Princeton University Athletics
2009-10 M. Golf Roster
Juan Pablo Candela
- Class:
- Senior
- Hometown:
- Bogota, Colombia
- High School:
- Colegio Los Nogales
At Princeton -- 2009-10 - competed in two tournaments, the Xavier Invitational and the Princeton Invitational ... season-low round was a 76 to open the home meet ... 2008-09 - was Princeton's top scorer in two fall events, the Wolf Run Intercollegiate and the McLaughlin Invitational ... season-high finishes of 20th came at the McLaughlin and the Princeton Invitational ... season-low round of 70 was at the McLaughlin ... played in four events in the fall and two in the spring ... 2007-08 - was the top Princeton finisher once, at the season-opening Gopher Invitational, while finishing in Princeton’s scoring four in all nine tournaments ... 2006-07 - competed in nine tournaments ... carded a season-low 68 in the first round of the Joe Agee Invitational on the way to a 3-over, 15th-place finish ... also had a round of 70 at the Ron Moore Invitational ... part of Princeton's fivesome at the Ivy League Championship ... At Colegio Los Nogales -- competed outside the prep ranks ... Colombian Amateur Player of the Year in 2005 anc Colombia Revelation Player of the Year in 2003 as awarded by the Colombian Golf Federation ... competed in the U.S. Junior Amateur tournament in 2004 and 2005, reaching the quarterfinals in '04 and the Round of 32 in '05 ... competed in the Junior World Golf Championships four times with a high finish of third in 2000 and 2002 ... reached the quarterfinals twice in the International Junior Masters tournament in 2003 and 2004 ... won the 2003 and 2004 South American Junior Championships ... Personal -- born Sept. 9, 1987 ... father is a lawyer, mother is a university teacher ... has two younger siblings ... has traveled throughout his native South America and to Japan.
Juan Pablo Candela’s Scorecard
Year Top Finish Low Round Stroke Average
2006-07 T11th 68 77.08
2007-08 T9th 71 76.27
2008-09 T20th 70 77.33
2009-10 T68th 76 81.17
