Career Highlights

2015 Tom Cousins Award Winner

2016 Byron Nelson Award Finalist

Redshirt Senior - 2015-16

• Awarded the inaugural Tom Cousins Award at the East Lake Cup Celebration 
• Earned two top-15 finishes in the fall season

• Shot a season low 70 in the first round at the Boilermaker Invite

• Placed among the top 30 at both the Lousiana Classics and the Boilermaker Invitational

Summer 2015

• Won the 2015 Chicago District Golf Association's 96th Amateur Championship
• Tied for 27th overall at the 2015 U.S. Amateur

Senior - 2014-15

• Did not compete during the 2014 fall season

2014 Summer

• Finished 11th at the Illinois Open
• Won the University of Illinois Open

Junior - 2013-14

• Recorded a 75.07 season stroke average
• Competed in three events as part of the team and four more as an individual
• Had two top-25 finishes
• Posted one round under par and one even-par round in 2013-14
• Played in NCAA Championships, the NCAA Sugar Grove Regional and Big Ten Match Play Championships as part of the team
• Notched a career-best 67 in the final round of the USF Invitational on March 4
• Contributed a counting 72 in the first round of the NCAA Championships
• Tied for 25th with a 4-over-par 220 at the Louisiana Classics
• Tied for 49th at the Boilermaker Invitational with a 10-over 226
• Finished tied for 55th at the USF Invitational with a 3-over-par 219
• Tied for 22nd with an 11-over-par 224 at the Wolf Run Intercollegiate in the fall
• Participated in the New Year's Invitational in St. Petersburg, Fla., on Jan. 9-12.

2013 Summer

• Qualified for the 2013 U.S. Amateur

Sophomore - 2012-13

• Posted a season stroke average of 74.85
• Shot a career-best final-round 69 to clinch a career-best 54-hole score of 215 at the NCAA Championships
• Followed that by beating Texas' Cody Gribble 3 & 2 in the NCAA quarterfinal match on May 31
• Tied for 17th at the Big Ten Championships with a 72-hole score of 300 (+12)
• Advanced to U.S. Open sectional qualifying by tying for medalist honors at the local qualifier at Illini Country Club in Springfield, Ill., on May 13
• Had five rounds under par and two at par on the season
• Earned a spot in the lineup prior to the Desert Shootout on March 21-23 and remained there through the end of the season
• Finished 19th at the Boilermaker Invitational and 33rd at the Augusta State Invitational
• Played as an individual at the Louisiana Classics, tying for 13th, and took seventh at the USA Individual Tournament on Feb. 18-19 in Mobile, Ala
• Fired a 218 at the Louisiana Classics
• Carded a 70 four times on the season
• Competed in three fall tournaments: the Wolf Run Invitational, the D.A. Weibring Invitational and the Olympia Fields Country Club/Fighting Illini Invitational
• Shot a 1-under-par 70 at the D.A. Weibring Invitational
• Carded a 54-hole score of 221 (+8) at the Wolf Run Invitational.

Freshman - 2011-12

• Competed at the final six spring tournaments for Illinois, including the NCAA Championships, and at the Louisiana Classics as an individual
• Posted a stroke average of 77.91
• Counted his third round score at the Big Ten Championships, helping Illinois capture a fourth-consecutive conference title
• Contributed both his second and third round scores to the team total at the NCAA Norman Regional
• Carded a career-best tournament total of 225 (+9) at the Augusta State Invitational
• Twice tallied a season-low round of even-par 72.

High School

• Finished second in the IHSA Class 2A State Tournament in 2008 and followed that with a third-place finish in 2009
• In 2010, won six in-season tournaments
• Led the Raiders to both the Big 12 Conference and Intercity Championships
• Medalist at the Big 12 meet
• Won the 2008 IJGA Bettinardi Classic
• Four top-15 finishes in AJGA Tournaments
• 2008-09 Male Athlete of The Year for Bloomington High School
• 2008 State Farm Student-Athlete of the Year finalist
• Four-time All Conference
• Two-time IHSA All-State
• Holds records for lowest season stroke average and lowest career stroke average at Bloomington High School

Personal

• Born June 18, 1992
• Son of Wilson and Susan Burge
• Has one sister, Jennifer
• Majoring in business management
• Member of the National Honor Society
• Illinois State Scholar
• Enjoys bike riding, basketball, and cars.