2023-24 Men's Golf Roster

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Sverrir Haraldsson

  • Class Senior
  • Hometown Mosfellsbær, Iceland
  • High School Framhaldsskólinn í Mosfellsbæ

Biography

Career Bests
Low Round: 63 (2022 Bash at the Beach)
Best Finish: 2nd (2022 Bash at the Beach)
Lowest 54-Hole Total: 202 (2022 Bash at the Beach)

Career: 2019-2024

Program-record 63 during the final round of the 2022 Bash at the Beach contributed to a second-place finish and a tournament total of 202 that’s tied for lowest 54-hole score in program history … Career scoring average of 73.99 (over 109 rounds) ranked No. 9 in school history at time of graduation.

2023-24: Senior

Finished career with a 1-under 71 at the Sun Belt Championships, sinking a long par putt after having to pitch out following an errant drive … Per-round average of 74.77 over 30 rounds (in 10 tournaments) … Shot a season-best 69 (1 under) in the opening round of the Irish Creek Collegiate and tied for 27th in that event … Closed Mountaineer Invitational with a 1-under 71 after closing the Irish Creek Collegiate with an even-par 70, meaning his last three final rounds as a collegiate golfer were played to a 2-under total of 212.

2022-23: Junior

Scoring average of 74.39 (fourth on team) in 28 rounds across 10 events ... Tied for 13th with even-par total of 70-69-74—213 to open fall at Joe Feaganes Marshall Invitational ... Second-round 66 (5 under) helped lead to tie for 14th at the Bash at the Beach ... Had pair of 3-under 68s during tie for 23rd at Wofford Invitational ... Tied for 54th at the Sun Belt Championship, highlighted by a second-round 75.

2021-22: Sophomore

Scoring average of 72.93 in 28 rounds spread over 10 tournaments (five fall, five spring) … Sun Belt Men’s Golfer of the Week following the Bash at the Beach, where he set program tournament records for best round (63 in the final round) and best 54-hole total (73-66-63—202) en route to a second-place finish at 11 under … Had 14 birdies and one bogey over his final 36 holes in North Myrtle Beach, with eight birdies and no bogeys in the final round after beginning that round with four birdies in his first five holes … In five fall starts, had top-15 finishes at the Highlander Invitational and Black Creek Invitational … Posted 54-hole total of 214 with a 1-over finish at the Phoenix Invitational, thanks to rounds of 70, 73 and 71 on the par-71 layout … Round of 68 (3 under) in second round of the J.T. Poston Invitational … At Black Creek Invitational, had even-par total of 216 (73-73-72) on the par-72 layout … Had one top five, one top 10, three top 15s and four top 25s.

2020-21: Freshman

Competed in eight events for the Mountaineers ... Averaged 74.17 over 17 rounds of play, which ranked 34th in the Sun Belt ... Had three top 25 performances and as well as three top-15 efforts on the player leaderboard ... Posted a career and a season-best finish of T12 at the Bash at the Beach.

2019-20: COVID season (No eligibility used)

Appeared in two tournament events, once as an individual, as a spring transfer enrollee... Accumulated six rounds of play.

  • Lowest round: 71 (2R at Bash at the Beach)
  • Round average: 74.5
  • Lowest final tournament score: 222 (Bash at the Beach)
  • Average tournament score: 223.5
  • Lowest 3-round to-par score: +6 (Bash at the Beach)
  • Best finish: T56 (Bash at the Beach)
  • High of 11 birdies at Martin Downs Intercollegiate

High School/Jr. College/Other Info:
This past year, Haraldsson competed on the 18-U Icelandic National Team with the Mosfellsbaer Golf Club, helping secure a team championship. He was named Player of the Year during 2018 for Mosfellsbaer Golf Club. In 2019, Haraldsson won the club's Achievement of the Year Award.

He held a combined average round score of 73.5 during his high school and junior college career at Framhaldsskólinn í Mosfellsbæ in Iceland. Haraldsson is a five-time winner of the Icelandic Boys Tour and also has won the Order of Merit.

Not only does he eye to make an impact at Appalachian upon the golf course, he plans to major in general marketing while pursuing a graduate degree. 

Sverrir's father is the mayor of his hometown... Has one older sibling, Valgerdur Haraldsdottir ... Born on Sept. 30, 2000. 
 

Historical Player Information

  • 2019-20Freshman

  • 2020-21Sophomore

  • 2021-22Sophomore

  • 2022-23Junior

  • 2023-24Senior