Caden Pinckes

Class:
Redshirt Sophomore
Hometown:
La Costa, Calif.
High School:
Classical Academy High School

Michigan Honors
• First name is pronounced: KAY-din
• Last name is pronounced: PINK-ess

Michigan Honors
• Two-time Academic All-Big Ten (2025, '26)
• U-M Athletic Academic Achievement Award (2024)

Season: 2025-26
• Played in one tournament
   • Competed as an individual at the Canadian Collegiate Invitational (Sept. 14-16)
• Averaged 78.33 strokes per round
   • Posted a season-low 76 in the second round
• Averaged 235.00 per 54-hole tournament
   • Posted a season-best 54-hole total of 235

Season: 2024-25
• Played in seven tournaments, making three starts
   • Made his collegiate debut as an individual at the Island Resort Intercollegiate (Sept. 1-2)
   • Made his first career start at the Inverness Intercollegiate (Sept. 9-10)
• Helped Michigan post seven top-five finishes, including four top-three results
   • Contributed to the Wolverines' team title at the Virtues Intercollegiate (Sept. 28-29)
• Averaged 75.35 strokes per round
   • Recorded four rounds of par or better, including two under-par rounds
   • Fired a career-low 68 (-4) in the second round of the Virtues Intercollegiate
• Averaged 227.00 per 54-hole tournament
   • Posted a career-best 36-hole total of 145 (77-68, +1) at the Virtues Intercollegiate
   • Posted a career-best 54-hole total of 216 (71-73-72, E) at the Canadian Collegiate Invitational

Season: 2023-24
• Redshirted

Prep & Junior Career
• Prepped at Classical Academy
• All-CIF second team, twice (2022, '23)
• As a senior in 2023, helped the Caimans to a Coastal League championship, CIF San Diego Section Division II runner-up finish and a 12-3 dual-match record while averaging 37.6 strokes per nine holes. Added a tie for 13th at the CIFSDS Championship (81-71—152).
• As a junior in 2022, helped Classical Academy capture the CIFSDS Division II title and finish fourth at the CIF SoCal Finals. As a sophomore in 2021, aided the Caimans to a CIFSDS Division II runner-up finish.
• Advanced to the Round of 16 at the 2022 U.S. Junior Amateur at Bandon Dunes after tying for eighth in stroke-play qualifying (68-70—138, -5) and earning the No. 8 seed for match play.
• Competed extensively on the AJGA circuit, highlighted by a tie for fourth at the 2022 Memorial Junior (72-74-69—215, -1), a tie for 10th at the 2023 Sergio & Angela Garcia Foundation Junior Championship and a tie for 12th at the 2023 PING Heather Farr Classic (70-71-71—212, -4).
• Added runner-up finishes at the 2023 Porzak Golf Junior (72-69—141, -3) and the 2022 SCPGA Toyota Tour Cup at Palm Desert (65-73—138, -4).
• Recorded multiple top-10 finishes on the Future Champions Golf circuit, including a runner-up finish at the 2019 Valley Open.

Notables
• Father, Mike, has worked for the PGA Tour as General Manager of Media Sales for the past decade. A former two-time All-ASUN First Team baseball player at Stetson, he also played professionally in the Cleveland Indians organization.

Season	Events	Starts	Rounds	Total	Avg.	18	36	54	T5	T10	T20	Sub-Par	Par
2023-24 (RS)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
2024-25	7	3	20	1507	75.35	68 (-4)	145	216	0	0	0	2	1
2025-26	1	0	3	235	78.33	76	-	235	0	0	0	0	0
2026-27	0	0	0	0	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Career	8	3	20	1742	75.74	68 (-4)	145	216	0	0	0	2	1