Derek Tolan

Derek Tolan (born October 21, 1985) is a professional golfer and graduate from the University of Colorado. He is known for having played in the U.S. Open at the age of 16 at Bethpage Black in 2002.

2003-5A state champ, carding a pair of 69s playing for ThunderRidge Highschool in Highlands Ranch, CO. ThunderRidge won the team championship on the first playoff hole over Cherry Creek High School.
2004-Tied for fourth as a senior in the Colorado state 5A high school championship, five strokes behind teammate Ryan Husted’s winning score as ThunderRidge won a third straight team title.

He was named CU’s Freshman Male Athlete of the Year for all sports at the school’s annual CUSPY (CU Sports Performers of the Year) Awards.

As a sophomore, he was one of two Buffs to play in all five fall tournaments.

As a junior he earned PING All-Central Region honors and had five top 20 and three top 10 finishes in the spring, and earned one of two individual berths into the NCAA. Championship Finals.

As a senior he ended the fall season ranked as the No. 18 player in the nation by GolfStat and the No. 30 man by Golfweek and became the 10th player in school history to win two career tournaments, claiming both in the fall semester, and in doing so set a school record for the lowest stroke average (71.00) for the fall in CU annals.

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