A Louisville, Ky., native, Munson was the 2010 recipient of the Jack Nicklaus Award as the top golfer in the NCAA Division II. During that 2009-10 year, he won the individual titles in five of the 12 tournaments that UNA played in and finished in the Top 8 in 10 of the 12 events. He shot in the 60s in 14 of the 29 total rounds, with four straight rounds in the 60s and seven of eight in the Fall, then five straight rounds in the 60s in the spring while winning back-to-back tournaments - the Natural State Classic and the Gulf South Conference Championship. He had a 69.2 stroke average in the Fall and 71.0 in the Spring. A first-team All-American honoree in 2010, he was the Gulf South Conference individual champion, first-team All-GSC and first-team All-South Region. He also helped lead the UNA golf program to its first Gulf South Conference Championships in 2009 and 2010.
Munson played in 41 tournaments at UNA with 10 wins, 18 Top 5 finishes, 23 Top 10 finishes and 28 Top 15 finishes. His 10 tournament wins came at the 2007 UNA Fall Classic, 2008 UNA Spring Classic, 2008 Derrell Foreman Invitational, 2009 Notre Dame-Naumr University, 2009 North Alabama Spring Classic, 2009 Derrell Foreman Invitational, 2009 North Alabama Fall Classic, 2009 Indian Bayou Classic, 2010 Natural State Classic and the 2010 Gulf South Conference Championship.In his three NCAA Regional appearances, he finished tied for 15th in 2008, tied for second in 2009 and tied for eighth in 2010. In his two NCAA Division II Championship Tournament appearances, he tied for 20th in 2008 and tied for 14th in 2009. He shot in the 60s in 21 of his 103 total rounds and finished with a career 72.56 stroke average. His career low round was a 65 at the Indian Bayou Classic in the Fall of 2009.
A 2010 UNA graduate with a degree in Business Management Entrepreneurship, he earned Academic All-GSC honors in 2010 and was named a Golf Coaches Association of America (GCAA) Division II National All-American Scholar.
He was a two-time recipient (2009 & 2010) of the UNA Jack Karnes Award which goes to a Lion golfer for leadership, citizenship, athletic and academic performance. He was also selected as UNA's co-Male Athlete of the Year for 2009-10.
Munson played professionally on the Asian Development Tour (ADT) and won the PGM Panasonic Malaysia Championship in 2017 with an 18-under-par 270 on the Kelab Rahman Putra Malaysia course. He won his breakthrough ADT title on the same course in 2014.
He continues to play professionally in numerous countries across Asia.
