Bio

Honors and Awards

• 2023-24 Cobalt Golf All-America Scholar.

As a Graduate

• Transferred to University of Tampa for 2023-24 season.
• Played 21 rounds for the Spartans.
• Posted an average score of 74.52 (+3).
• Opened season tied for 66th with a score of 230 at NSU Shark Invitational.
• Tied for 39th with a score of 225 at Hurricane Invitational.
• Playing Copperhead Championship, tied for 29th with a score of 220.
• Finished tied for 15th at Matlock Collegiate Classic, with a total score of 221.
• At Saint Leo Invitational, was 70th with a score of 223.
• 59th with a score of 224 at First Federal Southeastern Collegiate.
• Tied for 40th with a score of 222 at 2024 NCAA DII South-SE Regional.

As a Senior

• Competed at Iowa, playing in five tournaments for total of 15 rounds.
• Posted a 75.1 average with a low round of 68.
• Had one round of par or better.
• Finished in top five at one tournament.

As a Junior

• Competed in 18 rounds for Iowa in the 2021-22 season.
• Had 3-1-0 performance at Big Ten Match Play that tied Mac McClear and Callum Macfie for the best individual Hawkeye record at the event.
• Finished runner-up at the Hawkeye Invitational, shooting a career low 209 (-7) through 54 holes as well as firing off a career low 18-hole score of 65 (-7) in Round Two at the event.
• 74.2 stroke average ranked fourth on the team.
• Finished third at US Open local qualifier at season’s end with a round of 70 (-2) at Blue Top Ridge Golf Course.
• Competed in US Open final qualifier in Jupiter, Florida
• Competed at the Williams Cup in the fall of 2021, finishing with a 54-hole score of 230 (+14)

As a Sophomore

• Played 11 rounds in the last four tournaments of 2020-21 season.
• Posted an 18-hole stroke average of 77.6.
• Three rounds at or below par, including a career-best 68 at the Hawkeye Invitational.
• Tied for 10th place at the Big Ten Championships, helping Iowa finish runners-up.
• Tied for 19th place at the Hawkeye Invitational, firing a career-best 54-hole score of 216 competing as an individual.

As a Freshman

• Did not compete in Spring 2020 as season canceled by Big Ten Conference and NCAA on March 12, due to COVID-19.
• Competed in two tournaments in fall of 2019.
• Made Hawkeye debut at Gopher Invitational.
• Carded a personal-best 73 in the third round of the Gopher Invite.
• Competed as an individual in the Golfweek Conference Challenge.

High School

• Graduated from Jacob’s High School.
• Team captain for Eagles from 2017-19.
• Played number two as freshman, number one for final three years.
• Coached by Gary Conrad.
• Second ranked golfer in Illinois and 96th nationally in the class of 2019.
• Two-time Northwest All-Area First Team, All-Region, and All-Conference selection.
• Named the 2018 NW Herald Golfer of the Year.
• Earned the first All-State Honors for a golfer at Jacobs High School.
• Placed fifth at the Illinois 3A State Championship in 2018, shooting 72 (E).
• Led his team to the 2018 Sectionals after finishing first at Illinois Regionals as an individual with a score of 68 (-3).
• Recorded a second-place finish at the 2017 IJGA Medinah Country Shrine Invitational.
• Finished first at the 2017 Illinois 3A Sectional Gurnee (Warren).
• Placed first at the 2017 AJGA Under Armour Canadian Championship in Ontario.

Personal

• Helped at junior golf clinics.
• Professional communications major.
• Son of Tim and Deanne Tighe.
• Has a younger brother, Nolan Tighe.
• Brother plays lacrosse at Florida Southern College.
• Birthdate: 7/30/2000.

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