Michael Burry
Michael Burry
Height: 5-8
Weight: 130
Year: So.
Hometown: Saratoga, CA
High School: Saratoga

Sophomore (2022-23):

  • PING All-American First Team
  • GCAA All-Region Team
  • UAA Player of the Year
  • All-UAA First Team Honors
  • 2023 UAA Spring All-Academic Honors
  • One of the most valuable members for the Eagles this season competing in nine tournaments
  • Finished with a 72.8 average over 27 rounds of competition
  • Led the team with a low round score of 67 at the Golfweek DIII Invitational
  • Shot one under at the O'Briant Jensen Memorial to take sixth place

Freshman (2021-22):

Competed in four tournaments for the Eagles during the 2021-22 campaign… Averaged a score of 75.9 over the course of eight rounds played… Highest finish of the season came at the home Emory Invitational (Apr. 16-17) where he finished tied for 10th after registering a three-round score of a six-over par 222… At the Emory Invitational, Burry carded a first round score of 67 which was the best single round at the tournament and tied for the fourth best round of any Eagle during the 2021-22 season… Posted a 44th place finish at the Chick-fil-A Invitational (Oct. 25-26) with a two-round score of 155 which placed him seventh amongst the Emory contingent… Played just two rounds at the Jekyll Island Collegiate (Mar. 18-20) where he posted a score of 153 (75-78) and only a single round at the weather shortened Shorter Hawk Invitational (Apr. 16-17) where he carded a 77.

 Career Stats:

Year Rounds Strokes Average Low Round
2022-23 27 1,966 72.8 67
2021-22 8 607 75.8 67
TOTALS 35 2,573 74.3 67

High School:
Played two and one-half years of golf for Saratoga High School ... Covid-19 pandemic wiped out his last season ... Was coached by David Gragnola ... No. 2 player on his prep squad that placed fourth in the entire state of California at the state finals ... Competed in the 2021 US Junior Amateur ... Placed fourth in the 2018 California Junior Amateur ... Finished fourth on the leader board in the 2021 Carolina Trace Junior AJGA ... Won the Notah Begay Regional Qualifer in the summer of 2020 ... Captured first place at the NCGA Junior Tour Fall Series III in the fall of 2019. 

Personal:
Son of Michael and Anh-Thi Burry ... Born Nov. 25 ... Plans to major in business

Quote
"Emory has a particular combination of athletic and academic excellence that is hard to beat.  I get to compete with a talented team that has a chance at a national championship year in and year out.  I have always wanted to bein the South for college and it was a perfect fit."