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Lumsden Named Big Ten Golfer of the Week
2/22/2017 1:01:00 PM | Men's Golf
EVANSTON, Illinois –Sophomore Ryan Lumsden has been named the Big Ten co-Golfer of the Week, the Conference announced on Wednesday. This is Lumsden's second Conference honor of the season, he also was named Golfer of the Week on October 5 after winning the Marquette Invitational.
Lumsden turned in the best round of his college career on Tuesday to rocket up the leaderboard and earn a Top-3 finish at the 25th Puerto Rico Classic. He carded two eagles in a three-hole stretch early in his round on the way to a 6-under 66.
The London native began Tuesday's third-and-final round in a tie for 23rd place and, after teeing off on No. 8, opened his loop with a birdie and bogey back-to-back. But he then burst out of the turn to eagle the 562-yard, Par-5 No. 11 and the 289-yard, Par-4 No. 11, and then birdie the 544-yard, Par-5 No. 15. He added another birdie on No. 4 to polish off a 66, the lowest 18-hole score of any Wildcats golfer this season.
Lumsden played Rio Mar's four Par-5 offerings at 5-under on Tuesday, with three birdies to go along with the eagle on No. 11. Over the course of the weekend he was 7-under on Par-5 offerings, best in the elite 74-player field in Puerto Rico.
This marks Northwestern's second consecutive competition that produced a Big Ten Golfer of the Week. Freshman Everton Hawkins received the honor following his 3-0 performance and walk-off, title-clinching putt at the Big Ten Match Play Championship.
The Wildcats will return to action on Saturday, March 3, at the Desert Mountain Intercollegiate in Scottsdale, Arizona.
Lumsden turned in the best round of his college career on Tuesday to rocket up the leaderboard and earn a Top-3 finish at the 25th Puerto Rico Classic. He carded two eagles in a three-hole stretch early in his round on the way to a 6-under 66.
The London native began Tuesday's third-and-final round in a tie for 23rd place and, after teeing off on No. 8, opened his loop with a birdie and bogey back-to-back. But he then burst out of the turn to eagle the 562-yard, Par-5 No. 11 and the 289-yard, Par-4 No. 11, and then birdie the 544-yard, Par-5 No. 15. He added another birdie on No. 4 to polish off a 66, the lowest 18-hole score of any Wildcats golfer this season.
Lumsden played Rio Mar's four Par-5 offerings at 5-under on Tuesday, with three birdies to go along with the eagle on No. 11. Over the course of the weekend he was 7-under on Par-5 offerings, best in the elite 74-player field in Puerto Rico.
This marks Northwestern's second consecutive competition that produced a Big Ten Golfer of the Week. Freshman Everton Hawkins received the honor following his 3-0 performance and walk-off, title-clinching putt at the Big Ten Match Play Championship.
The Wildcats will return to action on Saturday, March 3, at the Desert Mountain Intercollegiate in Scottsdale, Arizona.
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