2018-19 Men's Golf Roster
Townsend, Hugo
Hugo Townsend
- Weight:
- null
- Class:
- Freshman
- Hometown:
- Boden, Sweden
Bio
PING Division 1 All-America Third Team (2020-21)
PING Division 1 All-America Honorable Mention (2021-22)
3x Srixon/Cleveland Golf All-America Scholar (2019-2020, 2020-21, 2021-22)
PINGÂ Division 1 All-West Region (2021)
NCAA Albuquerque Regional Participant (2021)
NCAA Bryan Regional Participant (2022)
2x Mountain West Golfer of the Year (2021, 2022)
2x All-Mountain West (2021, 2022)
Idaho State Amateur Champion (2020)
Duck Invitational Medalist (2021)
4x Spring Academic All-Mountain West (2019, 2020, 2021, 2022)
2x Mountain West Scholar-Athlete (2021, 2022)
CoSIDA Academic All-District (2022)
CAREER: Was the first Bronco to be named conference golfer of the year twice in a career...left Boise State with the second-lowest career scoring average in program history (70.96)...ended his time as a Bronco with the second most top-25 finishes in school history (32)...finished his Boise State career with the most par-or-better rounds in an career in program history (71)...posted the second, third and fourth lowest single-season scoring averages in program history; 69.74 (2021-22), 69.92 (2020-21) and 71.00 (2019-20).
BOISE STATE CAREER
SENIOR (2021-22): Named Mountain West Golfer of the Year for the second-straight season…PING Division 1 All-America Honorable Mention...competed in all 12 events…averaged 69.74, which marked the second-lowest average of any Bronco in a season (minimum 15 rounds)…led the Broncos in top-25 finishes (12), top-10 finishes (six) and top-five finishes (four)…counted 33 of his 34 rounds played towards the Broncos’ score…shot 9-under (66-66-75—207) to finish T12 and help the Broncos to a tournament victory at the Mark Simpson Invitational (Sept. 27-28)…carded 5-under (69-68-71—208) and took second at the Oregon State Invitational (Oct. 11-12)…finished third after shooting 7-under (74-67-68—208) at the Little Rock Invitational (Oct. 18-19)…recorded a third-straight top-10 finish at the Ka’anapali Classic after firing a 10-under, 203 to finish tied for 10th…represented Team Sweden at the 2021 Spirit International Amateur Golf Championships where he took runner-up honors as an individual while helping his team to a gold-medal finish…tied for seventh to help Boise State to a tournament victory at the Redhawk Invitational (April 4-5)…fired 9-under (65-73-69—207) to tie for fourth at the PING Cougar Classic (April 22-23)…finished runner up at the MW Championships where he shot 9-under (70-70-67—207) to finish one stroke behind the leader (April 29-May 1)…was Boise State’s top finisher at the NCAA Bryan Regional, shooting a 1-under 215 to finish tied for 12th...Mountain West Scholar Athlete Award recipient...Academic All-Mountain West.
JUNIOR (2020-21): Won the Idaho State Amateur with a 10-under, 206...fired a 4-under 68 and overcame a three-shot deficit with six holes remaining to win by two strokes...advanced to the round of 32 during match play at the U.S. Amateur...Mountain West Golfer of the Year...finished season No. 17 nationally according to Golfstat.com...named to the 2020-21 PING All-America Third Team...placed in the top 15 of each of the Broncos' eight events, including six top-10 finishes...averaged 69.92...opened the season with 70-72-72=214 (-2) to tie for 11th at Wyoming Desert Intercollegiate, Feb. 19-21...tied for second at Bandon Dunes Championship, March 7-9 at 70-71-67=208 (-5)...won the Duck Invitational by two strokes, March 22-23 with 71-66-70=207 (-6)...tied for sixth at Seattle U Redhawk Invitational, March 29-30 at 74-67-71=212 (-2)...part of team championship at UCSB Collegiate, April 12-13 with a tie for third at 67-71-73=211 (-5)...placed fourth at PING Cougar Classic, April 23-24 with 69-66-70=205 (-11)...carded 69-70-70=209 at Mountain West Championship to tie for first place...eliminated from individual competition on second playoff hole...tied for 15th at NCAA Albuquerque Regional with 72-71-69=212 (-4).
SOPHOMORE (2019-20): Competed in all-seven tournaments...averaged 71.00...chalked up a top 10 and four top-25 finishes...carded a par or better in 13 of 20 rounds...opened the season with a 71-69-74=214 (-2) at the Gene Miranda Falcon Invitational, Sept. 6-8, good enough for a tie for 12th...best performance came at the Alister MacKenzie Invitational, Oct. 7-8 where he shot 65-69-67=201 (-12) and placed sixth...tied for 23th at the Oregon State Invitational with a 67-71-80=218 (+5)...tied for 13th at the Wyoming Desert Collegiate, Feb. 21-23 at 68-71-75=214 (-2)...Srixon/Cleveland Golf All-America Scholar...Spring Academic All-Mountain West...remainder of season canceled March 12 due to coronavirus pandemic.
