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 | Class:
Senior
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| Hometown:
Weston, Fla.
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| High School:
American Heritage
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| Height / Weight:
5-11 / 135
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| Experience:
2L
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About McLean
Jon McLean is one of the highest rated junior golfers ever to play for the Horned Frogs ... Has tremendous golf lineage, as his father, Jim McLean, is considered one of the finest golf teachers in the country ... Enjoyed a strong freshman season, recording three top-20 finishes and posting a team-best 73.73 scoring average on the year.
2005-06 (Freshman Year)
• Paced the Horned Frogs with a scoring average of 73.73 in 11 tournaments.
• Earned Academic All-Mountain West Conference accolades.
• Posted three top-20 finishes, which included two top-10 efforts.
• Had a season-best eighth-place finish at the Hall of Fame Invitational with a 6-over 222.
• Battled back from a 79 in the first round of that event to close with rounds of 73-70.
• Recorded his first top-10 finish at The Ridges Intercollegiate with a three-round 217 (+1).
• Shot a 54-hole total of 219 (+3) to earn a share of 14th place at the U.S. Collegiate Championships.
• Logged a career-low round of 69 to open the UH Hilo Intercollegiate and finished with his best tournament score of 215 (+2).
• Placed among the field's top 40 participants on eight occasions.
Amateur Highlights
• Was the nation's eighth-ranked junior player according to the final 2004 Golfweek/Sagarin boys' rankings.
• Finished the 2005 summer season rated 26th nationally among all amateurs.
• Was one of 10 players in the nation to earn first-team Rolex Junior All-America honors from the American Junior Golf Association (AJGA) in 2004.
• Claimed victory at the prestigious Dixie Amateur in 2005.
• Advanced to the 2005 U.S. Amateur at Merion Golf Club.
• Registered a pair of runner-up finishes at junior events in 2004, the AJGA Thunderbird and the AJGA FootJoy.
• Earned a spot on the 2004 AJGA Canon Cup team and helped the East claim victory at the annual event, which features the nation's top 20 junior boys and girls.
• Won three junior tournaments in 2003, the Texas-Oklahoma, the AJGA Hartford and the Golfweek/Precept.
• Reached the match play portion of the U.S. Junior Amateur.
High School Highlights
• Played his prep golf at American Heritage, where he shot a school-record 66 and had five rounds in the 60s as a senior.
• Named the Broward County Player of the Year in 2004 for head coach Brandt Moser.
Personal Information
• Full name is Jon T. McLean.
• Is the son of Justine and Jim McLean.
• Born April 8, 1986.
• Is a pre-major.
• His father is one of the premier golf instructors in the United States and owns the Jim McLean Golf Center in Fort Worth.
• Brother, Matt, plays collegiate golf at Wake Forest.
