D.J. Trahan Class: Senior Hometown: Inman, SC High School: Dorman Height / Weight: 6-3 / 180 Birthdate: 12/18/1980 Experience: 3 VL

Overall: Named to the ACC’s 50-Year Anniversary team in the fall of 2002, the only active golfer named to the team…one of just two active Clemson athletes named, women’s basketball player Chrissy Floyd was the other…ranked as the number-one player in college golf according to Golf World…won the Ben Hogan Award as top collegiate golfer between May 2001 and May 2002… presented the award in Fort Worth, TX on May 13, 2002…first Clemson player to win that award and first Tiger golfer to win a national Player of the Year Award since Charles Warren won the 1998 Dave Williams Award… also presented Jack Nicklaus Award as top college player as chosen by College Golf Coach’s Association…also first Clemson golfer to win that honor…member of the United State Walker Cup team in 2001 and the Palmer Cup and World Amateur teams in 2002 …named to the Verizon Academic All-America third-team for 2002, he has a career GPA just under 3.20…first Clemson athlete to be named a National Player of the Year and Academic All-American in the same year…third Clemson golfer to be named All-American on the course and in the classroom in the same year…finished his junior year ranked second in the nation according to Golfstat and Sagarin rankings…first-team All-American in 2002, he was honorable mention as sophomore and freshman…Carolinas Golf Association Player of the Year each of the last three years (200-01-02) …South Carolina Amateur Champion in 2001 and 2002 …top ranked amateur player in the world according to Golfweek for the last six months (including entering the Spring of 2003)…Clemson career stroke average leader with 71.58 figure entering the spring of 2003…played in the 2001 Masters after winning the 2000 United States Public Links Championship…set Clemson record as a junior for wins in a season with three, including the NCAA East Regional at Settindown Creek in Roswell, GA…also won the Azalea in the spring of 2002, an amateur tournament in which he did not compete for Clemson…had a 70.33 stroke average as a junior that is eighth best in NCAA golf history….has set or tied 17 Clemson golf records, including stroke average for a season and career…has played three pro tournaments in his career, the 2001 Masters and the 1999 and 2002 BUY.com events in Greenville, SC…Finished 45th at the BUY.com event in Greenville this year, a tournament won by former Tiger Charles Warren…became just the second active Clemson golfer to play in the Master's, Chris Patton played in the 1990 event during his senior year after winning the 1989 US Amateur.... qualified for the US Amateur in 1996, 1998, 2000, 2001 and 2002...reached the final eight of the US Junior Amateur in 1996.…has been Clemson’s top player in the NCAA national event each of the last three years, he finished eighth overall at the 2002 event with a 283 score…has been under par all three of his appearances, he is 14-under-par for 12 NCAA Tournament rounds…has three top 15 finishes at the NCAA event, only Tiger in history to do that… has 70.50 career average in NCAA national play, best in Clemson history…has been ranked among the top 25 players in college golf each of the last three years according to at least one ranking service….has 17 career top 10 finishes in just 34 events through his first three years, including 11 of his last 14….ACC Freshman-of-the-Year in 1999-00…first-team All-ACC as a freshman, sophomore and junior, just the second Clemson player to do that (Jonathan Byrd)…plays well in big tournaments, he has three straight top 10 finishes at the Ping Preview …has four career wins at Clemson, needs one to tie Chris Patton’s record of five for a Clemson golfer.

