Player Bio: Darren Wallace - University of Washington Official Athletic Site
April 18, 2013 | Men's Golf
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Washington & Amateur Notes
• Three-year Husky letterwinner
• Third team PING All-American (2009)
• Led squad to a first-place team finish at the 2009 Pac-10 Championships
• Won the 2009 Pac-10 Championships individual title
• Named to the All Pac-10 first team
• Helped squad to seventh-place team finish at 2008 NCAA Championships
• UW's top finisher at 2008 Pac-10 Championships, tying for 13th (3-over 287)
• Had three top-10 finishes, two as a freshman
• Competed in the 2007 U.S. Amateur
• Tied for 49th at 2006 Canadian Men's Amateur, qualifying for match play
• Youngest player to ever win Canadian Amateur in 2004
2009-10 (Senior)
• Shot a season-high 3rd at the NCAA West Regionals after leading the tournament for the first two rounds
• Recorded a season-best 69 in the first round of the U.S. Intercollegiate
• Four top-20 finishes this season
• 2009 Third-Team PING All-American
• Has played eight rounds under par
• Was the 2009 Pac-10 Individual Medalist, just the third Husky to win the conference tournament
• Tied with teammate Nick Taylor for 41st at the NCAA Championships
2009-2010 RESULTS BY TOURNAMENT
| Date | Score | Tournament | Overall Place | Place On Team |
| Sept. 8-10 | 77-71-70-218 (+2) | Topy Cup | T12th of 60 | 4th of 5 |
| Sept. 27-28 | 73-73-77-223 (+7) | PING/Golfweek Invitational | T19th of 75 | 3rd of 5 |
| Oct. 11-13 | 77-78-73-228 (+12) | The Prestige at PGA West | T51st of 80 | 5th of 5 |
| Feb. 3-5 | 74-73-75-222 (+6) | Waikoloa Invitational | T40th of 120 | 4th of 5 |
| Feb. 14-16 | 70-72-73-215 (+2) | Battle at the Beach | T26th of 86 | 4th of 6 |
| March 8-9 | 77-70-76-223 (+10) | Fresno Lexus Classic | T41st of 99 | 5th of 6 |
| April 2-3 | 72-76-69-217 (+4) | ASU Thunderbird Invitational | T45th of 89 | 4th of 5 |
| April 11-13 | 69-72-71-212 (+2) | U.S. Intercollegiate | T19th of 107 | 2nd of 5 |
| April 26-28 | 72-72-72-73-289 (+5) | Pac-10 Championships | 41st of 60 | 6th of 6 |
| May 20-22 | 70-69-72-210 (-6) | NCAA West Regional | T3rd of 75 | 3rd of 5 |
| June 1-3 | 75-70-72-217 | NCAA Championship | T41st of 154 | 2nd of 5 |
2008-09 (Junior)
• Earned Third Team PING All-America honors
• Named Pac-10 Player-of-the-Month for April
• Won the Pac-10 Championship at Seattle Golf Club with an 11-under (70-72-65-70) 277
• UW's No. 2 finisher, and the overall runner-up, at the US Intercollegiate in Palo Alto, Calif., carding an 11-under 199
• Helped set a UW record with a third-round 63 at the US Intercollegiate, tying teammate Nick Taylor for the lowest third-round score in school history
• UW's No. 3 overall finisher with a 3-over 219 at the Oregon Duck Invitational
• UW's No. 2 overall finisher with a 6-over 222 at the US Collegiate
• UW's No. 2 finisher at the Lexus Classic, carding a 1-under 216
• Shot a 4-over 217 to finish as UW's No. 1 overall golfer at the USC Collegiate
2008-2009 RESULTS BY TOURNAMENT
| Date | Score | Tournament | Overall Place | Place On Team |
| Sept. 12-14 | 75-79-75-229 | Gopher Invitational | T42nd of 65 | 5th of 5 |
| Sept. 29-30 | 77-73-78-228 | Husky Invitational | T41st of 66 | 9th of 10 |
| Nov. 3-5 | 77-74-83-234 | CordeValle Collegiate | T58th of 76 | 6th of 6 |
| Feb. 23-24 | 70-71-76-217 | USC Collegiate Invite | T18th of 79 | 2nd of 6 |
| March 9-10 | 75-73-67-215 | Fresno State Lexus Classic | T5th of 99 | 2nd of 5 |
| March 23-24 | 70-75-74-219 | Oregon Duck Invite | T10th of 78 | 3rd of 8 |
| April 5-7 | 75-71-76-222 | United State Collegiate /td> | T19th of 77 | 2nd of 5 |
| April 18-19 | 67-69-63-199 | U.S. Intercollegiate | 2nd of 87 | 2nd of 6 |
| April 27-29 | 70-72-65-70-277 | Pac-10 Championship | 1st of 60 | 1st of 6 |
| May 14-16 | 72-73-80-225 | NCAA Central Regional | T34th of 75 | 5th of 5 |
| May 27-29 | 72-72-72-216 | NCAA Championship | T23rd of 156 | T2nd of 5 |
2007-08 (Sophomore)
• Played in all 14 tournaments, team's top finisher in two events
• Finished third on the squad with a 74.26 stroke average
• Carded three rounds in the 60's and seven rounds under par
