Player Highlights
There aren’t many shortcuts to the PGA Tour, but that’s not to say length isn’t an admirable quality for those making the journey.
Certainly it was part of Trey Mullinax’s consistent play a year ago, his rookie campaign on the Web.com Tour. The powerful former University of Alabama golfer made 14 of 18 cuts in 2015; six of those resulted in top-25 finishes. One of those was a T11 at the Utah Championship presented by Zions Bank, a finish highlighted by the two longest drives on Tour all year. Mullinax smashed a 430-yarder on the Golf Club at Thanksgiving Point’s 11th hole during the first round. Two days later he returned to the par 5 and belted his tee ball 425 yards. Pokes like those helped Mullinax finish the season with a 318.3-yard average, trailing only Curtis Thompson and Hugo Leon.
Before he became known as one of the most prodigious drivers on the Tour, Mullinax was a member of the Crimson Tide’s back-to-back NCAA championship teams in 2013 and 2014. Mullinax went 2-1 in the match-play component of ’Bama’s victory over Illinois in ’13. The next year, when the Tide rolled Oklahoma State in the final, it was Mullinax’s eagle putt from the fringe on Prairie Dunes’ 17th hole that sealed the victory. Mullinax’s ties to Tuscaloosa remain valuable. After he Monday-qualified for the PGA TOUR’s RSM Classic last November, Mullinax had Jay Seawell, his college coach, on the bag. They didn’t team for a title, but the Tide alum authored a respectable T25 in only his second PGA TOUR event.
