Kimberley’s Jared du Toit, who recently graduated from the University of Arizona and has now embarked on a pro career, has been named a Second Team All American by the Golf Coaches of American.
According to thesundevils.com, du Toit was named captain of the golf team in the fall of 2016, and notched eight top-10 finishes on the year, including five top-five finishes and medalist honors at The Prestige at PGA West after losing the previous tournament in a playoff at the Amer Ari Invitational. He finished his career with a 70.38 stroke average in 27 events (83 rounds) that included a 13 top-10 finishes and six top-five finishes. du Toit earned first-team All-Pac-12 honors this year and also earned second-team Pac-12 All-Academic honors, and graduated with a Bachelor of Science Degree in Marketing and a 3.38 grade point average.
He was named the 2016 Male Amateur of the Year by Canadian Golf Journalists and the 2015-16 Pacific Northwest Golf Assocation Player of the Year, as he notched a top-10 finish at the 2016 RBC Canadian Open. He collected a 72-hole total 9-under 279 (67-71-70-71), to earn low-amateur honors becoming the first Canuck Amateur to record a top-10 finish at Canada’s coveted championship since Doug Bajus in 1954.
He earned GCAA and Golfweek Honorable Mention All-America honors in 2015-16 with five top-10 finishes.
du Toit, who captured Kimberley, and the nation’s, heart last summer at the Canadian Open, where he led through parts of the weekend, and played in the final group on Sunday, is playing on the Mackenzie Tour - PGA Tour Canada this summer.