2008-09: Was top individual finisher in three tournaments ... Held team[apos]s top scoring average at 75.09 ... Shot season-best one-over par scores of 71 in the first and second rounds of the D.A. Weibring Intercollegiate (10/12), finishing in a tie for 17th place with a seven-over par total of 217 (71-71-75) ... Tallied a 10th-place finish (+3) at the Spartan Classic (9/14) with a score of 74 ... Shot a qualifying round score of 61 to break the Sharf Course record of 62 set by PGA Tour superstar Ernie Els ... Top spring season finish came at the BSU Cardinal Collegiate, posting a final score of 10-over-par 154 (77-77), finishing in a tie for 27th place.
2008: Transferred from Belmont University in the spring ... Played in all seven tournaments and eight events for the Golden Grizzlies in the spring ... Ranked second on the team with a scoring average of 77.88 ... Tallied a tie for 35th place finish at The Summit League Tournament (4/20-22) with an overall score of 18-over par 234 (78-81-75) ... Carded a 77 in a dual match versus Lipscomb (2/22) ... Low round of the spring came in final tournament at the First Energy Intercollegiate (4/26) with an opening 18-hole score of 72, finishing 37th with a 10-over par score of 150 ... Posted one top 20 finish for Oakland, posting scores of 76 and 81 at the Butler Spring Invitational (3/24-25) to finish at 13-over par and in 15th place ... Named Academic All-Summit League.
At Belmont University (2007): Played in one tournament, finishing in 64th place at the Belmont Fall Shootout after firing a 242 (89-74-79).
High School: Four-year letterwinner under coach Tom Wilson ... Team captain as a senior ... Helped lead team to Div. I state championship in 2005, finishing in second place as an individual with scores of 68-73 (141) ... Four-time all-area and all-conference ... Garnered all-state honors in final three seasons and honorable mention honors in freshman season ... Tabbed All-State Super Team as a junior ... Finished seventh at the state championships as a sophomore with scores of 74-77 (151).
Personal: Born Robert Martin McNiff III on Feb. 16, 1989, in Atlanta, Ga. ... Parents are Tom and Jane Witt ... Father, Bob McNiff, played professional golf and collegiate golf at Eastern Michigan ... Great Uncle, Bill Wolski, played professional football for the Atlanta Falcons (1966) and collegiate football at Notre Dame (1963-65) ... Enjoys fishing, hunting, playing basketball, hockey, and anything that involves being outdoors ... Plans to major in business administration.
Collegiate Tournament Results
| NA |
Lipscomb Dual Meet (+5) |
77 |
| T63 |
Wexford Plantation Intercollegiate (+24) |
80-76-84 - 240 |
| T15 |
Butler Spring Invitational (+13) |
76-81 - 157 |
| T44 |
Aldila Intercollegiate (+15) |
76-79-76 - 231 |
| T30 |
Beu/Mussatto Invitational (+14) |
74-84-77 - 235 |
| T35 |
The Summit League Championship (+18) |
78-81-75 - 234 |
| T37 |
First Energy Intercollegiate (+15) |
72-78 - 150 |
| T28 |
John Piper Intercollegiate (+28) |
78-73-77 - 228 |
| T10 |
Spartan Classic (+3) |
74 |
| T60 |
Wolverine Intercollegiate (+10) |
76-74-73 - 223 |
| T35 |
Cleveland State Invitational (+12) |
76-77-75 - 228 |
| T17 |
D.A. Weibring Intercollegiate (+7) |
71-71-75 - 217 |
| T36 |
F&M Bank APSU Intercollegiate (+7) |
76-74-73 - 223 |
| T27 |
BSU Cardinal Collegiate (+10) |
77-77 - 154 |
| T30 |
Titan Invitational (+13) |
78-76-76 - 230 |
Career Statistics
| Year |
Trn |
T10 |
T20 |
Rnds/Cnt |
Strk |
Avg. |
Lo |
Par/ |
60s |
| 2007-08 |
9 |
0 |
0 |
22/17 |
1723 |
78.31 |
73 |
0 |
0 |
| 2008-09 |
8 |
1 |
2 |
21/20 |
1577 |
75.09 |
71 |
0 |
0 |
| Total |
17 |
1 |
2 |
43/37 |
3300 |
76.74 |
71 |
0 |
0 |
Low round: 71 (twice), D.A. Weibring Intercollegiate, 1st round and 2nd round (+1)
Low tournament score: 217, D.A. Weibring Intercollegiate (+7), 2008
Best finish: T10, Spartan Classic, 2008