2019-20 Men's Golf Roster
Biography
2019-20 MEDIA GUIDE BIO (PDF)
UNLV: van Kleef is in his first year with the Rebels ... Made the Dean's List for spring 2019.
HIGH SCHOOL: A 2019 graduate of Heritage Academy in Hilton Head, South Carolina ... Originally from Starnberg, Germany ... Was a member of the German Junior National Team and ranked as high as No. 5 in his country ... Won the 2016 Austrian Junior Golf Tour and the 2018 Greg Norman Championship Golf Academy Open ... Finished fifth at the Faldo Grand Final in 2017 ... Won the State Team Championship in 2017 and was a member of the Bavarian State Elite team that year ... Made the cut at the PGA Tour's 2018 Wyndham Championship Pre-Qualifier with a score of 70 in a field of 150 ... Was the second-lowest of three amateurs to qualify ... Won the 2018 South Carolina Junior Golf Association 24th Annual Fall Challenge ... During the summer of 2019, finished in the top 10 in four WAGR events (2nd, 3rd, 7th and 10th).
PERSONAL: Felix van Kleef was born Feb. 21, 2001, in Starnberg, Germany ... The son of Peter and Kathrin van Kleef ... Majoring in pre-business (honors college) ... Chose UNLV over California, Vanderbilt and Stanford because of the coaches, the facilities and the honors college ... Lists his parents as his biggest influence ... Has a sister, Fabienne (17).
