2020-21 Men's Golf Roster
Biography
Career Highlights
- Srixon/Cleveland Golf All-America Scholar (2020)
- Three-Time Spring Academic All-Big Ten (2019, 2020, 2021)
- Big Ten Distinguished Scholar (2018-19)
Senior - 2020-21
- Competed in 12 rounds over four events, including one tournament in the Illini lineup at the Mobile Bay Intercollegiate (Feb. 14-16)
- Ranked seventh on the team with a stroke average of 73.33
- Recorded six rounds of par or better, including a season-best round of 69 (-3) in Round 2 of the Boilermaker Individual (April 10-11)
- Recorded a season-best 54-hole total of 210 (-6) to finish second at the Boilermaker Individual.
Junior -Â 2019-20
- Played in four tournaments in the COVID-19 shortened season
- Appeared in the team lineup at the Maui Jim Intercollegiate (Sept. 13-15)
- Defeated Alabama's Thomas Ponder 4&3 in Match 3 of the Cypress Point Classic (Oct. 28-29)
- Played three rounds at or under par throughout the year
- Posted a 73.08Â season stroke average
Summer 2019
- Tied for 18th at the Monroe Invitational
- Appeared in the field at the Trans-Mississippi Amateur
- Competed at the Illinois State Amateur and the Illinois Open
Sophomore -Â 2018-19
- Appeared in the team lineup in eight tournaments
- Started the fall with three-straight top-20 finishes, highlighted by a 12th place finish at the Macdonald Cup
- Placed among the top 25 at the Tar Heel Intercollegiate.
- Played 10 rounds at or under par throughout the year
- Posted a 72.88 season stroke average
Summer -Â 2018
- Tied for eighth at the 2018 Western JuniorÂ
- Shot 5-under par to take third place at the Magnolia Amateur in Hattiesburg, Mississippi. He combined with Varun Chopra (-2) to take third in the event's team competition as well
- Finished among the top 25 at the Illinois State Amateur and at the Northern Amateur
- Tied for 13th at the Illinois OpenÂ
Freshman -Â 2018-19
- Made his first appearance in the Illini lineup at the OFCC/Fighting Illini Invitational
- Placed among the top 30 at the Crooked Stick Invitational (T-28th) when competing as an individual
- Tied for 15th at the East Lake Cup
- Made the lineup for Illinois at the Louisiana Classics and the Southern Highlands Collegiate
- Tied for 30th at the BIGHORN Invitational
- Posted five rounds at or under par during the year
High School
- Two-time IHSA State champion
- Top 10 finish at the 2017 AJGA TaylorMade-Adidas Golf Junior at Innisbrook
- Three-time Illinois State Junior Amateur Champion
- Four-time all-conference honoree
- Three-time All-State honoree
- Helped Hinsdale Central to four state championship titles
- Advanced to the Round of 32 at the 2015 U.S. Junior Amateur Championship
Personal
- Son of Kevin and Elizabeth
- Has three siblings, Bridget, Meghan and Erin
- Born August 28, 1998
- Lists ping pong as one of his hobbies
- Names Thomas Pieters as his favorite Illini athlete
- Studying Business-AccountingÂ
O'Reilly's Career Statistics |
Year |
Rounds |
Strokes |
Average |
Low Round |
Low 54-Hole Score |
2017-18 |
25 |
1,866 |
74.64 |
67 (-5) |
220 (+4) |
2018-19 |
24 |
1,749 |
72.88 |
67 (-3) |
209 (-4) |
2019-20 |
12 |
877 |
73.08 |
69 (-3) |
215 (+5) |
2020-21 |
12 |
880 |
73.33 |
69 (-3) |
210 (-6) |
Total |
73 |
5,372 |
73.59 |
67 (-5) |
209 (-4) |
Historical Player Information