Pac-12 Men’s Golfers of the Week (10/17/23): Tiger Christensen, ARIZONA (Jr., Hamburg, Germany) & Omar Morales, UCLA (Jr., Puebla, Mexico)
Christensen and Morales both took home individual victories at the Stephens Cup and Golf Club of Georgia Collegiate Invitational, respectively.
Christensen recorded a program 54-hole record 19-under-par score (66-67-64–197) to claim medalist honors of the Stephens Cup stroke-play portion by five shots, then won his match-play pairing 2&1 to lead the Wildcats to a runner-up finish. His 19-under is tied for the second-lowest 54-hole score in Pac-12 history.
Morales won the second collegiate event of his career with an 11-under 205 (68-68-69) against a 15-team field featuring six top-25 programs.
Second career Pac-12 weekly honor for Morales (4/18/23), first for Christensen.
Also Nominated: Nathan Wang, Colorado; Jackson Lake, Oregon State; Javier Barcos, Utah.
Pac-12 Men in Golfweek Team Rankings (Top 50): No. 5 Arizona State, No. 6 Washington, No. 16 Oregon, No. 18 Arizona, No. 22 California, No. 31 UCLA, No. 44 Oregon State, No. 45 Stanford.
Pac-12 Women’s Golfer of the Week (10/17/23): Paula Martin Sampedro, STANFORD (Fr., Madrid, Spain)
Tied for fourth with a 7-under 209 total (70-69-70) at the competitive Stephens Cup, a seven-team event which featured six top-10 programs.
Won her match against South Carolina’s top finisher, 2&1, to lead Stanford to a third-place finish.
Owned the individual lead through 48 holes at 10-under before settling for first collegiate top-5 finish.
First career Pac-12 weekly honor.
Also Nominated: Zoe Antoinette Campos, UCLA.
Pac-12 Women in Golfweek Team Rankings (Top 50): No. 1 Stanford, No. 4 Oregon, No. 7 UCLA, No. 12 USC, No. 20 Arizona, No. 23 California, No. 24 Arizona State, No. 46 Oregon State.
2023-24 PAC-12 GOLFERS OF THE WEEK
Month
Men’s
Women’s
Sept. 12
Preston Summerhays, Arizona State
Eric Lee, California
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Sept. 19
Pono Yanagi, Washington State
Kiara Romero, Oregon
Sept. 26
Stanley Lin, Oregon State
Taehoon Song, Washington
Amari Avery, USC
Oct. 3
Sampson Zheng, California
Ashleigh Park, Oregon
Oct. 10
Luke Powell, UCLA
Meghan Royal, UCLA
Oct. 17
Tiger Christensen, Arizona
Omar Morales, UCLA Paula Martin Sampedro, Stanford
2023-10-17 21:03:06
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