2010-11 Men's Golf
John Hahn
- Class:
- Senior
- Hometown:
- Las Vegas, Nev.
- High School:
- Hudson [Ohio]
What's in The Bag? |
| Driver: Titleist 909 D3 8.5° with Diamana Kaili 83x |
| Fairway wood: Cobra S9-1 Pro 13° V2 |
| Irons: Titlest 7M-ZB Combo Set |
| Wedges: Titleist Vokey 53° Prototype M-grind, 58°Prototype M-grind |
| Putter: Red-x Prototype |
| Ball: Titleist Pro V1X |
John Off the Course |
| Nickname: Hahnny |
| Dream Foursome: Steve Stricker, AJ York, and My Dad |
| Favorite TV show(s): Fresh Prince of Bel-Air, ESPN |
| Favorite music artist: Kenny Chesney |
| Favorite food: Anything barbecued |
| Favorite movie quote: "You want me on that wall, you need me on that wall." ~ A Few Good Men |
| Favorite activity away from the golf course: Spending time with my family |
| Funniest player on the team: Associate Head Coach Rob Wakeling |
Talent outside ofgolf: |
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I chose Kent Statebecause: |
| The best thing about Coach Page: He is a winner |
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Record-Courier Feature (July 4,2010)
Golfweek Q&A (May 4, 2010)
• One of only three, three-time Honorable MentionAll-Americans in school history (Eric Frishette, 1992-93-94; BenCurtis, 1998-1999-2000)
• A two-time All-American Scholar he joined former GoldenFlash Brian Bridges (1990, 1991) as the only two player inMid-American Conference history to be named to both the All-Americateam and an All-America Scholar in the same season in consecutiveyears
• Three-time MAC Golfer of the Year
• Ended his career with a 72.43 career scoring average;second to only Ben Curtis (72.27) in the KSU record book
• Had seven career wins as a collegian tying Eric Frishettefor the most in school history
Set a Kent State single season record with four tournament wins in2010-11
• Won the 2009 Western Amateur and advanced to the round of16 at the 2010 U.S. Amateur
2010-11 SeniorSeason
• GCAA Honorable MentionAll-American
• GCAA Cleveland Golf/Srixon All-AmericaScholar
• GCAA All-Midwest Region
• MAC Golfer of the Year
• First Team All-MAC & MACAll-Tournament
• Academic All-MAC
• KSU Academic Athletic ExcellenceAward
• Named Kent State’s top male athletefor 2010-11 (Merle Wagoner Award)
• His four wins in 2010-11 are tied for the most in thenation this season. (Bank Vongvanij, Florida; Jace Long Missouri;Patrick Cantlay, UCLA)
• Averaging a team best 72.64 strokes per round
• Recorded six top 10s and a had a .751 won-loss finishpercentage
• Ranked 41th in the Golfweek/Sagarin Rankings
• Shot a three-under 210 (71-68-71) and made a nine-footbirdie on the final hole to share medalist honors at the RobertKepler Intercollegiate (Apr. 23-24)
• Won the Fireline Towson Invitational (Mar. 26-27) with aone-under 215 (71-71-73)
• Captured the Louisiana Classics (Mar. 7-8) with a 10-under206 (70-66-70) in the first event of the spring
• Took part in the Western Refining All-American Classic(Nov. 22-23) for the second consecutive year. Placed tied for15th with rounds of 76-68-68 (211)
• Won the Gopher Invitational (Sept. 12-13) with a -10, 206(68-67-71) to start the season
2009-10 Junior Season
• GCAA Honorable MentionAll-American
• GCAA Cleveland Golf/Srixon All-AmericaScholar honors
• GCAA All-MidwestRegion
• First Team All-MAC
• MAC All-Tournament
• Academic All-MAC
• KSU Academic Athletic ExcellenceAward
• First Kent State player since Bryan DeCorso in 1995 toearn All-America and All-America Scholar accolades in the sameseason
• Posted a career low 71.98 scoring average
• Is only the third player in school history (Ben Curtis,1999 & 2000 and Jon Mills, 2000 & 2001) to post a sub-72scoring average
• Earned six top 10 finishes and had a .797 finishpercentage
• Ranked 72nd in the final Golfweek/Sagarin PerformanceIndex and 55th by Golfstat.com
• With a five-under, 211 (72-70-69) he finish tied forsixth at the NCAA Championship equaling the KSU record for the bestindividual NCAA finish
• His performance matched that of the last two-timeAll-America, Jon Mills who placed sixth in 2001
• Carded 19 rounds of par or better, including eight ofhis last nine
• Shot 11 rounds in the 60s including a career low 65 inthe second round of the Administaff Augusta StateInvitational
• Along with his NCAA Championship showing, also tied foreighth at the NCAA East Regional and was the co-medalist at the MACChampionship along with teammate Brett Cairns
• One of just 32 players in the nation to play in theWestern Refining All-American Classic
• Shot a six-under 207 (67-75-68) to finish eighth in thetournament
• Fired back-to-back 68s and just missed an entiretournament in the 60s with a seven-under 206 (70-68-68) at theDavid Toms Intercollegiate
• Took third at the event for his best finish of thefall
• Also placed in the top 10 at the WindonMemorial
• Finished tied for ninth after carding a final round67.
