Daly Earns SEC Honor; Continues to Rise in the Rankings

October 8, 2025

FAYETTEVILLE – With his win last week at the Blessings Collegiate Invitational, Razorback senior John Daly II was named the SEC Golfer of the Week and continued his rise up the world amateur and PGA TOUR University rankings.

At the BCI, Daly
• won with rounds of 73-72-69 to finish with a 2-under-par 214.

was the only competitor to break par for the 54-hole event
was tied for third and one stroke back after 36 holes, then carded a final-round, 3-under 69 to win.
was even par after seven holes in his final round and played the final 11 holes at 3-under with no bogies to secure the win.
in the unique format where all five teammates play in the same group, he had to hold off three teammates who were tied for the lead at one point. Cam Smith and Erich Fortlage tied for third overall at +1 and Gerardo Gomez fired a final-round 5-under 67 before finishing T5 (+2).
led Arkansas to a dominant team win as well. Arkansas shot a final-round, 9-under 279 to post a winning 3-under 861. The next closest team was Louisville at +14.
recorded his second career win, but first in a 54-hole event. He won the 36-hole, Columbia Spring Invitational last spring.

Daly has finished among the top 20 in all three events, including his win and a runner-up finish at the Bearcat Invitational. He is coming off an impressive summer that saw him win the Southern Amateur, finish second in the Elite Summer Golf Series and reach the quarterfinals of the U.S. Amateur.

With his recent run of success – namely his win this past week, Daly jumped 10 spots in the World Amateur Golf Rankings (WAGR) to 61 and 19 spots in the PGA TOUR University standings to 31. The top 25 players in the final PGAU earn exemption status on either the PGA Tour, Korn Ferry Tour or PGA Tour Americas.

For more information, follow on: Twitter – @RazorbackMGolf / Instagram – @RazorbackMGolf