MAC Announces Women's Golfer of the Week
MAC Women’s Golfer of the Week
Taylor Kim, Kent State
Senior / Surrey, British Columbia, Canada
Kim, who entered this week ranked as the No. 33 player in the country, shot under par in all three rounds at the Briar’s Creek Invitational to tie for a 5th place finish. She opened the event with two rounds of 1-under, 71’s then finished with a 2-under, 20 to finish with a total of 212, 4-under par. Kim was only four strokes off the leader, who is the No. 15 golfer in the nation. In seven events, 24 rounds this season she has four top five finishes.
Other Nominees:
Danielle Nicholson, Akron
Freshman / Geneva, Ohio
Freshman Danielle Nicholson (Geneva, Ohio) recorded a 74 (+2) final-round score at the MSU Citrus Spring Challenge to finish 18th overall. Nicholson opened the event with a 1-over par 73, 10th place showing, and registered a 79 (+7) second round effort to enter the final day at 24th on the leaderboard. Nicholson’s 226 (+10) strokes over the three-day event led the Zips’ scoring. The 18th overall finish marked her fourth Top 20 finish of the year.
Kelsey Sear, Ball State
Junior / Unionville, Ontario
Kelsey Sear backed up last week’s win at the Bulldog Florida Invitational with a tie for third place out of 118 golfers at Morehead State’s Citrus Challenge. Sear bested her previous career-low round twice this week with a 70 (-2) in the first round and a 71 (-1) in the third. The junior finished the event at Red Tail Golf Club with a 54-hole total of 217 (+1). She was among the top five after each of the tournament’s three rounds and finished three shots back of the individual medalist. It was Sear’s third top-15 finish in four events this spring. She helped Ball State to a tie for sixth in the 20-team field.
Hailey Hrynewich, Ohio
Junior / Muskegon, Michigan
Hrynewich led Ohio on the green this weekend, finishing the MSU Spring Citrus Challenge tied for 13th place with a three-day total of 225 (+9). On the first day, Hrynewich shot a 75. Then on Monday she shot a 73 and then finished the competition by shooting a 77 on Tuesday, helping Ohio to a 13th place finish.