Clemson Highlights 2002-03 Academic Year at Clemson: One of five Finalist for the Ben Hogan Award, has been top golfer on Clemson’s number-one ranked team with a 70.63 stroke average…number-one ranked player in the nation for four weeks in spring, he is second according to Sagarin/Golfweek heading into the NCAA national tournament… quite an accomplishment considering he has played the fifth toughest schedule in the nation according to that computer ranking…first-team All-ACC for the fourth time in his career…has nine top 10 finishes in 12 events, including seven of the last eight…had a top 10 at the NCAA regional where he finished with a 68 on the last day …won the Mercedes Benz Collegiate Championship Feb. 18 at Sawgrass in Jacksonville…had final round 67 to gain comeback victory…had career best round and tournament at the Augusta State Invitational with final round 64 and tournament score of 201, but did not win the event, he finished second to Oliver Wilson of Augusta State…the 64 tied for the second best score in Clemson history for one round and the 201 tied the 54-hole Clemson record…however the –15 was the most under par for a 54-hole event in school history…has scored under par in 23 of his 35 rounds this year and has 16 rounds in the 60s…needs two rounds in the 60s to break his own Clemson single season mark…now 46-under-par for the season, his school record is 51 under for the course of a season set last year…has been under par in eight of his 12 tournaments so far this year…through college events of May 10, Trahan led the nation in final round scoring average (69.2), par four scoring average (3.95), and eagles (10)… led the Tigers in stroke average this past fall with a 70.91 figure…nine of his 11 rounds were at par or better as he continued his outstanding consistent play…had his best outing in the fall at the Jerry Pate when he had rounds of 66-70 to finish second individually and lead the Tigers to the tournament championship….had four rounds in the 60s to become Clemson’s career leader in that category, he now has 45 rounds in the 60s, 15 more than any other player in Clemson history …broke the school record with his 31st career round in the 60s when he shot a 69 in the second round at the Topy Cup in Tokyo on September 4…finished that event with a 206, a 10-under-par figure that was good enough for fourth place…had a final round 66 to lead the Tigers to the championship with a team score of 34-under-par…had at least one round in the 60s in each of his four tournaments for the Tigers…had a pair of top five finishes and four top 20 finishes in the fall, helping Clemson to three team championships…did not play for the Tigers at the Hooters Match Play as he had just returned from Malaysia where he led the United States to the championship of the World Team championships…led the United States to victory with a final round six-under-par on October 27…round included five birdies and an eagle…he birdied the 17th and 18th holes to give the United States the victory…Trahan finished 10th overall in the individual race with scores of 76-78-71-66 for a +3 total vs. par…Trahan was first among the American players, who also included Ricky Barnes and Hunter Mahan…it was just the second time that a Clemson player had competed on that three-man American team, Kevin Johnson (1988) is the other.

Summer 2002: Had another strong summer that culminated in a number-one amateur ranking by Golfweek…won two tournaments in the summer of 2002, the Monroe, June 12-15 and the South Carolina Amateur August 1-4…had a 12-under-par 268 at the Monroe when he had rounds of 71-62-67-68 on the par 70 course…won by four shots over Kevin Stadler…his 62 in the second round tied the course record and his 268 score was a tournament record…only player under par in winning the South Carolina Amateur at Long Cove Golf Club…shot a 283 for the event with rounds of 71-76-67-69…fifth straight year a Clemson golfer won the event, second year in a row for Trahan, who beat Lucas Glover in 2001…also had a third-place finish at the Sunnehanna in Johnstown, PA, his 277 was three under par…24th at the Northeast Amateur in Rhode Island, 13th at the Rice Planters and 14th at the Porter Cup…reached the third round of the United States Amateur before losing in the round of 16…also competed in the United States Public Links, but did not advance to match play…led the United States team to victory in the Palmer Cup with a 3-0-1 record….Trahan was captain of the US team for the event that was played in Ireland.

