Fintan McKenna
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- Height:
- 6-2
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- Hometown:
- Aberdeen, Scotland
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- Year:
- Senior
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- High School:
- Albyn School
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- Major:
- Business
Bio
2019-20: Started in all seven of C-N's tournaments on the season... Averaged a 74.2 scoring clip through 21 rounds... Notched two top 20 finishes, including a tie for 10th at the North Georgia Fall Invitational... Carded a career-low single round score of 69 in the second round at UNG.
| Tournament | Date(s) | Rounds | Scores | Par | Rank |
| Cougar Invitational Presented by Aflac | 09/23-24/2019 | 3 | 72-76-70=218 | +5 | t-33rd/90 |
| UNG Fall Invitational | 9/30-10/1/2019 | 3 | 72-69-70=211 | -5 | t-10th/82 |
| Queens Invitational | 10/21-22/2019 | 3 | 71-78-71=220 | +7 | t-51st/104 |
| South Region Preview | 10/27-28/2019 | 3 | 77-73-71=221 | +5 | t-17th/78 |
| 2020 Spring Kick-Off Intercollegiate | 02/10-11/2020 | 3 | 87-84-72=243 | +27 | 78th/104 |
| Hurricane Invitational | 02/24-25/2020 | 3 | 74-73-72=219 | +3 | t-35th/90 |
| Panther Invitational | 03/01-03/2020 | 3 | 74-79-74=227 | +11 | t-23rd/74 |
| SEASON TOTALS | 21 | 1559 Avg. 74.2 | +3 | - |
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2018-19: Played in five tournaments with a five-over average score of 76.5... Made two starting lineup appearances at the Coker Fall Challange and the Bobby Nichols Intercollegiate... Tied for ninth at the Walters State Fall Classic.
| Tournament | Date(s) | Rounds | Scores | Par | Rank | W-L |
| Coker Fall Challenge | 09/10-11/2018 | 2 | 76-78=154 | +14 | t-59th/81 | 22-58 |
| Cougar Invitational presented by Aflac | 09/24-25/2018 | 3 | 78-70-75=223 | +10 | t-53rd/90 | 37-52 |
| Walters State Fall Classic | 10/15-16/2018 | 2 | 79-75=154 | +10 | t-9th/61 | 52-8 |
| Spring Kickoff Intercollegiate | 02/11-02/2019 | 3 | 73-80-82=235 | +19 | 53rd/106 | 53-52 |
| Bobby Nichols Intercollegiate | 03/17-19/2019 | 3 | 76-79-73=228 | +12 | t-80th/90 | 10-79 |
| SEASON TOTALS | 13 | 994 Avg. 76.5 | +5 | - | 174-249 |
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2017-18: Saw time as an individual for the Orange and Blue in one event... Tied for 14th at the Walters State Fall Classic at 12-over.
| Tournament | Date(s) | Rounds | Scores | Par | Rank | W-L |
| Walters State Fall Classic | 10/16-17/2017 | 2 | 80-76=156 | +12 | t-14th/55 | 41-13 |
| SEASON TOTALS | 2 | 156 Avg. 78.0 | +6 | - | 41-13 | |
2016-17: Was in C-N's lineup for five events and played in the Tennessee River Rumble as an individual...Had his best performance at the State Farm Intercollegiate, where he shot a six-over 222 and tied for 23rd, his highest finish as a freshman.
| Tournament | Date(s) | Rounds | Scores | Par | Rank | W-L |
| Saint Leo Invitational | 9/19-20/2016 | 3 | 80-75-82=237 | +21 | t-63rd/78 | 15-62 |
| NCAA DII National Preview | 10/03-04/2016 | 3 | 77-77-79=233 | +17 | 88th/96 | 8-87 |
| State Farm Intercollegiate | 10/10-11/2016 | 3 | 73-77-72=222 | +6 | t-23rd/81 | 58-22 |
| McDonough Cup | 10/31-11/1/2016 | 3 | 77-79-75=231 | +15 | t-61st/96 | 35-60 |
| Spring Kickoff Intercollegiate | 2/13-14/2017 | 3 | 80-87-73=240 | +27 | t-69th/83 | 14-68 |
| Tennessee River Rumble | 4/4/2017 | 1 | 85 | +13 | 68th/71 | 3-67 |
| SEASON TOTALS | 16 | 1248 Avg. 78.0 | +6 | - | 133-366 |
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High School: Set the course record at Royal Burgess Golf Club, the oldest golf club in the world with a -9, 62...Stroke average of 75.2 in national events for 2015...Finished 7th at the Paul Lawrie Junior Jug..Vice captain of Royal Aberdeen junior team...Member of Aberdeen Pennant league winning team in 2013 and 2015.
Personal: Son of Aidan and Maria McKenna...Born January 1st, 1998...A business major...Vice president of literary and debating society society...Received full academic colours in senior year of high school.
News mentions
VIERA, Fla. – A 15-over day for No. 22/23 Carson-Newman resulted in a one-spot slide down to sixth-place to close out the Panther Invitational on Tuesday with a 45-over 909.
