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Pablo Ereño
- Height:
- 5-10
- Class:
- Senior
- Hometown:
- Madrid, Spain
- High School:
- Colegio Nuestra Señora del Recuerdo
Bio
Career Highlights
• Big Ten Men’s Golfer of the Year (2024-25)
• All-Big Ten First Team (2024-25)
• Third-Team All-America, Golfweek (2024-25)
• Third-Team All-America, GCAA (2024-25)
• CSC First-Team Academic All-American (2024-25)
• CSC Third-Team Academic All-American (2023-24)
• 2-time GCAA West All-Region (2023-24, 2024-25)
• Ben Hogan Award Watch List (2024-25)
• All-Pac-12 Second Team (2023-24)
• Pac-12 All-Freshman Team (2021-22)
• 3-time CSC Academic All-District (2022-23, 2023-24, 2024-25)
• 2-time GCAA All-America Scholar (2022-23, 2023-24)
Career
Concluded his four-year UCLA career with a sixth-place finish at the 2025 NCAA Championships, hosted in Carlsbad, Calif. … earned third-team All-America honors and first-team CSC Academic All-America accolades as a senior in 2024-25 … as of the summer of 2025, ranked No. 3 on UCLA’s all-time list in scoring average (71.32) and No. 1 for most career rounds under par (63) … also ranked No. 2 on UCLA’s career list for most rounds in the 60s (45) and tied for No. 5 with 16 top-10 finishes … was a two-time Academic All-America honoree (first team as a senior, third team as a junior) and was a three-time Academic All-District selection, as chosen by the College Sports Communicators (CSC).
2024-25
Ereño earned third-team All-America honors from Golfweek and the GCAA (Golf Coaches Association of America) … earned Big Ten Conference Men’s Golfer of the Year honors, marking the Bruins’ first conference selection since 2010-11 (Patrick Cantlay) … became UCLA’s seventh student-athlete to have been named the conference’s Men’s Golfer of the Year … named a first-team CSC Academic All-America honoree as a senior … was honored as a GCAA West All-Region selection for the second consecutive season (also in 2023-24) … finished the season ranked No. 12 on the globe and No. 2 in Europe in the World Amateur Golf Rankings (WAGR) … ranked No. 10 in the end-of-year PGA TOUR University Rankings (known as PGA TOUR U) … entered the college season ranked No. 16 and closed the year in the No. 10 spot … earned Korn Ferry Tour membership for 2025, fully exempt membership on PGA TOUR Americas in 2026 through the Latin America swing, plus an exemption to the second stage of PGA TOUR Q-School … posted a career-best 70.23 scoring average in 2024-25, which ranks No. 2 in school history … played 40 rounds over 13 tournaments (and was in the starting lineup for all 13 tournaments) … for the second straight season, joined Omar Morales as the only Bruins to shoot under par for the season (-44, 2809) … ranked first on the team with eight top 10s, 11 top 20s, 24 rounds under par and 19 rounds in the 60s … was UCLA’s top finisher in seven events … shot -25 in third-round play … finished in sixth place through stroke play at the NCAA Championships at Omni La Costa Resort & Spa (Carlsbad, Calif.) … shot 5-under 283 at the NCAA Championships (74-71-69-69), becoming UCLA’s first top-10 individual finisher since Lorens Chan in 2014 … his sixth-place finish was the best by any UCLA individual since Patrick Cantlay finished in a tie for fourth place at the 2012 NCAA Championships in Pacific Palisades, Calif. … earned his first collegiate medal in UCLA’s first event of the fall season (The Tindall, hosted at Aldarra Golf Club in Sammamish, Wash. … shot 11-under 202 over the 54-hole tournament in Washington (66-70-66), marking his best low 54-hole tournament score in his career … tied for the tournament lead at Aldarra Golf Club with Utah’s Davis Johnson … shot an 18-hole season-low 65 twice – in the third round of The Goodwin (March 2025) and in the second round of the Thunderbird Collegiate in Arizona (April 2025) … tied for second place at The Preserve Golf Club Collegiate in Oct. 2024, shooting 8-under 208 (68-74-66) … finished under par in six of the Bruins’ nine spring tournaments (and even par in one tournament) … recorded top-10 finishes in five of UCLA’s final seven spring tournaments … tied for fifth in UCLA’s first spring tournament (Southwestern Invitational, in Thousand Oaks, Calif.) … shot 3-under 210 at the Southwestern Invitational (71-73-66) … had a seventh-place finish at the Thunderbird Collegiate, hosted at Papago Golf Course in Phoenix, Ariz. (April 2025) … shot 9-under 204 at the Thunderbird Collegiate (69-65-70) … 35/39 counting rounds during his senior season at UCLA.
