Honors & Awards

• Fred Haskins Award Finalist (2023)
• GCAA PING All-America First Team (2023)
• NCAA All-American - Top-15 finisher at NCAA Championship (2023)
• Golfweek All-America Second Team (2023)
• Two-Time GCAA PING All-Midwest Region (2022, 2023)
• All-Big Ten Championships Team (2023)
• All-Big Ten Championship Bronze Medalist (2023) 
• Two-Time All-Big Ten First Team (2022, 2023)
• Two-Time Big Ten Sportsmanship Award (2022, 2023)
• CSC Academic All-District (2023)
• Four-Time GCAA All-America Scholar (2020, 2021, 2022, 2023)
• Four-Time Spring Academic All-Big Ten (2020, 2021, 2022, 2023)
• Two-Time Big Ten Distinguished Scholar (2019-20, 2020-21)

Fifth-Year Senior - 2022-23 (As of 5/1/23) 

• Unanimous selection for first-team All-Big Ten, and recipient of Illinois' Big Ten Sportsmanship Award (5/2/23)
• Finalist (top 10) for the Fred Haskins Award along with teammate Adrien Dumont de Chassart (5/22/23)
• Selected to represent Team USA at the 2023 Arnold Palmer Cup, set for June 8-10, at Laurel Valley Golf Club in Ligonier, Pa. (4/25/23)
• Played in the lineup in all 12 tournaments
• Earned spot on All-Big Ten Championship team with a top-5 (T3rd) individual finish to claim a bronze medal
• Second on the team with a stroke average of 70.17, nearly two strokes better than his previous best of 71.85 set in 2021-22
• Recorded 12 consecutive top-16 finishes, including seven top-5s at the OFCC/Fighting Illini Invitational (5th), Folds of Honor Collegiate (T5th), Dayton Flyer Invitational (T4th), Hal Williams Collegiate (T2nd), Southern Highlands Collegiate (T3rd), Fighting Illini Spring Collegiate (5th), and Big Ten Championship (T3rd)
• Shot a career-low-tying score of 65 (-6) in the final round of the Hal Williams Collegiate to finish with a career-low 54-hole total of 203 (-10) and earn the best finish (T2nd) of his career as an Illini
• Matched his career-low (65) in the second round of the 2023 Big Ten Championship at Galloway National Golf Club
• Tied for first on the team with 27 of 35 rounds at par or better...Recorded 13 rounds in the 60s, second on the team
• Second on the team as Illinois’ top finisher in four events on the year including his tie for third to lead Illinois to the team title at the prestigious Southern Highlands Collegiate (Feb. 26-28), and his tie for third at the Big Ten Championship (April 28-30)
• Earned two B1G Golfer of the Week honors on Feb. 15, 2023 and March 1, 2023.

Summer - 2022

• Tied for 23rd at the 69th Sunnehanna Amateur (June 15-18)
• Competed at the 60th Northeast Amateur (June 22-25), and the 116th Southern Amateur at Sea Island Golf Club (July 13-16)
• Runner-up finish at the 91st Illinois State Amateur Championship (July 19-21) at Westmoreland Country Club
• Advanced to match play at both the 120th Western Amateur (July 31-Aug. 5) and at the U.S. Amateur (Aug. 15-21)
• Qualified for U.S. Am as runner-up to teammate Piercen Hunt at local qualifier at Watertown Country Club in Watertown, Wis. (July 1).

Senior - 2021-22 

• First-team All-Big Ten selection and Big Ten Sportsmanship Award honoree
• PING All-Midwest Region selection
• Played in the lineup in all 12 tournaments
• Second on the team with a stroke average of 71.61, more than a full stroke better than his previous season-best of 72.53 as a sophomore in the COVID-19-shortened 2019-20 season
• Recorded top-20 finishes in seven of 12 tournaments including a trio of third-place finishes at the Hoosier Collegiate Invitational (Sept. 5-6), the Boilermaker Invitational (April 9-10) and the Robert Kepler Intercollegiate (April 23-24)
• Shot a career-low round of 65 (-7) in Round 2 of the Augusta Haskins Award Invitational and finished with a personal-best 54-hole total of 207 (-9) t tie for sixth, one of three-consecutive top-10 finishes to close out the regular-season schedule
• Ranks second on the team with 19 rounds of par or better on the year
• Recorded 10 rounds in the 60s, second on the team
• Also ranked second on the team as Illinois' top finisher in four events on the year including his 13th-place finish at Southern Highlands (Feb. 27-March 1), tying for sixth at the Augusta Haskins Award Invitational (April 2-3), tying for third at the Robert Kepler Intercollegiate (April 23-24), and tying for 12th at the NCAA New Haven Regional (May 16-18)
• Named B1G Golfer of the Week: April 7, 2022

