Louis Pilod

Photo by: Owen Main

Height:
6-6
Weight:
180
Class:
Freshman
Hometown:
Lyon, France
High School:
Lycée de Terre Blanche HS

2023-24 (Freshman)
Led Cal Poly with a 72.7 stroke average through 25 rounds with a team-leading eight rounds in 60s and 10 under par … earned share of first place at first collegiate tournament – Air Force’s season-opening Falcon Invitational (Sept. 10-12) – with a 10-under 206 (68-69-69) … first-place finish was just the second title by a Mustang in eight years while 206 score ranked as the eighth-lowest, three-round total in program history … produced pair of 68s as part of a five-under 208 to finish 25th at California’s Alister Mackenzie Invitational (Oct. 9-10) … low collegiate round was a four-under 67 to open the Feb. 19-21 Prestige at the Greg Norman-PGA West course (La Quinta, Calif.).

Lycée de Terre Blanche
A 2022 high school graduate with academic focus in mathematics and economics … enjoyed four top-20 showings in 2023, highlighted by a second-place finish in the French Masters at the Coupe Frayssineau-Mouchy in Fontainebleau with rounds of 70, 68, 72 and 70 … also placed ninth in the French Championship at Coupe-Ganay in Granville and earned 16th-place finishes in the French International Championship at Les Aisses and the Pro Golf Tour’s Little Venice Red Sea Open … competed on the Alps Tour in 2022 and reached as high as No. 9 in the French Amateur rankings … selected for French National Team at U16 and U18 levels.

Personal
Son of Josephine and Alexandre Pilod … has one brother, Come, and two sisters, Clothilde and Azxelle … majoring in economics … home course is the Golf Club Lyon with a handicap of +3,4 … enjoys playing the clarinet, both solo and in orchestra … career ambition is to play on the PGA Tour … owns membership in a scouting group and remains a member of the Saint-Gervais Ski Club in the French Alps … cousin, Kathryn Webb, played tennis at Cal Poly from 2011-15 … Louis Pilod was born in Paris.