Tomaz Pinheiro

Photo by: Lucas Carter

Class:
Junior
Hometown:
Belo Horizonte, Brazil

FALL 2011
Carried a 76.6 average in fall season, competing in eight rounds...Tied for 38th place with a three-round total of 236...Carded a 75 at the Cleveland State Invitational to help IPFW claim its second-ever tournament victory...Fired a season-best 73 at the Hummingbird Intercollegiate, leading to a 50th place finish overall...Placed tied for 28th after firing rounds of 79-73 at the Dayton Flyer Invite.

SPRING 2010
Posted a season average of 74.8 for the Spring season....Opened the season with a top-ten finish at T8th at the Mission Inn Resort Spring Fling after rounds of 75-76-72...Posted a 149, a new collegiate two-round best, at the C&F Bank Intercollegiate in Williamsburg, Va...Posted back-to-back rounds of 76 at the Western Illinois Beu/Mussato Invite in Macomb, Ill. for a T22nd place finish...Finished inside the top 15 at the adidas Indiana Invitational after rounds of 68-73-76...Fired a collegiate-best 68 and the second-best round by an IPFW player in the history of the program ... finished T29th at the The Summit League Championship with rounds of 77-76-73...Wrapped the year with a 24th place finish at the Purdue Boilermaker Invitational.

FALL 2010
Averaged 76.6 strokes per round in the Fall...Opened the year with a 13th place finish at the UW-Green Bay Invitational (72-84-70)...Posted a 153 at the John Piper Intercollegiate at Stone Ridge Country Club after rounds of 75 and 78...Finished 51st at the Telich/Sunlife Financial Invite at Canterbury Golf Club with rounds of 76 and 80...Finished T32nd at the Dayton Flyer Invitational at NCR Country Club in Kettering, Ohio after carding rounds of 80 and 74.

SPRING 2010
Average score of 79.4 in the Spring season...Kicked off the Spring with rounds of 79 and 78 in St. George, Utah at the Pat Hicks Thunderbird Invitational...Opened with an 89 and shot an impressive 73 at the Don Benbow Invitational, hosted by Jacksonville Beach (Fla.) Country Club...Closed his season with a 237 (79-76-82) in the Ball State Cardinal Collegiate...Tied for 53rd place in the tournament hosted by Sultan's Run.

FALL 2009
Carried a 78.3 average in his first season in Fort Wayne...Opened his collegiate career with a 234 (81-77-76) at the John Piper Intercollegiate...Bettered that mark a week later, with rounds of 77-78-77 at the Earl Yestingmeier Invitational at Delaware Country Club...Finished in 61st place...Wrapped up the season with a 180 in the two-round Cleveland State Invitational at Sand Ridge Golf Club ...Shot rounds of 78 and 82 in the tournament.

HIGH SCHOOL
Pinheiro comes to IPFW from Belo Horizonte, Brazil, where he starred on the junior golf ranks with three handicap...Ranked as the 13th best junior golfer in Brazil...Tabbed as the 15th best amateur nationwide...In the summer of 2008, he competed and finished well in the highly regarded 2008 Doral Publix Junior Nationals in Orlando, Fla.

PERSONAL
Son of Emilio Pinherio and Agueda Rondas...Has two siblings, Mariana and Elisa...Majoring in business management.

Career Lows:
Single Round: 68 - adidas Indiana Invitational, 4/9/2011
Two Round Tournament: 149 (76-73) - C&F Bank Intercollegiate, 3/22/2011
Three Round Tournament: 217 (68-73-76) - adidas Indiana Invitational, 4/10/2011
Career Average: 76.7