2024-25 low round score: 65 (twice), most recently in round two of the Thunderbird Collegiate (April 11)
2024-25 low 54-hole tournament score: 202 (66-70-66), at The Tindall (Sept. 23-24)
2024-25 best finish: T-1st, at The Tindall (Sept. 23-24)
2023-24
Ereño secured second-team All-Pac-12 honors and was a GCAA West All-Region selection for the first time in his career in his junior season … finished the season ranked 91st on the globe, 19th in Europe and third Spaniard in the World Amateur Golf Rankings … posted a 70.78 scoring average, which is seventh-best in UCLA single-season history … played 37 rounds over 12 tournaments and was in the starting lineup for 11 of those competitions … joined Omar Morales as the only Bruins to shoot under par for the season (-30, 2619) … ranked second on the squad behind Morales with six top 10s, eight top 20s, 22 rounds under par and 15 rounds in the 60s … UCLA’s top finisher in five events … shot -15 in second round play and -20 in third round play … shot an 18-hole season-low 66 in round two of the NCAA Stanford Regional on May 14 … put together a stellar Spring 2024 season with a 70.28 scoring average (-26, 1757) over UCLA’s eight tournaments … finished under par in seven of eight spring tournaments … recorded top-10 finishes in five of the last six tournaments of the season … best finish of the season was a t-3rd spot at the Thunderbird Collegiate on April 12-13. shooting -9, 204 (70-67-67) … UCLA’s top finisher at the NCAA Stanford Regional where he tied for eighth at -6, 204 (68-66-70) … tied for 13th at the Hamptons Intercollegiate (-1, 215) … opened the spring with a t-13th mark at the Southwestern Invitational (-3, 210) … tied for seventh to lead the Bruins at The Prestige (-7, 206) … tied for eighth to lead the team at the Pauma Valley Invitational (-3, 223) … tied for sixth to lead UCLA at The Goodwin (-9, 204) … was 1-1-0 in match play competition and defeated USC’s Antonio Safa, 2&1, at The Copper Cup … 32/24 counting rounds ... became the second Bruin in program history to be named a CSC Academic All-American, being listed to the Third Team (joins Patrick Cantlay) ... named a GCAA All-American Scholar.
2023-24 low round score: 66, round two at the NCAA Stanford Regional (May 14)
2023-24 low 54-hole tournament score: 204 (3x), at the NCAA Stanford Regional (May 13-15)
2023-24 best finish: T-3rd, at the Thunderbird Collegiate (April 12-13)
2022-23
Ereño ranked second on the team with a 72.3 scoring average and was the only Bruin to compete in all nine events and 28 rounds … UCLA’s top golfer at the Southwestern Invitational and Lamkin San Diego Classic … had one top 10 finish at the Southwestern Invitational where he tied for 9th at -1 (71-69-75) … followed that performance with his one other top 20 mark at the Lamkin San Diego Classic where he tied for 12th at -3 (71-70-72) … tied for 23rd at the El Macero Classic where he finished even par (72-72-72) … tied for 28th in back-to-back events at the Folds of Honor Collegiate (+7) and Blessings Collegiate Invitational (+8) … six rounds under par … broke 70 three times … finished the season with a 71.4 scoring average in his final five events … 27/28 counting rounds.
2022-23 low round score: 68, round three at the Maui Jim Intercollegiate (Sept. 11)
2022-23 low 54-hole tournament score: 210 (72-70-68) at the Maui Jim Intercollegiate (Sept. 9-11)
2022-23 best finish: T-9th, at the Southwestern Invitational (Jan. 30-Feb. 1)
2021-22
Ereño secured Pac-12 All-Freshman Team honors, posting a 72.6 average score over nine events and 28 rounds … notched one top 10 finish at the El Macero Classic (T-7th; -4, 214) and led UCLA with four top 20 finishes … led the Bruins with eight sub-70 round scores and was second on the team with 11 total under-par rounds … posted UCLA’s two lowest single-round scores of the season with a 5-under 65 in round two at The Goodwin (March 25) and a 6-under 66 in round two of the Amer Ari Invitational (Feb. 4) … was the Bruins’ top golfer in five events, including the final four tournaments of the season, leading the team … recorded three under-par tournament finishes at the Amer Ari Invitational (T-20th; -8, 208), The Goodwin (14th; -5, 205) and El Macero Classic … placed in the top 20 and led UCLA at the Pac-12 Championships (T-18th; +3, 287) … notched a pair of sub-70 round scores in rounds one (-3, 68) and two (-2, 69) on day one of the Pac-12 Championships to put himself T-3rd (April 25) … 24/28 counting score rounds.
