2023 Men's Golfer of the Week

2023 Men's Golfer of the Week

Players of the week are evaluated on their performance during the week prior to the announcement. Each player is selected out of a pool of conference and Continental Athletic Conference (Independents) award winners.


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Week 8 (May 3, 2023) 

Golfer of the Week: Mateo Quiroga, Missouri Valley

   Led the team to a runner-up finish, behind by 1 stroke. Finished 9 strokes in front of the second place individual.
   

Nominees: Leandro Mihaich, Oklahoma City; Mateo Quiroga, Missouri Valley; Caden Sanders, Truett McConnel (N.C.); Kobe Hill, Campbellsville (Ky.); Blake Lawson, Grace (Ind.); Jack Murphy, Lourdes (Ohio); Matthew Politte, Holy Cross (Ind.); Caden Stubbs, Bushenll (Ore.); Spenver Worley, William Woods (Mo.)


Week 7 (April 26, 2023) 

Golfer of the Week: Javan Johnson, Taylor (Ind.)

Javan Johnson fired a six-under round of 66 in the opening round of the Ackerman-Allen Shootout and rolled to medalist honors by shooting six-under par for the 36-hole event. Johnson led No. 6 Taylor to the team title as well.
   

Nominees: Jared Tigges, St. Ambrose (Iowa); Guillermo Cervantes, Park (Mo.); Haydn Driver, Rocky Mountain (Mont.); Luke Jackson, Lyon (Ark.); Brock Hoover, Dalton State (Ga.); Noah Honinger, Northwestern Ohio; Philip Mangset, Morningside (Iowa); Javan Johnson, Taylor (Ind.); Gerardo Alemany, Friends (Kan.)


Week 6 (April 19, 2023)

Golfer of the Week: Mateo Quiroga, Missouri Valley

                                                               Won the tournament on the third playoff hole after a three-way tie through three rounds of play. Finished with a -12 (204), which included the lowest round of the tournament, a -7 (65) in the third round.
   

Nominees: Drew D'Ercole, Concordia (Neb.); Sean Minor, Columbia (Mo.); Luke Beetz, Marian (Ind.); Mateo Quiroga, Missouri Valley; Caleb Stinespring, Olivet Nazarene (Ill.); Ty Beasley, Milligan (Tenn.); Gerardo Alemany, Friends (Kan.); Trace White, Iowa Wesleyan; Rodrigo Navarrete, Bellevue (Neb.); Noah Honinger, Northwestern Ohio; Philipp Pakosch, Southwestern Christian (Okla.)


Week 5 (April 12, 2023)

Golfer of the Week: Jakob Stavang Stubhaug, Keiser (Fla.)

                                                             Jakob Stavang Stubhaug claimed his second individual title of the season at last week's Roadrunner Classic in Rocky Face, Georgia. The second-year Seahawks shot a 5-under, 211, to help lead the No. 1-ranked Keiser men's golf team to its fifth tournament title of the 2022-23 campaign. Stavang Stubhaug lead a field of 66 golfer from 12 teams (all ranked in the NAIA Men's Golf Top 25 - including eight in the Top 10). He won the event by five strokes, shooting under par in each round. With three rounds under-par, Stavang Stubhaug increased his season total to 16 rounds at par or under-par (26 rounds played total). He lowered his season stroke average to 71.42. He is currently ranked No. 3 in the NAIA by GolfStat.
   

Nominees: Jack Moran, Missouri Baptist; A.J. Martin, Blue Mountain Christian (Miss.); Ivan Ninkovic, Lindsey Wilson (Ky.); Gerardo Alemany, Friends (Kan.); Jacob Thomas, USC Beaufort (S.C.); John Weis, St. Francis (Ill.); Fernando Invernizzi, MidAmerica Nazarene (Kan.); Bruno Vicente, Lawrence Tech (Mich.); Kyle Sanders, Indiana Wesleyan; Leandro Mihaich, Oklahoma City; Carson Caylor, Houston-Victoria (Texas); Jakob Stavang Stubhaug, Keiser (Fla.); Kedric Chaney, Union (Ky.); Rodrigo Navarrete, Bellevue (Neb.)

 


Week 4 (April 5, 2023)

Golfer of the Week: Trevor Lewis, Embry-Riddle (Ariz.)

                                                             Lewis turned in his best performances of the year at the EARU Spring Invitational, taking the individual title at the event with his 201 (-15). All three of his rounds were sub-par and his superb weekend lowered his season average to 69.9. His individual victory was his fourth of the season.
   

