Aidan Lafferty

Aidan Lafferty Marquette Intercollegiate at Erin Hills 2019

Marquette Men's Golf headshots during media day at Al McGuire Center on Wednesday August 23, 2023 in Milwaukee, WI.

Height:
5-10
Class:
Graduate Student
Hometown:
Downers Grove, Ill.
High School:
Downers Grove North

AWARDS AND HONORS

BIG EAST Male Golfer of the Week (2/20/20)
BIG EAST All-Academic Team: (2020, 2021-22, 2022-23)

CAREER-BESTS

Single round score: 66 (-6), Minnesota Golf Classic, second round (9/11/2021)
54-hole event score: 212 (4-under-par), Puerto Rico Classic (Feb. 16-18, 2020)

2022-23 (R-Jr.): Competed as an individual in three events ... Shot a 54-hole season best 4-over-par 215 (71-71-73) at the Marquette Intercollegiate. Finished tied for 16th ... Finished tied for 18th at the Badger Individual with a 13-over-par 155 ... Finished the season with a 74.88 scoring average.

2021-22 (R-So.): Competed in six events, participating as an individual in four of them ... Recorded his best single-round score in the second round of the Minnesota Golf Classic, tallying a 6-under 66 before going on to tie for 13th place overall in the event ... Finished tied for 43rd place overall at Bash at the Beach, shooting par-or-better in two of three rounds and carding a 1-over 214 (77-68-69) ... Closed the season with an average round score of 73.72.

2020-21 (R-Fr.): Lafferty competed in MU's lineup in all six events as a redshirt freshman ... He finished as Marquette's No. 1 in the first event of the year, The Prestige at the PGA West - Norman Course in La Quinta, Calif. on Feb. 15-17 ... Lafferty recorded two rounds of par-or-better at The Prestige, including a first round 1-under 70 on his way to a season-low 54-hole score of 217 (+4, 70-71-76) and a tie for 29th overall ... Was MU's No. 2 at the second event of the year, the Valspar Collegiate at The Floridian Golf Club in Palm City, Florida, finishing in a tie for 46th at 11-over par (76-74-74--224) ... Finished as Marquette's No. 4 at the BIG EAST Championship on April 26-28 at the Streamsong Resort Blue Course at 12-over to tie for 34th ... Shot an even-par 72 in the final round of the BIG EAST Championship to finish with a 54-hole score of 228 (74-82-72).

2019-20 (Fr. - COVID): Lafferty played in five events as a freshman, including the final three of MU's seven tournaments in its lineup ... Named BIG EAST Male Golfer of the Week on Feb. 20, 2020 for the first time in his career after finishing tied for 13th in the Puerto Rico Classic (Feb. 16-18) to lead MU with a 4-under 212 (70-72-70) ... Played in his first NCAA event as an individual, tying for 11th at the Pioneer Creek Collegiate in Minnesota on Sept. 7-8 with a 3-under 213 (69-74-70) ... Played as an individual at the Marquette Intercollegiate at Erin Hills and tied for 57th with a 13-over 229 ... Sat just 2-over par through two rounds at Erin Hills after an even-par 72 on Oct. 7 ... Played as part of Marquette's lineup for the first time on Oct. 14-15 at the Crooked Stick Invitational and tied for 32nd with a 9-over 225 (75-74-76), finishing as MU's No. 3 ... Finished as MU's No. 2 at the Hoakalei Country Club Invitational on Oct. 28-30 in Hawaii with a 1-over 217 (72-72-73).

Prior to Marquette: Attended Downers Grove North of Downers Grove, Illinois where he earned four varsity letters for golf and was the 2018-19 Downers Grove North Fall Trojan Pride Award Recipient... Was the No. 1 player on the varsity team his freshman-senior year... Won the MAJGT Donald Ross Classic (76-66) in 2018... Won the MAJGT Classic at Notre Dame (75-73) in 2018... Won the MAJGT Autumn Open (73-36 WS) in 2018.... Finished fourth (71-77-72) at the AJGA Memorial Junior in 2019... Earned a second-place finish at both the Golfweek Junior Tour at Vanderbilt (72-71) and Golfweek Junior Tour at Keene Run (74-70) in 2018... Finished second the MAJGT Sanctuary Open (71-71)... Qualified for The Illinois State Amateur Championship in 2017... Qualified for the Illinois Open in both 2017 and 2018... Qualified for and made the match play portion of the IJGA Chick Evans Junior Amateur Championship in 2017 and 2018.

Personal: The only child of Dan and Tracey Lafferty ... Member of Alpha Sigma Nu national honor society for Jesuit universities and colleges ... Lafferty graduated high school with a 4.66 GPA and as a member of the National Honor Society.

Season	Events	Rounds	Avg.	vs. Par	Low Rd. (54 Hole)	60's	Par or better
2019-20	5	15	73.07	+1.07	69 (212)	1	8
2020-21	6	18	75.11	+3.44	69 (217)	1	4
2021-22	6	18	73.72	+2.06	66 (214)	3	6
2022-23	3	8	74.88	+3.88	71 (215)	0	0
Career	20	59	74.14	+2.47	66 (212)	5	18