• UW's fourth-best finisher at the NCAA Championships, tying for 64th (25-over 313)
• Tied for 46th at NCAA West Regional (8-over 224)
• UW's top finisher at Pac-10 Championships (t13th, 3-over 287)
• Set career bests for both 54-hole and 18-hole scores at the Alister Mackenzie Invite with a 7-under 206 for the tournament and a 6-under 66 in the first round
• His 66 at the Mackenzie Inv. ranks tied for the third-best first round score in UW history
• Tied with Zach Bixler for team lead at Mackenzie Invite with an eighth place finish
• UW's No. 2 finisher at the CordeValle Collegiate (t25th, 3-over 219)
• UW's No. 2 finisher at the PING Arizona Intercollegiate (t26th, 5-over 218)
• Tied for 21st at the GADO North Texas Classic (5-over 221)
• UW's No. 2 finisher at the USC Collegiate Invite (t14th, 11-over 224)
2007-2008 RESULTS BY TOURNAMENT
| Date | Score | Tournament | Overall Place | Place On Team |
| Oct. 1-2 | 76-75-151 | Husky Invitational | T24th | 3rd |
| Oct. 8-9 | 66-70-70-206 | Alister MacKenzie Invitational | T8th | T1st |
| Oct. 21-22 | 78-78-77-233 | Big Ten/Pac-10 Challenge | T42nd | 5th |
| Nov.5-7 | 69-77-73-219 | CordeValle Collegiate | T25th | 2nd |
| Jan. 28-29 | 73-72-73-218 | PING Arizona Intercollegiate | T26th | 2nd |
| Feb. 6-8 | 71-69-75-215 | UH-Hilo Invitational | T53rd | 3rd |
| Feb. 17-18 | 72-73-76-221 | GADO North Texas Classic | T21st | 3rd |
| March 3-4 | 74-70-80-221 | USC Collegiate Invitational | T14th | 2nd |
| March 24-25 | 78-74-75-227 | Oregon Duck Invitational | T38th | 4th |
| April 7-8 | 77-78-76-231 | Mizzou Tiger Classic | T36th | T2nd |
| April 19-20 | 72-75-77-224 | U.S Intercollegiate | T43rd | 2nd |
| April 28-30 | 72-73-72-70-287 | Pac-10 Championships | T13th | 1st |
| May 15-17 | 72-78-74-224 | NCAA West Regional | T46th | 4th |
| May 28-31 | 79-76-81-77-313 | NCAA Championships | T64th | 4th |
2006-07 (Freshman)
• Played in six events, ending the year with a 74.00 stroke average
• Tallied two top-10 finishes
• UW's No. 2 finisher at the Northwest Collegiate Classic, UBC Invitational and CordeValle Collegiate
• Set career-best with a runner-up finish at the UBC Invitational, finishing second behind teammate Nick Taylor (7-over 223)
• Carded season-low 54-hole score of 2-over 218 at the CordeValle Collegiate
• Shot one round under 70 with a 69 in the first round of the CordeValle Collegiate
• Tied for 10th at the Washington National Winter Championships (6-over 222)
• Tied for 30th in UW debut at the Husky Invitational (6-over 222)
2006-2007 RESULTS BY TOURNAMENT
| Date | Score | Tournament | Overall Place | Place On Team |
| Sept. 25-26 | 70-75-70-215 | Opus NW Husky Invite | T11th | NA |
| Oct. 2-4 | 80-73-76-229 | PING/Golfweek Preview | T68th | 5th |
| Feb. 7-9 | 75-70-67-212 | UH-Hilo Intercollegiate | T52nd | T4th |
| March 5-6 | 71-70-70-211 | Wash. Natl. Winter Champ. | 1st | 1st |
| March 19-20 | 68-74-76-218 | Western Intercollegiate | T26th | 3rd |
| March 26-27 | 75-73-71-219 | Oregon Duck Invitational | T6th | 2nd |
| April 7-8 | 78-72-150 | Boilermaker Invitational | T15th | T1st |
| April 15-16 | 74-72-72-218 | U.S. Intercollegiate | T30th | 3rd |
| April 23-25 | 72-75-69-78-294 | Pac-10 Championships | T34th | 4th |
| May 17-19 | 73-67-72-212 | NCAA West Regional | T53rd | T2nd |
Junior Golf and Personal
• Qualified for match play at 2006 Canadian Men's Amateur, tying for 49th in stroke play portion of the tournament
• Youngest player to win Canadian Amateur Championship in 2004
• Awarded 2004 Score Golf Male Athlete of the Year
• Son of Young and Darryl Wallace
• Has a younger sister Jessica
• Father Darryl played professional soccer after a collegiate career at Simon Fraser University
• Two-time honor roll member in high school
DARREN WALLACE'S CAREER STATISTICS
| YEAR | ROUNDS | STROKES | AVG | LOW |
| 2006-07 | 18 | 1332 | 74.00 | 69 |
| 2007-08 | 43 | 3193 | 74.26 | 66 |
| 2008-09 | 31 | 2264 | 73.03 | 63 |
| 2009-10 | 34 | 2477 | 72.85 | 69 |
| CAREER | 126 | 9266 | 73.53 | 63 |
Career Best Finish: 1, Pac-10 Championship, April 27-29, 2009
Career Top-10 Finishes: 7
Career Best 54-Hole Score: 199, U.S. Intercollegiate, April 18-19, 2009
Career Best 18-Hole Score: 63, U.S. Intercollegiate, April 19, 2009
