Set program record for career scoring average with a 74.4 (83 rounds)
2022-23: GCAA All-Region (Central) Golfer ... First Team All-Conference performer ... Broke program's single-season scoring-average (73.0) ... received Week 2 GPAC Golfer of the Week following his sixth-place finish at the Siouxland Invite ... played in all 11 events of the season ... 27 rounds … led the team in scoring average … shot a season-low round of 66 at the Siouxland Invite (Round 3) … had a season-best finish of tied-for-second place at the Sioux Falls Invite ... four top-ten finishes ... one top-five finish.
2021-22: First Team All-Conference golfer ... 10 events ... 21 rounds ... had two top five and four top ten finishes ... shot a season best 67 at the Grand View Invitational (Second Round) ... placed first on the team with a 73.9 scoring average ... member of the team that is tied for seventh all-time for a single round score for the Raiders (281)
2020-21: First Team All-Conference golfer... earned a top 10 finish at the GPAC Championship ... second lowest scoring average on the team (75.3) ... earned one top five finish ... five top ten finishes ... shot a season best (70) at the Siouxland Invite where he tied for 3rd
2019-20: 6 events ... 13 rounds ... had the second lowest scoring average on the team (76.6) ... one top five ... one top 10 finish ... tied for 16th at the 36-hole GPAC Championship ... best finish - 2nd @ Siouxland Invite ... low round - 65 @ Siouxland Invite (Round 2).
Academic: Finance major.
Personal: son of Tim and Dawn Murphy; brother to Colin.
Favorite Bible Verse: Ephesians 5:15-16
Season Stats:
2022-23: 11 events … 27 rounds … scoring average – 73.0 … low round - 66 … best finish - T2nd
2021-22: 9 events ... 20 rounds ... scoring average - 73.4 ... low round – 69 ... best finish – 2nd
2020-21: 10 events ... 22 rounds ... scoring average - 75.3 ... low round - 70 ... best finish - T3rd
2019-20: 6 events ... 13 rounds ... scoring average - 76.6 ... low round - 65 ... best finish - 2nd
Career Totals: 36 events ... 83 rounds ... 74.4 scoring average ... 6 top 5's ... 15 top 10's
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High School: outstanding six-year career playing for Tea Area High School; won the 2018 Class A Individual State Championship while leading his team to the state championship, their second state title in three years (also won in 2016); captured the Dakota 12 Conference Individual championship three years and earned medalist honors 15 times during his career; first team all-state pick in the 2017 and 2018, Murphy has an 18-hole scoring average of 73.4 and a career-best round of 67 (-4).
