Men's Golf
Taylor Fontaine
| Born: | 03/28/1990 |
| Height: | 5-11 |
| Weight: | 195 |
| Year: | Senior |
| Hometown: | Southbridge, Mass. |
| High School: | St. John's High |
Sophomore (2009-10): Shot rounds of 76-77-79 at the Adams Cup of Newport to finish t50th... Carded rounds of 69-81-71 en route to a t44th place finish at the MacDonald Cup... Placed 54th at the Firestone Invitational with rounds of 73-75-84... Carded rounds of 76-81 at the NEIGA Championship... Had best showing of the fall at the Herb Wimberly Intercollegiate with rounds of 66-70-77, good for a t24th finish... Started off the spring at the Amer Ari Invitational with rounds of 83-77-75... Placed t50th at the Ron Smith Invitational after rounds of 75-79-69... Carded rounds of 78-76-80 at the Furman Invitational... Finished t12th at the Fireline Towson Invitational with rounds of 75-72-74... Carded rounds of 75-73 at the New England D-1 Championship, good for a tie for 15th... Won the Northeast Invitational after carding a round of 72... Placed 16th at the A-10 Championship after rounds of 75-79-74.
Freshman (2008-2009): Began his collegiate career with rounds of 74-77-78 at the Adams Cup of Newport to tie for 37th (Sept. 22-23)... Carded rounds of 73-76 at the Hawks Invitational and tied for 36th (Sept. 29-30)... Competed at the NEIGA Championship (Oct. 20-21)... Concluded the fall with rounds of 72-81-76 at the Sam Hall Intercollegiate (Oct. 27-28)...Began the spring at the Wexford Intercollegiate with rounds of 80-83-79 to finish 53rd (Feb.23-24)... Had his best round of the year at the Ron Smith Invitational with a second round 67 to finish tied for 79th (Mar. 6-8)... Helped URI win the George Washington Invitational with scores of 78-75, finishing tied for 19th (Mar. 20-21).
Summer 2008: Lost in the Round of 16 in the Massachusetts State Amateur.
High School: Competed at St. John's H.S. in Shrewsbury, Mass.... Was runner-up for the 2006 Massachusetts Junior Player of the year... Captured the 2007 New England Junior Amateur Championship... Competed at the 2007 Junior World Championship held at Torrey Pines... Qualified for match play at the 2007 United States Junior Amateur Championship... Member of the National Honor Society.
Personal: Son of James and June Fontaine... Lists Larry Bird as favorite athlete and Boston Bruins as favorite team.