2001-02 Academic Year at Clemson: Posted the top fall in Clemson history with a 69.78 stroke average…played 18 rounds and was under par in 12 of them in the fall…he was at par or better in 16 of the 18…finished the fall 28-under par …won two tournaments and finished second in three others…the streak of finishing first or second in five straight events is a Clemson record… at par or better in six straight tournaments in the fall …won the Carpet Classic and the Jerry Pate in the fall…finished second at Ping Preview, Long Cove and Savane All-American…finished second at Ping Preview, but his birdie on the last hole the last day gave Clemson the team title, a classic clutch performance by the Clemson junior…hit 370-yard drive on the 18th hole and got up and down out of a bunker for the winning birdie…a 70 was his worst round in the second round last fall…ranked number-one in the nation by Golfstat and Sagarin through the fall season, he finished the year ranked second in the all the computer rankings behind Graeme McDowell of UAB…had streak of 20 straight rounds at 72 or better from September 8 to Feb. 26th…started the spring with a fourth-place finish at the Puerto Rico Classic…only tournament over par all year was at Las Vegas, ironically a tournament he won in 2000 as a freshman…finished fifth at Schenkel and sixth at the ACC Tournament prior to his first place at the NCAA East…first Clemson golfer to win the NCAA East Regional since Mark Swygert in 1994, Trahan won the event by three shots…had three straight rounds under par in registering his six-under score…that win brought his career full circle…his freshman year he finished 104th including a first round 87, the highest score in Clemson history in the NCAA regional Tournament…finished the year strong with 281 at the NCAA Tournament, three under-par, good enough for eighth…had a pair of 66s at the NCAAs, tied for the second best NCAA Tournament round in Clemson history…his 66 on the final day helped the Tigers come from 13th to third in the final standings…broke single season record for under-par rounds with 28, Charles Warren had the record with 23 in 1997-98…also broke standard for top 10 finishes with 10 and rounds in the 60s with 16…ranked in the top five in the nation in subpar strokes per round (4.50, 2nd), fewest bogeys per round (2.30, 3rd), total eagles (5th), par four scoring average (3.95, 1st) and first round scoring average (70.54, 4th)…had a 78-23-6 record against top 20 players for the year.

Summer 2001: Captured the South Carolina Amateur, defeating his former teammate Lucas Glover, who had won the event three straight years…played for the United States in the Walker Cup…defeated Stephen O’Hara 2 and 1 and lost to Nick Dougherty 1up in singles play…finished third at the Porter Cup and eighth at the Rice Planters…finished ninth in the stroke play portion of the US Amateur, he lost in the second round or match play…also had a 14th place finish at the Monroe…competed in the US Public Links, he finished 27th in the stroke play.

2000-01 Academic Year at Clemson: Clemson’s top player at the NCAA Tournament for the second straight year…had a 283 score for the four rounds at Duke, he finished seventh overall…had four straight rounds at par or better, including a final round 69 that was a key to Clemson finishing second as a team…had a –3 at the NCAA East regional, so he was eight under-par for the seven NCAA Tournament rounds…first-team All-ACC, honorable mention All-American…finished the year third on the club in stroke average with a 72.48, the exact same average he had as a freshman…had 19 rounds at par or better….got season off to a good start, he was Clemson's top golfer at the Ping Preview at Duke in the fall...had a 145 total for the 36 holes, he finished eighth overall against the national field, helping Clemson to third-place finish...had some outstanding rounds, including first round 69 at the Carpet Capital Classic and a second-round 67 that helped the Tigers to the championship of the Jerry Pate Intercollegiate...finished the fall with 1-1-1 record in three matches at the Rolex Match Play...defeated Wade Ormsby of Houston 2up in helping Clemson to 4-1 win over the Cougars...Clemson’s top golfer at the Schenkel with a third-place finish, he shot a four-under-par 212…only other under-par tournament of the year was at the NCAA East Regional where he had a 213, including a final round 67…with the pressure on for the Tigers to make the cut entering the final round, Trahan led the way with that 67, which included seven birdies…it was a good time for Trahan to record his low round of the year.. prior to the beginning of the Fall, won the Jones Cup with a five-shot victory at Sea Island…played in the Masters April 5-6, he had rounds of 78 and 75 to finish at 153, he was 82nd…third among amateurs at Augusta, he failed to make the cut…a highlight was a birdie on 16 on the second round, his tee shot was nearly a hole in one, stopping a foot from the cup….finished the year ranked 25th in the nation by MasterCard, he was34th by Sagarin poll and 47th by Golfstat to close 2001…had 60 birdies to rank eighth in the nation…hit 79 percent of his greens in regulation, second best in the nation.

