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 Roberto Ballesteros
Roberto Ballesteros

Class:
Sophomore
Hometown:
Cordoba, Mexico
High School:
Centro Educativo Jean Piaget
Height / Weight:
5-9 / 150

04/18/2012

Men's Golf is Big South Runner-Up; Wheeler & Ballesteros Honored

Ben Wheeler was named 2012 Big South Freshman of the Year; Roberto Ballesteros added to All-Big South Team

04/17/2012

Coastal Men's Golf Sets Record; Remains 2nd at Big South

Charlie Winegardner still tied for 2nd; All Five Chants among top 14

04/16/2012

Coastal Men's Golf in 2nd-t at Big South

Senior Charlie Wineardner is tied for 2nd Individually

04/05/2012

Men's Golf Team Wraps Up 2011-12 Season at Big South April 16-18

Coastal's strength of schedule in 2011-12 is 32nd and the General Hackler ranks as the 27th-best event of the year by Golfweek

02/28/2012

Coastal Carolina Men's Golf Rallies, Finishes 4th at John Hayt

UP NEXT: Chants host General Hackler Championship Mar. 11-12 at DeBordieu Club

Roberto Ballesteros

Fall 2011 (So.):Played in three of the four fall events ... Started strong, posting a career-low 67 in the first round of the first event, the Gene Miranda Falcon Invitational ... Finished with a one-under 215 to tie for 15th at the Falcon Invitational ... Had the team's third-best scoring average for the fall (74.67).

2010-11 (Fr.): Finished third on the team in scoring average, 74.66, playing in 11 events (32 rounds, 2389 strokes) ... Was the team's top finisher at the Linger Longer ... Carded a season-best four-under 68 in the second round of the Cavalier Clasic, finishing even (76-68=144) and placing seventh ... Just missed a top 10 finish at the Big South Championships, tying for 11th (73-75-75=223) ... Fired a season-low 67 (three-under par) at the SunTrust Gator Invitational ... Turned in rounds of par or better in three of his six rounds, including a low of 71 at the Gary Koch Invitational ... Turned in a +6 (222) and placed 31st-t at the Koch and +7 (223) to place 35th-t at the Ridges.

Prior to Coastal Carolina: One of the top junior golfers in Mexico ... Ranked 23rd on the 2009 American Junior Golf Association par 3 rankings with a scoring average of 2.92 ... In December 2009, tied for eighth at the Doral-Publix Junior Golf Classic, carding a 220 (76-69-75) over three rounds and tied for third at the Junior Orange Bowl Qualifier with an even par 140 (74-66) ... Qualified for the prestigious AJGA Polo Golf Junior Classic and tied for 54th in November after finishing eighth at the AJGA Mayakoba Junior Classic with a three-round total of 225 (78-71-76) ... Placed seventh at the 2009 TOYOTA Junior World Cup, shooting a five-under 279 (70-71-71-67), helping Mexico place fifth in the team competition ... Also in the summer of '09, he carded a 223 (74-75-74) to place 25th at the Boys Junior Americas Cup and added a fifth-place finish at the 53rd Annual Texas Oklahoma Junior Golf Tournament (79-69-72-72=292).

Coastal Carolina Results

Career Low Round...........67 (2)
Career Rounds in the 60's......2
Career Rounds Par or Better....7

2010-11 (Freshman)

10/2-3 Gary Koch Invitational (72) 70 71 79 222 +6 t-31st
10/15-17 Bank of Tennessee/The Ridges (72) 76 72 75 223 +7 t-35th
2/12-13 SunTrust Gator Invitational (70) 75 77 67 219 +9 t-29th
2/27-3/1 John Hayt Colleguate (72) 71 78 77 226 +10 t-41st
3/13-14 General Hackler (72) 77 80 76 233 +17 t-54th
3/27-29 Linger Longer (72) 76 74 73 223 +7 t-28th
4/2-3 Insperity Augusta St. Invitational (72) 75 72 79 226 +10 t-63rd
4/9-10 Irish Creek Collegiate (71) 72 73 73 218 +5 26th
4/18-20 2011 Big South Championship (72) 73 75 75 223 +7 t-11th
4/30 Cavalier Classic (72) 76 68 144 E 7th
5/19-21 NCAA East-Virginia Tech Regional (72) 75 76 81 232 +16 54th

2011-12 (Sophomore)

9/18-19 Gene Miranda Falcon Invitational (72) 67 72 76 215 -1 t-15th
10/1-2 Rod Myers Invitational (72) 77 76 81 234 +18 t-51st
10/31-11-2 Gifford Collegiate (71) 75 72 75 223 +10 t-30th