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2024-25 Men's Golf Roster

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Brantley Baker

  • Class Senior
  • Hometown Leesburg, Ga.
  • High School Lee County
  • Major Construction Management
  • Instagram Brantley__Baker
  • Twitter BrantleyBaker6

Biography

Honors and Awards
2024-25 Second-Team All-Sun Belt
GS Honor Roll Fall 2024 (3.00-3.49 GPA)
GS Dean's List Spring 2025 (3.50-3.99 GPA)
2023-24 Sun Belt Conference Commissioner’s List
2022-23 CSC Academic All-District
GS Dean's List Spring 2024 (3.50-3.99 GPA)
GS Dean's List Fall 2023 (3.50-3.99 GPA)
GS Dean’s List Spring 2023 (3.50-3.99 GPA)
GS Dean's List Fall 2022 (3.50-3.99 GPA)
2021-22 Sun Belt Commissioner's List
GS President's List Fall 2021 (4.0 GPA)
GS Dean's List Spring 2022 (3.50-3.99 GPA)

Senior (2024-25): Co-Team Captain • Season scoring average was 72.48, coming in 29 rounds • Tied for third at the Sun Belt Championship, shooting a 211 (-5) • Recorded two top-five finishes and six top-20 finishes • Shot par or better in 16 rounds and four tournaments • Twenty-one of his 26 rounds were counted • Tallied 89 birdies, along with an eagle and 322 pars, all team highs • Went 4-0 in match play • His low round of 65 was tied for the second-lowest by an Eagle for the season.

Junior (2023-24): One of two captains voted on by his teammates • Had a s season scoring average of 74.14, coming in 29 rounds • Top finish was a T6 at The Stitch • Low round of the season was a 70, coming six times • Shot par or better in seven rounds • Went 2-0-1 in match play action • Recorded 77 birdies and two eagles • Thirteen of his 17 rounds counted toward team scores • Tallied 311 pars on the season.

Sophomore (2022-23): Notched a 72.70 scoring average in nine events and 27 rounds • Shot 66 at Old Town Club Collegiate for lowest round of the season • Recorded two top-20 finishes, including a T19 at the Sun Belt Championship and a T16 at the Old Town Club Collegiate • Carded a team-leading 67 in the first round of the NCAA Salem Regional • Shot par or better in nine rounds • Went 1-1 in match play at Sun Belt Championship.

Freshman (2021-22): Was in the lineup for the last nine tournaments of the season, which included three team wins and six top-5 finishes • Shot par or better in 11 rounds, including eight of 27 in the spring • Had five top-20 finishes, including four in a row in the spring • Shot a season low 67 in the first round of the Schenkel Invitational en route to a T12 finish • Fired a 69 in the final round of The Hayt lead the Eagles with a ninth-place finish and posted a 69 in the first round of the New Haven Regional • Best finish was a tie for seventh at the Thomas Sharkey Individual Collegiate.

Athletic Highlights:
Ranked #8 Junior in Georgia for 2020 Class (Junior Golf Scoreboard)
Won 2021 GHSA AAAAAA State Championship
3-time high school region champion and 3-time state qualifier
Placed 3rd at 2020 GHSA state championships
2nd at 2020 SJGT Four-Ball - 65-67 
1st at 2020 Valdosta Country Club Junior Classic 
1st at 2019 Valdosta Country Club Junior Classic 71-72 
T9 at 2019 Highland Oaks Junior Classic 
2nd at 2019 Brunswick Junior Classic 69-75 
T5 at 2019 SJGT Harris English Invitational
T2 at 2019 SJGT Tournament of Champions 
T5 at 2018 Seminole Junior Classic 
T2 at 2018 Highland Oaks Junior Classic 
1st at 2018 Brunswick Junior Classic 
T4 at 2018 SJGT Championship 74-72 
1st at 2018 SJGT Southeastern Junior 72-66 
T8 at UGA Invitational

Personal: Born Brantley Helton Baker Oct. 3, 2002, in Florence, South Carolina • The son of Jacob and Christine Baker • Has two younger siblings, Bryson and Bennett.

