2023-24 Men's Golf Roster
Roster
Johnny Keefer
- Height:
- 5-11
- Class:
- Graduate Student
- Hometown:
- San Antonio, Texas
- High School:
- Lady Bird Johnson HS
One of the most decorated players in program history, Keefer led the program through a period of transition, shattering many program marks in the process ... In 141 career rounds (7th-most), Keefer compiled a career-stroke average of 71.45, setting a new program record, besting Jimmy Walker's previous mark of 71.55 ...ย ย Set program marks for lowest round (63) andย lowest tournament score (198 at the NCAA Chapel Hill Regional), while becoming the only three-time Big 12 Men's Golf Scholar-Athlete of the Year in conference history ... A two-time All-Big 12 selection (2022 & 2024), he is one of just three players to be named to multiple All-Big 12 teams, joining Walker and Kyle Jones โฆ One of fourย players in program history named to the Palmer Cup โฆ Finished 25th in the 2023-24 PGA Tour U standings, earning full status on PGA Tour Americas for the 2024 Season ... One of fiveย players in program history to haveย 19ย or more top-10โs โฆ Tied for seventh-most top-5sย in program history(10)ย ... Finished withย aย 16-5-4ย career record in Match Play โฆ 2024 Scout McNealy Award Winner ...ย 2024 CSC Academic All-America Second Team ... 2023 CSC Academic All-District Team ... Four-time GCAA All-Region selection ... Four-time Academic All-Big 12 Honoree (Rookie Team, First Team, First Team)
2023-24ย (Redshirt Senior):ย Golf Coaches Association Second Team All-American ... Golfweek Third Team All-American ... College Sports Communicator Second Team Academic All-American ... 2024 Big 12 Men's Golf Scholar Athlete of the Year ... 2024 All-Big 12 team ... 2024 Big 12 All-Tournament Team ... 2024 PING All-Region South Team ... 2024 Scout McNealy Award Winner ... Finished outside the top 25 just once, while boasting a team-leading two top-5s, five top-10s and 10 top-25s ... Paced Baylor in below-par percentage (23.2%), par-or-better percentage (83.8%), total birdies (139), par-4 scoring average (4.02) and par-5 scoring average (4.60) ... Ended the season ranked 23rd in the Scoreboard rankings and 25th in the PGA Tour University Standings ... Finished in a three-way tie for individual medalist honors at the Valero Texas Collegiate, on the strength of a pair of 69s to open the event (9/11) ... A second-round 67 put him in a tie for eighth at the rain-shortened Fighting Illini Invitational (9/17) ... Won four of his five matches, helping BU finish second at the Big 12 Match Play (10/11) ... Carded a third-straight top-10 to open the season with a tie for eighth at the Kapolei Invitational (11/2) ... Fired three rounds at par or better to card a tie for 25th at the Prestige (2/21) ... Started 71-68 en route to a tie for 20th at the Cabo Collegiate ... Tied for 21st at the All-American Intercollegiate in Houston (3/19) ... Used a final-round 72 in difficult conditions to help the Bears to a team title at the Aggie Invitational (4/7) ... Suffered his only finish outside the top-25 with a tie for 27th at the ASU-Thunderbird Collegiate (4/13) ... Earned Big 12 All-Tournament Team honors with a tie for 6th at Whisperining Pines, aiding in BU's best finish since 2002 at the championship (4/24) ... A Second-round 64 tied for the lowest single-round in Baylor postseason history ... His score of 198 set the Baylor tournament scoring record, while he finished second to UNC's Austin Greaser at the NCAA Chapel Hill Regional (5/15) ... Tied for 11th at the NCAA Championship, Baylor's highest-finishing individual in NCAA Championship historyย (5/27).
2022-23 (Redshirt Junior):ย Played out of the No. 1 spot in all 13 events this season ... Became the first Baylor player to compete in the NCAA Tournament as an individual since 2009 ... 2023 GCAA All-Region South Team ... 2023 CSC Academic All-District Team ... Led the team in Rounds played (37), percentage ofย rounds counted (90.3%), rounds at par or better (19) and top-25s (8) ... Ended the season ranked 95th (Golfstat), 108th (Golfweek) and 92nd (WAGR) ... Tied for 29th at the season-opening Gopher Invitational, highlighted by a second-round 67 ... Tied for 43rd at the Fighting Illini Invitational ... Closed with a pair of 69s for a tie for 27th at the Trinity Forest Invitational ... Went unbeaten in three of his five matches at the Big 12 Match Play, finishing with a record of 1-2-2 ... Shot 70-72 to tie for seventh at the Bear Brawl at Ridgewood Country Club to close the fall semester ... Started the spring strong, tallying a second-place finish at the Border Olympics on the strength of a 3-under 213 ... Tied for 54th at the Prestige in Palm Springs ... Closed with a 68 to finish tied for 10th at the Cabo Collegiate ...ย Recorded three rounds at par or better en route to a tie for eighth in the 76 player field at the Aggie Invitational ... Improved his streak of rounds at par or better to six with three more at the ASU Thunderbird Collegiate on the way to a fifth-place finish ... Was BU's second-highest finisher at the Big 12 Championship with a tie for 19th ... Led the Bearsย with a 15th place finish at the Morgan Hill Regional ... Used a final-round 68 to become the first BU player to make the cut at the NCAA Championship since 2017, where he finished 52nd ... He wasย Baylor's highest finisher in the NCAA Tournament since 2017.
