UNLV Athletics Hall Of Fame

Ryan Moore

Ryan Moore

  • Class
  • Induction
    2017
  • Sport(s)
    Men's Golf

The most heralded player in the impressive history of UNLV men's golf, Ryan Moore is also his school's most decorated student-athlete in any sport. During his senior year alone, the Washington state native competed in nine college events, winning three times and finishing third in three others. In fact, he never finished lower than sixth place in any of that season's tournaments, including taking fifth at the NCAA Championship. Moore's 28-round scoring average of 69.29 led the nation, set the UNLV seasonal record and was the second-lowest in collegiate golf history. He also placed 13th at the 2005 Masters, earning him low amateur honors and a return trip to Augusta in 2006. That incredible final season was rewarded with the recognition of winning every major player of the year honor that is handed out in collegiate golf - the Ben Hogan Award, the Nicklaus Award and the Haskins Award. In doing so, Moore became just the second Rebel to win his respective sport's national player of the year award, joining Runnin' Rebel legend Larry Johnson in 1991. This all followed a junior campaign that saw Moore set new standards in amateur golf by winning five major amateur championships, a feat that may never be matched. In 2004 he captured the U.S. Amateur, the NCAA, the U.S. Amateur Public Links, the Western Amateur and the Sahalee Players Championships to become the first golfer to ever win all five events in the same year. Playing at Hot Springs, Virginia, as an individual in the field, Moore won UNLV its second individual golf national championship when he fired a 13-under four-day total to take medalist honors by six strokes. The four-time All-American earned first team honors twice, won back-to-back Mountain West Golfer of the Year awards and was a member of the all-conference team all four seasons in Las Vegas. For his college career, Moore turned in a scoring average of 70.76 while winning seven times - both all-time records for the storied Rebel program. Now a Las Vegas resident, he moved to the PGA Tour and has recorded five victories: the 2009 Wyndham Championship, the 2012 Justin Timberlake Shriners Hospitals for Children Open, the 2013 and 2014 CIMB Classics and the 2016 John Deere Classic. Having already reached the $25 million mark in career earnings, Moore last fall played for his country and sank the clinching putt in the United States' 2016 Ryder Cup victory.

MOORE'S CAREER STATS

YEAR RDS STR AVG TOP 20 TOP 10 TOP 5 PAR OR BETTER
2001-02 36 2,612 73.56 9 6 2 17
2002-03 33 2,366 71.70 10 6 4 21
2003-04 39 2,706 69.39 11 10 10 33
2004-05 28 1,940 69.29 9 9 7 19
TOTAL 136 9,624 70.77 39 31 23 90
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