Summer 2000: Won 2000 United States Public Links Championship at Heron Lakes in Portland, OR...eliminated first five opponents in 76 holes, an average close out of the 15th hole...defeated Bubba Dickerson, now a professional who won the 2001 US Amateur on the 37th hole with a par...Trahan got into the national portion of the event as an alternate, he made the most of his opportunity once he got to Oregon...defeated longtime opponent and former South Carolina golfer Kyle Thompson in the semifinals...was the medallist of the 36-hole stroke play portion of the event...first person to be medallist in stroke play and then win the championship since 1993...that victory allowed him to go directly to the United States Amateur...got to the match-play portion, but lost in the first round...had some outstanding performances in summer of 2000, he was third at the South Carolina Amateur, fourth at the New England Amateur, seventh at Rice Planters and seventh at Monroe Invitational.

In 1999-00 Academic Year at Clemson: Second highest rated freshman in the nation according to MasterCard final rankings, he finished 22nd overall... also had a 33rd final ranking in the Sagarin poll for his freshman year and was 52nd according to Golfstat…first-team freshman All-American according to the Golf Coach's Association, the first Tiger so honored...also an honorable mention All-American thanks to his 15th-place finish...that was the top finish by a Tiger at the nationals in 2000..shot 282 for the NCAAs, best ever by a Clemson freshman and fifth best in history regardless of class by a Clemson golfer...his -6 was the fourth best score versus par in Clemson history for an NCAA Tournament event...ACC Rookie of the Year, Clemson's first ACC Rookie of the Year in golf...named National Player of the Month by MasterCard for March when he won the Las Vegas Invitational with a -9 score...quite a performance against a national field, he won on the third playoff hole...shot a final round 66 to force the playoff...only Tiger to gain an individual victory that year...that 207 tied a Clemson record for low tournament by a freshman and the -9 tied a Clemson record for low tournament vs. par by a Clemson freshman... played in all seven events in the spring and had seven under-par tournaments as a freshman for the entire academic year...set Clemson record for rounds in the 60s by a freshman with eight...his season stroke average of 72.48 was best in Clemson history by a freshman and 14th best overall in school history...featured in Faces in the Crowd in Sports Illustrated (Golf Plus Addition) of April 17th...shot a 68 in his first career round, lowest score by a Clemson player in his first career round in 12 years...shot a 214 and finished sixth at the Ping Preview in his first career event...shot a -5 score at the Golf World, his 211 total was 18th...had 72.11 average for the fall, fourth best on the team, but best fall stroke average ever by a Clemson freshman golfer...had just two of his nine rounds over 75 and those were a pair of 76s in the fall...had four top 10 finishes for the year, the Ping Preview, the San Juan Shootout, Las Vegas and the ACC...just the second freshman golfer in Clemson history to earn first-team All-ACC honors, former teammate Jonathan Byrd was the other.

High School Youngest golfer in history to win a round in match play at the US junior Amateur, he won a first-round match when he was just 13-years-old in summer of 1994...qualified for the national junior tournament four straight years, he reached match play all four years...reached the final eight in 1996... reached the stroke play portion of the US Amateur five times, 1996, 1998, 2000, 2001 and 2002…reached match play in 2000, 2001 and 2002, he reached Final 16 in 2002...three-time all-state selection at Dorman High in Spartanburg, he was member of Lewis Terry's Dorman team that won state title in 1998 and 1999...teamed with current Tiger and classmate Michael Sims in taking that title...three-time state champion individually...Personal: Father (Don) is a professional in Greenville, SC, he played in the US Senior Open in 2001…D.J. has never made a hole in one, but his father has made 13…D.J. roomed with football quarterback Matt Schell two years ago and has many close friends on the football and baseball teams...joined Clemson baseball player Khalil Greene as national player of the year selections at Clemson in 2001-02…born 12-18-80...majoring in recreation and parks administration, he has made the ACC Academic Honor Roll each of his first three years.

