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Robby Turnbull
- Class:
- 2nd Year
- Hometown:
- Auckland, New Zealand
- High School:
- Selwyn College
Statistics & Rankings: Scoreboard/Clippd (NCAA) | World Amateur Golf Rankings (WAGR)
Awards & Honors:
2025-26 Mid-American Conference Freshman of the Year
2025-26 All-Mid-American Conference First Team
1x Mid-American Conference Golfer of the Week (2025-26)
In the EMU Record Book:
#17 Single Round Score: 66 (Jim DeLapa Collegiate – Sept. 28, 2025)
#4 54-Hole Score: 203 (Hal Williams Collegiate – Feb. 16-17, 2026)
#7 Season Stroke Average: 72.4 (2025-26)
EMU: Returns to Eastern Michigan as a second-year player with four years of eligibility remaining… Coming off a freshman campaign that saw him earn the 2025-26 Mid-American Conference Freshman of the Year award while also being named to the All-MAC First Team… 2025-26: Selected as the Mid-American Conference Freshman of the Year and earned a place on the All-MAC First Team… Averaged 72.4 strokes round, which ranked seventh all-time in program history… Shot an opening-round 66 at the Jim DeLapa Collegiate (Sept. 28-29) to tie for 16th on the program’s single-round record list… Finished a season-best tied for sixth at the Hal Williams Collegiate (Feb. 16-17) after shooting 7-under 203… Carded an opening-round 69 before closing with back-to-back rounds of 67… Added five more top 20 showings to close out the season, including a tie for 17th at the MAC Championships (May 3-5)… Shot par or better 10 times with five rounds in the 60s.
HIGH SCHOOL: Attended Selwyn College... Was a three-sport athlete, playing football (soccer), basketball, and golf... Played 20 tournaments in 2024 and 13 in 2025 with a combined eight victories and 23 total top 10 showings… In 2025, he represented Team New Zealand at the 2025 Toyota Junior Golf World Cup in Toyota, Japan, where he tied for 10th in stroke play at 8-under… TNZ tied for seventh at 13-under with Japan winning at 32-under… Won the NextGen Amateur Tour at Royal Wellington (May 11-12) before taking sixth at the Auckland stop (May 14-15)… Tied for fourth at the North Shore Classic before capping the summer with a win at the Tieke Strokeplay, winning the title by six strokes at 10-under… Captured medalist honors at the 2024 Canterbury Stroke Play, New Zealand Stroke Play, South Island U19, NextGen Amateur Tour Royal Wellington, and Victoria Junior Amateur events... Placed second at the New Zealand Amateur Championship... Competed in the R&A Boys Amateur Championship and finished 33rd... Added nine more top 10 finishes in 2023 with victories at the Adidas Golf Junior 6s Tour stops at Moonah Links and Royal Wellington along with the Canterbury Matchplay event.
PERSONAL: Full Name: Robby Turnbull… Son of Troy Turnbull and Heather Hornby… Has two sisters, Samantha Davies and Megan Davies… Undecided on a major.
Awards & Honors:
2025-26 Mid-American Conference Freshman of the Year
2025-26 All-Mid-American Conference First Team
1x Mid-American Conference Golfer of the Week (2025-26)
In the EMU Record Book:
#17 Single Round Score: 66 (Jim DeLapa Collegiate – Sept. 28, 2025)
#4 54-Hole Score: 203 (Hal Williams Collegiate – Feb. 16-17, 2026)
#7 Season Stroke Average: 72.4 (2025-26)
EMU: Returns to Eastern Michigan as a second-year player with four years of eligibility remaining… Coming off a freshman campaign that saw him earn the 2025-26 Mid-American Conference Freshman of the Year award while also being named to the All-MAC First Team… 2025-26: Selected as the Mid-American Conference Freshman of the Year and earned a place on the All-MAC First Team… Averaged 72.4 strokes round, which ranked seventh all-time in program history… Shot an opening-round 66 at the Jim DeLapa Collegiate (Sept. 28-29) to tie for 16th on the program’s single-round record list… Finished a season-best tied for sixth at the Hal Williams Collegiate (Feb. 16-17) after shooting 7-under 203… Carded an opening-round 69 before closing with back-to-back rounds of 67… Added five more top 20 showings to close out the season, including a tie for 17th at the MAC Championships (May 3-5)… Shot par or better 10 times with five rounds in the 60s.
HIGH SCHOOL: Attended Selwyn College... Was a three-sport athlete, playing football (soccer), basketball, and golf... Played 20 tournaments in 2024 and 13 in 2025 with a combined eight victories and 23 total top 10 showings… In 2025, he represented Team New Zealand at the 2025 Toyota Junior Golf World Cup in Toyota, Japan, where he tied for 10th in stroke play at 8-under… TNZ tied for seventh at 13-under with Japan winning at 32-under… Won the NextGen Amateur Tour at Royal Wellington (May 11-12) before taking sixth at the Auckland stop (May 14-15)… Tied for fourth at the North Shore Classic before capping the summer with a win at the Tieke Strokeplay, winning the title by six strokes at 10-under… Captured medalist honors at the 2024 Canterbury Stroke Play, New Zealand Stroke Play, South Island U19, NextGen Amateur Tour Royal Wellington, and Victoria Junior Amateur events... Placed second at the New Zealand Amateur Championship... Competed in the R&A Boys Amateur Championship and finished 33rd... Added nine more top 10 finishes in 2023 with victories at the Adidas Golf Junior 6s Tour stops at Moonah Links and Royal Wellington along with the Canterbury Matchplay event.
PERSONAL: Full Name: Robby Turnbull… Son of Troy Turnbull and Heather Hornby… Has two sisters, Samantha Davies and Megan Davies… Undecided on a major.
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