Taehoon Song Snags Pac-12 Golfer Of The Week Honors
September 26, 2023 | Men's Golf
SAN FRANCISCO – After putting forth a career effort to lead Washington to the 2023 Husky Invitational title, senior Taehoon Song has been named the Pac-12 Golfer of the Week, announced Tuesday.
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The South Korea native wreaked havoc on the Olympic Course at Gold Mountain Golf Club, bringing home the first tournament win of his career at 15-under par, a career-low. The Huskies captured the team title at 40-under par, the sixth-lowest 54-hole team score in program-history.
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Coming out firing en route to leading the tournament wire-to-wire, Song shot a career-low 63 in the opening round, the lowest round by a Husky since RJ Manke's 63 at the 2021 Maui Jim Invitational.
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The Anaheim Discovery Christian School product finished Day One of the Husky Invitational with a two-stroke lead before closing down the stretch to lock up the title on Tuesday. Song finished his second bogey-free round of the tournament with birdies on four of the final five holes, firing a 65 for seven-under on the day.
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Song was one of three Huskies to finish in the top-5, joined by Petr Hruby (2nd, -12) and Finn Koelle (T4th, -7). Behind the strong, deep play from the Dawgs, Washington is ranked No. 3 in Golfweek's Collegiate Rankings.
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For more information on the UW men's golf team, follow @UW_MGolf on X and Instagram.
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The South Korea native wreaked havoc on the Olympic Course at Gold Mountain Golf Club, bringing home the first tournament win of his career at 15-under par, a career-low. The Huskies captured the team title at 40-under par, the sixth-lowest 54-hole team score in program-history.
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Coming out firing en route to leading the tournament wire-to-wire, Song shot a career-low 63 in the opening round, the lowest round by a Husky since RJ Manke's 63 at the 2021 Maui Jim Invitational.
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The Anaheim Discovery Christian School product finished Day One of the Husky Invitational with a two-stroke lead before closing down the stretch to lock up the title on Tuesday. Song finished his second bogey-free round of the tournament with birdies on four of the final five holes, firing a 65 for seven-under on the day.
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Song was one of three Huskies to finish in the top-5, joined by Petr Hruby (2nd, -12) and Finn Koelle (T4th, -7). Behind the strong, deep play from the Dawgs, Washington is ranked No. 3 in Golfweek's Collegiate Rankings.
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For more information on the UW men's golf team, follow @UW_MGolf on X and Instagram.
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