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2020-21 Men's Golf Roster

Big Ten Conference

Brendan O'Reilly

  • Class Senior
  • Hometown Hinsdale, Illinois
  • High School Hinsdale Central

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 - 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 73.08 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 - 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 - 2018

  • Tied for eighth at the 2018 Western Junior 
  • 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 Open 

Freshman - 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-Accounting 
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

  • 2017-18Freshman

  • 2018-19Sophomore

  • 2019-20Junior

  • 2020-21Senior