2023-24 Michigan Men's Golf Awards and Honors
6/14/2024 1:39:00 PM | Men's Golf
• Thomson Earns All-Big Ten First Team Selection (4/30/24)
Big Ten Golfer of the Week (Feb. 21) -- After a career performance and fourth-place finish, Jude Kim was named the Big Ten Golfer of the Week. Securing a starting spot during a pre-tournament qualifier, Kim opened with a clean-sheet first-round total of 68 (-4) after 14 pars and four birdies. Making his way to the second 18 of the day, he closed with a 70 (-2) to position himself tied for fourth after 36 holes. With a closing 69 (-3) in the final round, he maintained his top-five spot to finish fourth with a career-low 207 (-9) total -- topping his prior best by four shots (211, -3; 2022 Little Rock Invitational). With his second career sub-par 54-hole total, he was able to secure the second career top-five finish at a 54-hole event and lead U-M to a second straight top five finish. » Big Ten Release
Big Ten Co-Golfer of the Week (Feb. 14) -- Hunter Thomson earned his fourth Big Ten Golfer of the Week -- sharing the honors with Purdue's Nels Surtani -- after a final-day 64 led to the individual title at the Palmas del Mar Collegiate by two shots with a career-best 201 (-15) 54-hole total. After four career runner-up finishes, Thomson earned his first title and becomes the fourth Wolverine to post a win this season. After opening with rounds of 68 (-4) and 69 (-3), Thomson's 64 (-8) tied U-M's second lowest single-round total in program history, trailing only Kyle Mueller's record 198 at the 2015 Alister MacKenzie Invitational. Thomson's tournament total also set a new career low. » Big Ten Release
Big Ten Golfer of the Week (Sept. 6) -- Hunter Thomson earned his third Big Ten Golfer of the Week honor after he helped U-M to a season-opening team win with his runner-up finish at the Island Resort Intercollegiate. Thomson lowered his career-best 54-hole total with a 202 (-14) tally after rounds of 71 (-1), a career-low 65 (-7) and 66 (-6). That 202 tally tied the U-M mark for second-lowest 54-hole tally in program history -- equaling Bill Rankin's 202 (-8) at the 2008 Maxwell. Thomson helped the Wolverines open with a 284 (-4) team total before using his 65 to help U-M put a 273 (-15) together in the second round -- tied for the fourth lowest team round in program history. With a closing 277 (-11), the Wolverines went on to record an 834 (-30) team total -- the second-lowest 54-hole team total at U-M -- for the 48th team title all-time and third under Zach Barlow. Thomson's runner-up finish was the third of his career. » Big Ten Release
Big Ten Players to Watch (Aug. 29) -- Senior Will Anderson and juniors Hunter Thomson and Yuqi Liu were named Michigan's Big Ten Golfers to Watch for the upcoming 2023-24 season. The Maize and Blue duo of Anderson and Thomson started all 12 events a year ago and combined to finish as the top Wolverine in 10 of those events (Thomson eight times, Anderson twice). Thomson paced the Wolverines with his 72.81 scoring average, while Anderson was just behind at 73.59. The pair recorded 17 of U-M's 35 sub-par rounds, including Anderson's career-low 64 (-8) at the 2023 Lake Las Vegas Intercollegiate. Liu started nine events a season ago and after a strong summer will look to make a strong impact in the Wolverine lineup » Big Ten Release