FRESHMAN (2018-19): Townsend was the only freshman to compete in all-11 tournaments...averaged 72.70 over 33 rounds...earned a top 10 and eight top-25 finishes...opened collegiate career with a bogey-free first round at the Showdown in the Rockies, Sept. 17-18 en route to a tie for 14th at 69-75-73=217 (+1)...logged second-straight top-15 finish at the Husky Invitational, Sept. 25-26 with a tie for 12th at 74-74-73=221 (+8)...recorded a closing-round 67 as part of the winning team at the Bill Cullum Invitational, Oct. 15-16 and finished tied for 17th at 78-71-67=216 (E)...recorded 14 birdies  at the Ka'anapali Collegiate Classic, Nov. 2-4...final-round 66 was his lowest 18-hole score of the season...opened the spring season at the Wyoming Desert Intercollegiate, Feb. 22-24 and tied for 20th with a 76-71-73=220 (+4)...fired off three back-nine birdies in round one of the Bandon Dunes Championship, March 10-12 and earned a 16th-place finish at 73-72-75=220 (+4)...tied for 24th at the Duck Invitational, March 25-26 with a 74-79-68=221 (+5)...recorded his best individual finish of the season with a tie for third at the Ping Cougar Classic, April 19-20...shot 71-67-70=208 (-8)...made first-career postseason appearance at the Mountain West Championship, April 26-28 where he finished tied for 20th at 69-72-71=212 (-4).
HIGH SCHOOL CAREER
A member of the Swedish National Boys team (2016-18), helped lead the team to a fourth-place finish at the European Boys Team Championship in La Manga, Spain in the summer of 2017...won 16 junior tournaments with 11 runner-up finishes between 2010-17, while being the top ranked player in Sweden for his age group from 2012-15...finished eighth at the U21 Swedish Amateur Stroke Play in June of 2018...ranked as high as 1221 in the World Amateur Golf Rankings...the son of two-time Ryder Cup member Peter Townsend...a native of Dublin, Ireland.
 CAREER STATISTICS
PING Division 1 All-America Honorable Mention (2021-22)
3x Srixon/Cleveland Golf All-America Scholar (2019-2020, 2020-21, 2021-22)
PINGÂ Division 1 All-West Region (2021)
NCAA Albuquerque Regional Participant (2021)
NCAA Bryan Regional Participant (2022)
2x Mountain West Golfer of the Year (2021, 2022)
2x All-Mountain West (2021, 2022)
Idaho State Amateur Champion (2020)
Duck Invitational Medalist (2021)
4x Spring Academic All-Mountain West (2019, 2020, 2021, 2022)
2x Mountain West Scholar-Athlete (2021, 2022)
CoSIDA Academic All-District (2022)
CAREER: Was the first Bronco to be named conference golfer of the year twice in a career...left Boise State with the second-lowest career scoring average in program history (70.96)...ended his time as a Bronco with the second most top-25 finishes in school history (32)...finished his Boise State career with the most par-or-better rounds in an career in program history (71)...posted the second, third and fourth lowest single-season scoring averages in program history; 69.74 (2021-22), 69.92 (2020-21) and 71.00 (2019-20).
BOISE STATE CAREER
SENIOR (2021-22): Named Mountain West Golfer of the Year for the second-straight season…PING Division 1 All-America Honorable Mention...competed in all 12 events…averaged 69.74, which marked the second-lowest average of any Bronco in a season (minimum 15 rounds)…led the Broncos in top-25 finishes (12), top-10 finishes (six) and top-five finishes (four)…counted 33 of his 34 rounds played towards the Broncos’ score…shot 9-under (66-66-75—207) to finish T12 and help the Broncos to a tournament victory at the Mark Simpson Invitational (Sept. 27-28)…carded 5-under (69-68-71—208) and took second at the Oregon State Invitational (Oct. 11-12)…finished third after shooting 7-under (74-67-68—208) at the Little Rock Invitational (Oct. 18-19)…recorded a third-straight top-10 finish at the Ka’anapali Classic after firing a 10-under, 203 to finish tied for 10th…represented Team Sweden at the 2021 Spirit International Amateur Golf Championships where he took runner-up honors as an individual while helping his team to a gold-medal finish…tied for seventh to help Boise State to a tournament victory at the Redhawk Invitational (April 4-5)…fired 9-under (65-73-69—207) to tie for fourth at the PING Cougar Classic (April 22-23)…finished runner up at the MW Championships where he shot 9-under (70-70-67—207) to finish one stroke behind the leader (April 29-May 1)…was Boise State’s top finisher at the NCAA Bryan Regional, shooting a 1-under 215 to finish tied for 12th...Mountain West Scholar Athlete Award recipient...Academic All-Mountain West.
