The American Athletic Conference named SMU junior Jenny Haglund Golfer of the Week for her fourth top-10 finish of the season at the Clover Cup in Mesa, Arizona, at the Longbow Golf Club.
Haglund shot a 71 in the opening round and followed with two rounds of 76.
She had the fifth-most birdies (8), seventh-most pars (33) and fifth-best record on par 5’s (-1) for the event.
Haglund is the first Mustang to receive a weekly honor for the team this season. It is the second ever for Haglund but her first in The American. She received Conference USA Golfer of the Week on Feb. 20, 2013.
The Mustangs are No. 42 in the Golfweek/Sagarin rankings.
The Spring Break Classic at the Bay Course in Maui is up next for SMU, a par-72. 6,022 yard course.
The Mustangs will be traveling to Kapalua, Hawaii for the 54-hole tournament that begins Monday, March 22 and concludes on Wednesday.
SMU will compete against 15 other teams including Oregon, Louisville and Texas.
Including the Mustangs, seven teams in the field are ranked in the top 50. The highest ranked team in the field is No. 27 Oregon, followed by No. 32 UC Davis, No. 39 Louisville, No. 42 San Jose State, No. 47 Gonzaga and No. 50 Texas.
Haglund, Alexandra Rossi, Jennifer Park, Evelyn Doleand Lindsey McCurdy make up SMU’s team, while Alex Celli competes as an individual.
This is the same lineup as in the Clover Cup. The Mustangs placed sixth at the Clover Cup at the Longbow Golf Club, closing the final round with a team score of 305.
Jenny Haglund tied for eighth individually. Fellow junior Alexandra Rossi took a 15th-place finish after also shooting 4-over on Sunday. Rossi’s result is her third top-15 finish in 2014-15.
Also carding a 4-over round was sophomore Evelyn Dole. Both sophomore Lindsey McCurdy and senior Jennifer Park had final round scores of 77.
Last season Pepperdine won the Spring Break Classic with a 870. UCLA won in 2013 with a 854 and Colorado won in 2012 with a 889. Pepperdine’s Grace Na won the tournament in 2013 and 2014 with scores of 206 and 205 respectively.
The format is 5-count-4 with each round starting with a 7:45 a.m. HST/12:45 p.m. CT shotgun.
Live scoring can be found at Golfstatresults.com.
