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McDermott Named Pac-12 Golfer of the Week

McDermott Named Pac-12 Golfer of the Week


BOULDER — University of Colorado sophomore Dylan McDermott has been named the Pac-12 Conference’s men’s golfer of the week for the period of February 26-March 5, the league announced Tuesday.
 
McDermott finished second in Wyoming’s Desert Intercollegiate in Palm Desert, Calif., last week, leading the Buffaloes to a third place team finish and marking the fourth time in seven tournaments he posted CU’s best effort.  He turned in a 73-69-69—211 scorecard for the event (5-under par), three off of the lead.   Overall, he was second in both par-3’s scoring (3-under) and in par-5 scoring (7-under) and had an eagle, 12 birdies and 32 pars against nine bogeys over the three rounds.
 
McDermott, who hails from Granite Bay, Calif., is currently ranked as the No. 75 golfer in the nation by GolfStat (No. 94 by Golfweek) and is ranked 460th in the latest World Amateur Golf Ranking (WAGR).  He is the first CU player to win the conference’s golfer of the week honor, which was just created last month; otherwise, the only other golfer honored by the Pac-12 for its previous golfer of the month honor was Morten Toft Hansen in September 2016.
 
He currently leads the team in stroke average with a 69.8 figure; he set the school’s record for the fall portion of the season with a 69.67 last fall.  He also has a current streak of seven consecutive tournaments under par, another CU mark, and recently had a run of 13 straight rounds at or under par come to an end (with the 1-over 73), yet another school record.
 
 “I played well,” McDermott said of his play in Palm Desert. “My game was all around good, I just had a couple shots where I didn’t commit.  I felt I had it in me to pull it off (winning), just wasn’t able to close it.  I learned a lot and glad to start the spring off well.”
 
McDermott has played in 17 tournaments in his young collegiate career, finishing under par in 11 of them; he has 19 of 52 rounds in  the 60’s, with 32 of par or better.  He also leads the team in birdies (86), subpar hole percentage (23.0) and par/subpar percentage (86.8); he has just five holes worse than bogey out of 378 to date.
 

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