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Wells Williams

Class Junior
Hometown West Point, Miss.
High School Oak Hill Academy
Major Anthropology
Bio

NIL on Opendorse

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