The University of Alabama at Birmingham Athletics
In The Clubhouse With Thomas Sutton
9/22/2011 12:00:00 AM | Men's Golf
Sept. 22, 2011
BIRMINGHAM, Ala. -- UAB redshirt sophomore Thomas Sutton is the second men's golfer to be highlighted in a season-long player profile series on UABsports.com called "In The Clubhouse." Throughout the year, UABsports.com will continue sit down with a member of the men's golf team and ask him random questions ranging from favorite tournaments to his childhood hero.
Sutton is off to a fast start to the 2011-12 campaign as he led the Blazers at the Saint Mary's Intercollegiate over the weekend. The Montgomery, Ala. native carded an even par 216 (75-68-73) to finish tied for fifth overall in the 83-man field. It marked the best finish of his career, topping the eighth-place result he recorded in the Blazers' season-opening tournamnet, the Sam Hall Intercollegiate.
Last season, Sutton competed in all 12 tournaments for the Blazers as a redshirt freshman. He had a 75.66 per round average, which included a career-low round of five-under par 67 in the first round of the Wolf Pack Intercollegiate.
Below are other things Sutton discussed with UABsports.com:
Name: Thomas Sutton
Date of Birth: 12/31/90
Major: Business Marketing
Year: Redshirt Sophomore
Hometown: Montgomery, Alabama
Reasons you chose UAB: The courses we play are unbelievably nice. The program does everything first class.
Favorite golf course: Shoal Creek and Old Overton
Most enjoyable class at UAB: Physical Science
Dream job: PGA Pro
Favorite tournament played in: Kiawah Island
Favorite tournament to watch: Masters
Favorite professional golfers: Greame McDowell
Favorite food: Barbeque
Favorite singer/group: The Script
Favorite Movie: Wedding Crashers
Favorite Actor: Will Ferrell
Favorite Actress: Kristen Bell
Hobbies outside of golf: Pool, ping-pong, and tennis
Favorite sports: Golf, pool
Favorite sports team: Braves
Best book you have read: Harry Potter and Eragon
Who was your childhood hero: Tiger Woods
Best thing about being a UAB golfer: The courses we play around the nation
Funniest teammate: Coach Kaufman or (Sam Love)
What clubs are in your golf bag: Cg7 tour irons, Titleist woods, ping gls driver, Scotty Cameron putter
Your proudest moment in golf so far: Making the UAB team
Goals for this season: To win
Dream vacation destination: A cruise around the world
Favorite TV shows: White Collar
Golf ball played: Pro VI
Hardest holes in Birmingham: #17 at Old Overton
Favorite courses in Birmingham: Shoal Creek, Old Overton, and Birmingham West
Number of holes in one: 1
Best place to eat around campus: Newks
Smartest teammate: Michael Ulmer
Strongest Part of your game: Putting
I love UAB because: I love the campus atmosphere
