Joey Savoie
Personal Details
Personal Channels
Biography
• Canadian Amateur Golfer of the Year in 2018
• Team and individual champion at the 2017 Tailhade Cup in Argentina
• Earned individual victories in 2018 at the Franklin American Mortgage Tennessee Open and Grant Clements Memorial Tournament
• Represented Canada at the 2018 Eisenhower Trophy (World Team Amateur Championships), finishing with the 19th best score at the tournament
• Has competed in the U.S. Amateur and British Amateur four times each
• Competed at the 2018 RBC Canadian Open
• Member of the 2016 NCAA Division II Championship team at Saint Leo University
• Voted First Team All-Conference-USA in his senior year at Middle Tennessee State University
A LITTLE MORE ABOUT JOEY
Getting into the Sport: Started playing golf at age 6 and competing at age 11… Uncle Jean-Louis Lamarre was a golf pro who nearly qualified for the PGA Tour in the 1980s… Cousin Lannick Lamarre is also a professional golfer… Outside Interests: Graduated from Middle Tennessee State University with a degree in Accounting in 2007…Odds and Ends: Collects ball markers from different courses he plays… Favourite quote: “Nothing in life worth anything is easy” – Barack Obama… Nicknames: Joe, Jojo, Rev… Made his first and only hole-in-one when he was 11…
Olympic Highlights
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Notable International Results
World Team Amateur Championships: 2018 – 9th
Amateur Top-5 Finishes: 2019 – 5th (NSW Amateur); 2018 – 5th (St. Andrews Links Trophy), 1st (Tennessee State Open), 4th (Terra Cotta Invitational), 5th (Azalea Invitational), 1st (Grant Clements Memorial Tournament), 5th (NSW Amateur); 2017 – 4th (Campoenato Nacional por Golpes), 1st (Torneo Internacional Copa Juan Carlos Tailhade), 2nd (Monroe Invitational)
