
Wells Williams
Class
Junior
Hometown
West Point, Miss.
High School
Oak Hill Academy
Major
Anthropology
Honors
- GCAA Division I PING All-Region (Southeast) (’25)
- Golfweek Honorable Mention All-American (’23)
- All-SEC Second Team (’25)
- All-SEC Freshman Team (’23)
- SEC Academic Honor Roll (’24)
- SEC Freshman of the Week on March 8, 2023
- First-Year SEC Academic Honor Roll (’23)
Vanderbilt Career
- Career-low 18-hole score of 63 is tied for the fourth-lowest single-round total in program history
- His 15-under 198 is tied for the fifth-lowest score at Vandy
- His three collegiate wins are tied for fourth-most at Vanderbilt
- Sixth Commodore ever to win multiple tournaments in the same season with wins at the 2025 Southwestern Invitational and the 2025 Mason Rudolph Championship
- Collected his first collegiate individual title at the 2023 Cabo Collegiate
- Has helped the Commodores win five team titles during his time at Vanderbilt
- Career scoring average of 71.09 is eighth-best in program history
- Posted five top-five career finishes
- 18-Hole Low Score: 63, 2025 Mason Rudolph Championship, Round 1
- 18-Hole Low Par: 8-under 63, 2025 Mason Rudolph Championship, Round 1
- 54-Hole Low Score: 198, 2025 Mason Rudolph Championship
- 54-Hole Low Par: 8-under 198, 2025 Mason Rudolph Championship
- Best Finish: 1st (3x), 2023 Cabo Collegiate, 2025 Southwestern Invitational, 2025 Mason Rudolph Championship
As a Junior (2024-25)
- GCAA Division I PING All-Region (Southeast)
- All-SEC Second Team
- SEC Co-Golfer of the Week – April 9
- GOLFWEEK Preseason All-American Third Team
- Golf Channel Preseason All-American Third Team
- Ranked No. 24 in the WAGR
- Ranked No. 40 in the CLIPPD Rankings
- 70.39 scoring average in 33 rounds of play
- Had his score count in all 33 rounds
- Carded under par in 16 rounds
- Sixth Commodore ever to win multiple tournaments in the same season
- Won the Southwestern Invitational (-5; 208) and Mason Rudolph Championship (-15; 198)
- His 15-under 198 at the Mason Rudolph Championship tied for the fifth-lowest score at Vandy
- Qualified for the 124th U.S. Amateur Championship, where he advanced to match play
- Made his PGA TOUR debut at the 124th U.S. Open Championship
- Qualified for the U.S. Open after surviving Golf’s Longest Day, as he placed third at the U.S. Open Final Qualifying: Maryland at Woodmont Country Club in Rockville, Maryland
- 18-Hole Low Score: 63, Mason Rudolph Championship, Round 1
- 18-Hole Low Par: 8-under 63, Mason Rudolph Championship, Round 1
- 54-Hole Low Score: 198, Mason Rudolph Championship
- 54-Hole Low Par: 8-under 198, Mason Rudolph Championship
- Best Finish: 1st (2x), Southwestern Invitational, Mason Rudolph Championship
As a Sophomore (2023-24)
- SEC Spring Academic Honor Roll
- 71.59 scoring average in 17 rounds of play
- Carded under par in eight rounds
- Score counted in two rounds
- Played as an individual in four tournaments
- Collected two top-10 finishes
- Helped the Commodores win the St Andrews Links Collegiate and the Watersound Invitational
- 18-Hole Low Score: 66, St Andrews Links Collegiate, Round 2
- 18-Hole Low Par: 4-under 66, St Andrews Links Collegiate, Round 2
- 54-Hole Low Score: 208, Pauma Valley Invitational
- 54-Hole Low Par: 5-under 208, Pauma Valley Invitational
- Best Finish: T-5th, Pauma Valley Invitational
As a Freshman (2022-23)
- GOLFWEEK All-American Honorable Mention
- All-SEC Freshman Team
- SEC First-Year Academic Honor Roll
- SEC Freshman of the Week – March 8
- 71.89 scoring average in 18 rounds of play as a true freshman
- Score counted in 15 rounds
- Carded under par in seven rounds
- Won first individual collegiate title at the 2023 Cabo Collegiate
- Helped the Commodores win the John Hayt Invitational, Cabo Collegiate and Mason Rudolph Championship
- Advanced to the semifinals at the 2023 U.S. Amateur Four-Ball
- 18-Hole Low Score: 65, Cabo Collegiate, Round 2
- 18-Hole Low Par: 6-under 65, Cabo Collegiate, Round 2
- 54-Hole Low Score: 203, Cabo Collegiate
- 54-Hole Low Par: 10-under 203, Cabo Collegiate
- Best Finish: 1st, Cabo Collegiate
The Williams File
- No. 1-ranked golfer in Mississippi
- No. 6-ranked golfer in 2022 class
- USA Junior Ryder Cup Team member
- AJGA First Team All-American
- Three-time AJGA All-American
- Three-time Mississippi high school individual champion
- 2020 Callaway Golf Texas Junior Open
- 2019 TaylorMade Junior All-Star Championship.
- Wyndham Invitational at Sedgefield runner-up