Mike Jurca
#0
Ht
6'
3"
Class
Senior
Hometown
St. George, 
Utah
Last School
Dixie High School
Roster Years
2008-2009 | 2011-2015


Personal

  • Born in St. George, UT
  • Parents are Stephen and Beverly Jurca
  • Majoring in Family Studies
  • Married to McKell Jurca
  • Father, Stephen, played basketball at Eureka College in Illinois
  • Brother, Brad, ran track at Southern Utah University
  • Loves to go deer hunting and watching the Chicago Bears
  • Recruited by Weber State, Southern Utah, Utah State and Utah Valley
  • Served an LDS mission in Minneapolis, Minn.

Before BYU

  • Lettered four years in golf at Dixie High School in St. George, UT
  • A two-time runner-up and two-time region medalist
  • Made First Team All-State three years in a row, helping Dixie to three state championships
  • Took first in the state tournament as a sophomore and as a senior
  • Placed first at the Dixie Red Hills tournament
  • Took second place in the 2001 Jr. World Qualifier, 2005 U.S. Jr. Amateur and the 2007 Optimist International

Stats

2014-15 - Senior

Tournament Round 1 Round 2 Round 3 Total Score To-Par Place
William H. Tucker Intercollegiate 79 76 84 239 +23 T84/92
Alister MacKenzie Invitational 76 70 74 220 +7 T44/80
Arizona Intercollegiate 76 77 75 228 +15 T71/88
John H. Burns Intercollegiate 78 80 75 233 +17 T73/93
Jones Invitational 79 74 75 228 +12 T52/79
Lamkin San Diego Classic 79 75 80 234 +18 T68/87
Desert Shootout 75 77 71 223 +7 T64/85
*PING Cougar Classic 71 73 74 218 +2 T21/60

2013-14 - Junior

Tournament Round 1 Round 2 Round 3 Total Score To-Par Place
MacKenzie Invitational 73 69 75 217 +1 T34/78
Desert Shootout 79 76 74 229 +13 T78/90

 2012-13 - Sophomore

Tournament Round 1 Round 2 Round 3 Total Score To-Par Place
*Kikkor Individual 72 75 73 220 +7 T15/33
Jack Nicklaus Invitational 77 82 - - 159 +15 T39/60
Alister MacKenzie Invitational 68 78 78 224 +11 T69/79
SCVB Pacific Invitational 72 72 73 217 +1 T46/60
Fresno State Lexus Classic 74 73 77 224 +8 T63/104
*PING Cougar Classic 76 73 69 218 +2 T19/51

2011-12 - Freshman

Tournament Round 1 Round 2 Round 3 Total Score To-Par Place
PING Cougar Classic 70 69 69 208 -8 2/51

BYU Career Stats

Season Events Rounds Strokes Average Low Rd. Top 20
2011-12 1 3 208 69.33 69 1
2012-13 6 17 1,262 74.24 68 2
2013-14 2 6 446 74.33 69 0
2014-15 8 24 1,823 75.96 70 0
Total 26 50 3,739 74.78 68 3

*-competed individually

 

Mission

  • Minneapolis , Minnesota
BYU Hall of Fame

Freshman Year 2011-2012

  • Finished in second place at the PING Cougar Classic shooting a career best 208 (-8)
  • Shot a season low 69 during the second and third rounds of the PING Cougar Classic
Sophmore Year 2012-2013

  • Shot a career best 68 during the first round of the Alister MacKenzie Invitational
  • Shot a season best 218 (+2) at the 2013 PING Cougar Classic, including a third round 69
  • Finished two tournaments in the top 20 as an individual competitor
Junior Year 2013-2014

  • Shot a 69 during the second round of the MacKenzie Invitational
  • During the summer, won the Wing Pointe Amateur for the third year in a row
Senior Year 2014-2015

Fall

  • Shot 70 in the second round and tied for 44th at the Alister MacKenzie Invitational

Spring

  • Shot a season-low 218 at the PING Cougar Classic
  • Tied for 21st at the PING Cougar Classic, his lowest finish of the season
Graduate Year

Redshirt Year 2008-2009

Redshirted the 2008-09 season. Left team in January 2009 to serve a mission in Minneapolis, Minn.

Medical Redshirt Year 2008-2009



  • M Golf | May, 19

    2014-15 Men's Golf Season Review

  • M Golf | Apr, 25

    Rodgers wins PING Cougar Classic, team comes in third

  • M Golf | Mar, 21

    BYU finishes in 11th at Desert Shootout

  • M Golf | Mar, 20

    Cougars drop to 10th after day two

  • M Golf | Mar, 19

    BYU in a tie for 8th after first round

  • M Golf | Mar, 10

    Cougars take 10th at Lamkin San Diego Classic

  • M Golf | Mar, 09

    Cougars end first day at Lamkin in 8th

  • M Golf | Feb, 24

    Rodgers leads BYU to 4th place at Jones Invitational

  • M Golf | Feb, 23

    BYU ends first day in fifth place at Jones Invitational

  • M Golf | Feb, 20

    Cougars finish in 11th at John A. Burns Intercollegiate

  • M Golf | Feb, 19

    BYU moves up after the second round

  • M Golf | Feb, 18

    BYU struggles on first day at John H. Burns Intercollegiate

  • M Golf | Jan, 27

    BYU takes 9th at Arizona Intercollegiate

  • M Golf | Jan, 26

    Rodgers in 2nd, Cougars in 8th after first day

  • M Golf | Oct, 14

    BYU shoots season best in 9th-place finish

  • M Golf | Oct, 13

    Parkinson in 12th, team 7th at MacKenzie Invitational

  • M Golf | Sep, 27

    Three finish top 20, team 7th at Tucker Intercollegiate

  • M Golf | Sep, 26

    Upperclassmen lead BYU on first day of Tucker Intercollegiate

  • M Golf | Mar, 11

    Cougars finish third at Fresno Classic

  • M Golf | Mar, 10

    Cougars in 4th after day one in Fresno

  • M Golf | Oct, 15

    Cougars finish tied for 4th at MacKenzie Invitational

  • M Golf | Oct, 14

    Parkinson in 6th, BYU in 4th after day one

  • M Golf | Apr, 27

    Blair wins tournament title, leads Cougars to victory

  • M Golf | Mar, 04

    Blair tied for sixth, team tied for fifth

  • M Golf | Oct, 08

    Keiley and Tebbs in top ten, team in second place after day one

  • M Golf | Sep, 14

    Men's Golf 2012-13 Season Preview

  • M Golf | Apr, 28

    Jurca and Blair Pace Cougars to First Title in Two Years

  • M Golf | Apr, 27

    Both BYU teams grab lead at PING Cougar Classic

  • M Golf | Sep, 22

    Men's Golf Set to Tee of the New Season