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Last name is pronounced G-low... A good student, earning a perfect 4.0 grade-point average throughout high school and graduating 12th out of a class of 325... Was named to the ACC All-Academic Team in 2007... Ranked ninth in the class of 2006 by Golfweek... Named ESPN The Magazine Academic All-District in 2008.
2007-08
Competed in 12 events... Finished the 2007-08 season with the second-lowest stroke average on the squad at 72.7 per 18 holes... Posted a career-best finish at the NCAA Central Regional, a tie for second place, after recording a 69-72-74=215 (+2)... Led the Deacons to the NCAA Central Regional title to help Wake qualify for its fourth consecutive NCAA championship... Named to the PING All-Region South team... Named ESPN The Magazine Academic All-District with a 3.67 grade point average in Mathematics/Religion... Recorded 17 rounds at or under par... Had 88.8 percent rounds counted for the season... Posted three top 10 finishes and seven top 20 finishes... Was the top-finisher for the Deacons in six tournaments... His 67 in the second round of the Bank of Tennessee at the Ridges tied for the sixth-best round of the season... Tied for ninth at the SunTrust Gator Invitational after carding a 71-68-69=208 (-2)... The 208 was the second-lowest 54-hole score of the season for the Deacs... Defeated Wake Forest All-America selection and ACC Player of the Year Webb Simpson 2 and 1 in the Team Matchplay Championship at Forsyth Country Club... Carded seven birdies to stop Simpson's two-year win streak in the Team Matchplay Championship... Will be the top returning scorer for the 2008-09 season.
Fall 2007
Competed in five tournaments... Was the top individual in three tournaments for Wake Forest... Had his best finish of the semester with a 10th-place finish at the Carpet Capital Collegiate, where he shot 72-71-73=216 (E)... Shot 70-78-71=219 (+3) to finish tied for 34th in the VCU Shootout... Shot 70-67-75=212 (-4) to finish tied for 12th in the Bank of Tennessee at The Ridges... Shot 69-71-75=215 (-1) to finish tied for 13th in the Isleworth-UCF Collegiate Invitational... Shot 71-74-71=216 (E) to finish tied for 11th in the UNCG Bridgestone Collegiate Championship... Finished second on the team in scoring with a 71.9 average.
Summer 2007
Qualified for the United States Amateur in August... Advanced through stroke play and into match play... Finished 59th in stroke play with a seven-over 147... Defeated Northwestern University's David Merkow 3-and-2 to advance to the round of 32... Merkow was the 2006 Big Ten Player of the Year... Lost to eventual Amateur champion Colt Knost of SMU 3-and-2... Shot 66-68=134 (-10) to qualify for the U.S. Amateur... Qualified for the Monroe Invitational, Northeast Amateur, Eastern Amateur, Porter Cup and Western Amateur... Finished in the top 25 in the Eastern Amateur... Named to the ACC All-Academic team.
2006-07
Gielow finished second on the club in scoring with a 73.76 average as a freshman... Had four rounds in the 60s and was under par in 33 percent of his rounds... Top finish was a third place at the season-opening Carpet Capital Collegiate... Birdied the second hole in a three-team playoff with East Tennessee State and Oregon State in the West Regional that helped push the Deacons into the NCAA Championships... Was the low-scoring freshman on the 2007 team with a 73.36 average... Posted eight sub-par rounds... Was WFU's top finisher at the Carpet Capital Collegiate, the Bank of Tennessee Intercollegiate, and the Isleworth Invitational.
Fall 2006
Played in four of Wake's five fall events... Had the fourth-lowest stroke average (73.33) on the team... Shot an 18-hole low of 68... Had two top-10 finishes... 89.6 of his rounds counted toward the team score... Four of his 12 rounds were at par or better... Burst on to the college scene by finishing third in his first event -- the Carpet Capital Collegiate -- after shooting 68-69-71--208 (-8)... Finished ninth at the Bank of Tennessee Collegiate, shooting 74-72-73--219 (+3)... Also played in the Ping/Golfweek Preview (64th) and the Isleworth Invitational (44th).
Summer 2006
Enjoyed an outstanding year of amateur play... Finished third in the Monroe Invitational... Tied for fifth at the Eastern Amateur... Tied for 13th in the Porter Cup... Tied for third in Michigan Amateur stroke play... Co-medalist at the U.S. Amateur qualifier.
High School
Played four years of varsity golf at Mona Shores HS under coach Tom Wilson... Named Michigan's Mr. Golf (state high school player of the year) in 2004 and 2005... A four-time member of the Michigan Super Team (top five prep players in Michigan)... Was the first freshman ever named to the Super Team and the first to be named to that prestigious squad four years... Named all-conference four times... AJGA All-American honorable mention in 2003... Participated in the 2005 U.S. Amateur... A member of the National Honor Society... Was a Gold Card recipient for earning a 4.0 GPA throughout high school... Member of the Sports Leadership Council, Student Senate and the yearbook... Also played hockey, soccer, baseball and basketball.
Personal
Full name is Brendan Jarret Gielow... Double-majoring in Mathematics and Religion... Born October 24, 1987 in Grand Rapids, Mich.... Son of Eric and Renea Gielow... Nickname is "Beej"... Post-school ambition is to play on the PGA Tour... Chose Wake Forest because of the golf and the opportunity to earn a well-respected degree... Has an impressive golf resume that includes AJGA Rolex All-American Honorable Mention in 2003, AJGA Toldo Eastern Canadian Jr, Champion in 2003.
