Honors & Awards
GCAA All-American Scholar (2023-24)
SEC Academic Honor Roll (2023-24)
Tiger Invitational All-Tournament Team (2024)
GCAA All-American Scholar (2022-23)
U.S. Amateur Qualifier (2023)
SEC Academic Honor Roll (Spring 2023)
PING All-Southeast Region (2023)
CSC Academic All-District Team (2023)
SEC Golfer of the Week (3/8/23)
Tiger Invitational Champion (2023)
Tiger Invitational All-Tournament Team (2023)
8th Orlando International Amateur Champion (December 2022)
U.S. Amateur Qualifier (2022)
63rd Porter Cup Champion (July 2022)
55th Dogwood Invitational Champion (June 2022)
SEC Academic Honor Roll (Spring 2022)
Chi Sigma Alpha Honor Society (2021-22)
Athletic Director's Honor Roll (2021-22, 2022-23)
Tiger Invitational All-Tournament Team (2022)
Dean's List (Fall 2021)
First Year SEC Academic Team (2020-21)
Career Highlights
Low 18 : (-6)(3x), last at Tiger Invitational third round (3/7/23)
Low 54: (-11) Tiger Invitational (3/5 - 3/7/23)
2023-24 (Redshirt Junior)
Averaged 71.44 shots per round over 34 rounds of play... carded 22 rounds at par or better and seven top-20 finishes... made 126 birdies and two eagles... opened the year at the Mirabel Maui Jim intercollegiate, shooting 67-67-69 (-10) for a T13 finish... caught fire in the spring season, carding four consecutive top-six placements at the Pinehurst Intercollegiate (+3), Tiger Invitational (+6), Seahawk Intercollegiate (+1) and Mossy Oak Collegiate (-9), helping the Tigers win the team title in each of them... aided in the Tigers' SEC Championship run with a pair of match play wins in the semifinals against No. 11 Arkansas' John Driscoll (3&2) and in the finals against No. 2 Vanderbilt's William Moll (1-UP)... also secured one of Auburn's three points in its NCAA Championship quarterfinal match versus No. 9 Virginia with 2&1 victory over Josh Duangmanee... counted an impressive 31 of 34 team rounds played.
2022-23 (Redshirt Sophomore)
Averaged 70.54 strokes per round through a career-high 37 rounds of competition, a 2.42 average stroke improvement from the previous year... average also stands as the fourth-best in a single season in Auburn history... carded 24 total rounds at or below par, including nine in the 60s... finished in the top 20 six times and in the top 10 three times... fired four eagles and 129 birdies... did not miss a team event... counted 34 of 37 team rounds played... heavily contributed to all three of the team's fall wins, finishing in the top 15 at the Maui Jim Intercollegiate, Marquette Invitational and Isleworth Collegiate... first top 10 of the season came at Marquette behind a 70-74-70--214(+4) scorecard... won first collegiate event, the Tiger Invitational, shooting 71-68-66--205(-11) to also earn SEC Golfer of the Week Honors... shot 206 (-10) for a tied for sixth outing at the Mossy Oak Collegiate... placed T13th at the NCAA Auburn Regional to aid the Tigers in tying the school record with five wins during the season... wins record had not been matched in nearly 30 years... named PING All-Southeast Region.
2021-22 (Redshirt Freshman)
Averaged 72.96 strokes per round through 25 rounds of play... carded four top-20 finishes and one top-10 finish at the Nexus Collegiate... logged 11 rounds at par or better, six rounds below par and two rounds in the 60s... made birdie 89 times, averaging 3.56 per round... made eagle twice, good for second on the team... joined teammate Brendan Valdes as one of only six players of 154 total to eagle at the NCAA Championship, and the only duo from the same school to do so... counted 15 of 19 (.789) team rounds played... averaged a 3.96 shots per round win differential... made collegiate debut at the SEC Match Play Championship, earning victories over opponents from both Ole Miss and Mississippi State... closed out the fall with a stint at the Isleworth Collegiate, shooting 73-74-75—222 (+6) to finish just outside the top 30... earned first career top-10 finish at the Nexus Collegiate... finished below par at the Tiger Invitational with a 74-70-71—215 (-1) to aid Auburn's "B" team to a third-place finish, earning a spot on the All-Tournament Team... posted career lows for 18 (68/-4), 36 (138/-6) and 54 holes (214/-2) in a top-25 finish at the Hootie at Bulls Bay Intercollegiate... shot 73-69-73—215 (-1) at the NCAA Norman Regional to finish tied for 17th and help the Tigers to their first NCAA Championship appearance since 2019... led the Auburn lineup through three of four rounds at NCAAs as its top finisher at 76-70-71-70—287 (+7), earning a top-20 placement in his career debut at the tournament.
2020-21 (Freshman)
Did not see tournament action
Personal
Born June 15, 2002 in York, Pennsylvania... Parents are Kevin and Kerri Bacha... Has two older brothers, Connor and Quinn, and one younger sister, Karli... Mother played tennis at NC State and Penn State, father played tennis at Campbell... Graduate of Central York High School... Majoring in finance.
Bacha's Career Stats | ||||||
Year | Tournaments | Rounds | Strokes | Average | Low 18 | Rounds At/Below Par |
2020-21 | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- |
2021-22 | 9 | 25 | 1,824 | 72.96 | (-6) | 11 |
2022-23 | 12 | 37 | 2,610 | 70.54 | (-6) | 24 |
2023-24 | 11 | 34 | 2,429 | 71.44 | (-6) | 22 |
Career | 32 | 96 | 6,863 | 71.49 | (-6) | 57 |