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Segundo Oliva Pinto

5th-Yr Sr. (1) | 6-2 | Córdoba, Argentina | Villa Allende HS / UNC Wilmington

» Played his first two seasons at UNC Wilmington
» Two-time GCAA/PING All-Region (2020 and 2022)
» Two-time Conference Champion –
the 2019 Colonial Athletic Association title as a freshman and 2021 SEC Championship as a junior
» Reached the Rd of 16 at the 2020 U.S. Amateur
» Played in two Latin America Amateur Championships, finishing 8th in 2020 and T-12th in 2022
» Runner-Up at the 2022 South America Amateur … Was 11th at the 2020 South America Am
» Represented Argentina at the 2021 Spirit International Golf Championship, tying for 4th

IN THE ARKANSAS RECORD BOOK
• 203 and -13 at the NCAA Salem Regional are the lowest 54-hole score by a Razorback at an NCAA Regional
• His 65 in the opening round of the 2023 NCAA Salem Regional ties Wil Gibson (also RD1 of 2023 Regional) for the lowest by a Razorback at an NCAA Regional
• T5th – Lowest 54-hole score in relation to par (-13 at the 2023 NCAA Salem Regional)
• T8th – Lowest 54-hole total score (203 at the 2023 NCAA Salem Regional)
• 10th on the Arkansas career scoring list at 72.47
• T13th – Most rounds in the 60’s in a season (9 in 2022-23 and 9 in 2021-22)
• T8th – Most rounds of par or better in a season (21 in 2022-23)

5th-Year Senior (2022-23 at Arkansas)
» Graduated in the Spring of 2023 with a degree in Communication.
Came on strong to end his career and finished with a 72.78 scoring average … Led the team with tw0 top-5 finishes and was second on the team with 18 rounds of par or better … Was low man for a round nine times and 24 of his 30 rounds counted to the team score … In the last four events of the year, had a scoring average of 69.58 thanks to seven rounds in the 60’s … The run started with a fifth-place finish at the Lewis Chitengwa Memorial, shooting 69-69-67 for an 8-under 205 … Tied for 19th at the SEC Championship (70-69-71=210 / E) … Placed fifth at the NCAA Salem Regional as he produced the best score by a Razorback at an NCAA Regional, posting rounds of 65-67-71 for a 13-under 203 … Started slowly at the NCAA Championship but finished his collegiate career with a 67 which ties for fourth-best round by a Razorback at nationals … Finished T-55th and just missed advancing to the fourth and final round.

Senior (2021-22 at Arkansas)
» GCAA/PING All-Central Region
Named to the GCA/PING All-Central Region … Ranked third on the team in scoring average 72.00 9 (34 Rds – 2448 – trailing #2 Luke Long by one stroke) … Tied for the team lead as 31 of his 34 rounds counted toward the team score … Tied for second on the team with nine rounds in the 60’s (shooting in the 60’s at least once in 8 of the team’s 10 stroke play events) and was second on the team with six top 20 finishes … Had top-20 finishing in each of his first five stroke play events … Opened the season with a pair of top 20 finishes including T17 at the Carmel Cup – thanks to a final round 67 – and T-15 in helping the Hogs win the Blessing Collegiate Invitational – thanks to an opening-round 69 … Went 3-1 to lead Arkansas to the SEC Fall Match Play title, including a 4&3 win over Ole Miss’ Jackson Suber … Best score in relation to par was 5-under at both the Arizona Intercollegiate (70-68-73=211) and the Cabo Collegiate (69-71-68=208) … Led Arkansas at the Aggie Invitational, tying for 10th (71-68-79=225) … Tied for the second-best Razorback finisher at both the NCAA Regional and NCAA Championship … Tied for 29th the Regional (76-76-69=217 / +4) as the Razorbacks finished fourth and advanced to nationals … Helped Arkansas finish ninth at the NCAA Championship, tying for 25th (71-70-73-74=288 / +8).

Junior (2020-21 at Arkansas)
» SEC Champion
» First Team All-SEC
Was the 2021 SEC Champion and was named first team All-SEC … Helped the Razorbacks finish runner-up at the SEC Championship as he was a dominant 3-0 in match play, winning 4&2, 4&2, 4&3 … In winning the SEC title, his opening-round 64 was the best by a Razorback to open the championship, tied the school record for the lowest round ever at the championship and tied for the third-best, opening-round in SEC history … His 54-hole total of 204 (66-72-68) was the second-best score in school history at the SEC Championship and additionally ties for 8th on the school’s all-time list … His 6-under-par finish was third-best in relation to par by a Razorback at the SEC Championship … Helped the Razorbacks finish runner-up at the NCAA Kingston Springs Regional by firing 71-73 over the final two rounds … Opened the season with a tie for eighth at the Blessings Collegiate Invitational … Posted a 1-under=par 215 (70-72-73) and carded 16 birdies … Followed that with a 16-birdie outing at the Vanderbilt Legends Collegiate to card a 4-under-par score of 209 (68-69-72) to tie for 27th … Had back-to-back rounds of 69 a the Gators Invitational and finished with a 1-over=par 211.

Sophomore (2019-20 at UNCW)
» GCAA/PING All-East Region
» CAA Commissioner’s Spring Academic Honor Roll
Earned GCAA Ping All-Region honors … Finished season ranked 61st nationally by Golfweek.com and 115 by Golfstat … Set school records with 69.71 stroke average for the season and a 71.42 average for his career … Competed in seven events, winning twice … Captured the Golfweek Program Challenge (65-66-61=192) and the Bash at the Beach (65-73-67=205) and earned CAA Golfer of the Week on both occasions … Also finished tied for second at the Bank of Tennessee Intercollegiate (66-72-65=203) … 14 of his 21 rounds for the year were par-or-better … Set program records for lowest single round (61, third round, Golfweek Program Challenge), single round versus par (-9, third round, Golfweek Program Challenge) as well as tournament records include lowest 54-hole scoring (192, Golfweek Program Challenge) and 54-hole versus par (-18, Golfweek Program Challenge) … In just two years, ranked third all-time at UNCW with three tournament wins … Finished eighth (74-72-76-69=290) at Latin America Amateur Championships in Playa Del Carmen (El Camaleon Mayakoba Golf Course) … INDIVIDUAL: Earned an exemption to the 2020 U.S. Amateur Championship based on his WAGR … Tied for 36th after stroke play but reached the Match Play Rd of 16, falling 1-up on the final hole.

Freshman (2018-19 at UNCW):
» GCAA PING All-East Region
» First team All-CAA
» CAA Rookie of the Year
Competed in all 10 tournaments and 29 rounds … Colonial Athletic Association Champion (71-74-70=215), winning in one-hole playoff at Pinehurst #8 … Named CAA Rookie of the Year as well as first team All-CAA … Posted three top-10 finishes including ODU/OBX Intercollegiate (third, 69-72-72=205) and Bandon Dunes Championship (80-69-69=218) … CAA Golfer of the Week (Oct. 24) … Led Seahawks with 17 rounds of par-or-lower golf.

Junior Golf:
Reached the round of 32 at the U.S Junior in 2018 … Finished second at Optimist International … Competed for Junior National team of Argentina … Finished 19th at 2018 Dogwood Invitational … Added fifth-place showing at the Argentina Final … Won Open of the Center of Argentina … Two-time national champion in club championship … Also played soccer in high school for Academia Arguello.

Personal: Full name: Agustin Segundo Oliva Pinto … Born in Córdoba, Argentina … Son of Carolina Altamira and Roger Oliva Pinto.