FAYETTEVILLE - Arkansas has added three transfers for the 2023-24 season including TCU transfer Jacob Skov Olesen, NCAA Division II three-time All-American Mateo Pulcini and the 2023 JuCo Jack Nicklaus Player of the Year Award winner Matthis Lefevre.
Jacob Skov Olesen
Roskilde, Denmark / TCU
• 2022-23 (Senior at TCU)
Played in 11 tournaments … Finished with a stroke average of 72.38 … Finished in the top 20 five times and the top 10 two times … Was named to the Big 12 All-Tournament team with a ninth-place finish at the Big 12 Championship … Finished eighth at the Ben Hogan Collegiate Invitational with a score of 3-under 207 … Had 18 rounds of par or better and seven rounds of under 70 … Had a season-best score of 4-under 67 at the GCU Invitational (March 13-14) ... Went 4-0-1 at the fall Big 12 Match Play as TCU finished third.
• 2021-22 (Junior at TCU)
Academic All-Big 12 … Played in five tournaments … Had three rounds of par or better … Had a season-best 1-over 217 at the Amer Ari Invitational … Shot a season-best 2-under par 70 at the Wyoming Cowboy Classic … Finished tied for 25th at the Colonial Collegiate Invitational … Had a scoring average of 74.07.
• 2020-21 (Sophomore at TCU)
PING All-Central Region Team… Played in 12 events and had a scoring average of 71.81, the second-best on the team … Took home co-medalist honors at The Prestige with a score of 4-under 209 (71-68-70) … Shot a season-best 11-under 202 at the Thunderbird Classic, which tied for the sixth-best 54-hole score ever at TCU and placed tied for second … Shot a season-best 6-under 65 at the Thunderbird Classic… Was TCU’s top finisher the most times for the season (4) including at the NCAA Tallahassee Regional where he finished eighth overall … Had a stretch in the spring where he shot under par in 12 of 14 rounds … Led the team with 17 rounds of par or better and nine rounds under 70 … Finished in the top 10 four times.
• 2019-20 (Freshman at Ranger JC)
Played at Ranger College in Ranger, Texas … Finished as the top-ranked junior college player according to GolfStat with a scoring average of 69.53 … Recipient of the 2020 NJCAA Phil Mickelson Outstanding Freshman Award … Named NJCAA Division I PING First Team All-American … Named NJCAA Division I PING All-District… In his collegiate debut, won the Texas Intercollegiate Tournament after shooting 7-under 209 at Hawks Creek in Fort Worth … Finished second at the Platinum Pipe NJCAA National Preview with rounds of 69 and 68 to lead Ranger to the team title … Had a career-best round of 9-under 63 at the High Country Shootout in Ruidoso, N.M.
• PRIOR TO COLLEGE
Was the bronze medalist at the Danish stroke play championship for three-straight years, from 2017-19… In 2016, placed second at Carris Trophy and shot a final-round score of 62… Won the Belgium Juniors Championship in 2016.
Mateo Pulcini (pronounced pul-CHEE-nee)
Rio Cuarto, Argentina / Oklahoma Christian Univ.
• 2022-23 (Senior at OC)
Named GCAA All-American (third team) and PING All-Region for the third straight year … Earned second team All-Lone Star Conference … Posted at 71.62 scoring average and had eight top-20 finishes in 13 events played ... Tied for seventh in stroke play at the LSC Championship as OC was runner-up ... However, Pulcini was 2-0 in match medal play as the Eagles won the team title ... Team placed fourth and he tied for 13th at the DII West-South Central Regional ... Helped OC win the DII stroke play, tying for 14th with an even-par 216 (73-68-74) ... In match play, was 2-1 with Oklahoma Christian falling in the championship (3-2-0) to Nova Southeastern ... Placed a season-best fifth at the Bubba Barrett Invitational, shooting 71-70-71=212 / -4 ... The top four at the Bubba Barrrett were Division I golfers ... Added top 10 finishes at the Houston Classic (T-7th) and Las Vegas Desert Classic (T-9th) .... Individually, finished ninth at the 2023 Latin America Amateur Championship (72-68-68-72) ... Played in the 2022 Patriot All-American (70-74-74 / T-55).
• 2021-22 (Junior at OC)
Named GCAA All-American (first team) and PING All-Region … Earned first team All-Lone Star Conference … Srixon/Cleveland Golf NCAA Division II All-America Scholar ... Posted a team-best 71.62 scoring average ... Went 1-1-1 in match medal play at the NCAA Division II National Championship at as OC finished runner-up ... Led OC to a fourth-place finish during DII National Championship stroke play by placing a team-best T-7th ... Tied for 15th at the DI South Central-West Super Regional ... Helped the Eagles win four times with 13 top-5 finishes ... Team finished fourth at the DII Super Regional and fourth (stroke play) the DII Nationals before losing in the opening round of match medal play ... Eagled the 18th to win the Oak Tree Invitational (70-71-70=211 / +1) and was named Lone Star Conference Player of the Week ... Also won the season-opening Missouri Southern Fall Invitational (73-73-67=213 / -3) to garner Lone Star Conference Player of the Week honors ... Added a pair of runner-up finishes ... Overall, had 12 top-20 finishes in 12 events played.
