Cooper Tate

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Thomas Barnes Grimes and Cooper Tate Walking

Photo by: Woody Myers

Class:
Senior
Hometown:
Palm Bay, Fla.
Prev School:
UCF

2025-26: Tate earned Second Team All-Conference and has also put together an exceptional campaign, finishing near the top of leader boards in several tournaments. His season was highlighted by a runner-up finish at the Bluejay Invitational, where he showcased his ability to compete under pressure. Tate recorded a low round of 66 during the year, tying for the seventh-best single round in program history. Additionally, his 54-hole score of 205 at the Mark Simpson Colorado Invitational is tied for the third lowest in school history, capping off a season defined by steady improvement and impressive scoring performances.

2024-25: Played in five stroke play events totaling 15 rounds and recorded a 75.0 adjusted scoring average … Averaged 20.06 weighted points per tournament … Turned in a top-10 finish at the Old Corkscrew Intercollegiate (10th of 60), earning a season-high 47.03 weighted points … Placed 19th at the Summit League Championship, contributing 22.08 weighted points … Also scored in double digits at the Wyoming Cowboy Classic (17.67) … Finished the season with a 135-285-13 W-L-T record.

2023-24 (UCF): Appeared in five tournaments … Shot 224 (+14) in his collegiate debut at the Gators Invitational – hosted by Florida – on the Mark Bostick Golf Course in Gainesville, Florida … Totaled 241 (+25) strokes in The Hayt at Sawgrass Country Club – hosted by North Florida – in Ponte Vedra Beach, Florida … Tate tallied 222 (+9) shots on the Robert Trent Jones Golf Trail at Magnolia Grove at the Mobile Bay Intercollegiate – hosted by Southern Alamba … Posted a 231 (+15) in the Augusta Haskins Award Invitational
on the Forest Hills Golf Course in Augusta, Georgia, - hosted by Augusta … Concluded the season at the Big 12 Conference Championship on the Whispering Pines Golf Course in Trinity Texas, with a 304 (+16) over the four rounds.

2022-23 (UCF): Did not appear in any tournaments.

HIGH SCHOOL
2022 B Class Ranking: 129 … Won the 2021 AJGA Arnold Palmer Invitational Junior with a score of 215 (71-68-76) … Register three second-place finishes, including the 2020 FJT Mission Inn Open (75-71--146), the 2020 AJGA Visit Sanford Junior Open shooting scores of (73-72-145) and the 2020 Pam McCloskey Brosnihan Open (71-70—141) … Finished in fourth at the 2021 FJT Stone Creek GC (69-73—142) and the 2021 FJT CC of Winter Haven (68-74—142) … Inked a fifth-place finish at the 2021 AJGA Ben An Junior Championship (72-73-77) … Tallied a sixth at the 2020 FJT Tour Championship (77-71-75) and eighth at the 2020 AJGA Visit Tallahassee Junior Championship (69-75).