Hamptons Intercollegiate … finished third in his first collegiate tournament at the Husky Invitational where he shot -10, 206 (70-68-68) … tied with Omar Morales for eight under-par rounds in the Fall 2023 season … tied for third at The Cal Poly Invitational at 8-under 208 (70-66-72) to end 2023 … owner of UCLA’s three lowest individual 18-hole scores in the fall (64, 66, 67) … shot under par in eight of 12 rounds, including the first six to begin his collegiate career … tied for ninth at the Southwestern Invitational on Jan. 29-31 with a score of -5, 208 (67-69-72) … tied for 19th at the Amer Ari Invitational on Feb. 8-9 with a score of -13, 203 (68-70-65) … tied for 22nd at the Pauma Valley Invitational on March 18-19, shooting E, 213 (72-69-72) … placed t-59th (+24, 308) at the Pac-12 Championships and t-54th (+7, 217) at the NCAA Stanford Regional to close the season … went 1-1-0 in match play competition with a 2&1 victory over USC’s Sam Lape at The Copper Cup … 31/37 counting rounds.
2023-24 low round score: 64, round one at the Hamptons Intercollegiate (Oct. 2)
2023-24 low 54-hole tournament score: 199, at the Hamptons Intercollegiate (Oct. 2-3)
2023-24 best finish: 1st, at the Hamptons Intercollegiate (Oct. 2-3)
Capistrano Valley Christian Schools/Amateur Golf
Powell competed four years of varsity golf at Capistrano Valley Christian Schools under coach Bobby Nickell … shot a -7, 66 to win the 2023 CIF State Championship at Poppy Hills Golf Course in Pebble Beach … also captured the 2023 CIF Southern Section Individual Regional title at Los Serranos Golf Club in Chino Hills after shooting a -7, 67 … honored as The 2023 Capistrano Dispatch Athlete of the Year for Golf … named Orange County Register’s 2023 Player of the Year … selected as the 2023 Capistrano Valley Christian Schools Student-Athlete of the Year … three-time All-CIF First Team selection in 2021, 2022 and 2023 … two-time Mesquite Valley League MVP … competed in the 2023 U.S. Junior Amateur after winning his qualifier at Vista Valley Country Club by three strokes with a -4, 67 … crowned as the 2022 Southern California Junior Amateur Golf Champion at Morongo Golf Club, accounting for two of the three lowest rounds posted at the event and with a -4, 68 and -6, 66 … rallied with four birdies on the six opening holes of the back nine in the final round of the 2022 AJGA Dave Stockton Junior Championship for his first AJGA victory … tied for 8th at the 75th Azalea Invitational in 2023 at -6 (73-68-70) … medaled at the Toyota Tour Cup (TTC) Patrick Cantlay Foundation Series Finale at the Indian Wells Golf Resort (-9; 66-69) … competed in the 2022 U.S. Amateur at Ridgewood Country Club after qualifying with the third-lowest score at Mission Viejo Country Club (67-71) … also competed in the 2022 U.S. Junior Amateur at Bandon Dunes Golf Resort where he missed the cut by two strokes (+2; 74-71).
Personal
Luke Powell was born in Laguna Hills, Calif. … parents are Denise Powell and George Powell III … has one older brother, George, and four older sisters, Kennedy, Nicolette, Kelly and Tiffany … hobbies include hunting, scuba diving and spear fishing … home course is El Niguel Country Club … political science major.
Luke Powell's Career Statistics
Powell registered a 73.5 scoring average over 27 rounds and 10 tournaments … was recognized as a Big Ten Spring Academic Honor Roll selection in 2025 … had one top-20 finish and totaled four rounds under par (including two rounds in the 60s) … was tied for 20th place at The Golf Club of Georgia Collegiate during the Bruins’ fall season … shot 1-under 215 (75-68-72) at The Golf Club of Georgia Collegiate … recorded a season-low 68 in the second round at The Golf Club of Georgia Collegiate … shot 2-over 218 (78-69-71) at The Preserve Golf Club Collegiate in Carmel, Calif., (t-24th) as the Bruins recorded their first team title of the 2024-25 season … shot 1-over 71 in each of the second and third rounds of the Big Ten Championships in Baltimore (competing as a substitute on days two and three) … helped UCLA win the conference title in the Bruins’ first year as Big Ten members … 18/27 counting rounds during his sophomore season at UCLA.
