2011-12 Became one of the top freshmen in the SEC...Competed in nine of 12 tournaments...Tallied one top-20 finish...Ranked fourth on the team with a stroke average of 73.88...Came on strong in the spring after playing only one tournament in the fall...Opened 2012 with a tie for 21st finish at the Seahawk Invitational with rounds of 78-73-72=223 (+7)...Posted career-best tie for 11th finish the following week at the Palmetto Intercollegiate, shooting 76-68-72=216 (+6)...Second-round 68 was a career low...Tied for 37th at the SEC Championship (72-73-73=218) and wrapped up the season in a tie for 48th at the NCAA Southwest Regional (79-74-76=229)...Carded seven rounds of par or better.
Prior to South Carolina Graduated from A.C. Flora High School...Helped lead A.C. Flora to state titles in 2008, 2010 and 2011...All-State in 2009 and 2010...Five-time All-Region performer...Won the Georgia-South Carolina Cup in 2011...Made it to the U.S. Junior Amateur round of 32 in 2009 and carded a 67 in first round of stroke play...Carolinas match play runner-up as a 14-year-old in the 18 and under division in 2007...Finished in the top eight at the South Carolina Junior Amateur (2010) and Carolinas Junior (2009)...Won the Florence Junior in 2010...Sixth-ranked player in South Carolina in 2010 according to Polo Golf rankings...Also lettered in cross country...Vice President of the FCA...Member of the National Honor Society...Awarded South Carolina Scholar Athlete of the Year.
Personal Full name is William Butler Murphy...Born May 12, 1993...Parents are J.R. and Aimei Murphy...Father, J.R., lettered in soccer at South Carolina in 1979-80...Chose South Carolina over Furman and Wofford...Major is business management.
