EVANSTON, Ill. – Freshman Stephanie Lau is the Big Ten Golfer of the Week, the Conference announced on Wednesday. The rookie, Northwestern's second straight student-athlete to earn the weekly honor, set a 54-hole program scoring record this weekend at the Mason Rudolph Championships in Tennessee.
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Lau dazzled down the stretch on Sunday with five birdies over her final seven holes to finish the tournament in third-place at 10-under (206). The Fullerton, California, native opened and closed the event with 4-under 68's, the best single-round score of the weekend for Northwestern. Her 54-hole score eclipses the previous Wildcats record of 208 set by Lauren Weaver at the 2010 Lady Northern Invitational.
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This is the second consecutive Big Ten Golfer of the Week award for the Wildcats. Sophomore Sarah Cho earned last week's honor after winning the season-opening Branch Law Firm/Dick McGuire Invitational in Albuquerque.
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Northwestern's 849 (-15) at last weekend's Mason Rudolph Championship shaved four strokes off the previous 54-hole program record (853) established at the 2014 Stanford Intercollegiate on the Par-71 Stanford Golf Course.
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Lau dazzled down the stretch on Sunday with five birdies over her final seven holes to finish the tournament in third-place at 10-under (206). The Fullerton, California, native opened and closed the event with 4-under 68's, the best single-round score of the weekend for Northwestern. Her 54-hole score eclipses the previous Wildcats record of 208 set by Lauren Weaver at the 2010 Lady Northern Invitational.
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This is the second consecutive Big Ten Golfer of the Week award for the Wildcats. Sophomore Sarah Cho earned last week's honor after winning the season-opening Branch Law Firm/Dick McGuire Invitational in Albuquerque.
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Northwestern's 849 (-15) at last weekend's Mason Rudolph Championship shaved four strokes off the previous 54-hole program record (853) established at the 2014 Stanford Intercollegiate on the Par-71 Stanford Golf Course.