VIERA, Fla. – Despite shooting six shots higher than Sunday’s opening round, No. 22/23 Carson-Newman held steady at fifth on the leaderboard with a 306 through Monday’s second round at the Panther Invitational.
VIERA, Fla. – No. 22/23 Carson-Newman faced 30 holes of bogey or higher through day one at the Panther Invitational, landing it at fifth-place with a 12-over 300 on Sunday.
JEFFERSON CITY, Tenn. – The halfway mark of the spring 2020 slate takes No. 22/23 Carson-Newman to the Sunshine State for the Panther Invitational at the Duran Golf Club in Viera, Fla. this week.
ALBANY, Ga. – Making a one-spot jump up the leaderboard on Tuesday by book-ending its week at the Hurricane Invitational with another round of 285 to go four-under at the Doublegate Country Club on Tuesday
ALBANY, Ga. – No. 22/23 Carson-Newman went one-under through the first 36 holes of the Hurricane Invitation to sit at sixth with two players in the top 20 on Monday at the Doublegate Country Club.
JEFFERSON CITY, Tenn. – The first of back-to-back tournaments for No. 22/23 Carson-Newman tees off this week as the Eagles head to Albany, Ga. for the Hurricane Invitational, hosted by No. 1/2 Georgia Southwestern at the Doublegate Country Club on Monday and Tuesday.
ST. AUGUSTINE, Fla. – No. 24 Carson-Newman turned in its lowest round of the week to move up into a tie for seventh to close out the Spring Kickoff Intercollegiate at the St. John’s Golf Club on Tuesday.
ST. AUGUSTINE, Fla. – With the first two rounds of the Spring Kickoff Intercollegiate mostly in the books aside from one team still needing to finish due to darkness, No. 24 Carson-Newman sits at 10th with a 36-over outing on Monday at the St. John’s Golf Club.
JEFFERSON CITY, Tenn. – After 103 days away from action on the links, No. 24 Carson-Newman heads to the Sunshine State this week to light the candle on the five-event spring slate at the Spring Kickoff Intercollegiate as the St. John’s Golf Club in St. Augustine.
INDIANAPOLIS – As the spring season gears up this week for No. 24 Carson-Newman, the Eagles find themselves in the middle of the pack in the Southeast Region, sitting at fifth in the first installment of the NCAA Regional Rankings that were unveiled on Friday.
MEMPHIS, Tenn. – A four-under round on Tuesday for Carson-Newman with two Eagles in the top five helped it to bounce back for a third-place finish at the South Region Preview.
MEMPHIS, Tenn. – Tom Forster’s (Oundle, England) six-under performance Monday gave him a share of first-place while helping Carson-Newman to sit in sixth through the first two rounds of the South Regional Preview at the Irene Country Club.
JEFFERSON CITY, Tenn. – Just one event sits between Carson-Newman and its winter hiatus as the Eagles head to Memphis, Tenn. this week for the South Region Preview, hosted by Christian Brothers University, at the Irene Country Club.
KANNAPOLIS, N.C. – Carson-Newman fired its best round of the week with a 282 on Tuesday to close out the Queens Invitational in sixth-place.
KANNAPOLIS, N.C. – With two Eagles in the top 10 of the field, Carson-Newman used back-to-back rounds of 289 to sit in a tie for 11th through the first two rounds at the Queens Invitational.
JEFFERSON CITY, Tenn. – Coming off of its first win of the season at the North Georgia Fall Invitational, Carson-Newman now gears up for its first of back-to-back events to wrap up the fall slate with a trip to the Queens Invitational at the Irish Creek Country Club in Kannapolis, N.C.
DAHLONEGA, Ga. – Carson-Newman made up a seven-shot deficit heading into Tuesday by shooting a field-best 12-under final round of 276 to win the North Georgia Fall Invitational, led by co-champion Tom Forster at a career-best 201 total.
DAHLONEGA, Ga. – Tom Forster matched a South Atlantic Conference record low 36-hole score with a 12-under 132 to sit in second, helping Carson-Newman into second-place by the end of Monday at the North Georgia Fall Invitational.
JEFFERSON CITY, Tenn. – Just days removed from its season-opener at the Cougar Invitational, Carson-Newman now turns its attention to another trip to the Peach State for the sixth annual North Georgia Fall Invitational, starting Monday at the Achasta Golf Club in Dahlonega, Ga.
COLUMBUS, Ga. – Alex Hodge (Knoxville, Tenn.) was one shot shy of scoring in the red for a third-straight round through Tuesday, tying for fourth at the Cougar Invitational presented by Aflac while No. 18 Carson-Newman finishes 14th.
COLUMBUS, Ga. – Alex Hodge (Knoxville, Tenn.) debuted with a bang for No. 18 Carson-Newman as his four-under day landed him in a tie for second, helping C-N to sit at 13th through the first two rounds of the Cougar Invitational presented by Aflac on Monday at the Country Club of Columbus.
JEFFERSON CITY, Tenn. – The 2019-20 campaign gets underway a little later than usual this week as No. 18 Carson-Newman heads to Columbus, Ga. to take on a stacked field at the Aflac/Cougar Invitational.
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