2021-22 Michigan Men's Golf Awards and Honors
4/14/2022 11:30:00 AM | Men's Golf
Hunter Thomson (April 14)
Big Ten Golfer of the Week -- Freshman Hunter Thomson was named the Big Ten's Golfer of the Week for the first time in his career. It marked the first time a Wolverine freshman has earned the honor since Charlie Pilon (Oct. 23, 2019). Thomson used a fifth sub-par 54-hole total (211, -5) to lead U-M and finish seventh at the Mossy Oak Collegiate -- his third top 10 finish of his rookie campaign. After four first round birdies, he posted a team-best ninth sub-par tally (70, -2) and after darkness suspended the second round, he closed with another four birdies to card a 73 (+1). In the final round, Thomson posted three straight rounds with four birdies, while adding an eagle on the par-5 17th hole, to close with a 68 (-4) -- his team-leading 10th sub-par round and third sub-70.  » Big Ten Release
Will Anderson (Sept. 29)
Big Ten Golfer of the Week -- After winning his first collegiate event, Will Anderson was named the Big Ten's Golfer of the Week. Carding a career-low 204 (-6), Anderson led from start to finish to win Yale's Macdonald Cup. Capitalizing on six birdies in the first round, he fired a career-low 66 (-4) and followed it with a 68 (-2) to hold a two-shot lead (134) over teammates Jude Kim (136) and Hunter Thomson (137). Closing with an even-par 70, Anderson won by three shots over runner-up Thomson. Lowering his career-best 54-hole total by 12 shots, Anderson was the first Wolverine to win an event since teammate Charlie Pilon won the 2019 Royal Oaks Intercollegiate. Anderson led the 77-player field with 12 birdies and par-3 scoring (2.83). With his performance, U-M finished the runner-up at the Macdonald Cup. » Big Ten Release
Will Anderson, Brendan O'Reilly, Patrick Sullivan (Aug. 31)
Big Ten Men's Golf Preseason Honors (Aug. 31) -- The Big Ten announced its list of conference preseason honorees and graduate student Brendan O'Reilly, senior Patrick Sullivan and sophomore Will Anderson are Michigan's representatives.
O'Reilly spent four years with Illinois before using the NCAA's extra year due to COVID-19 to head to Ann Arbor and play for his former assistant coach, current U-M coach Zach Barlow. Playing in 27 events with the Illini he carried a 73.59 stroke average, including three times shooting a career-low 67.
Fresh off winning the 2021 Michigan Amateur title, Sullivan returns for his final season after a career year in his shortened junior season. Averaging a career-low 75.33, he fired a career-low 67 (-5) in the final round of the Mobile Bay Intercollegiate, dropping six shots from his previous 54-hole best with a 215 (-1) in Mobile Bay.
Anderson returns after leading U-M in scoring as a rookie, highlighted by a pair of career-low 71s (-1), and tallying a 216 (E) total at the Border Olympics, en route to his first career top-10 finish (t-9th). » Big Ten Release
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