Men’s and Women's Golfers of the Week (Oct. 12)
Men's Golf
Alfredo Ruiz (Coastal Carolina, Senior, Atizapan, Mexico)
Shot under par in all five rounds this season and is averaging 69.2 strokes with a win and runner-up finish … Opened the season with a solo second-place finish at The Invitational at The Ocean Course … Finished one stroke off the lead, shooting an 8-under 208 (70-69-69) … Ruiz, who had never finished a 54-hole event under par, tied his career best with back-to-back rounds of 69 over the final 36 holes to record his 8-under par 208 ... The 208 ties for the 13th-best, 54-hole score in CCU history … Ruiz’s previous best, 54-hole score was 211 and his previous best score in relation to par was 1-over on three occasions … Won his second outing of the season, finishing co-medalist at the Tar Heel Intercollegiate … Shot a 6-under 138 as the event was shortened to just 36 holes due to Hurricane Matthew … Shot a career-low 68 in the opening round and followed that with a 70 in round two for his first career win.
Women's Golf
Malene Krolboll Hansen (Coastal Carolina, Junior, Taastrup, Denmark)
Shot par in five of six rounds rounds this season and is averaging 71.0 strokes with a win … Won the Golfweek Conference Challenge with a 54-hole, school-record score 207 (9-under par) to win … Hansen, who was in second place after days one and two, shot the low round of day by two strokes with a 6-under par 68 to win her first tournament as a Chanticleer ... She finished with rounds of 70-71-66 for her 9-under 207. Hansen additionally becomes just the third Chanticleer to record three rounds at an event under par … Hansen carded nine birdies in the final round to post her 66, the second-best, 18-hole score in school history. (Hansen owns the CCU single-round scoring record with a 65 last March.) … Overall, Hansen had 19 birdies for the 54 holes, which was the best total by four in the 90-person field ... In her second event, while she finished in a tie for 34th, she was in 88th place after an opening round 77 … She rallied to shoot an even-par 72 and carded a 2-under 70 in the final round.