2021-22 (Redshirt Sophomore) Played out of the No. 1 spot for every tournament, he played a team-leading 29 rounds in ten stroke-play tournaments with a stroke average of 71.34 which led the team and was the seventh-best in program history โฆ Also led the team top-5โs (2), top-10โs (5) and top-25โs (9), Rounds at par or better (18) โฆ Accounted for 33% of the teamโs par-or-better rounds โฆ Led the team in par-3 scoring (3.05), par-4 scoring (4.09), and par-5 scoring (4.63) โฆ The first BU Player to compete in an NCAA postseason event as an individual since 2009, when he finished tied for 11th at the Norman Regional at Jimmie Austin Golf Club โฆ Became the fifth player to shoot two sub-70 rounds in the same NCAA Postseason โฆ Tied a school record with a final-round 63 at the Cabo Collegiate en route to his best finish of the season (T3) โฆ He posted an 4-2-1 mark in a pair of match play events including a 3-1-1 mark in the Big 12 Match Play Championship, capped by a 6&5 victory over Kansas Stateโs Tim Tillmanns โฆ Finished the year ranked 78th in the WAGR rankingsโฆ Ranked a career-best 17th in the NCAA Division 1 Menโs Golfstat rankings and 23rd in the Golfweek rankings โฆ Was named to the Academic All-Big 12 first team for a second-straight season.
2020-21 (Redshirt Freshman) In his first full season, he played 24 rounds in eight stroke-play tournaments with a stroke average of 73.17 which was third best on the teamโฆ Keefer tied for the team lead with eight rounds at par or betterโฆ Tied for first at the Rice Intercollegiate highlighted by a final-round 66โฆ He posted an unbeaten 4-0-1 mark at the Big 12 Match Play Championship capped with a 3&2 victory over Oklahoma Stateโs Austin Eckroat who went on to finish 3rd in the Inaugural PGA Tour U rankingsโฆ Finished the year ranked a career best 76th in the WAGR rankingsโฆ Ranked 104th in the NCAA Division 1 Menโs Golfstat rankingsโฆ Was named to the Academic All-Big 12 first teamโฆ Entered redshirt freshman season ranked No. 166 in WAGR, just off career-best ranking of No. 156 ... Competed in Southern Amateur, Western Amateur and U.S. Amateur in summer 2020 ... Finished in seventh place at 2019 Southern Amateur, just prior to joining Baylor program ... Two-time Big 12 Commissionerโs Honor Roll selection and 2020 Academic All-Big 12 Rookie Team honoree.
2019-20 (Freshman): Earned All-America honors after playing in as part of Baylor lineup in all seven tournaments before season was cut short due to COVID-19 pandemic ... Named Golfweek Third-Team All-America and GCAA honorable mention All-America ... Also named to GCAAโs five-player All-Freshmen Team, joining Cooper Dossey as only Bears in program history named to All-Freshmen Team ... Ping All-Central Region selection ... Finished season ranked No. 30 in Golfweek Division I Collegiate Individual Rankings ... Finished second on team with 70.41 stroke average across 17 rounds of stroke play and went 3-2 in match play ... Posted 11 of 17 rounds at par or better and recorded three top-5 individual finishes ... Combined to score 7-under-par across 17 rounds ... Led team with 4.03 par-4 scoring average, ranked second with 3.00 par-3 scoring average and third with 4.77 par-4 scoring average ... Made 61 birdies over 306 holes, second-most on team ... Began collegiate career playing in No. 4 spot at Gopher Invitational, tied for third place at 3-under 210 to help Bears claim tournament title ... Tied for 34th place at Fighting Illini Invitational, as Bears earned second-consecutive tournament championship ... Was 1-under after two rounds at Nike Collegiate Invitational, but was disqualified on a scorecard error following final round ... Went 3-2 at Big 12 Match Play Championship, earning wins over Oklahoma Stateโs Ferdinand Muller (7&6), Kansasโ Drew Shepherd (5&3) and TCUโs Thomas Allkins (5&3) ... Shot par or better in seven of nine rounds over final three tournaments ... Closed fall season with tie for 19th place at even-par 213 in Royal Oaks Intercollegiate ... Earned second top-5 finish with tie for fifth place in Arizona Intercollegiate at 4-under 209 to begin spring season ... Posted season-best finish with tie for second place at 7-under 206 in Cabo Collegiate ... Named to Academic All-Big 12 Rookie Team and Fall and Spring Big 12 Commissionerโs Honor Rolls.
High School: Attended Lady Bird Johnson High School in San Antonio, Texas ... Ranked No. 10 in 2019 recruiting class and No. 19 overall in Golfweek Junior Rankings at time of signing ... Named 2018 Rolex Second-Team All-American ... Played on West Team in 2018 Wyndham Cup ... Claimed tournament titles at 2017 AJGA Sergio and Angela Garcia Foundation Junior Championship, 2017 TJGT Texas Junior Masters and 2016 AJGA Under Armour Jordan Spieth Qualifier ... Finished as runner-up in 2017 LJT Texas State Junior Championship and placed third at 2016 TJGT Holiday Classic.
Personal: Born in Baltimore, Md. ... Son of John and Judy Keefer ... Played lacrosse from age of five until senior year of high school ... Majoring in accounting.
