ORLANDO - UCF Men's Golf head coach Bryce Wallor announced on Thursday the signing of graduate transfer Max O'Hagan as a member of the 2020 class.
"We are extremely excited to add Max O'Hagan to the UCF program," said Wallor. "Max will gain a fifth year of eligibility as a graduate transfer for our program in the 2020-2021 season. Max will not only add to the talent on our roster, but he will bring the additional benefit of a player with four years of college experience under his belt. As we got to know Max and vetted him through our coaching community, we kept hearing the that he was a strong player who excelled in competitive situations."
Hailing from Surrey, England, O'Hagan comes to UCF from Florida Tech, where he was a four-year member of the Panthers' men's golf team. One of the most accomplished golfers in program history, O'Hagan is a three-time All-American, a two-time semifinalist for national player of the year and a two-time All-Sunshine State Conference selection.
As a freshman, Max had 16 par or better rounds and five top-10 finishes in 13 tournaments and was named a PING Honorable Mention All-American after helping guide Tech to a 5th place finish at the NCAA National Championship.
As a sophomore in 2017-18, Max earned First Team All-SSC, All-South Region and Second Team All-America honors while guiding Florida Tech to its first SSC Championship in program history. He had six top-10 finishes that year, including his first career win at the 2017 Cougar Invitational. He was ranked as high as No. 8 in the nation as a sophomore and named a semifinalist for the Jack Nicklaus Award, which is given to the top golfer in Division II.
In 2018-19, Max earned Third Team All-America, All-South Region and All-SSC honors and repeated as a Jack Nicklaus Award semifinalist after leading Florida Tech to the NCAA South/SE Regional. He picked up five top-10 results and finished in the top-3 three times during the campaign.
This past season, O'Hagan recorded five top-four finishes, including one tournament win, which came in recording-breaking fashion at the Matlock Collegiate Classic. O'Hagan shot three consecutive rounds in the 60's and set school-records for low 54-hole total and 54-hole score vs. par (-14). It was his second career tournament victory. O'Hagan was ranked as the No. 3 Division II player in the nation at the time the season was canceled. His current World Amateur Golf Ranking is 586.
O'Hagan is the third new addition to the to the UCF Men's Golf 2020 class after incoming freshmen Leo Herrera and Egor Eroshenko also signed their National Letters of Intent. You can read the full Herrera signing release here and the full Eroshenko signing release here.
You can find O'Hagan's top collegiate career and season records below:
Career Records:
Scoring Average: 71.97
Total Par or Better Rounds: 67
Low 54 Hole Total: 202 (-14)
Season Records:
Scoring Average: 70.90 (2019-20)
Score Vs. Par: -0.80 (2019-20)
2019-2020 Golfstat Cup Ranking: 41
2019-2020 Golfstat Division II Ranking: 3