McDermott has enjoyed one of the best seasons in CU golf history.
McDermott Named First-Team All-Pac-12
May 04, 2023 | Men's Golf
Second Buffalo To Earn The Distinction
BOULDER — University of Colorado sophomore golfer Dylan McDermott has been named to the first-team All-Pac-12 Conference, the league announced Thursday afternoon.
McDermott, who hails from Granite Bay, Calif., is currently ranked as the No. 25 golfer in the nation by GolfStat and is ranked 241st in the latest World Amateur Golf Ranking (WAGR) after his second place finish in the Pac-12 Championship last Sunday at Stanford.
He currently leads the team in stroke average with a 69.67 figure; that is the third-best in the Pac-12 and 16th in the nation and is threatening CU's all-time record (70.24). He leads the conference with 20 rounds in the 60s and 24 subpar rounds, with 30 of his 34 rounds being par or better. He has nine top 20 finishes, which include five in the top five and eight in the top 10, and has been under par in a CU-record 10 tournaments. He was posted a 3-0 record in Wyoming's World Match Play to open the spring season, after opening the fall with medalist honors in Notre Dame's Fighting Irish Classic.
He has already set several school records this season and is threatening a handful of others; he became just the third player ever at CU to score all four rounds in the 60s when he posted a 66-66-67-68—267 scorecard in the Pac-12 meet, which tied the school mark in relation to par at 13-under, and his 199 total through three rounds also set a Buff best. McDermott has played in 21 tournaments in his young collegiate career, finishing under par in 14 of them; he has 28 of 65 rounds in the 60's, with 43 of par or better.
He has been named the conference's player of the week on two occasions, and last September, he was one of three finalists for the Ben Hogan National Golfer of the Month. McDermott joins Yannik Paul in 2018 as CU's first-team all-Pac-12 performers since the Buffs joined the conference in 2012. He also was selected as the Buffaloes' co-Male Athlete of the Year CU's annual CUSPY Awards (CU Sports Performers of the Year) last month.
"Dylan has had a phenomenal year," CU head coach Roy Edwards said. "It has been as good as any player in the Pac-12 Conference and has established himself as one of the top players in the country. He continues to keep getting better and better and his play this season is evidence of that. Congrats to him on this great honor."
Inexplicably, the coaches did not recognize sophomore Justin Biwer on either the second or honorable mention teams. Owning the 10th-best scoring average (70.85) in the league, of the 23 golfers honored, he had more top 10 finishes than 14 of them (and equaled by four others) and more rounds in the 60's (9) than a dozen team members, among several stats that were as good or better than many.
Biwer was a second-team selection by the coaches as a freshman, and also made the All-Freshman team.
"Justin wasn't recognized on one of the All-Pac-12 teams but he had a season worthy of it," Edwards said. "He has had a season that is very similar, if not better than many of the players on the second-team. But he continues to take steps forward as one of the top players in the country. He and Dylan are an amazing one-two punch for us."
The Buffaloes will return to action in a little less than two weeks, set to participate in the NCAA Central/Norman Regional which begins Monday, May 15, in Norman, Okla.
McDermott, who hails from Granite Bay, Calif., is currently ranked as the No. 25 golfer in the nation by GolfStat and is ranked 241st in the latest World Amateur Golf Ranking (WAGR) after his second place finish in the Pac-12 Championship last Sunday at Stanford.
He currently leads the team in stroke average with a 69.67 figure; that is the third-best in the Pac-12 and 16th in the nation and is threatening CU's all-time record (70.24). He leads the conference with 20 rounds in the 60s and 24 subpar rounds, with 30 of his 34 rounds being par or better. He has nine top 20 finishes, which include five in the top five and eight in the top 10, and has been under par in a CU-record 10 tournaments. He was posted a 3-0 record in Wyoming's World Match Play to open the spring season, after opening the fall with medalist honors in Notre Dame's Fighting Irish Classic.
He has already set several school records this season and is threatening a handful of others; he became just the third player ever at CU to score all four rounds in the 60s when he posted a 66-66-67-68—267 scorecard in the Pac-12 meet, which tied the school mark in relation to par at 13-under, and his 199 total through three rounds also set a Buff best. McDermott has played in 21 tournaments in his young collegiate career, finishing under par in 14 of them; he has 28 of 65 rounds in the 60's, with 43 of par or better.
He has been named the conference's player of the week on two occasions, and last September, he was one of three finalists for the Ben Hogan National Golfer of the Month. McDermott joins Yannik Paul in 2018 as CU's first-team all-Pac-12 performers since the Buffs joined the conference in 2012. He also was selected as the Buffaloes' co-Male Athlete of the Year CU's annual CUSPY Awards (CU Sports Performers of the Year) last month.
"Dylan has had a phenomenal year," CU head coach Roy Edwards said. "It has been as good as any player in the Pac-12 Conference and has established himself as one of the top players in the country. He continues to keep getting better and better and his play this season is evidence of that. Congrats to him on this great honor."
Inexplicably, the coaches did not recognize sophomore Justin Biwer on either the second or honorable mention teams. Owning the 10th-best scoring average (70.85) in the league, of the 23 golfers honored, he had more top 10 finishes than 14 of them (and equaled by four others) and more rounds in the 60's (9) than a dozen team members, among several stats that were as good or better than many.
Biwer was a second-team selection by the coaches as a freshman, and also made the All-Freshman team.
"Justin wasn't recognized on one of the All-Pac-12 teams but he had a season worthy of it," Edwards said. "He has had a season that is very similar, if not better than many of the players on the second-team. But he continues to take steps forward as one of the top players in the country. He and Dylan are an amazing one-two punch for us."
The Buffaloes will return to action in a little less than two weeks, set to participate in the NCAA Central/Norman Regional which begins Monday, May 15, in Norman, Okla.
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