2021-22 low round score: 65, round two at The Goodwin (March 25)
2021-22 low 54-hole tournament score: 205 (68-65-71) at The Goodwin (March 24-26)
2021-22 best finish: T-7th, at the El Macero Classic (April 20-22)
Colegio Nuestra Señora Del Recuerdo/Amateur Golf
Ereño won the 2021 Campeonato de Canarias by 10 strokes at 14-under 270, including two rounds of 66 to finish the tournament ... won a pair of tournaments in 2019, the Campeonato Junior Y U25 de Madrid and the Copa Alianza Centro ... placed sixth at the Copa Baleares and competed in the Campeonato de Espana Amateur and R&A Boys Amateur Championship ... since resuming play following the start of the shutdown in March of 2020, he was ninth at the Campeonato de Madrid and 14th at the Campeonato Internacional de Anadalucia.
Personal
Pablo Ereño was born in Madrid, Spain … parents are Pablo and Belen ... has one younger brother, Gonzalo, and one younger sister, Alejandra ... chose UCLA for its great academic and athletic facilities as well as his connection with UCLA men's golf's coaching staff ... greatest athletic thrill is the adrenaline rush in the last holes of a tournament with a win on the line ... athletic inspirations are Tiger Woods, Rafael Nadal and Usain Bolt ... other interests include playing soccer and discovering new musical artists ... mathematics/economics major.
Pablo Ereño's Career Statistics
• Big Ten Men’s Golfer of the Year (2024-25)
• All-Big Ten First Team (2024-25)
• Third-Team All-America, Golfweek (2024-25)
• Third-Team All-America, GCAA (2024-25)
• CSC First-Team Academic All-American (2024-25)
• CSC Third-Team Academic All-American (2023-24)
• 2-time GCAA West All-Region (2023-24, 2024-25)
• Ben Hogan Award Watch List (2024-25)
• All-Pac-12 Second Team (2023-24)
• Pac-12 All-Freshman Team (2021-22)
• 3-time CSC Academic All-District (2022-23, 2023-24, 2024-25)
• 2-time GCAA All-America Scholar (2022-23, 2023-24)
Career
Concluded his four-year UCLA career with a sixth-place finish at the 2025 NCAA Championships, hosted in Carlsbad, Calif. … earned third-team All-America honors and first-team CSC Academic All-America accolades as a senior in 2024-25 … as of the summer of 2025, ranked No. 3 on UCLA’s all-time list in scoring average (71.32) and No. 1 for most career rounds under par (63) … also ranked No. 2 on UCLA’s career list for most rounds in the 60s (45) and tied for No. 5 with 16 top-10 finishes … was a two-time Academic All-America honoree (first team as a senior, third team as a junior) and was a three-time Academic All-District selection, as chosen by the College Sports Communicators (CSC).
2024-25
Ereño earned third-team All-America honors from Golfweek and the GCAA (Golf Coaches Association of America) … earned Big Ten Conference Men’s Golfer of the Year honors, marking the Bruins’ first conference selection since 2010-11 (Patrick Cantlay) … became UCLA’s seventh student-athlete to have been named the conference’s Men’s Golfer of the Year … named a first-team CSC Academic All-America honoree as a senior … was honored as a GCAA West All-Region selection for the second consecutive season (also in 2023-24) … finished the season ranked No. 12 on the globe and No. 2 in Europe in the World Amateur Golf Rankings (WAGR) … ranked No. 10 in the end-of-year PGA TOUR University Rankings (known as PGA TOUR U) … entered the college season ranked No. 16 and closed the year in the No. 10 spot … earned Korn Ferry Tour membership for 2025, fully exempt membership on PGA TOUR Americas in 2026 through the Latin America swing, plus an exemption to the second stage of PGA TOUR Q-School … posted a career-best 70.23 scoring average in 2024-25, which ranks No. 2 in school history … played 40 rounds over 13 tournaments (and was in the starting lineup for all 13 tournaments) … for the second straight season, joined Omar Morales as the only Bruins to shoot under par for the season (-44, 2809) … ranked first on the team with eight