Phillip Mollica Class: Senior Hometown: Anderson, SC High School: T.L. Hanna Height / Weight: 5-10 / 165 Experience: 3VL Major: Sport Management

Overview: Talented senior who will be one of the leaders of the Clemson team in 2008-09....had 75.00 stroke average as a sophomore that improved to 74.00 as a junior...has had strong amateur career, he has won the Monroe Amateur two of the last three years, the only player to win that national amateur titles two times.... helped Clemson to a fifth place team finish in 2007-08, he had a 72 in the second round for his top round of the national tournament at Purdue...has been a member of two top 10 Clemson teams in his three years...part-time starter his first two years, but in the lineup for nine of the 12 tournaments in 2007-08, including all eight in the spring of 2008... tied for Clemson's top player at the NCAA West Regional with a 216 and 11th place finish...named to the Ping NCAA All-District III team in 2007-08 and that performance at the regional had a lot to do with it...r champion of the North-South Amateur in summer of 2007...won six matches at Pinehurst #2 to become the first Clemson player to win the prestigious tournament...... ranked among the top 25 amateurs in the United States during the summer of 2008....ranked 39th among United States players in Golfweek amateur rankings in September of 2008.

Summer 2008: Ranked among the top 100 amateurs in the world and the top 50 in the United State over the course of the summer...had strong start with a fourth-place finish at the Sunnehanna, including two rounds in the 60s...he then won the Monroe Amateur for the second time in his career with a 274 score, six under par...became first golfer to win that tournament twice...won the event by six shots...lost in first round of the North-South Amateur in 21 holes to Adam Long, Mollica was defending champion...finished in a tie for first at his US Amateur qualifier with an eight under par 136 score, but did not advance to match play at the United States Amateur after rounds of 73-78 at Pinehurst.

In 2007-08: Had a strong spring, helping Clemson to fifth-place finish at the NCAA national tournament at Purdue...had first round 75 and second round 72 that were important to Clemson's drive for its top team finish since 2003...had team best six rounds in the 60s during his 24 spring rounds...second overall for the year in rounds in the 60s...led the team in greens in regulation with a .706 figure...tied for team lead in eagles with five...had just one round in the 60s prior to this year, he then had six in the spring...11 of his 27 rounds were at par or better...Clemson players had 11 rounds at 68 or better and Mollica had four of them...had four top 20 finishes for the year, including a 15th at the Linger Longer in his second tournament o the spring season...had team best 208 score at the Hootie @ Bulls Bay in March when he led Tigers to a second place team finish... finished in third place individually, the best individual finish by a Clemson golfer in 2008...had two rounds in the 60s in that event, the only Tiger to do that this spring...the 208 score is his career low as his -5 score vs. par...was -8 on par five holes at Bulls Bay, best in the entire field...had two eagles in that tournament, one of just two players to do that...finished 16th at Furman with a 222 score in difficult conditions...a big reason Clemson finished third at the NCAA West Regional, he had a 54-hole score of 216, even par....that was good enough for a tie for 11th place, and tied for the best performance by a Clemson golfer...had a second round 68 that tied his career high and tied for the best round of the day in the 140-player field...played the par three holes at one-under-par at the Gold Mountain Course in Bremerton, WA, tied for the best performance in the field...played the par five holes in four under, tied for 12th best in the field...had 14 birdies to rank fourth in that category....finished the year with 75 birdies, fourth on the team.

Summer 2007: Had an outstanding summer highlighted by his victory at the North-South Amateur...won the title on July 8 with an 8 and 6 victory over Ray Sheedy IV of Kymar, MD... his victory margin was the second largest in the last 24 years of the event...past champions of the North-South include Jack Nicklaus, Davis Love and Curtis Strange...Mollica dominated the 36-hole final, as he jumped out to a 5-up lead after the morning 18 holes thanks to five birdies and just two bogeys in the first 18 holes...the win over Sheedy in the finals was his second victory over a Charlotte University golfer during his run to the title....in the week he defeated Andrew Dibitetto of the 49ers golf program by a 4 & 3 score...other golfers Mollica defeated on the way to the North-South title included Jesse Speiers, a golfer from TCU, Steve Ziegler, a freshman at Stanford in the fall and a member of the United States Junior World Cup team, Scott Barton of SMU and Aaron Pike, one of the top amateurs in Australia....after the North-South win, Mollica had three straight top 25 finishes at major amateur events...finished 23rd at the Players Amateur, 22nd at the Southern Amateur and 24th at the South Carolina Amateur...also went on to play in the US Amateur, but did not reach match play.

