2017-18 Men's Golf Roster
Dylan Wu
- Height:
- 5-10
- Weight:
- 160
- Class:
- Senior
- Hometown:
- Medford, Ore.
- High School:
- St. Mary's
Dylan Wu Bio and Career Results
2017-18: First Team All-Big Ten ... Division I PING Midwest All-Region Team ... Led the Wildcats in scoring average (72.19), rounds of par or better (15), top-five finishes (3), top-25 finishes (7), and birdies (98) ... Carded an opening-round 72 at the NCAA Championships ... Finished tied for 16th at the NCAA Regionals in Columbus, helping to lead Northwestern to an NCAA Championships berth ... Carded back-to-back rounds at or under par (71 and 70) to close the tournament ... Recorded a career-best third-place finish at the Big Ten Championships after posting an even-par 69-68-73 at Baltimore Country Club ... Named to the All-Championships Team ... Posted a 12th-place tie at the Boilermaker Invitational after an opening-round 70 ... Carded an even-par 71 in the irst round of The Goodwin ... Fired an opening salvo of a 71 at the Southern Highlands Collegiate ... Shot 72-74 at the wind-shortened Prestige at PGA WEST ... Topped Nebraska’s Jace Guthmiller, 4&2, in the opening round of Big Ten Match Play ... Won the UNCG/Grandover Collegiate with a 7-under 209 (69-70-70) ... Finished T-5th with a 208 (70-71-67) at the Windon Memorial Classic ... Finished T-14th At the Marquette Intercollegiate ... Shot a 216 (71-71-74) and finished Top 25 at the OFCC/Fighting Illini Invitational ... Academic All-Big Ten ... Big Ten Distinguished Scholar.
2016-17: Cemented his position as one of the most dominant golfers in Northwestern history and in the Big Ten ... PING Second-Team All-American ... Team-leader in scoring average (70.53), rounds of par or better (23), rounds in the 60s (12), top-five finishes (5), top-10 finishes (9), top-25 finishes (11), birdies (115), and low round (66) ... Scoring average was the third-lowest in program history, trailing only Luke Donald’s season-ending marks from 1998-99 and 1999-2000 ... Unanimous First Team All-Big Ten selection ... Les Bolstad Award winner for low scoring average in the Big Ten Conference, edging out Illinois’ Dylan Meyer by five-hundredths of a point ... Made him the second Wildcat men’s golfer to win the award in the last five years (joining Jack Perry in 2013) ... Won the award alongside Northwestern women’s golfer Hannah Kim, who was the recipient of the Mary Fossum Award, the comparative prize for Big Ten female golfers ... The pair of ‘Cats were the first Big Ten men’s and women’s golfers to win the awards simultaneously since 2007 ... Jack Nicklaus National Player of the Year Award Semifinalist ... Division I PING Midwest All-Region Team ... Golfweek Third-Team All-American ... 23 of his 32 rounds were under par ... Rebounded to shoot a 3-under 69 in the final round of the NCAA Regionals at Baton Rouge and finished in a seventh-place tie ... Shot a 3-under 67 in the final round of the Big Ten Championships to finish 1-over and in a ninth-place tie ... Notched his second collegiate victory by shooting a 7-under 205 (66-70-69) at the Redhawk Invitational ... Shot a career-low 66 in the opening round ... Shot a pair of 71’s in the last two rounds of the Boilermaker Invitational to register a ninth-place tie ... Shot at or under par in all three rounds of the Desert Mountain Intercollegiate and shot a 7-under 209 (72-68-69) to finish in fourth place ... Carded an opening round 72 and a final round 70 at the Puerto Rico Classic and finished 1-under and in a 12th-place tie ... Went 2-1 at Big Ten Match Play, including a 7-and-5 victory over Penn State’s Charles Huntzinger ... Shot under par in both rounds of the stroke play portion of the Gifford Collegiate (69-68=137) and finished in fourth place ... Went 70-70-68 to tie for fourth place at the Bridgestone Golf Collegiate ... Tied for seventh place with an even 210 (72-70-68) at the Marquette Intercollegiate ... Shot at or under par in all three rounds of the Windon Memorial to finish in second place with a 4-under 212 (69-72-71) ... Tied for 12th place after an opening salvo of 69 at the OFCC Fighting Illini Invitational ... Academic All-Big Ten.
