Leon Acikalin
Availability status: Committed
University: Eastern Arizona College
Nationality: Turkey
Date of birth: 2nd July 1999
Height: 5 feet 10 inches
Weight: 185 lbs
Sex: Male
School: Wolsey Hall Oxford
Graduation Year: 2018
College Enrollment Year: 2018
Qualifications:
High School Grades: Business: B, Economics: B, Math: C, Biology: C, English Literature: C, English Language: C, Geography: C, Sociology: C;
SAT: not taken yet
Scoring Average in Tournaments: 73.3
Tournament Low Score: 63 (-9)
Current Handicap: +3
World Amateur Golf Ranking: 1570
European Golf Ranking: 732
National Ranking (Turkey): 1st
Top tournament results:
2017:
11th – Fairhaven Trophy
18th – McEvoy Trophy (70,77,70,70)
32nd – Duncan Putter (76,69,77,76)
1st – TGF League 1 (73,71,69)
1st – TGF League 3 (76,69,69)
1st – Turkey Order of Merit
2016:
2nd – Italian Under 18 Championship
3rd – Turkish Amateur Championship
1st – Turkish Golf Tour Gloria Golf Course (67, -5)
GGL International (75,77,70,70)
Give us 5 words that best describe you as an athlete:
hard-working, focused, adaptable, smart, dedicated
Tell us about your best memory of your athletic career:
Playing in the European Tour Turkish Airlines Open, which for me was a dream come true. To play next to legends of the sport was incredible!
Goals?
To become the first Turkish golfer with a full tour card on the European Tour
Anything else we should know?
Besides golf, I also do weight-lifting and a lot of golf-related fitness training