2006-07: Played in six events, three in the fall and three in the spring...had a 74.44 stroke average in the fall...had his best event of the year in Las Vegas when he finished 18th with a 221 score...had a second round 69, which was his best round of his career... tied for Clemson's best golfer in Las Vegas with Ben Martin...second on the team in fewest bogeys/round in 2006-07...had a 71 in his first round of the year at the Carpet Classic to help Clemson to a second place team finish, its best finish in a tournament in the fall of 2006...also played well at isleworth, he finished 35th and was Clemson's third best golfer...played the par three holes at even par at Isleworth, tied for second best in the entire field...had a 1-1 record at the Callaway Collegiate match Play at The Colonial in Fort Worth, TX...beat Nick Taylor of Washington, three and two...lost in second round to Ryan Posey of Oklahoma State.... tied for the team lead in par three scoring in 2006-07 with 3.19 average...team leader in pars/round with 11.11.

Summer 2006: Captured the prestigious Monroe Invitational in Pittsford, NY in June, the third Clemson golfer in the last five years to win the title...D.J. Trahan (2002) and Brent Delahoussaye (2003) were also recent winners...Mollica became first wire-to-wire winner of the event since it went to stroke play in 1998....fired an eight-under-par 272 on the 6,787-yard par 70 Monroe Golf Club course that was designed by Donald Ross...had rounds of 65-67-71-69 to win the tournament by two shots over Michael Quagliano, who plays at Duke...tied for second at the South Carolina Amateur with current Clemson assistant coach Jordan Byrd...Mollica fired a 280...also played in the Dogwood Invitational in Atlanta and finished 41st with a 290 score....also competed in the Porter Cup where he finished 58th with a 290 score...might have had his performances of the summer at Pinehurst...shot a course record 63 in Pinehurst #4 to win qualifier for the North-South Amateur in June...he then won the North-South stroke play qualifying with a 131 total...had a 64 on Pinehurst #2 and a 67 on #4 to win the qualifying by six shots...reached the final 32 of the match play of the North-South, he beat Andrew Ross 1 up, then lost to Brian Carroll, 2 and 1.

2005-06: Played in five of the 12 events as a first-year freshman, two in the fall and three in the spring...consistent over his first three events, he shot +7 or +8 for each of his first three events...had his best finish of the year at the Jerry Pate, he finished 47th with a seven-over 220 score...had season best one-under-par 71 in the second round of the Carpet Classic...had a second round 73 at the Puerto Rico Classic in his first tournament of the spring...did not play after the Bulls Bay Invitational in late March...had solid 74.0 stroke average in the fall...showed consistency in the fall with five of the six rounds between 71-75... shot a 229 at the Jerry Pate and a 224 at the Carpet Classic...tied for second on the team in total rounds at 75 or better and was first on the team with 5/6 or 83.3 percent in the fall.

High School: The 2003 Jay Haas Player of the Year as the top junior golfer in South Carolina... all-state selection in 2004 and 2005...all-region selection in 2003-04-05...earned a total of six letters in golf at T.J. Hanna High School where he played for Yon Radford...the Anderson Independent-Mail golfer of the year...named Mr. Golf by the South Carolina High School League for 2005...runner-up in the 4A South Carolina State Championship in 2005 and 2004......won the Southern Cross in 2003 and 2005...won the Jimmy Self Championship in 2005...played in the South Carolina vs. Georgia Matches in 2003.... finished 40th at the South Carolina Amateur stroke play even with a 299 score in 2005...member of Can-AM Team in 2003-04-05...born June 10, 1987...majoring in parks, recreation and tourism management...son of Skip and Patty Mollica of Anderson, SC.

Mollica Personality Profile
Favorite Current Professional Golfer: Phil Mickelson
Favorite Athlete outside of golf: Michael Jordan
Favorite Clemson golfer of all-time: Jonathan Byrd
Favorite course I have played: Augusta National
Favorite Golf Hole: #12 at Augusta National
Toughest Course I have played: Pine Needles
My Best Shot Ever: A wedge from 115 yards to within 5 ft, then made the putt to force a playoff and won the tournament on the first playoff hole.
My best all-time round: 64 at Florence Country Club
The Best Part of my game is: Short game
My favorite club: Wedge
The part of the game I must improve is: My ball striking