2008-09 Sophomore Season
• GCAA PING Honorable MentionAll-American
• GCAA All-Midwest Region
• MAC Golfer of the Year
• First Team All-MAC
• MAC All-Tournament
• Academic All-MAC
• KSU Academic Athletic ExcellenceAward
• Ranked 39th in the final Golfweek/Sagarin PerformanceIndex and 40th by Golfstat.com
• Just the third KSU sophomore to earn All-American statusand first since Ben Curtis in 1998
• Averaged a league best 72.1 strokes per round
• His average was the fifth lowest in school historybehind only Ben Curtis (1999 & 2000) and Jon Mills (2000 &2001)
• Had two wins on the year becoming the first player to doso since 2004-05 (Ryan Yip)
• Posted 20 rounds of par or better, including 14 of hislast 22 rounds
• Shot nine rounds in the 60s
• Had an 81.6 finish percentage
• Earned four top five and six top 10 finishes on theyear
• Became the first player in KSU history to earn MACGolfer of the Year twice in a career and is just the thirdback-to-back winner of the award in league history joiningToledo’s Brad Heaven (2002, 2003, 2004) and Miami’sMaarten van den Berg (1996, 1997)
• Shot a four-over 217 (75-67-75) to finish tied for thirdat the NCAA Northeast Regional
• Just missed advancing to the National Tournament with asudden death playoff loss on the second hole to eventual NCAAChampionship runner-up Kyle Stanley of Clemson
• Won the 2009 MAC Championship with a nine-under 279(71-68-66-74)
• His third round 66 was the lowest by a KSU golfer duringthe season
• Took eighth at the Administaff ASU Invitational with aseven-under 209 (70-67-72)
• Claimed his first collegiate individual title at theTowson Invitational with a five under 211 (68-73-70)
• Earned his third career MAC Golfer of the Week honor(Oct. 8) after finishing second at the Windon Memorial
• Shot a KSU low six-under 207 (68-70-69) to match theseventh lowest 54-hole score in school history
• Second time in his career he missed an entire tournamentin the 60s by one stroke
• Named MAC Golfer of the Week three times during theseason
• Was KSU’s top finisher in the last six events ofthe year.