2015-16: Led team in stroke average (72.16), rounds of par or better (19), rounds in 60s (5), and top-20 (8) and top-10 finishes (4) in his sophomore season ... Shot a six-over 216 at the Fighting Illini Invitational ... Finished tied for third at the Windon Memorial with a score of 210 after carding a one-under 70 in the second round and a two-under 69 in the third ... Shot a 223 at the Bridgestone Collegiate with a 2-under 70 in the second round ... Scored a 219 at the Gifford Collegiate with an even 71 in the first round ... Tied for 19th at the Puerto Rico Classic with a 2-under 214 after a 4-under 68 in the second round ... Competed at the NTO Collegiate Showcase alongside former world No. 1 Luke Donald, the most prolific golfer in Northwestern history, during Big Ten Match Play ... Tied for 13th at The Goodwin with a 1-over 211 after carding a 3-under 67 in the third round and won Big Ten Golfer of the Week for his performance ... Placed third at the Boilermaker Invitational with a 5-under 212 after shooting a 70-69-72 ... Tied for sixth at the Big Ten Championships after shooting a 213 including a three-under 69 in the final round ... Tied for sixth again at the NCAA Stillwater regional with a score of 221, including a 2-under 70 in the first round ... Academic All-Big Ten.
2014-15: Led the team in scoring average (72.21), rounds in 60s (nine), rounds of par or better (13), and top-10 finishes (3) as a freshman ... Captured his first individual victory at the Gifford Collegiate by shooting under par (69-68-67) all three rounds ... Qualified for the NCAA Regionals in Stillwater as an individual and finished in a fifth-place tie by shooting a 3-under 207 (68-70-69) ... Shot a 5-under 67 in the second round of the Big Ten Championships ... Carded a 1-over 217 (74-68-75) at the Boilermaker Invitational ... Went 2-1 at Big Ten Match Play, including a 4-and-2 win over Indiana’s Nicholas Grubnich and a 5-and-4 victory over Maryland’s David Kocher ... Shot a 2-over 146 for a top-25 finish at a rain-shortened Rod Myers Invitational ... Finished in seventh place at the Erin Hills Intercollegiate after shooting 75-73-70 (218) ... Notched a final-round 69 at Northwestern’s Windon Memorial.
Junior Career: Ranked as the No. 1 golfer in the state of Oregon and 36th in the 2014 class by Junior Golf Scoreboard … Two-time AJGA Open champion, winning the 2011 AJGA Emerson Junior Golf Classic at age 15 and the 2013 AJGA Junior at Centennial … Had nine career top-10 AJGA finishes … Placed T3 at the 2012 AJGA FootJoy Invitational and was sixth at the 2012 Bobby Chapman Junior Invitational … Was a finalist at the 2011 PNGA Junior Boys Amateur before advancing to the round of 16 in 2013, where he lost to the eventual champion in 20 holes … Advanced to the round of 32 at the 2012 U.S. Junior Amateur … Led St. Mary’s School to three-straight OSAA 3A/2A/1A state championships, earning 2011 Oregon Boys Player of the Year honors and the 2012 OSAA state individual championship … Played hockey for North Medford High School … Was on the starting five for North Medford’s varsity squad in every year of high school, earning the team’s best defenseman award three times … Also played travel hockey throughout southern Oregon from ages 9-14 ... 2013 AJGA Honor Roll member and AP Scholar … Honors Society member in all four years of high school.
Personal: Born Dylan Daniel Wu ... Son of Kevin and Julie … Major is economics.
