Pac-12 Golf Monthly Awards - March 2022
Pac-12 Men's Golfer of the Month (March): RJ Manke, WASHINGTON (Sr., Lakewood, Wash.)
- Posted a pair of top-5 finishes and 69.1 scoring average with 8-of-9 rounds at even-par or better during the month of March.
- Tied for second at the Lamkin Grips SD Classic on March 8 at 11-under 205 (70-68-67) followed by a solo runner-up showing at the Oregon Duck Invitational on March 22 at 7-under 206 (67-69-70).
- Helped the Huskies to team victories at the Duck Invitational and Stanford's The Goodwin.
- Third Washington golfer to earn multiple Pac-12 weekly honors in a season (C.T. Pan - 2014-15; Nick Taylor - 2008-09).
- First Pac-12 golfer since California's Collin Morikawa in 2019 to earn multiple Pac-12 weekly honors in a season.
Also Nominated: Christian Banke, Arizona; Sampson Zheng, California; Justin Biwer, Colorado; Michael Thorbjornsen, Stanford; Jackson Rivera, USC; Blake Tomlinson, Utah.
Pac-12 Men in Golfweek Team Rankings (Top 50): No. 4 Arizona State, No. 7 Washington, No. 16 Stanford, No. 27 Arizona, No. 39 Oregon, No. 44 Utah.
Pac-12 Women's Golfer of the Month (March): Alexandra Forsterling, ARIZONA STATE (Sr., Berlin, Germany)
- Finished top-6 in all three events played in March, posting a 70.0 scoring average with 6-of-9 rounds under par.
- Capped the month with a win in the ASU/PING Invitational on March 27, opening with a tourney- and career-low 6-under 66 before claiming a two-shot victory at 9-under 207 (66-71-70).
- Led the Sun Devils to a 15-stroke victory in the ASU/PING Invite that featured seven other Pac-12 programs.
- Began month with tie for sixth at the Darius Rucker Intercollegiate on March 2 at 1-over 214 (70-71-73), followed by third at the Northrup Grumman Challenge on March 15 at 4-under 209 (75-67-67)
- First ASU women's golfer to earn multiple Pac-12 monthly honors in a season; first Pac-12 golfer to do so since UCLA's Lilia Vu in 2017-18.
Also Nominated: Hailey Schalk, Colorado; Sofie Kibsgaard Nielsen, Oregon; Danique Stokmans, Oregon State; Rose Zhang, Stanford; Emma Spitz, UCLA; Amari Avery, USC; Camille Boyd, Washington.
Pac-12 Women in Golfweek Team Rankings (Top 50): No. 1 Stanford, No. 2 Oregon, No. 6 Arizona State, No. 8 USC, No. 17 UCLA, No. 27 Arizona, No. 32 Oregon State, No. 47 Washington.
2021-22 PAC-12 GOLFERS OF THE MONTH