2015-16 Men's Golf Roster
Biography
Career Highlights
2015 Big Ten Golfer of the Year
2015 Les Bolstad Award Winner
2015 Ben Hogan Award Watch List
Two-time Academic All-Big Ten
Two-time PING All-American (Honorable Mention, 2014; Second Team, 2015)
Three-time PINGÂ All-Midwest Region (2014, 2015, 2016)
Three-time All-Big Ten First Team (2014, 2015, 2016)
Played with Team Europe in the 2014 Palmer Cup
Played for Belgium in the World Amateur Team Championship in 2012 & 2014
2013 Big Ten Freshman of the Year
Competed for Belgium in 2013 World Amateur Team Championships
Senior - 2015-16
- Earned his third consecutive top-11 finish at the NCAA Championships, tying for 10th
- Won both matches in the quarterfinal and semifinal rounds
- 2016 Big Ten Medalist
- Tied for third overall at the NCAA Kohler Regional
- Started the spring season with a second place finish at the Louisisana classics
- Finished among the top-5 at both the Southern Highlands Collegiate and the Valspar Collegiate Invitational
- Sits second on the squad with a 72.19 stroke average for the season
- Finished among the top-three in the first two events of the fall season
- Set a course and tournament record at the OFCC/Fighting Illini Invitational, shooting a 7-under par 63 in the first round of play
- Awarded Big Ten Co-Golfer of the Week on Nov. 5 after winning both matches at the East Lake Cup
- Ranked among the top-15 on the Fall Arnold Palmer Cup Rankings
Summer 2015
- Represented Europe in the Palmer Cup for the second consecutive summer
Junior - 2014-15
- Led the team with a 70.76 stroke average, a number that also leads the all-time single season stroke average list
- Posted two top-five finishes in three starts during the fall collegiate season
- Tallied eight top-10 finishes on the season including top finishes at the Sagamore Fall Preview and the Louisiana Classics
- Notched 26 rounds under par and two even-par rounds
- Competed for Belgium in the 2014 World Amateur Team Championship, tying for 51st with a 6-under 280
- Recorded his low-18 tally at the 3M Augusta Invitational where he finished 11-under par for take third individually
- Won the rain-shortened Sagamore Fall Preview with a 5-under par 139
- shared the Boilermaker Invite title with teammate Charlie Danielson
- Tied for third overall at the 2015 NCAA Championships
2014 Summer
- Helped Europe win the 2014 Palmer Cup, going 3-1 in his four matches
- Went 2-0 in foursome/fourball play and 1-1 in singles action at the Palmer Cup
- Competed for Belgium at the European Amateur Team Championships, finishing tied for fourth at -8 during the individual portion, Belgium's best individual finish.
Sophomore - 2013-14
- Named to the European side for the 2014 Palmer Cup on April 17
- Posted the third-best stroke average on the team at 71.62, with a low round of 65 (-5) and a low 54-hole score of 205 (-5)
- Had one win and five top-10 finishes on the season
- Recorded 15 rounds under par and six even-par rounds on the season
- Illinois counted 35 of his 37 rounds (94.59 percent) in 2013-14
- Named Big Ten Golfer of the Week on April 9 after tying for fourth at the 3M Augusta Invitational with an 8-under-par 208
- Named Co-Big Ten Golfer of the Week on March 12 after tying for second with teammate Charlie Danielson at Louisiana Classics with a 7-under-par 209
- Tied for 11th at the Boilermaker Invitational with a 2-over 218
- Fired a 3-under-par 213 to tie for 22nd at the USF Invitational to start the spring season
- Notched a 1-over 214 to tie for 27th at the Valspar Invitational
- Posted a fall stroke average of 70.92, third-best on the team, including a low round of 66 (-4) and a low 54-hole score of 205 (-5)
- Earned his first collegiate victory with a 4-under-par 209 at the Wolf Run Intercollegiate, including two rounds under par
- Placed fifth at The Macdonald Cup with a 204 (-6), including a career-best round of 66 (-4) in the final round
- Tied for sixth at the Olympia Fields Country Club/Fighting Illini Invitational with a 214 (+4) in Illinois' first tournament of the fall.
Freshman - 2012-13
- Named Big Ten Freshman of the Year
- Second on the team with a 72.88 stroke average
- Posted a final-round 2-under-par 68 to finish tied for 38th in the stroke-play portion of the NCAA Championships
- His 54-hole score of 211 at the NCAA Championships was the third-best score posted by an Illini as a counting score this season
- Defeated Texas' Julio Vegas 1-up for Illinois' first point of a 3-2 win over the defending champion Longhorns in the NCAA quarterfinal match on May 31
- After recording only one top-10 finish during the regular season, tied for eighth at Big Ten Championships and tied for second at the NCAA Fayetteville Regional
- Recorded a career-best 68 in the first round of the NCAA Fayetteville Regional, his first collegiate round under 70
- Scored a 74 or better in 26 of his 34 (76.5 percent) rounds
- Finished in the top 20 in eight of the 11 tournaments he played, including a 16th-place finish at the Augusta State Invitational and tying for 17th at the Louisiana Classics
- Carded a season-best 213 at the Desert Shootout March 21-23 to tie for 12th
- Had five rounds under par and a team-best seven rounds at par on the season
- Represented his native Belgium at the World Amateur Team Championships in the fall along with Illini teammate Thomas Pieters
- Competed in three fall tournaments with the Illini
- Posted the third-best fall stroke average on the team at 73.11
- Posted a 3-over-par 216, his best score of the fall, at the Wolf Run Invitational to tie for 10th with Illini teammates Charlie Danielson and Mason Jacobs
- Tied for 12th at the D.A. Weibring Invitational with a 9-over-par 222 and tied for 16th at the Isleworth Collegiate Invitational with a 4-over-par 220.
High School
- Won the Dutch Open in 2009
- Won the European Boys Team Championship in 2010
- Won the Belgium National Championship in 2009 and again in 2010
- Won the Belgium National Match Play in 2011
- Holds the course record at Millennium Golf Course in Belgium.
Personal
- Born on Jan. 13, 1993
- Son of Armand and Nathalie Detry
- Enrolled in the College of Business
- Enjoys playing tennis and field hockey as well as keeping up with science and macro-economy.
Detry's Career Statistics |
Year |
Rounds |
Strokes |
Average |
Low Round |
Low 54-Hole Score |
2012-13 |
34 |
2,478 |
72.88 |
68 (-4) |
211 (+1) |
2013-14 |
37 |
2,650 |
71.62 |
65 (-5) |
205 (-5) |
2014-15 |
34 |
2,406 |
70.76 |
66 (-6) |
203 (-13) |
2015-16Â Â |
37 |
2,650 |
71.62 |
63 (-7) |
206 (-10) |
Total |
142 |
10,184 |
71.72 |
63 (-7) |
203 (-13) |
Historical Player Information