Coach Penley on D.J. Trahan “I don’t know what I can say about D.J. Trahan. He is the returning National Player of the Year and has meant so much to our program the last four years. I can’t believe he is entering his final semester at Clemson. He had a very busy fall playing all over the world, but I know he is going to turn all of his focus, toward his team play and his individual play at Clemson this spring. He wants to be a part of the first Clemson golf team to win a national championship. Those are his goals. “ I really expect a great spring out of DJ. His ball striking continues to be fantastic, and he has continued to work hard on his short game and putting. It’s getting a lot more consistent. D.J. is going to be a fantastic professional. “

Trahan Tournament by Tournament, 1999-00

Date	Tournament	1-2-3	Par	Tot	Fin
9/19-21	Ping Preview	68-72-73	-2	214	6
10/1-3	Carpet Classic	72-76-76	+8	224	41
11/5-7	Golf World	75-69-67	-5	211	18
2/27-29	San Juan Shootout	68-76-70	-2	214	8
3/10-12	Las Vegas	73-68-66	-9	207	1
3/25-26	Schenkel	72-70-73	-1	215	18
4/7-9	US Collegiate	79-72-74	+9	225	41
4/21-23	ACC	74-71-68	-3	213	4
5/18-20	NCAA East	87-74-81	+29	242	104
5/31-3	NCAA National	71-74-68-69	-6	282	15

Trahan Tournament by Tournament, 2000-01

Date	Tournament	1-2-3	Par	Tot	Fin
9/9-10	The Ridges	74-74-77	+13	229	65
9/25-26	Ping Preview	74-71	+1	145	8
10/6-8	Carpet Classic	69-71-79	+3	219	13
10/16-17	Jerry Pate	72-67-76	+2	215	20
11/3-5	Golf World	76-73-70	+3	219	54
2/25-27	Puerto Rico Classic	78-70-71	+3	219	15
3/9-11	Las Vegas	77-72-69	+2	218	21
3/24-25	Schenkel	70-70-72	-4	212	3
4/20-22	ACC	71-75-74	+4	220	22
5/17-19	NCAA East	72-74-67	-3	213	33
5/30-2	NCAA National	72-71-71-69	-5	283	7

 4/5-6 *The Masters 78-75 +9 153 82
  *Scores do not count towards Clemson career totals

Trahan Tournament by Tournament, 2001-02

Date	Tournament	1-2-3	Par	Tot	Fin
9/8-9	The Ridges	75-70-71	E	216	20
9/28-29	Ping Preview	71-69-71	-2	211	2
10/5-7	Carpet Classic	69-69-72	-6	210	1
10/15-16	Jerry Pate	70-68-67	-8	205	1
11/9-11	Long Cove	69-70-72	-2	211	2
11/19-20	Savane All-American	66-66-71	-10	203	2
2/24-26	Puerto Rico Classic	71-71-69	-5	211	4
3/8-10	Las Vegas	76-72-72	+4	220	29
3/23-24	Schenkel	69-69-77	-1	215	5
4/6-7	Augusta State	70-67-74	-5	211	17
4/19-21	ACC	71-68-70	-7	209	6
5/16-18	NCAA East	69-70-71	-6	210	1
5/29-1	NCAA National	71-66-78-66	-3	281	8

Trahan Tournament by Tournament, 2002-03

Date	Tournament	1-2-3	Par	Tot	Fin
9/3-5	Topy Cup	71-69-66	-10	206	4
9/27-29	Carpet Classic	74-70-70	-2	214	16
10/7-8	Ping Preview	83-69-72	+8	224	19
10/14	JerryPate	66-70	-6	136	2
2/17-18	Mercedes Benz	73-71-67	-5	211	1
2/23-25	Puerto Rico Classic	69-76-72	+1	217	9
3/7-9	Toyota Las Vegas	69-71-69	-7	209	2
3/22-23	Schenkel	70-72-68	-6	210	2
4/5-6	Augusta State	66-71-64	-15	201	2
4/18-20	ACC	77-68-73	+2	219	9
5/8-9	Atlanta Intercollegiate	72-69-75	E	216	20
5/15-17	NCAA East	73-69-68	-6	210	7

Trahan Career Stats

Year	Tr	Rds	Stks	60s	-75	Par	-Par	Avg	Top 10	BR	BT
1999-00	10	31	2247	9	25	4	13	72.48	4	66	207
2000-01	11	33	2392	5	27	4	15	72.48	3	67	212
2001-02	13	40	2813	16	37	7	27	70.33	10	66	203
2002-03	12	35	2472	15	32	4	23	70.63	9	64	201
Totals	46	139	9498	45	121	19	78	71.40	26	64	201

