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Summer 2008 -- Received a sponsors exemption to play as an amateur in the John Deere Classic and tied for 34th with scores of 67-71-64-75--277 (-7) ... Was tied for 11th at 11-under par entering the final round ... Placed 10th at the Northeast Amateur (par 69) with scores of 65-70-74-68--277 (+1) ... Tied for seventh in stroke play at the Western Amateur with scores of 70-64-73-69--276 (-4) before falling 1-up in the first round.
2007-08 -- Earned All-Pacific Region and Honorable Mention All-Pac-10 honors as a freshman ... Finished the season ranked 82nd by GolfWeek after tying for 33rd at the NCAA Championship ... Also tied for 46th at the NCAA West Regional ... Best result was a tie for seventh at the Cal Poly event where he posted scores of 76-71-70--217 (+1) ... Also tied for 16th at the Pac-10 Championship with scores of 70-73-75-70--288 (+4) ... Tied for 13th in his first two collegiate tournaments ... Boasted a record of 4-0-0 in the Collegiate Match Play Championship ... Counter percentage of 93% ranked second on the team.
Summer 2007 -- Tied for 20th at the Porter Cup with scores of 71-70-67-69--277 (-3) ... Played as an amateur in three PGA Tour events: U.S. Bank Championship, the John Deere Classic and the Stanford St. Jude Championship.
Junior Golf -- One of the top-ranked junior golfers in the class of 2007 ... Won more than 140 junior events, including the 2006 U.S. Junior Amateur at Rancho Santa Fe Golf Club ... Tied for second in stroke play competition with scores of 68-69--137 (-7) ... In match play, he defeated Peter Williamson 6 & 4 in the first round and Brad Schneider 3 & 2 in the second round ... In the third round he beat Morgan Hoffman, 1-up, and in the quarterfinals, he beat Sihwan Kim in 20 holes ... Beat Andrew Putnam 4 & 3 in the semifinals ... In the finals he defeated Richard Lee of Chandler, AZ, 3 & 2 ... Also won the 2006 Rolex Tournament of Champions with scores of 71-65-72-70--278 (-10) ... Voted the 2006 AJGA Player of the Year after he won the TOC and three other AJGA events ... He was ranked No.1 among U.S. junior players for 65 straight weeks ... Four-time winner of the Callaway Junior World tournament (1999-2002) and finished second in 1998 ... Two-time winner of the Doral Junior Publinks.
High School -- Attended Notre Dame Prep in Scottsdale for two years and earned a pair of varsity golf letters ... Played on the 2003 state championship team.
Personal -- Was home-schooled for his final two high school years ... First picked up a club when he was 18 months old ... At four, he won his first tournament (an eight and under event) ... Holds dual citizenship for the U.S. and Sweden ... Mother Birgitta is Swedish by birth ... Younger sister Jonna is a top prep tennis player ... Chose UCLA for its "best combination of athletics, academics and golf" ... Lists his biggest thrill as winning four consecutive Junior World Golf Championships, which broke Tiger Woods' record ... Is related to former Texas Rangers star Steve Kemp ... Born in Las Vegas, NV ... Full name is Philip C. Francis ... Undeclared major.
Career Statistics
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Year |
Starts |
Rds |
Victories |
Top
10 |
Top
20 |
Rnds < 70=""> |
Rnds < par=""> |
Avg. |
Low |
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2007-08 |
11 |
34 |
0 |
1 |
4 |
0 |
7 |
73.6 |
70 |
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