BOULDER — University of Colorado sophomore Hunter Swanson was named the Pac-12’s Men’s Golfer of the Week for the period of Oct. 23-29, the conference announced Tuesday.
Swanson led the Buffaloes here from start to finish in the Ka’anapali Classic Collegiate in Lahaina, Maui, tying for 24th in the 120-man field with a 69-71-67—207 score (6-under par) on the 6,700-yard, par-71 Royal Ka’anapali Course at Ka’anapali Golf Club. It was the second time he led the team in an event in his young career, as he wrapped things up here with a clean round of four birdies and 14 pars. It was Swanson’s second bogey-free round of the fall and the team’s third overall. Overall for the tourney, he had an eagle, 11 birdies and 35 pars with just seven bogeys; he played the par-4 holes at 4-under, tied for 14th in the field.
“Hunter has had an outstanding start to his sophomore season,” CU head coach Roy Edwards said. “He had a really nice tournament in Hawaii and this is a tremendous honor for him.”
Swanson is currently ranked No. 351 in the latest World Amateur Golf Rankings (WAGR), but is the No. 147th American. That’s third-best on the Buffaloes, behind juniors Dylan McDermott (120th, 60th from the U.S.) and Justin Biwer (253rd, 120th).
It was the last competition for the Buffaloes in their fall season; Swanson finished with the team’s second-best stroke average (71.07), behind only Biwer (70.47). He leads the team in eagles (5) and pars (165), with a 22.2 subpar hole percentage (60 of 270) and an 83.3 percentage for holes of par or better (225 of 270), also trailing only Biwer. He’ll enter the spring with a current string of 20 straight holes of par or better after setting the school record earlier in the fall with a tremendous run of 42 in a row, shattering the old mark of 34.
He set himself up for a solid fall after a great summer on the competitive amateur circuit around the country, as he owned a stroke average of 68.2 for 18 such rounds.
Swanson led the Buffaloes here from start to finish in the Ka’anapali Classic Collegiate in Lahaina, Maui, tying for 24th in the 120-man field with a 69-71-67—207 score (6-under par) on the 6,700-yard, par-71 Royal Ka’anapali Course at Ka’anapali Golf Club. It was the second time he led the team in an event in his young career, as he wrapped things up here with a clean round of four birdies and 14 pars. It was Swanson’s second bogey-free round of the fall and the team’s third overall. Overall for the tourney, he had an eagle, 11 birdies and 35 pars with just seven bogeys; he played the par-4 holes at 4-under, tied for 14th in the field.
“Hunter has had an outstanding start to his sophomore season,” CU head coach Roy Edwards said. “He had a really nice tournament in Hawaii and this is a tremendous honor for him.”
Swanson is currently ranked No. 351 in the latest World Amateur Golf Rankings (WAGR), but is the No. 147th American. That’s third-best on the Buffaloes, behind juniors Dylan McDermott (120th, 60th from the U.S.) and Justin Biwer (253rd, 120th).
It was the last competition for the Buffaloes in their fall season; Swanson finished with the team’s second-best stroke average (71.07), behind only Biwer (70.47). He leads the team in eagles (5) and pars (165), with a 22.2 subpar hole percentage (60 of 270) and an 83.3 percentage for holes of par or better (225 of 270), also trailing only Biwer. He’ll enter the spring with a current string of 20 straight holes of par or better after setting the school record earlier in the fall with a tremendous run of 42 in a row, shattering the old mark of 34.
He set himself up for a solid fall after a great summer on the competitive amateur circuit around the country, as he owned a stroke average of 68.2 for 18 such rounds.
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