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| Stewart Alexander |
| Birth Date: Feb. 20, 1953 Age: 50 Home: Gainesville, Fla. College: Georgia Southern Player Notes: USGA Playing Record Tried/Qualified U.S. Amateur 22/17 U.S. Mid-Amateur 10/9 U.S. Open 15/2 |
| Best Finish |
| 1986 U.S. Amateur won (defeated Chris Kite in the
final, 5 and 3) 1987 Walker Cup squad 1992 U.S. Mid-Amateur semifinalist (lost to eventual champion Danny Yates, 3 and 2) |
| Interesting Facts |
| Coach of 1993 and 2001 NCAA champion Florida Gators. . . team was NCAA runnerup in 1990 with current PGA Tour players Dudley Hart, Chris DiMarco and David Toms. . . has coached in Gainesville since 1988 and his teams have won six SEC titles. . . also served as head coach at Georgia Southern (1977-80) and Louisana State University (1983-87), where two of his Tiger teams won SEC crowns. . . has coached 23 All-Americans in his three stops as well as 15 pros and eight currently on the PGA Tour. . . among them is Jodie Mudd, 1980 and 1981 U.S. Amateur Public Links champion. |
| Golf Highlights |
| Winning 1986 U.S. Amateur 1993 NCAA Champion coach (University of Florida) Played in 1987 and 1988 Masters Member of 1987 Walker Cup squad Played in 1987 and 1994 U.S. Open Member of 1986 World Cup Team | Lowest competitive round: 62 in Savannah, Ga. in 1976 |
| Tournaments Won or Runner Up |
| Won U.S. Amateur (1986) Won Eastern Amateur (1977) Won Azalea Amateur (1976) Won Florida State Amateur (1991) Won Florida State Match Play (1990) Won New Years Invitational (six times) Runner-up Porter Cup (1991) Runner-up Florida Open (1981) Runner-up Palmetto Amateur (1998) Runner-up Georgia Open (1978 and 1979) Runner-up Florida Amateur (2000) |
| Honors and Awards |
| 2001 GCAA Coach of the Year 1979, 1984, 1989 NCAA District 3 Coach of the Year 1986 Southeastern Conference co-Coach of the Year 1989, 1991, 1993, 1994 and 1999 Southeastern Conference Coach of the Year 1991 Inductee into NJCAA Golf Coaches Hall of Fame 1992 and 1999 NCAA District 3 South Coach of the Year 1993 Golfweek National Coach of the Year 1993 GCAA Coach of the Year 1974 and 1975 All-American |
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