GOLFERS OF THE WEEK
MEN’S
Eemeli Jarvinen, West Texas A&M, JR, Marketing, Helsinki, Finland, Mäkelänrinne Lukio
Jarvinen became just the eighth player in West Texas A&M history to claim an individual tournament championship, and the first in over three years on Tuesday afternoon as he won the 2020 Midwestern State Invitational in a playoff at the Wichita Falls Country Club in Wichita Falls, Texas.  The Helsinki, Finland product fired a two-under 69 in the opening round with four birdies and an eagle followed by a five-under 66 in the second round, registering six feathers on his way to tying the third lowest single round in program history. The 135 in the first two rounds also ties the lowest 36-hole total score in WT history.  The Finland product started out slow on Tuesday as he sat four-over after the first five holes of the round before finding his groove with three birdies over the final 13 holes to finish the round with a three-over 74. Jarvinen finished the round in a tie atop of the leaderboard with UT Tyler’s Jeff Murphy and DBU’s Matt Prieskorn as the three headed to the first tee for a playoff, the junior hit his drive short of the green followed by a great chip before draining a 20-foot putt for the victory.
 
WOMEN’S
Anna Wiklund, Angelo State, SR, International Business, Gothenberg, Sweden, Filborna HS
Wiklund picked up a first place victory in the Oklahoma Intercollegiate hosted by Cameron University in Lawton, Oklahoma. The senior shot five-over par as she shot a combined 147 score (73-74). Wiklund finished the 36-hole event with six birdies, shooting four in the first round of the tournament.  She guided the Rambelles to a third-place team finish.
 
WEEKLY AWARDS
Men’s
S-24      Garrett Leek, Midwestern State
O-8       Trevor Norby, Oklahoma Christian
O-15     Eemeli Jarvinen, West Texas A&M
 
Women’s
S-24     Olivia Mitchell, DBU
O-8       Rylie Cook, West Texas A&M
O-15    Anna Wiklund, Angelo State
 
SELECTED NOTABLE PERFORMANCES
      Jeff Murphy, UT Tyler, shot an opening-round 66 (-5) at the Midwestern State Invitational and came back from a stroke down after the 2nd round to tie for first place on the individual leaderboard and lead UT Tyler to a 5th-place team finish. Murphy advanced to a playoff hole as three players tied for first place through three rounds, where West Texas A&M's Eemeli Jarvinen broke the 3-way tie with a birdie on the first playoff hole. Murphy recorded 13 birdies and 33 pars in the tournament, registering a scoring average of 3.94 (-2) on par-4 holes and 4.67 (-3) on par-5s.
      Andres Brictson, Oklahoma Christian, in his first tournament of the fall, posted his ninth career top-10 individual finish with an eighth-place showing in the Sydney Cox Invitational, played on both courses at Lincoln Park Golf Club in Oklahoma City (first round East Course – par 70, 6,420 yards; second round West Course – par 71, 6,518 yards). The 2020 NCAA Division II All-American shot 68-70—138 (3-under) and saved his best golf for last, playing his final nine holes in 4-under, with birdies on the par-3 No. 10 and par-4 No. 11 and an eagle on the par-5 No. 13 – one of only five eagles by any of the 60 men in the field.
      Colton Hilburn, UT Permian Basin, became the first individual tournament winner in program history at the Ted & Jodi Hogan Invitational at Ratliff Ranch GC.  The sophomore battled wind gusts over 30 mph early, and jumped out to the lead after the first round.  Hilburn was the only player on the course to card both rounds under-par.  After a challenge in the second round, Hilburn sank a clutch putt on the second playoff hole to force a tiebreaker for the overall champion, which was won by him.
      Santiago Garcia, Texas A&M International, led the Dustdevils to a tie for eighth place at the Midwestern State Invitational and finished in a tie for 13th overall. In three rounds, he shot 219 (+6) with round of 71, 75 and 73. He logged six birdies during the tournament, including three in his even par, 71 opening round.
      Shaley Goad, Oklahoma Christian, tied her career-best finish with a runner-up showing in the Sydney Cox Invitational, played on both courses at Lincoln Park Golf Club in Oklahoma City (first round East Course – par 70, 5,856 yards; second round West Course – par 72, 5,962 yards). She shot 69-73—142 (even par) and was one of only two players in the 62-woman tournament to shoot even par or better. Her even-par total ranks as the 11th-best 36-hole score in OC women’s golf history. Goad made the all-tournament team by recording her fifth collegiate top-five finish and her first second-place showing since the Heartland Conference Championship tournament in 2019.
      Raelynn Hardgrave, UT Tyler, shot back-to-back 77s in Monday's 2-round Oklahoma Intercollegiate tournament, leading UT Tyler to the team victory by a 1-stroke margin. She ranked 5th in the tournament in par-5 scoring, averaging 5.13 (+1), and she ranked third in the tournament in birdies with 4.
Alyssa Campbell, West Texas A&M, recorded her fourth career Top 10 finish on Monday at the Oklahoma Intercollegiate at Lawton Country Club. The redshirt sophomore finished in a tie for sixth at 14-over after shooting rounds of 82 and 74. She was also the only player to record an eagle during the 36-hiole tournament.