Learn Golf with Andrew

A successful collegiate assistant and head coach, as well as a professional player, Andrew Larkin just wrapped up his third season leading the Santa Clara men's golf program. Larkin's Broncos had a successful 2023-24 campaign, winning their first team event title since 2017-18 by dominating the competition at the White Sands Bahamas Invite. The Broncos shattered the school record at the event with a 54-hole tally of 45-under 273-277-269--819. Graduate student Muzzy Donohue earned All-WCC honors and became the first Bronco since Matt McCarty in 2018 to earn WCC Golfer of the Month, doing so for the month of January. Santa Clara finished the season with a sixth-place finish at the WCC Championship. In 2022-23, Larkin's Broncos tied for fifth at the WCC Championship and qualified for the postseason by accepting an invitation to the National Golf Invitational. Graduate student Julien Paltrinieri had an incredible individual campaign, earning All-WCC honors and qualifying for the 2023 NCAA National Championship. He finished in the top-25 at the NCAA Morgan Hill Regional. In his first season at the helm in 2021-22, Larkin helped guide the Broncos to a fifth-place finish at the WCC Championship with senior Berk Harvey tying for seventh individually for the best finish by a Bronco since 2017. Larkin, hired in May 2020, spent the previous five seasons as an assistant coach with UCLA where he helped direct the Bruins to three NCAA Regional appearances, including a championship berth in 2018, under coach Derek Freeman. UCLA was ranked No. 25 nationally by Golfstat.com when the 2019-20 season was canceled. A professional player since 2012, Larkin was a finalist for the 2019 Jan Strickland Outstanding Assistant Coach Award. Prior to his time at the Pac-12 Conference school, Larkin spent three seasons as the head men's and women's golf coach at Occidental College, his alma mater. During his time at UCLA, the program produced eight individual medalists, a Ben Hogan Award final 25 selection, nine all-conference selections and four All-Pac 12 Freshman choices. He has demonstrated success in recruiting, helping sign the Nos. 3 and 5-ranked players in the country in 2016, two top 20 players in 2017, three top 35 recruits in 2018, and the 14th-ranked American and No. 11-ranked amateur in the world in the class of 2020. Larkin, who replaces longtime and recently retired head coach Rob Miller, has posted 12 professional tournament wins. He has played events on a number of pro tours and mostly recently competed in both the 2017 and 2019 PGA Professional Championship. As a collegiate player, Larkin was a four-time All-Southern California Intercollegiate Athletics Conference Golf Team Selection and was the Olin Browne Most Valuable Player during 2012. He also served as caddie for former UCLA golfer Devon Bling at both the 2019 Master’s and 2019 U.S. Open and caddied UCLA players to the round of 32 at the 2017 United States Amateur, the finals of the 2018 United State Amateur, round of 64 at the 2019 United States Amateur A native of Los Angles, Larkin was a four-time All-Southern California Intercollegiate Athletics Conference selection and two-time (2011 and 2012) Cleveland Golf/Srixon All-America Scholar while at Occidental. During his time as head coach of the Tigers, he produced seven All-SCIAC selections and led the women’s program from 150th nationally in 2013 to No. 35 the following year. In addition, he designed and fundraised for a 2,500-square-foot on-campus practice area for the Division III program.