Simon Kwon watches a tee shot through the closing spherical of the a hundred and twenty fifth Utah State Novice Championship on the Salt Lake Nation Membership in Salt Lake Metropolis on Saturday, July 1, 2023. BYU introduced Friday that Kwon shall be becoming a member of the Cougars golf group with two years of eligibility remaining. Spenser Heaps, Deseret Information
The NCAA switch portal simply paid off in a giant approach for the BYU males’s golf group.
On Friday, the Cougars introduced the addition of Simon Kwon, a former California Golden Bear and the reigning Utah State Novice champion.
“Simon is a good participant and an equally good younger man,” BYU coach Bruce Brockbank mentioned in a press release. “He has confirmed that he can shoot good scores and win on the highest ranges of golf and he'll make an instantaneous influence for our group as quickly as he steps on campus this fall.”
Added BYU director of golf Todd Miller: “Simon is a good addition to our 2023-24 roster. He's the form of younger man that's all the time trying to enhance each within the classroom and on the golf course. Our teaching employees and gamers are extraordinarily excited so as to add his constructive power and relentless work ethic to the BYU golf household.”
A rising junior, Kwon has two years of eligibility remaining.
Kwon, who prepped at Skyline Excessive in Salt Lake Metropolis, introduced his dedication to the Cougars shortly after successful the a hundred and twenty fifth Utah State Novice Championship final weekend.
As a sophomore with Cal final season, Kwon competed in 9 occasions, with a median rating of 72.71. His finest end got here on the Alister Mackenzie Invitational at Sonoma Golf Membership, the place he carded rounds of 69-73-70 — 212. His low 18-hole spherical of 67 got here within the opening spherical of the John A. Burns Intercollegiate.
Recruited by Cal, BYU, Utah, Pepperdine, USC and Notre Dame out of highschool, Kwon was a four-time 6A Utah All-State honoree, the 2021 Excessive College Golf Nationwide Invitational medalist, the 2020 Utah Junior Golf Affiliation Participant of the Yr, and gained three 6A Utah State Championships.
The grandson of BYU and World Golf Corridor of Famer Johnny Miller, nephew of the aforementioned Todd Miller, plus former BYU golfers Andy Miller and Scott Miller, Kwon has notable connections to BYU and was recruited exhausting by the Cougars, each popping out of highschool and once more when he entered the switch portal.
The later efforts clearly paid off.
“Coach Brockbank and I attempted to recruit Simon out of highschool, so it’s good to get a child you already wished by the switch portal,” Miller mentioned. “His efficiency on the Utah State Novice Championship every of the final two years has been extraordinarily spectacular and it’s all the time good to have somebody in your group that feels snug in match play.”