Summer - 2021

• Earned a top-20 finish (T19) at the Trans-Mississippi Amateur Championship (July 6-9) at Windsong Farm Golf Club
• Finished 53rd in the Southern Amateur Championship (July 14-17) at Old Waverly Golf Club
• Placed fifth with a 72-hole total of 279, four strokes back, at the 2021 Illinois State Amateur (July 20-22) at Mistwood Golf Club
• Competed at the Western Amateur Championship (July 26-31)
• Placed 37th at the Illinois Open Championship (Aug. 2-4) at White Eagle Golf Club

Junior - 2020-21

• Played in the lineup in all 10 tournaments
• Ranked fifth on the team with a stroke average of 73.13
• Earned three top-10 finishes, including a career-best finish (T-3rd) in the season opener at the Mobile Bay Intercollegiate (Feb. 14-16)
• Notched a top-10 finish at the 2021 Big Ten Championship (April 30-May 2)
• Shot a season-low round of 69 (-3) in Round 2 of the Mobile Bay Intercollegiate, and again in Round 2 of the Boilermaker Invitational (April 10-11)
• Shot a career-low 54-hole total of 209 (-7) at the Mobile Bay Intercollegiate
• Played 11 rounds at par or better.

Summer/Fall - 2020

• Tied for 13th at the Sizzler Amateur (June 22-24)
• Finished 34th at the Palmetto Amateur (July 8-11)
• Recorded top-20 finish (T18th) at the Northern Amateur (July 22-24)
• Tied for 25th at the Illinois Open Championship (Aug. 3-5)
• Tied for 10th at the GCAA Amateur Series at the U of I Orange Course in Savoy (Sept. 19-20)
• Won the Golfweek Indiana Amateur (Oct. 3-4) by two strokes
• Tied for seventh the Golfweek Purdue Amateur (Oct. 10-11)
• Finished fifth at the HNS Amateur Open (Oct. 18-19)
• Placed fifth at the Sunshine State Amateur (Nov. 23-25)
• Tied for 10th at the South Beach International Amateur (Dec. 19-22)
• Tied for second at the Orlando International Amateur (Dec. 28-30)

Sophomore - 2019-20

• Played in five tournaments during the COVID-19 shortened season
• Appearing in the team lineup in two tournaments
• Also competed in the Cypress Point Classic (Oct. 28-29)
• Earned two top-20 finishes including a top-10 finish at the Mea Lanakila Individual (Sept. 13-15)
• Tied a career-low with a 68 (-2) in the opening round of the OFCC/Fighting Illini Invitational (Sept. 20-22)
• Recorded a career-best 54-hole total of 211 (-5) at the Sports Authority Intercollegiate (Feb. 10-11)
• Played eight rounds at or under par

Summer 2019

• Placed among the top 20 at the Illinois State Amateur (T19)
• Earned an eighth place finish at the Illinois Open, finishing 4-under par

Freshman - 2018-19

• Played in eight tournaments for the Orange and Blue, appearing in the team lineup in four events
• Earned four top-20 finishes throughout the season, including two top-10s
• Appeared in the team lineup at the NCAA Myrtle Beach Regional and the NCAA Championships
• Posted a career-low 68 (-2) at the Macdonald Cup
• Played eight rounds at or under par

High School

• 2018 Peoria Journal Star Male Athlete of the Year
• 2018 Illinois State Junior Amateur Champion
• Two-time IHSA 2A State Golf Champion (2014, 2017)
• Broke the IHSA State Tournament all-time low records (all classes) with a single-round 63 and a two-day total of 129
• Four-time First Team All Mid-Illini Conference honoree
• Three-time First Team All-State Class 2A Honoree
• Three-time Peoria Journal Star Golfer of the Year
• Helped Morton High School to back-to-back State Championships in 2014 and 2015
• Two-time participant in the USGA U.S. Junior Amateur

Personal

• Son of Michael and Michele Kuhl
• Born November 21, 1999
• Brother, Pete, plays golf at Wisconsin
• Majoring in Recreation, Sport and Tourism
• Lists Tiger Woods as his favorite athlete
• Enjoys playing ping pong and fishing in his spare time

Career Statistics

Career Results

^ - Competed as an individual and did not count toward team score