top 10s, 11 top 20s, 24 rounds under par and 19 rounds in the 60s … was UCLA’s top finisher in seven events … shot -25 in third-round play … finished in sixth place through stroke play at the NCAA Championships at Omni La Costa Resort & Spa (Carlsbad, Calif.) … shot 5-under 283 at the NCAA Championships (74-71-69-69), becoming UCLA’s first top-10 individual finisher since Lorens Chan in 2014 … his sixth-place finish was the best by any UCLA individual since Patrick Cantlay finished in a tie for fourth place at the 2012 NCAA Championships in Pacific Palisades, Calif. … earned his first collegiate medal in UCLA’s first event of the fall season (The Tindall, hosted at Aldarra Golf Club in Sammamish, Wash. … shot 11-under 202 over the 54-hole tournament in Washington (66-70-66), marking his best low 54-hole tournament score in his career … tied for the tournament lead at Aldarra Golf Club with Utah’s Davis Johnson … shot an 18-hole season-low 65 twice – in the third round of The Goodwin (March 2025) and in the second round of the Thunderbird Collegiate in Arizona (April 2025) … tied for second place at The Preserve Golf Club Collegiate in Oct. 2024, shooting 8-under 208 (68-74-66) … finished under par in six of the Bruins’ nine spring tournaments (and even par in one tournament) … recorded top-10 finishes in five of UCLA’s final seven spring tournaments … tied for fifth in UCLA’s first spring tournament (Southwestern Invitational, in Thousand Oaks, Calif.) … shot 3-under 210 at the Southwestern Invitational (71-73-66) … had a seventh-place finish at the Thunderbird Collegiate, hosted at Papago Golf Course in Phoenix, Ariz. (April 2025) … shot 9-under 204 at the Thunderbird Collegiate (69-65-70) … 35/39 counting rounds during his senior season at UCLA.
2024-25 low round score: 65 (twice), most recently in round two of the Thunderbird Collegiate (April 11)
2024-25 low 54-hole tournament score: 202 (66-70-66), at The Tindall (Sept. 23-24)
2024-25 best finish: T-1st, at The Tindall (Sept. 23-24)
2023-24
Ereño secured second-team All-Pac-12 honors and was a GCAA West All-Region selection for the first time in his career in his junior season … finished the season ranked 91st on the globe, 19th in Europe and third Spaniard in the World Amateur Golf Rankings … posted a 70.78 scoring average, which is seventh-best in UCLA single-season history … played 37 rounds over 12 tournaments and was in the starting lineup for 11 of those competitions … joined Omar Morales as the only Bruins to shoot under par for the season (-30, 2619) … ranked second on the squad behind Morales with six top 10s, eight top 20s, 22 rounds under par and 15 rounds in the 60s … UCLA’s top finisher in five events … shot -15 in second round play and -20 in third round play … shot an 18-hole season-low 66 in round two of the NCAA Stanford Regional on May 14 … put together a stellar Spring 2024 season with a 70.28 scoring average (-26, 1757) over UCLA’s eight tournaments … finished under par in seven of eight spring tournaments … recorded top-10 finishes in five of the last six tournaments of the season … best finish of the season was a t-3rd spot at the Thunderbird Collegiate on April 12-13. shooting -9, 204 (70-67-67) … UCLA’s top finisher at the NCAA Stanford Regional where he tied for eighth at -6, 204 (68-66-70) … tied for 13th at the Hamptons Intercollegiate (-1, 215) … opened the spring with a t-13th mark at the Southwestern Invitational (-3, 210) … tied for seventh to lead the Bruins at The Prestige (-7, 206) … tied for eighth to lead the team at the Pauma Valley Invitational (-3, 223) … tied for sixth to lead UCLA at The Goodwin (-9, 204) … was 1-1-0 in match play competition and defeated USC’s Antonio Safa, 2&1, at The Copper Cup … 32/24 counting rounds ... became the second Bruin in program history to be named a CSC Academic All-American, being listed to the Third Team (joins Patrick Cantlay) ... named a GCAA All-American Scholar.