Records Held by D.J Trahan (20)
•Wins in a season (3)
•Under par rounds in a season (28)
•Rounds at par or better in a season (34)
•Rounds in the 60s in a season (16)
•First or Second Place Finishes in a season (6)
•Top Five Finishes in a season (8)
•Consecutive first or second place finishes (5)
•Top 10 Finishes in a season (10)
•Season Stroke Average (70.33)
•Consecutive Rounds at 72 or better (20)
•Consecutive under par tournaments (6)
•Under par tournaments in a season (11)
•Tournaments at par or better in a season (12)
•Most strokes net under par for a season (-51)
•Career stroke average (71.58)
•Career stroke average in NCAA national play (70.50)
•Career Rounds in the 60s (34)
•Career under par rounds (78)
•Career rounds at par or better (97)
•Wins in a career (5) (tied)

Trahan 2002 Golfstat National Rankings
•1st , Par 4 Scoring average (3.95)
•2nd, Scoring Average (70.33)
•2nd, Score compared to par (-1.33)
•2nd, Sub-par strokes/round (4.50)
•3rd Fewest bogeys per round (2.30)
•4th First round Scoring Average (70.54)
•6th, Eagles, (8)
•5th, Birdies (149)
•12th Last Round Scoring Average (71.00)
•16th, par 5 Scoring average (4.66)

Trahan Titles
National Amateur Events
•United States Public Links Champion, 2000
•Jones Cup, 2001
•South Carolina Amateur, 2001
•Azalea Classic, 2002
•Monroe Invitational, 2002
•South Carolina Amateur, 2002

College Events
•Mercedes Benz Intercollegiate, 2003
•NCAA East Regional, 2002
•Jerry Pate Intercollegiate, Fall 2001
•Carpet Classic, Fall 2001
•Las Vegas Intercollegiate, Spring 2000

Low Single Season Stroke Averages in NCAA History

Rk	Player	School	Year	Avg
1.	Bryce Molder	Georgia Tech	2000-01	69.43
2.	Charles Howell	OklahomaState	1999-00	69.57
3.	Paul Casey	ArizonaState	1999-00	69.87
4.	Graeme McDowell	UAB	2001-02	69.87
5.	Phil Mickelson	ArizonaState	1991-92	69.95
6.	Phil Mickelson	ArizonaState	1990-91	70.08
7.	Joel Kribel	Stanford	1998-99	70.12
8.	D.J. Trahan	Clemson	2001-02	70.32
9.	Luke Donald	Northwestern	1998-99	70.45
10.	Luke Donald	Northwestern	1999-00	70.47

Trahan Final Rankings

Year	Service	Rank
2002	Golfstat	2nd
	Sagarin	2nd
2001	Mastercard	25th
	Sagarin	34th
	Golfstat	47th
2000	Mastercard	22nd
	Sagarin	33rd
	Golfstat	52nd

Trahan Honors and Awards
2000 ACC Freshman of the Year
2000 All-ACC, First-Team
2000 Freshman All-American, First-Team
2000 Honorable Mention All-American
2000 ACC Academic Honor Roll
2000 Carolinas Golf Association Player of the Year

2001 All-ACC, First-Team
2001 Honorable Mention All-American
2001 ACC Academic Honor Roll
2001 Carolinas Golf Association Player of the Year

2002 All-ACC, First-Team
2002 ACC Player of the Year
2002 Verizon Academic All-American, Third-Team
2002 ACC Academic Honor Roll
2002 Golf Coaches Association All-American, First-Team
2002 Jack Nicklaus Award Winner
2002 Ben Hogan Award Winner
2002 Carolinas Golf Association Player of the Year
2002 Named to ACC 50-Year Anniversary Golf Team

2003 Ben Hogan Award Finalist
2003 Golf World National Player of the Week, Feb.20, 2003
2003 First-Team All-ACC