Nominees: Xavier De La Rosa, Oregon Tech; Haydn Driver, Rocky Mountain (Mont.); Nicolas Paviet, Roosevelt (Ill.); Jacob Thomas, USC Beaufort (S.C.); Achilleas Lazaridis, Doane (Neb.); Michael Robson, Northwestern Ohio; Trevor Lewis, Embry-Riddle (Ariz.); Brooks Gineris, Reinhardt (Ga.); Jacob Wilson, UT Southern (Tenn.); Victor Pena Cortes, Our Lady of the Lake (Texas); Juan Suarez, St. Thomas (Fla.); Spencer Worley, William Woods (Mo.); Mateo Quiroga, Missouri Valley; Noah Ross, Taylor (Ind.); Chayan Duha, Texas Wesleyan.


 

Week 3 (March 29, 2023)

Golfer of the Week: Jorgen Lie Viken, Lewis-Clark State (Idaho)

                                                            Viken had a dominant week with back-to-back wins in less than seven days. The senior, ranked No. 9 as an individual by Golfstat, won the LCSC Warrior Spring Invitational with a 7-under total of 209 to win by two strokes. After Tuesday's win, the Kongsberg, Norway competed at the UPS Spring Invitational over the weekend. He shot an LC State career-low round of 66 to win the tournament with a 4-under 138 for the two-round tournament.
   

Nominees: Noah Honinger, Northwestern Ohio; Philipp Pakosch, Southwestern Christian (Okla.); Zach Ryujin, Victoria (B.C.); Isac Wallin, Keiser (Fla.); Connor Larkin, Bethany (Kan.); Bryan de Jonge, Faulkner (Ala.); Rio Saigal, Lindsey Wilson (Ky.); Mateo Quiroga, Missouri Valley; Baptiste Bonnet, Bellevue (Neb.); Gustaf Lundberg, Milligan (Tenn.); Braden Bernaldo, Morningside (Iowa); Jorgen Lie Viken, Lewis-Clark State (Idaho); Stan Sztur, Louisiana Christian (La.); Lorenzo Mariotti, Olivet Nazarene (Ill.); Jannik Daeschner, Missouri Baptist 

 


Week 2 (March 22, 2023)

Golfer of the Week: Jackson Muramoto, Bushnell (Ore.)

                                                            Sitting in 11th place and four-strokes out of first place after round one, Muramoto stormed back to tie for the victory at the Willamette Valley Cup at Creekside GC in Salem. He shot the only sub-70 in round two and Won a "scorecard playoff" to claim the tournament medal. His 66 is a career-best and the third-best round in Bushnell history.
   

Nominees: Tyler Parr, Williams Baptist (Ark.); Matthew Soucinek, Southeastern (Fla.); Jackson Muramoto, Bushnell (Ore.); Juan Ricardo Devila Bone, Texas Wesleyan; Luke Beetz, Marian (Ind.); Reagan Streck, Evangel (Mo.); Diego Leslie, William Carey (Miss.); Caden Sanders, Truett-McConnell (Ga.); Janik Hawlitzky, Lindsey Wilson (Ky.)


Week 1 (March 15, 2023)

Golfer of the Week: Jakob Stavang Stubhaug, Keiser (Fla.)

                                                            Stavang Stubhaug claimed his first tournament title of the 2022-23 season, shooting a four-under, 209, at the 2023 Keiser Kup. His play helped the Seahawks claim the team's fourth tournament crown of the season. The sophomore won the individual championship with a par putt on 18 to take the medalist honors by one stroke. For the tournament, Stavang Stubhaug shot three-under on Par 4s and was two-under on Par 5s. he posted 38 par putts and recorded 10 birdies. He was the only golfer (out of 64) to shoot under par in each of the three rounds. With the win, Stavang Stubhaug lowered his season stroke average to 71.70. He is currently ranked No. 8 by GolfStat.
   

Nominees: Sean Minor, Columbia (Mo.); Jorgen Lie Viken, Lewis-Clark State (Idaho); Patrick Guymon, Marian (Ind.); Joshua Van der Wath, Houston-Victoria (Texas); Ethan Brumbaugh, Ottawa (Kan.); Jakob Stavang Stubhaug, Keiser (Fla.); Gary Glassman, Tennessee Southern; Alvaro Pardo Gutierrez, Roosevelt (Ill.); Christofer Hammar, USC Beaufort (S.C.); Ryan Bell, William Carey (Miss.); Braden Bernaldo, Morningside (Iowa); Grant Ferreira, Southwestern Christian (Okla.) ; Michael Osborne , Truett-McConnell (Ga.); William Dexheimer, Rocky Mountain (Mont.); Adam Gibson, Park (Mo.)


 

 

 

Championship Information


72nd ANNUAL
MEN'S GOLF 

NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP
May 21-24, 2024
Dalton Golf and Country Club
Dalton, Georgia