April Golfers of the Month

Suh, a junior from San Jose, Calif., captured medalist honors at the Pac-12 Championships (April 23-25) in leading the Trojans to their 20th Conference title and first since 2011. He posted a 16-under 268 (68-64-65-71) to clear the field by four strokes. Suh, currently ranked No. 2 nationally by Golfstat, opened the month with a fourth-place finish at the Western Intercollegiate (April 7-8) where he shot an 8-under 202 (67-68-67). He averaged 67.14 strokes over his seven rounds in April. 

 

Also nominated (with Golfstat ranking): George Cunningham, ARIZONA (No. 33); Collin Morikawa, CALIFORNIA (No. 1); Yannik Paul, COLORADO (No. 68); Jeffrey Swegle, STANFORD (No. 69); Cole Madey, UCLA (No. 114); Carl Yuan, WASHINGTON (No. 97).

 

The Golfweek men’s Top 25 rankings include No. 5 CALIFORNIA, No. 13 STANFORD, No. 17 ARIZONA STATE, No. 21 USC.

 

Tavatanakit, a freshman from Bangkok, Thailand, had an extremely strong month, finishing as a co-medalist at the Silverado Showdown (April 8-10) against a very talented field. Tavatanakit carried that momentum into the Pac-12 Championships, taking home the individual title in a one-hole playoff, as well as helping UCLA to back-to-back Pac-12 team titles. In both events, Tavatanakit shot an eight-under 208, finishing under par in all six rounds of competition.

Tavatanakit finished regular season play with three wins and a No. 5 ranking individually.  She and her Bruin teammates enter postseason play May 7-9 as the No. 1 seed in the West Regional (Harding Park, San Francisco, Calif.)