General: Honor
student in high school ... father played collegiate tennis at Rutgers.
Fall
2012: Played in all five tournaments for the
Tar Heels ... won his first collegiate title when he fired a 6-under-par 210 to
take the individual title at the Wolfpack Intercollegiate ... tied for 12th place
at Tar Heel Intercollegiate ... tied for 29th at the Royal Oaks Intercollegiate
and tied for 45th at both the Rod Myers Invitational and the Carpet Capital
Collegiate ... finished the fall with a 72.87 stroke average.
2011-12: Played in 10 of Carolina's 11 tournaments, competing
as an individual in one of them ... best performance came at the River Landing
Intercollegiate where he tied for eighth place ... tied for 25th in three events
- the Wolverine Intercollegiate, the Seminole Intercollegiate and the Hootie at
Bulls Bay Intercollegiate ... tied for 28th at the USF Invitational and tied for
32nd at the ACC Championships ... tied for 38th at the Rod Myers Invitational,
competing as an individual ... placed 39th at the Jack Nicklaus Invitational,
tied for 43rd at the UNCG Bridgestone Golf Collegiate and tied for 73rd at the
VCU Shootout ... notched a 73.93 stroke average, second best on the team ... carded
six under-par rounds, two in the 60s, and 1 even par round.
Amateur:
Played in 2012 U.S. Amateur ... six top-15 finishes at AJGA
tournaments ... champion at 2009 Rhode Island Classic ... top-three finish at 2010
St. Augustine Amateur ... top-five finish at 2010 Scott Robertson ... third-place
finish at Kingsmill ... two-time Pennsylvania representative at PGA Junior
Championship ... medalist at 2010 U.S. Junior Qualifier in Pennsylvania.
Prep: Four-time golf letterman at Council
Rock North High School - 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012 ... runner-up at 2010
Pennsylvania State High School Championship ... team captured state championship that same year (2010)
... won league, district and
regional championships ... three-time regional player of the year ... three top-10
finishes in state individual championships ... league low scoring average in
2011.
More on Dalinka
Birthday: June 11, 1993
Career competitive round: 64, IJGT Tournament, Westin Kierland
Golf Course in Scottsdale, Arizona
Favorite course: Cherry Hills Country Club in Cherry
Hills Village, Col.
Favorite food: Steak
Favorite video game: Madden
Favorite vacation spot: Anywhere warm
Talent I have outside of golf: Tennis
Favorite athlete: Claude Giroux
Nobody can believe I listen to: Country
My greatest sports moment: Team winning high school state
championship in 2010
Favorite golfer: Bo Van Pelt
I have this superstition: I always use the same marker
My most prized possession is: My beach house
The best part about being a Tar Heel
golfer is: Being
able to represent Carolina
I did this for fun this summer: Horse races
Post-school ambition: Business world and PGA Tour
The best thing about going to school
at Carolina is: The students
Person I would like to play a round
of golf with: Peter
Laviolette
To get ready for a tournament, I
like to: Relax
Dalinka's Tournament Results
Fall 2011
Wolverine Intercollegiate 73-72-73-218 (T25)
VCU Shootout 75-73-78-226
(T73)
Rod Myers Invitational* 78-78-73-229 (T38)
Jack Nicklaus Invitational 74-78-78-230 (39)
UNCG Bridgestone Golf Collegiate 75-76-151 (T43)
Spring 2012
USF Invitational 76-70-74-220
(T28)
Seminole Intercollegiate 69-74-71-214 (T25)
Hootie at Bulls Bay Intercollegiate 75-70-77-222 (T25)
River Landing Intercollegiate 71-73-69-213 (T8)
ACC Championship 71-73-76-220
(T32)
Fall 2012
Carpet Capital Collegiate 70-76-78-224 (T45)
Tar Heel Intercollegiate 72-73-72-217 (T12)
Rod Myers Invitational 78-79-70-227
(T45)
Wolfpack Intercollegiate 73-71-66-210 (1)
Royal Oaks Intercollegiate 72-69-74-215 (T29)
*Competed as an individual
Dalinka's Statistics
| Year |
T |
RDS |
RDS CT |
PCT |
PAR |
-PAR |
60s |
LO |
STK |
AVG |
| 2011-12 |
10 |
29* |
25 |
96.2 |
1 |
6 |
2 |
69 |
2144 |
73.93 |
| Fall 2012 |
5 |
15 |
12 |
80.0 |
2 |
5 |
2 |
66 |
1093 |
72.87 |
| Total |
15 |
44* |
37 |
90.2 |
3 |
11 |
4 |
66 |
3237 |
73.57 |