2023-24 low round score: 66, round two at the NCAA Stanford Regional (May 14)
2023-24 low 54-hole tournament score: 204 (3x), at the NCAA Stanford Regional (May 13-15)
2023-24 best finish: T-3rd, at the Thunderbird Collegiate (April 12-13)
2022-23
Ereño ranked second on the team with a 72.3 scoring average and was the only Bruin to compete in all nine events and 28 rounds … UCLA’s top golfer at the Southwestern Invitational and Lamkin San Diego Classic … had one top 10 finish at the Southwestern Invitational where he tied for 9th at -1 (71-69-75) … followed that performance with his one other top 20 mark at the Lamkin San Diego Classic where he tied for 12th at -3 (71-70-72) … tied for 23rd at the El Macero Classic where he finished even par (72-72-72) … tied for 28th in back-to-back events at the Folds of Honor Collegiate (+7) and Blessings Collegiate Invitational (+8) … six rounds under par … broke 70 three times … finished the season with a 71.4 scoring average in his final five events … 27/28 counting rounds.
2022-23 low round score: 68, round three at the Maui Jim Intercollegiate (Sept. 11)
2022-23 low 54-hole tournament score: 210 (72-70-68) at the Maui Jim Intercollegiate (Sept. 9-11)
2022-23 best finish: T-9th, at the Southwestern Invitational (Jan. 30-Feb. 1)
2021-22
Ereño secured Pac-12 All-Freshman Team honors, posting a 72.6 average score over nine events and 28 rounds … notched one top 10 finish at the El Macero Classic (T-7th; -4, 214) and led UCLA with four top 20 finishes … led the Bruins with eight sub-70 round scores and was second on the team with 11 total under-par rounds … posted UCLA’s two lowest single-round scores of the season with a 5-under 65 in round two at The Goodwin (March 25) and a 6-under 66 in round two of the Amer Ari Invitational (Feb. 4) … was the Bruins’ top golfer in five events, including the final four tournaments of the season, leading the team … recorded three under-par tournament finishes at the Amer Ari Invitational (T-20th; -8, 208), The Goodwin (14th; -5, 205) and El Macero Classic … placed in the top 20 and led UCLA at the Pac-12 Championships (T-18th; +3, 287) … notched a pair of sub-70 round scores in rounds one (-3, 68) and two (-2, 69) on day one of the Pac-12 Championships to put himself T-3rd (April 25) … 24/28 counting score rounds.
2021-22 low round score: 65, round two at The Goodwin (March 25)
2021-22 low 54-hole tournament score: 205 (68-65-71) at The Goodwin (March 24-26)
2021-22 best finish: T-7th, at the El Macero Classic (April 20-22)
Colegio Nuestra Señora Del Recuerdo/Amateur Golf
Ereño won the 2021 Campeonato de Canarias by 10 strokes at 14-under 270, including two rounds of 66 to finish the tournament ... won a pair of tournaments in 2019, the Campeonato Junior Y U25 de Madrid and the Copa Alianza Centro ... placed sixth at the Copa Baleares and competed in the Campeonato de Espana Amateur and R&A Boys Amateur Championship ... since resuming play following the start of the shutdown in March of 2020, he was ninth at the Campeonato de Madrid and 14th at the Campeonato Internacional de Anadalucia.
Personal
Pablo Ereño was born in Madrid, Spain … parents are Pablo and Belen ... has one younger brother, Gonzalo, and one younger sister, Alejandra ... chose UCLA for its great academic and athletic facilities as well as his connection with UCLA men's golf's coaching staff ... greatest athletic thrill is the adrenaline rush in the last holes of a tournament with a win on the line ... athletic inspirations are Tiger Woods, Rafael Nadal and Usain Bolt ... other interests include playing soccer and discovering new musical artists ... mathematics/economics major.
Pablo Ereño's Career Statistics
| Season | Starts | Rounds | Strokes | Scoring Average | Low Score | Wins | Under Par | Under 70 | Top 10 | Top 20 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021-22 | 9 | 28 | 2032 | 72.57 | 65 | 0 | 11 | 8 | 1 | 4 |
| 2022-23 | 9 | 28 | 2025 | 72.32 | 68 | 0 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 |
| 2023-24 | 12 | 37 | 2619 | 70.78 | 66 | 0 | 22 | 15 | 6 | 8 |
| 2024-25 | 13 | 40 | 2809 | 70.23 | 65 | 1 | 24 | 19 | 8 | 11 |
| Career | 43 | 133 | 9485 | 71.32 | 65 | 1 | 63 | 45 | 16 | 25 |
UCLA Men’s Golf Interview - Coach Armen Kirakossian, B1G Today (May 16, 2025)
Saturday, May 17
UCLA Men’s Golf Interview – Coach Armen Kirakossian, B1G Today (May 16, 2025)
Friday, May 16
Omar Morales Press Conference - Latin America Amateur Championships (Jan. 20, 2024)
Saturday, January 20
Veterans Golf Clinic
Wednesday, January 22
