2021-22 Men's Golf Roster
Veeti Mahonen
- Class:
- Junior
- Hometown:
- Kirkkonummi, Finland
- High School:
- Porkkalan Lukio
- Major:
- General Business
- Experience:
- 2L
CAREER HIGHLIGHTS |
• SEC Spring Academic Honor Roll (2021-22) • 2021 Spirit International Golf Championship Selection • Srixon/Cleveland GCAA All-American Scholar (2020-21) • SEC Spring Academic Honor Roll (2020-21) • SEC First-Year Academic Honor Roll (2019-20) |
2021-22 (JUNIOR): Did not compete for the Rebels in the 2021-22 season ... Selected to represent Team Finland at the 2021 Spirit International Golf Championship ... Named to the SEC Spring Academic Honor Roll.
2020-21 (SOPHOMORE): Competed in the Ole Miss lineup for all nine tournaments, posting a 74.44 stroke average … Tied for eighth at the Vanderbilt Legends Collegiate (Oct. 25-27), leading the field with 19 birdies and shooting in the 60s all three rounds (67-68-69—204) … His 67 (-4) in the opening round tied a career low … Ended the General Hackler Championship (March 14-16) with a hole-in-one … His even-par 70 helped the Rebels fire the lowest team score in the SEC Championship’s final round of stroke play … Ended the season with a team-low 73 during the final round of the NCAA Stillwater Regional (May 17-18) … Earned Srixon/Cleveland Golf All-America Scholar accolades from the GCAA … Named to the SEC Spring Academic Honor Roll.
2019-20 (FRESHMAN): One of four Rebels to play in all eight events before the season was cancelled mid-spring due to the coronavirus … Posted a 72.58 stroke average, seventh in the SEC among freshman … Recorded 11 rounds of par-or-better, including three rounds in the 60s … Tied for sixth at the Hoakalei Country Club Invitational, leading the Rebels on the leaderboard in a runner-up finish as a team … Shot under par all three rounds to finish at 8-under (68-71-69—208) for a career-low 54-hole score … Top-25 finish at the Windon Memorial (72-73-71—216) … Tied for 29th in his collegiate debut at the Badger Invitational … Tied for 31st at the Jerry Pate National Intercollegiate thanks to a career-low 3-under 67 in the final round ... Named to the First-Year SEC Academic Honor Roll.
HIGH SCHOOL: Helped lead Team Finland to a European Amateur Team Championship in 2018 … Won the Finnish Junior National Championship in 2017 … Posted three top-5s on the Finnish Tour as an amateur … Runner-up finish at the 2019 Finnish National Stroke Play Championship after becoming the bronze medalist at the event in 2017 ... Maintained stroke average of 70.0, with a low of 66 ... Coached by Sauli Suomela.
YEAR-BY-YEAR | ||||||||||||
Year | Tournaments | Rounds | Strokes | Avg. | Best 18 | Best 54 | Top 5 | Top 10 | Top 20 | Best Finish | ||
2019-20 | 8 | 24 | 1,742 | 72.58 | 67 | 208 | 1 | 1 | 1 | T6 | ||
2020-21 | 9 | 27 | 2,010 | 74.44 | 67 | 204 | - | 1 | 1 | T8 | ||
2021-22 | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | ||
Total | 17 | 51 | 3,752 | 73.57 | 67 | 204 | 1 | 2 | 2 | T6 |
CAREER BESTS | |||||||||||
Low 18 | 67, 2x (MR: Vanderbilt Legends Collegiate, 2020-21) | ||||||||||
Low 54 | 204 (Vanderbilt Legends Collegiate, 2020-21) | ||||||||||
Best Ind. Finish | T6 (Hoakalei Country Club Invitational, 2019-20) |