JUNIOR (2020-21): Won the Idaho State Amateur with a 10-under, 206...fired a 4-under 68 and overcame a three-shot deficit with six holes remaining to win by two strokes...advanced to the round of 32 during match play at the U.S. Amateur...Mountain West Golfer of the Year...finished season No. 17 nationally according to Golfstat.com...named to the 2020-21 PING All-America Third Team...placed in the top 15 of each of the Broncos' eight events, including six top-10 finishes...averaged 69.92...opened the season with 70-72-72=214 (-2) to tie for 11th at Wyoming Desert Intercollegiate, Feb. 19-21...tied for second at Bandon Dunes Championship, March 7-9 at 70-71-67=208 (-5)...won the Duck Invitational by two strokes, March 22-23 with 71-66-70=207 (-6)...tied for sixth at Seattle U Redhawk Invitational, March 29-30 at 74-67-71=212 (-2)...part of team championship at UCSB Collegiate, April 12-13 with a tie for third at 67-71-73=211 (-5)...placed fourth at PING Cougar Classic, April 23-24 with 69-66-70=205 (-11)...carded 69-70-70=209 at Mountain West Championship to tie for first place...eliminated from individual competition on second playoff hole...tied for 15th at NCAA Albuquerque Regional with 72-71-69=212 (-4).
SOPHOMORE (2019-20): Competed in all-seven tournaments...averaged 71.00...chalked up a top 10 and four top-25 finishes...carded a par or better in 13 of 20 rounds...opened the season with a 71-69-74=214 (-2) at the Gene Miranda Falcon Invitational, Sept. 6-8, good enough for a tie for 12th...best performance came at the Alister MacKenzie Invitational, Oct. 7-8 where he shot 65-69-67=201 (-12) and placed sixth...tied for 23th at the Oregon State Invitational with a 67-71-80=218 (+5)...tied for 13th at the Wyoming Desert Collegiate, Feb. 21-23 at 68-71-75=214 (-2)...Srixon/Cleveland Golf All-America Scholar...Spring Academic All-Mountain West...remainder of season canceled March 12 due to coronavirus pandemic.
FRESHMAN (2018-19): Townsend was the only freshman to compete in all-11 tournaments...averaged 72.70 over 33 rounds...earned a top 10 and eight top-25 finishes...opened collegiate career with a bogey-free first round at the Showdown in the Rockies, Sept. 17-18 en route to a tie for 14th at 69-75-73=217 (+1)...logged second-straight top-15 finish at the Husky Invitational, Sept. 25-26 with a tie for 12th at 74-74-73=221 (+8)...recorded a closing-round 67 as part of the winning team at the Bill Cullum Invitational, Oct. 15-16 and finished tied for 17th at 78-71-67=216 (E)...recorded 14 birdies  at the Ka'anapali Collegiate Classic, Nov. 2-4...final-round 66 was his lowest 18-hole score of the season...opened the spring season at the Wyoming Desert Intercollegiate, Feb. 22-24 and tied for 20th with a 76-71-73=220 (+4)...fired off three back-nine birdies in round one of the Bandon Dunes Championship, March 10-12 and earned a 16th-place finish at 73-72-75=220 (+4)...tied for 24th at the Duck Invitational, March 25-26 with a 74-79-68=221 (+5)...recorded his best individual finish of the season with a tie for third at the Ping Cougar Classic, April 19-20...shot 71-67-70=208 (-8)...made first-career postseason appearance at the Mountain West Championship, April 26-28 where he finished tied for 20th at 69-72-71=212 (-4).
HIGH SCHOOL CAREER
A member of the Swedish National Boys team (2016-18), helped lead the team to a fourth-place finish at the European Boys Team Championship in La Manga, Spain in the summer of 2017...won 16 junior tournaments with 11 runner-up finishes between 2010-17, while being the top ranked player in Sweden for his age group from 2012-15...finished eighth at the U21 Swedish Amateur Stroke Play in June of 2018...ranked as high as 1221 in the World Amateur Golf Rankings...the son of two-time Ryder Cup member Peter Townsend...a native of Dublin, Ireland.
 CAREER STATISTICS
| YEAR | EVENTS | ROUNDS | STROKES | AVG | LOW | TOP 10 | TOP 25 | BEST |
| 2018-19 | 11 | 33 | 2,399 | 72.70 | 66 | 1 | 8 | T3 |
| 2019-20 | 7 | 20 | 1,420 | 71.00 | 65 | 1 | 4 | 6 |
| 2020-21 | 8 | 24 | 1,678 | 69.92 | 66 | 6 | 8 | 1 |
| 2021-22 | 12 | 34 | 2,156 | 69.74 | 64 | 6 | 12 | 2 |
| CAREER | 38 | 111 | 7,877 | 70.96 | 64 | 14 | 32 | 1 |
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