2024-25 low round score: 68, round two at The Golf Club of Georgia Collegiate (Oct. 19)
2024-25 low 54-hole tournament score: 215, at The Golf Club of Georgia Collegiate (Oct. 18-20)
2024-25 best finish: t-20th, at The Golf Club of Georgia Collegiate (Oct. 18-20)
2023-24
Powell secured second-team All-Pac-12 honors … was also named to the Pac-12 All-Freshman Team and was a GCAA West All-Region honoree … tabbed to the Ben Hogan Award Watch List in the early spring … recorded a 71.7 scoring average over 37 rounds and 12 tournaments … was the only Bruin to appear in the starting lineup for all 12 of UCLA’s events … secured four top 10s and five top 20s … tallied 17 rounds under par, including 12 rounds in the 60s … had a stellar start to his collegiate career with three top-3 finishes in the Fall 2023 season, including his first collegiate medal at the Hamptons Intercollegiate (Oct. 2-3) … averaged a team-best 69.9 strokes and was a collective 25-under in UCLA’s four fall tournaments … shot -17, 199 (64-67-68) to win the Hamptons Intercollegiate which is the second lowest 54-hole score in relation to par in program history … his total score of 199 is tied for the third lowest 54-hole score in program history and was the lowest by a Bruin in 11 years … opened round one of the Hamptons Intercollegiate with a 8-under 64 which is tied for the seventh lowest 18-hole score in program history and tied with Patrick Cantlay, Jonathan Garrick and Steve Conway for the lowest ever by a UCLA freshman … totaled 19 birdies and just two bogeys over his 54 holes at the Hamptons Intercollegiate … finished third in his first collegiate tournament at the Husky Invitational where he shot -10, 206 (70-68-68) … tied with Omar Morales for eight under-par rounds in the Fall 2023 season … tied for third at The Cal Poly Invitational at 8-under 208 (70-66-72) to end 2023 … owner of UCLA’s three lowest individual 18-hole scores in the fall (64, 66, 67) … shot under par in eight of 12 rounds, including the first six to begin his collegiate career … tied for ninth at the Southwestern Invitational on Jan. 29-31 with a score of -5, 208 (67-69-72) … tied for 19th at the Amer Ari Invitational on Feb. 8-9 with a score of -13, 203 (68-70-65) … tied for 22nd at the Pauma Valley Invitational on March 18-19, shooting E, 213 (72-69-72) … placed t-59th (+24, 308) at the Pac-12 Championships and t-54th (+7, 217) at the NCAA Stanford Regional to close the season … went 1-1-0 in match play competition with a 2&1 victory over USC’s Sam Lape at The Copper Cup … 31/37 counting rounds.
2023-24 low round score: 64, round one at the Hamptons Intercollegiate (Oct. 2)
2023-24 low 54-hole tournament score: 199, at the Hamptons Intercollegiate (Oct. 2-3)
2023-24 best finish: 1st, at the Hamptons Intercollegiate (Oct. 2-3)
Capistrano Valley Christian Schools/Amateur Golf
Powell competed four years of varsity golf at Capistrano Valley Christian Schools under coach Bobby Nickell … shot a -7, 66 to win the 2023 CIF State Championship at Poppy Hills Golf Course in Pebble Beach … also captured the 2023 CIF Southern Section Individual Regional title at Los Serranos Golf Club in Chino Hills after shooting a -7, 67 … honored as The 2023 Capistrano Dispatch Athlete of the Year for Golf … named Orange County Register’s 2023 Player of the Year … selected as the 2023 Capistrano Valley Christian Schools Student-Athlete of the Year … three-time All-CIF First Team selection in 2021, 2022 and 2023 … two-time Mesquite Valley League MVP … competed in the 2023 U.S. Junior Amateur after winning his qualifier at Vista Valley Country Club by three strokes with a -4, 67 … crowned as the 2022 Southern California Junior Amateur Golf Champion at Morongo Golf Club, accounting for two of the three lowest rounds posted at the event and with a -4, 68 and -6, 66 … rallied with four birdies on the six opening holes of the back nine in the final round of the 2022 AJGA Dave Stockton Junior Championship for his first AJGA victory … tied for 8th at the 75th Azalea Invitational in 2023 at -6 (73-68-70) … medaled at the Toyota Tour Cup (TTC) Patrick Cantlay Foundation Series Finale at the Indian Wells Golf Resort (-9; 66-69) … competed in the 2022 U.S. Amateur at Ridgewood Country Club after qualifying with the third-lowest score at Mission Viejo Country Club (67-71) … also competed in the 2022 U.S. Junior Amateur at Bandon Dunes Golf Resort where he missed the cut by two strokes (+2; 74-71).
Personal
Luke Powell was born in Laguna Hills, Calif. … parents are Denise Powell and George Powell III … has one older brother, George, and four older sisters, Kennedy, Nicolette, Kelly and Tiffany … hobbies include hunting, scuba diving and spear fishing … home course is El Niguel Country Club … political science major.
Luke Powell's Career Statistics
| Season | Starts | Rounds | Strokes | Scoring Average | Low Score | Wins | Under Par | Under 70 | Top 10 | Top 20 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023-24 | 12 | 37 | 2651 | 71.65 | 64 | 1 | 17 | 12 | 4 | 5 |
| 2024-25 | 9 | 27 | 1985 | 73.52 | 68 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 1 |
| Career | 21 | 64 | 4636 | 72.44 | 64 | 1 | 21 | 14 | 4 | 6 |
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