Social Media Year in Review: Men's Golf
12/31/2018 | Men's Golf
5. 2018-19 National Signing Day
National Letter of Intent Day is an exciting time in collegiate athletics and was a great day for Arizona Golf. The 2018-19 Men's Golf signing class added three talented young golfers in Aidric Chan, Hayden Sayre, and Chase Sienkiewicz. Chan, of Quezon City, Phillippines, was a Filipino National Team member since the age of 13 and a two-time national event winner. Sayre is one of the best golfers in the state of Arizona and was named the JGAA Player of the Year in 2016 & 2018. Sienkiewicz will join the Cats from Carmichael, Calif. as Jesuit High School Varsity MVP (2017) and with 15 top-five finishes in his high school career. To learn more about our signees, read our release here.
4. Laskin's Individual Runner-Up Finish at the Huntsman Springs Invitational
Junior David Laskin has made himself a leader for the 2017-18 Wildcats with a successful fall season. Laskin, a Northern California native, started off the year finishing as the individual runner-up in the Hunstman Springs Invitational, his best career finish, where he scored 205, his lowest career tournament. The success continued throughout the fall, as he placed in the top-ten in three out of four tournaments he played in.
The Cats take fifth in the Hunstman Springs Invitational and David Laskin takes 2??nd place, tabbing his highest career finish and lowest tournament score ??! #BearDown pic.twitter.com/Jjx9JWIhJb
— Arizona Men's Golf (@ArizonaMGolf) September 18, 2018
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3. George Cunningham's Wildcat Career Wrap-Up
George Cunningham finished his collegiate golf career with one of the best seasons in Arizona history. The Tucson native had a 70.19 scoring average, the second lowest single-season scoring average in school history, won the William H. Tucker Intercollegiate, and a spot in the NCAA Championships. He also received several recognitions such as a spot on the Pac-12 All-Conference team and a semifinalist for the Jack Niklaus award. Cunningham made his mark on the Arizona men's golf program and will live in our history books.
George Cunningham's Senior Year:
— Arizona Men's Golf (@ArizonaMGolf) May 4, 2018
??First Team All-Pac-12 selection
??Jack Nicklaus Award semifinalist
??Current 70.19 scoring average is on pace to finish as 2nd lowest season average in UA history.@george_wyatts is more than ready to #BearDown in NCAA Regionals. pic.twitter.com/lYeZtToxYm
2. NCAA Regionals
The Wildcats' strong 2017-18 year paid off with a ticket to the NCAA Regionals, the first invitation since 2013. The Cats played in the Kissimmee regional, where they battled back in the final round, shooting 13-under par, yet coming up two strokes short of advancing to the NCAA Championships. The third round score of 275 was the second lowest single round score in the last eight seasons. Senior George Cunningham tied in 6th and earned a place in the NCAA Championships. Success translated onto social media, where posts received 6,572 impressions.
We are going Tucson ?? Kissimmee for some #NCAAGolf ?? #BearDown pic.twitter.com/3ZOgxSyZ9k
— Arizona Men's Golf (@ArizonaMGolf) May 2, 2018
1. Arizona Intercollegiate Win
The Cats fought hard at their home event, the Arizona Intercollegiate for their first title since 2012.The team battled their way to the top of the leaderboard, going 15-under in the final round to defeat the then second-ranked team Texas A&M by two strokes. The event marked Anderson's first win since joining the program in the summer of 2012. Between all posts on Twitter and Instagram, 75, 983 impressions were garnered, the most in the past two seasons.
It's official: the Cats win the home event for the first time since 2012! The team went 15 under in the last round to put them on top. pic.twitter.com/VWO4j2KgZ8
— Arizona Men's Golf (@ArizonaMGolf) January 30, 2018
The new year for the Cats will begin with the Arizona Intercollegiate, which begins on January 28th at the Sewailo Golf Club.This is head coach Jim Anderson's first event win at the University of Arizona! Congrats @Anderson_Jimbo ???? pic.twitter.com/l0DQEVfSP0
— Arizona Men's Golf (@ArizonaMGolf) January 30, 2018
