Mitchell Meissner

Personal

• Was teammates at Rice University with PGA TOUR Latinoamerica player Mario Carmona.
• Was a National Merit Commended Scholar in high school, at Alamo Heights High School. Ranked second in his class of 344 students.
• Uncle Todd Haney played college baseball at Texas and for the Chicago Cubs, New York Mets and Montreal Expos.
• Has volunteered for the Special Olympics, Habitat for Humanity, the san Antonio Food bank and the Humane Society.

Special Interests

• Ping pong, finding great tacos

Career Highlights

2019 Season

Made six cuts in 10 starts with a trio of top-25 finishes, including a T2 at the season-opening Buenaventura Classic. Finished No. 53 on the Order of Merit.

• Bupa Match Play: Went 1-1 in his two matches in the Tour’s only match-play tournament.
• Buenaventura Classic: In his PGA TOUR Latinoamerica debut, started slowly, with an opening-round 74. Closed with rounds of 69-67-80 to T2 with Ryan Ruffels and Mito Pereira.

Amateur Highlights

• In December 2017, while struggling with his putting, he started putting left-handed. He went on to win four titles after making the putting switch.
• Played college golf at Rice University. Was the Conference USA individual champion in 2018, defeating South Africa’s Ian Snyman by three shots in Texarkana, Texas.
• Shared medalist honors at the Ryman Hospitality Intercollegiate in Nashville, Tennessee, with Lipscomb University’s Dawson Armstrong, who is a PGA TOUR Latinoamerica player.
• Won the 2018 Texas Amateur in June at Whispering Pines GC, defeating Levi Valadez by three strokes.
• At Comanche Trace, captured the 2018 Greater San Antonio Match Play, defeating Seth Johnson in the championship match.