STEPHENVILLE – Jack Anderson just earned the first individual title in Tarleton Men’s Golf’s NCAA Division I era, and now he has claimed the first conference award for the Texans too.
The Western Athletic Conference announced on Thursday that Anderson is the WAC Men’s Golfer of the Week for competition played March 1-7.
Anderson played in two tournaments this past week, highlighted by his medalist honors at HCU’s Colin Montgomerie Invitational on Monday-Tuesday at Sweetwater Country Club in Sugar Land, Texas, where he shot -12 (68-66-70). It marked the first individual title for the Texans in their revival season, and it was his best score of the year, surpassing his -8 finish at the Pat Hicks Invitational that placed him second in mid-February.
Anderson capped off his victory with two birdies over the final three holes to win by two. He had the tied-most birdies in the field with 18 across 54 holes, plus he had the best score on Par 4’s out of the entire 78-man field, going -6 on them. He also had the tied-third best score on Par 3’s, where he shot -3.
Tarleton took third as a team and posted their best score to par of the season at -10 (854).
Anderson also led the team at the Wyoming Desert Invitational in Palm Desert, California, on March 1-3, finishing +4 overall (72-72-76) for tied-26th. Tarleton took 11th on the team leaderboard at +24 (888) in a competitive field, featuring the likes of Wyoming, Fresno State, Colorado, Utah and Hawaii, among others. Tarleton was one of four WAC teams playing in the event, finishing second behind UT Arlington (+14), ahead of Utah Tech (+34) and Southern Utah (+83).
Through the spring portion of the season thus far through three tournaments, Anderson has placed in the top-two twice, averaging a gross score of 70.2, with four sub-70 cards in nine rounds.
The Texans are halfway through their spring regular season tournament schedule with three left. Next up is The Big Texan Invitational, hosted by UTRGV in Kerrville, Texas, at Comanche Trace on March 27-28.
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