• 2020-21 (Sophomore at OC)
Named GCAA All-American (honorable mention) and PING All-Region … Earned first team All-Lone Star Conference … Voted Lone Star Conference Freshman of the Year (was still counted as a freshman by the league due to 2019-20 season cancellations due to COVID) … Named to the All-Tournament team for the Lone Star Conference Championship … Was fourth at the LSC Championship, helping Oklahoma Christian to the team title ... Played in 10 tournaments, recording a stroke average of 72.68 over 28 rounds … Posted six top-10 and eight top-20 finishes … Shot a pair of 1-under-par 71’s and tied for third in The Hrnciar to help OC to the team title … Opened the spring semester with three straight top-10 tournament finishes, starting with an eighth-place showing in the Houston Classic (70-77-72=219 / +3) as the Eagles won the team title … Tied for 10th in the Las Vegas Desert Classic (68-74-74=216 / E) … Finished fifth in the Broncho Invitational (72-73-71=216 / +6) and helping OC win the team title … Tied for sixth the Dallas Baptist Patriot Classic (70-67-74=211 / -5) … In the NCAA Division II South Central-West Super Regional, shot 72-71-78=221 (+5) to tie for 15th.
• 2019-20 (Freshman at OC)
Named to the Lone Star Conference’s Commissioner’s Honor Roll (spring semester) … Played in six of the seven team tournaments, recording a stroke average of 75.25 over 16 rounds … Tied for seventh as OC won the Missouri Southern Fall Invitational, shooting (69-72=141 / -3) … Fired an even-par 72 in the second round and tied for 14th at 9-over in the St. Mary’s Invitational.
• Prior to Oklahoma Christian
Previous school: Played for Rio Cuarto Golf Club, helping his team win Argentina’s national Interclub Championship in October 2017 … Finished as the top junior in the Abierto del Centro Championship, one of Argentina’s major regional open tournaments, in 2018.
Matthis Lefèvre (pronounced Ma-Teece Luh-FEV-ruh)
Hossegor, France (Lycee Francais / New Mexico JC)
• JuCo Highlights
^ 2023 GCAA/NJCAA Jack Nicklaus Award (NJCAA Division I Player of the Year)
^ 2022 GCAA/NJCAA Division I Phil Mickelson Outstanding Freshman Award
^ Two-time PING All-America (first team in 2023, second team in 2022)
^ Two-time PING All-South Central District
^ Two-time Western Junior College Athletic Conference (WJCAC) Player of the Year
^ Owns the NMJC record for wins in a season (five in 2021-22) and wins in a career (nine) while his four wins in 2022-23 rank second on the school’s list
^ Ranks 1-2 in most rounds in at par or better at NMJC with 25 in 2022-23 and 24 in 2021-22
^ Scoring average of 70.09 in 2021-22 ranks first at NMJC and his scoring average of 70.29 in 2022-23 ranks second.
• 2022-23 (Sophomore at NMJC)
2023 GCAA/NJCAA Jack Nicklaus Award (NJCAA Division I Player of the Year) ... 2023 PING first team All-America and PING All-South Central District ... 2023 Western Junior College Athletic Conference Player of the Year ... The top-ranked player in NJCAA Division I for 2022-23 (70.29 scoring average) ... NJCAA Division I SwingU College Player of the Month for February and March ... Finished no worse than ninth in his 12 tournaments played ... Won four times with three runners-up and a total of nine top-5 finishes ... Also won a pro event – the 2022 IPS New Mexico Open (64-68-62) … Tied the course record with a 9-under par 62 to overcome a five-stroke deficit in the final round … Became the first amateur to win the New Mexico Open since 1968 … Finished at 19-under 194 ... ... Placed 7th at the 2023 NJCAA National Championship ... Finished with 15 rounds in the 60’s and a school-record 25 rounds of par or better (34 total rounds played) ... Was ninth at the 2023 NJCAA SW District Championship
• 2021-22 (Freshman at NMJC)
2022 GCAA/NJCAA Division I Phil Mickelson Outstanding Freshman Award ... 2022 PING second team All-America and PING All-South Central District ... 2022 Western Junior College Athletic Conference Player of the Year ... Finished third in the 2021-22 Golf Stat NJCAA Division I rankings with a scoring average of 70.09) ... His 70.09 scoring average is additionally a school record ... Won five times with eight top-5 finishes ... Had a school-record 20 rounds in the 60’s (in 32 rounds played) ... Won the 2022 NJCAA District 2 Champion ... Placed fourth at the 2022 NJCAA National Championship.