Major: Construction Management
 
Career Snapshot
Year Starts Rds Strk Avg. Low Rd. Low 54 Top Finish Top-5 Top-10 Top-20
2021-22 12 36 2636 73.22 67-Schenkel 213 (-3) T7-Sharkey 0 2 5
2022-23 9 27 1963 72.70 66-Old Town 209 (-1) T16-Old Town 0 0 2
2023-24 10 29 2150 74.14 70-six times 213 (-3) T6-Stitch 0 1 1
2024-25 10 29 2102 72.48 65-Gators 210 (-6) T3-Sun Belt 2 3 6
Total 41 121 8851 73.15 65-Gators 209 (-1) T3-Sun Belt 2 6 14
 
Career Scorecard
2021-22
Tournament Scores Par Finish
JT Poston Invitational* 71-72-76=219 +6 T52
Fighting Irish Classic* 73-70-78=221 +11 56
Bank of Tennessee Collegiate 78-73-66=217 +1 T42
Thomas Sharkey Individual Collegiate 73-75-76=224 +8 T7
Gator Invitational 78-76-67=221 +11 T59
Colleton River Collegiate 69-71-74=214 -2 T18
Schenkel Invitational 67-75-71=213 -3 T12
The Hayt 74-73-69=216 E 9
The Stitch Intercollegiate 72-75-73=220 +4 T17
Sun Belt Championship 77-75-79=231 +15 T34
New Haven Regional 69-72-70=211 +1 T29
NCAA Championships 77-79-73=229 +19 MC
*Played as an individual
2022-23
Tournament Scores Par Finish
Fighting Irish Classic 71-71-74=216 +6 T48
Gopher Invitational 71-74-68=213 E T33
Old Town Club Collegiate 66-71-72=209 -1 T16
Bank of Tennessee Collegiate 70-72-76=218 +2 T37
Thomas Sharkey Individual Collegiate 75-73-76=224 +8 T30
Schenkel Invitational* 75-76-75=226 +10 T59
Haskins Award Invitational 77-73-71=221 +5 T42
Sun Belt Championship 76-73-71=220 +4 T19
NCAA Championship Salem Regional 67-77-72=216 E T52
2023-24
Tournament Scores Par Finish
Valero Texas Collegiate 78-73-72=223 +7 T46
JT Poston Invitational 76-70-70=216 +4 T39
Fighting Irish Classic 73-76-77=226 +16 T71
Bank of Tennessee Intercollegiate 73-75-79=230 +11 T78
Thomas Sharkey Individual Collegiate* 73-76-75=224 +8 T29
John Burns Intercollegiate 75-81-75=231 +15 T100
The Invitational at The Ford* 70-76-73=219 +3 T33
Schenkel Invitational* 70-70-73=213 -3 T23
The Stitch* 70-74-76=220 +6 T6
Sun Belt Championship 76-75=151 +7 -
2024-25
Tournament Scores Par Finish
Gopher Invitational 84-79-79=242 +29 T79
Fighting Irish Classic 72-70-69=211 +1 T12
RedHawk Intercollegiate 69-68-70=210 -6 5
Thomas Sharkey Individual Collegiate* 72-75-59=216 E T10
Gators Invitational 68-65-77=210 E T13
Colleton River Collegiate 76-73-77=226 +10 T42
Johnnie-O Collegiate 77-71=148 +7 T60
Schenkel Invitational 70-76-71=217 +1 T27
Ford Collegiate 72-75-67=214 +4 T19
Sun Belt Championship 71-70-70=211 -5 T3
*Played as an individual

Historical Player Information

  • 2021-22Freshman

  • 2022-23Sophomore

  • 2023-24Junior

  • 2024-25Senior