2007-08 Freshman Season
• GCAA PINGAll-Region
• MAC Golfer and Freshman of the Year –first ever unanimous selection for bothawards
• First Team All-MAC & MACAll-Tournament
• Two-Time MAC Golfer of the Week
• Named to the Ohio Golfer of the Year watchlist
• Ranked 71st in the country in the Golfweek/SagarinPerformance Index and 107th in the Golfstat Cup
• Led the team with a 73.0 scoring average - lowestscoring average at KSU since 2004-05 and 11th lowestall-time
• Had 15 rounds of par or better, including six in the60s
• Had three runner-up and four top five finishes
• Placed top 10 in eight of 13 events
• Produced a team best 111 birdies, averaging 2.9 perround
• Had a 71.58 average in the final round
• Tied for 33rd at the NCAA Championship (May28-31)
• Shot a 17-over 305 (83-71-73-78) after opening play withan 11-over 83
• Also was 33rd at NCAA Central Regional (May15-17)
• Shot a final round 70 to take third at the MACChampionship (May 2-4) with a one-over 289 (74-73-72-70)
• Was second in the field with 15 birdies over fourrounds
• Earned a second straight runner-up finish with an evenpar 140 (69-71) at the KSU FirstEnergy Intercollegiate (Apr.26)
• Recorded the third lowest 54-hole score in Kent Statehistory with an 11-under 205 (70-68-67) at the BoilermakerInvitational (Apr. 19-20)
• Placed second at the tournament following a final round67 – matching his collegiate low round – to earn MACGolfer of the Week honors
• Moved up 19 places into a tie for 10th with a finalround 70 at the Robert Kepler Intercollegiate (Apr.12-13)
• His 70 marked the lowest round in the field for the54-hole event
• Fired a two-under 214 (71-73-70) to take 10th at theNational Invitational Tournament (Mar. 23-25)
• Earned a MAC GOW honor after he tied for second at theBank of Tennessee
• His score of eight-under 208 (72-67-69) equals theninth-lowest round in the KSU record books
• Also recorded top-10 finishes in the Purdue MidwestShootout (Sept. 8) and the Windon Memorial Classic (Oct.7-8)
• Carded a fall season-low score of 67 in the second roundof the Bank of Tennessee Tournament (Oct. 10-12)
• Shot a 63 to match the non-competitive course record atKSU’s home course, Windmill Lakes Golf Club.
Amateur
• Played in five events in the summer of 2010 averaging 70.6in 19 rounds
• Reached the match-play sweet 16 at the U.S. Amateur afterfinishing tied for 13th in stroke play
• Played in five events in the summer of 2009 averaging 70.7in 19 rounds
• Won the 107th Western Amateur match-playchampionship
• Also finished top 10 at the Sunnehanna Amateur (t-9) andMonroe Invitational (t-7)
• Shot a final round 63 to earn a tie for fourth place atthe 2008 Northeast Amateur Invitational
• Won the 2007 Scott Robertson Memorial 70-66-66=202 byseven strokes
• Finished second in the 2007 Hudson Junior(78-72-71)
• Advanced to the second round of match play at the 2006U.S. Men’s Amateur Championship at Hazeltine National GolfClub
• Placed 22nd in stroke play at the U.S. Junior Amateur(72-73--145) advancing to match play
• Qualified for the event by winning the local qualifier(72-70--142), besting 64 other players
• Finish third at the 2006 Westfield Junior PGAChampionship with a seven-under par (71-68-72-66--277)performance
• Representing the PGA of America at the Harder GermanJunior Masters, he finished second of 34 (76-72-69--217)
• Also captured the 2006 Good Park Junior, the 2005 KielyCup at Canterbury Golf Club and finished second at the 2006 SummittCounty Amateur.
Prior to Kent State
• Was the highest rated Ohioan and ranked 22nd nationallyamong the 2007 graduating class on the National Junior GolfScoreboard (NJGS)
• Is the highest-ranked signee in the history of the KentState golf program.
Personal
• Born February 6 1989 (21 years old)
• Son of John and Marcy Hahn
• Majoring in pre-business management
• Is the first incoming freshman to be awarded the Ben& Candace Curtis Endowed Golf Scholarship.
Career Stats
| LowTour | Low | Par/- | FinishTop | ||||||||
| Season | Rounds | Strokes | 54-holes | Round | Rounds | Events | 5 | 10 | 20 | W-L% | Average |
| 2007-08 | 38 | 2774 | 205 | 67 | 15 | 13 | 4 | 8 | 8 | .781 | 73.0 |
| 2008-09 | 38 | 2740 | 207 | 66 | 20 | 13 | 4 | 6 | 9 | .816 | 72.1 |
| 2009-10 | 43 | 3095 | 206 | 65 | 19 | 14 | 2 | 6 | 10 | .797 | 72.0 |
| 2010-11 | 45 | 3269 | 206 | 66 | 21 | 15 | 6 | 6 | 9 | .751 | 72.6 |
| Totals | 164 | 11878 | 205 | 65 | 75 | 55 | 16 | 26 | 36 | .786 | 72.4 |
