Michael Thompson

Height:
6-0
Class:
Senior
Hometown:
Tucson, Ariz.
Prev School:
University

Collegiate Highlights

Finalist in the 2007 U.S. Amateur
Fell 2-and-1 to Colt Knost in the 2007 U.S. Amateur final at San Francisco's Olympic Club
Collected invites into the 2008 fields of the U.S. Open and the Masters with his U.S. Amateur play
2007 PING All-American, 2nd Team
Finished T-4th at the 2006 NCAA Championships at 5-under par (72-71-66-66/275)
Finished T-4th at the 2007 SEC Championships (77-72-67/216, +6)
Finished T-4th at the 2007 NCAA Central Regional (83-67-70/220, +4)
2007 Greystone Invitational champion at 16-under par, the amateur tournament's record
Finished 2nd at 22-under par at the 2007 The Players Amateur(68-64-65-69/266)
Finished T-3rd at 2007 Jones Cup at -5 (70-69-72/211)
Won his sectional at Pinewild Country Club's Magnolia Course in Pinehurst, N.C., to advance to the 2007 U.S. Amateur(67-69/136, -6)
Alabama's low stroke average leader in 2007 with a 71.89 stroke average in 12 tournament appearances
Has competed in the U.S. Amateur three times, in 2004 (lost in the 1st round), 2006 (missed the cut) and 2007 (the final)
All-conference in two different leagues, the SEC and Conference USA
1st Team All-SEC in 2007; 1st Team All-Conference USA in 2005 (sophomore) and 2nd Team All-Conference USA in 2004 (freshman)
Conference USA Freshman of the Year in 2004; Conference USA Golfer of the Month in March 2004, September 2004 and February 2005
Going into the 2007-08 season, has four collegiate career victories, all at Tulane (3 of those came in playoffs)
Going into the 2007-08 season, has 15 collegiate career top 10 finishes and 25 (out of 35 career tournaments) top 25 finishes
Going into the 2007-08 season, has finished under par in 13 collegiate tournaments
2007 Academic All-SEC (accounting major)
Transferred to Alabama from Tulane after Tulane disbanded golf in wake of Hurricane Katrina
First Team All-Conference USA in 2005 (at Tulane)
2005 Louisiana Sports Writers Association Male Golfer of the Year
Had a 72.7 stroke average in 2005 at Tulane (sophomore) and a 72.88 stroke average as a freshman with the Green Wave
Competed as an individual for Tulane at the 2005 NCAA East Regional, finishing T-16th at 4-under (70-69-70/209)
Won two tournament individual championships at Tulane in 2005 and two in 2004

Prep Highlights

2003 graduate of University High School in Tucson
Coached by Red Morrow
Won Class 4A state team championship in 2003 and team finished second in 2002
Arizona High School State Player of the Year in 2002 and 2003
Team MVP from 1999 through 2003
First Team All-State in 2002 and 2003
Also played varsity soccer in 2002 and 2003, making it to 2003 state finals and 2002 and 2003 regional championships

Personal Information

An Eagle Scout
Thompson was a junior on Tulane's 2005-06 golf team that was displaced by Hurricane Katrina; team was moved to Dallas & the golfers were taking classes at SMU
An accounting major
Fell in love with sport of golf from watching it on TV
Lowest competitive round going into 2007-08 is 64 shot at The Players Amateur; personal low round is 63
Has two brothers, Zach (attending the Air Force Academy) and Ryan, and a sister, Darcy
Parents are both University of Arizona graduates
Parents are Mike and Beth Thompson
Born April 16, 1985