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Braeden Nelson head shot 2026-27

Braeden Nelson

Class:
Freshman
Hometown:
West Des Moines, Iowa
Major:
Finance
High School:
Valley

High School: Ranked the No. 12 golfer in the country ... three-time IGA Boys’ Player of the Year ... four-time First-Team Iowa All-State honoree ... runner-up at the 2025 PGA High School Invitational ... finished third individually at the 2025 Iowa 4A State Championship ... team won state championship in 2023 ... runner-up at the 2024 Iowa Masters ... third-place finisher at the 2024 US Open Sectionals ... All-Conference Academic list all four years of high school.

Personal: Parents are Brooke and Luke Nelson ... sister Hadley ... intends to major in Finance ... golf role model is Justin Thomas ... dream course he'd like to play on is August.

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Monday, May 08

Jacob Beckman

Turtz leads Badgers to round out season at Big Ten Championships

Friday, May 01

Jason Shwartz

Five things to know: Badgers head out west for Big Ten Championships

Thursday, April 30

Jacob Beckman tees off at Monday qualifiers

Badgers finish 13th at Hoosier Collegiate

Saturday, April 18

Jason Shwartz kneels for putt at Puerto Rico Classic

Shwartz finishes top-five, lifts UW in Arizona

Monday, March 23

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