Jake Cesare

B/T:
2nd
Hometown:
Westfield, Ind.
High School:
Westfield

2026-27 (Second Year)
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Signed for a 212 (73-66-73; -4) to tie for fifth at the Purdue Fall Invitational… tied for 21st at the Fighting Irish Classic with a score of 212 (72-70-70; +2)… finished t-12th at the Windon Memorial Classic with a score of 209 (66-71-72; -1)… shot a 217 (69-76-72; +1) to tie for 11th at the Highlands Invitational… tied for 52nd at the Visit Knoxville Collegiate with a score of 214 (74-70-70; +4).

2025-26 (First Year)
Did not compete.

Prep/Personal
Jake was a four-year letterwinner at Westfield High School outside of Indianapolis... earned first-team All-State honors all four years... claimed four top-10 individual finishes at the IHSAA Boys State Finals, one of three players in state history to do so... individual state runner-up in ‘24... helped lead the Shamrocks to runner-up results in 2022, 2023, and 2024 before capturing the 2025 state team title in historic fashion, winning by 30 strokes... team set a state record two-day total of 568, and a single-day final-round record of 8-under... holds the all-time lowest scoring average at Westfield High School with a four-year average of 71.6... two-time Indiana Golf Junior Player of the Year... youngest player ever to win a Golfweek Junior Championship overall title (14 years, 3 days) in 2020... 2020 and 2022 Notah Begay National Championship qualifier... 2024 Hoosier Junior Champion... captured his first amateur win in 2024, becoming the youngest player ever to win the Golfweek Hoosier Amateur Championship (70-71-66)... two-time PGA Junior Championship qualifier, Dye Junior qualifier, and participated in the 2025 2025 U.S. Amateur Four-Ball... owns over 50 career individual victories... brother Alec is on the Indiana University men’s golf team and his younger brother plays golf for the Westfield Shamrocks.