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Overview: One of three new freshmen on the 2008-2009 Clemson Roster...native of South Carolina who made all-state six consecutive years...honorable mention AJGA All-American...reached the second round of match play at the North-South Amateur at Pinehurst in July of 2008....reached second round of match play at the US Amateur...in Clemson starting lineup in the first tournament of the year in 2008-09.
Summer 2008: Had an impressive summer in limited play...both of his most impressive performances might have been at Pinehurst #2....reached second round of match play at North-South Amateur at Pinehurst in July, he defeated Clemson teammate David May in 20 holes, then lost to Patrick Rada in the second round 2-up...won his US Amateur qualifier by six shots at Colleton River Plantation in Hilton Head with a 136 score, four under par...finished fifth at the South Carolina Amateur with a 281 score, he was the top finisher among Clemson players at that event...reached second round of match play at US Amateur... 10th out of 312 golfers in the medal play qualifier, then defeated Michael O'Neal of Jacksonville, FL in the first round before losing to eventual Amateur champion Danny Lee in the second round.
Prior to Clemson: South Carolina Junior Player of the Year in 2007...the 2007 SCISA Player of the Year...named to all-state teams in South Carolina from 2002-08...already has three top 35 finishes in South Carolina Amateur on his resume, including a top 20 in 2007...2006 SCJGA Champion and had runner-up finish in 2007...had a pair of top 10 finishes in AJGA events, he finished in top five at AJGA Heritage and seventh at AJGA Players Championship...captured the 2006 Joe Cheves Junior Invitational @ Mimosa Hills...earned six letters in high school at Orangeburg Prep in Orangeburg, SC ...Jacob also played three years of high school basketball and he was named best defensive player of that team twice in his career...named to National Honor Society in the classroom...boys state, eagle scout and honor graduate... comes to Clemson from same hometown that sent former Clemson quarterback Woody Dantzler to Clemson son of Gil and Mona Burger...born Dec. 13, 1989.
Personality Profile
Favorite Professional Golfer in History: Jack Nicklaus
Favorite Current Professional Golfer: Boo Weekly
Favorite Athlete outside of golf: Michael Jordan
Favorite Clemson golfer of all-time: Lucas Glover
Favorite course I have played: TPC at Sawgrass
Favorite Golf Hole: #17 at TPC
Favorite Course I would like to Play: Augusta National
Toughest Course I have played: Scarlet Course at Ohio State
My Best Shot Ever: 4-iron at #17 at Harbour Town to five feet from the pin.
My best all-time round: 65 at SCGA Amateur at CCSC.
The Best Part of my game is: Irons
My favorite club: 9-iron
The part of the game I must improve is: Short game
The Biggest influence on my golf career has been: My dad
My dream foursome includes myself and: Ben Hogan, Bobby Jones and Jack Nicklaus
Burger All-Time Hole in One Shots |
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Year |
Course | City | Club |
Distance |
2002 |
Paw Paw CC | Bamberg, SC | 8 |
140 |
2005 |
CCSC | Florence, SC | 6 |
180 |
2006 |
Orangeburg CC | Orangeburg, SC | 4 |
205 |
