Nathan Franks
- class Senior
- Hometown Roebuck, S.C.
- High school Dorman
- class Senior
- Hometown Roebuck, S.C.
- High school Dorman
Nathan Franks Bio
AWARDS/HONORS
- Golfweek Honorable Mention All-American (2024)
- PING All-Southeast Region (2024)
- SEC Golfer of the Week (3/15/23, 2/7/24, 3/20/24)
- 2024 Schenkel Invitational Champion
- 2024 Thomas Sharkey Individual Collegiate Champion
- GCAA Scholar All-American (2022-23, 2023-24)
- College 91ÇÑ×Ó Communicators Academic All-District (2022-23)
- SEC Academic Honor Roll (2023, 2024)
- SEC First-Year Academic Honor Roll (2021-22
2023-24 (JUNIOR)
- Earned Honorable Mention All-America honors from Golfweek and was named PING All-Southeast Region after logging a 70.86 scoring average in seven stroke play starts ; shot par or better 14 times in 21 rounds played with eight rounds in the 60s
- Had three top-20 finishes including the first two wins of his career in the spring
- Returned to the lineup for the Baton Rouge Regional after missing four tournaments in the spring due to injury ; led the team with a T-12th finish shooting 215 (-1) ; climbed 15 spots on the leaderboard in the final round with a 66 (-6) that featured eight birdies ; logged a bogey free 30 (-6) on the front nine
- Won for the second time in a three tournament stretch at the Schenkel Invitational (March 15-17) ; fired career-best 54-hole score of 203 (-13) with three consecutive rounds in the 60s ; earned SEC Golfer of the Week honors for the performance
- Earned first career win at the Thomas Sharkey Ind. Collegiate (Feb. 3-4) ; shot 204 (-12) with scores of 68-66-70 ; garnered SEC Golfer of the Week recognition
- T-23rd at the Daniel Island Intercollegiate )and T-24th at the Folds of Honor Collegiate (Sept. 4-6)
2022-23 (SOPHOMORE)
- One of two players to play and start in all 11 events for the Gamecocks
- Led the team with a 71.97 scoring average and a trio of top-five finishes
- Paced Carolina with a T-38th finish at the SEC Championship (April 19-21)
- T-4th at the General Hackler Championship (March 13-14) ; shot 207 (-9) with three consecutive red numbers ; performance earned him SEC Golfer of the Week honors for the first time in his career
- T-2nd at the Palmetto Intercollegiate (March 6-7) helping lead the team to a comfortable victory ; shot 206 (-4) with rounds of 69-67-70 ; was a career-best finish
- Defeated Cameron Tankersley of Ole Miss at the SEC Match Play (Sept. 25-27) ; shot 209 (-1) in the stroke play portion with a T-36th finish ; his final round 65 (-5) matched a career-best, 18-hole score
2021-22 (FRESHMAN)
- Saw action in all 10 of the team’s stroke play events (nine starts in the lineup), posting a scoring average of 72.60
- Posted 13 rounds of par or better
- T-34th at NCAA Norman Regional (May 17-19) after shooting 221 (+5)
- T-34th at the SEC Championship (April 21-23) after shooting 213 (+3) ; carded a 3-under 67 in the second round which matched a season-best, 18-hole score
- Had a season-best T-21st finish at the Hootie at Bulls Bay Intercollegiate (March 27-29) ; shot 214 (-2) with a season-best score of 67 (-5) in the opening round
- T-22nd at the Puerto Rico Classic (Feb. 13-15) with a season-best, 54-hole score of 208 (-8)
- Shot 220 (+4) and T-25th at the Daniel Island Invitational
- Made his debut in Garnet & Black playing as an individual in the J.T. Poston Invitational (Sept. 27-28) ; T-40th at 4-over (217) and shot 69 (-2) in his first collegiate round
PRIOR TO SOUTH CAROLINA
- AJGA Rolex All-American
- 6 in the state in the final SCJGA rankings and No. 126 in the final Rolex AJGA rankings
- Two-time all-state and three-time all-region selection for the Dorman Cavaliers
- T-5th at the 2021 Scott Robertson Memorial
- 2021 5A Upper State Champion
- 2021 Hurricane Invitational Champion
- 2021 Rebel Invitational Champion
- 2020 AJGA Rome Junior Classic runner-up
- 2020 CGA Creed Boys Invitational Champion
- 2020 CGA Mimosa Hills Junior Invitational Champion
- 2019 AJGA Calloway Golf – Ollie Schniederjans Junior Classic Champion
- Member of the Beta Club and National Honor Society
PERSONAL
- Son of Ed and Shannon Franks – has a younger sister, Abby
- Finance major
- The All-Star Special is his go to Waffle House order
- 8-iron is his favorite club in the bag because he feels the most control with it
- Musgrove Mill is favorite course to play in South Carolina
- Sandlot is his favorite movie and Arrow is favorite TV show
- Mountains in the middle of nowhere is his dream vacation spot
CAREER STATISTICS
Year | Events | Rounds | Low 54 | Low 18 | Par/Better | Top 5 | Top 10 | Top 20 | Strokes | Average |
2021-22 | 10 | 30 | 208 | 67 | 13 | — | — | — | 2,178 | 72.60 |
2022-23 | 11 | 30 | 206 | 65 | 14 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 2,159 | 71.97 |
2023-24 | 7 | 21 | 203 | 66 | 14 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 1,488 | 70.86 |
2024-25 | ||||||||||
Total | 10 | 30 | 208 | 67 | 13 | — | — | — | 2,178 | 72.60 |
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