Maverick McNealy, Jared du Toit among Finalists for Byron Nelson Award
Arizona State's Jared du Toit
(Arizona State Athletics Photo)
NORMAN, OK (March 22, 2017) -- The Golf
Coaches
Association of America has announced finalists
for
the 2017 Byron Nelson Award presented by
Srixon/Cleveland Golf, in cooperation with the
Four
Seasons Resort and Club Las Colinas and the
Salesmanship Club of Dallas.
The finalists are Jared du Toit of Arizona
State,
Saint John’s (MN) Mack Farley, Auburn’s Matt
Gilchrest, Maverick McNealy of Stanford and
Virginia’s Jimmy Stanger.
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Jared du Toit- The Arizona State
star
has had an impressive spring season thus far
winning the Prestige at
PGA West and also finishing runner-up at the
Amer
Ari Invitational following a playoff. Over the
summer
du
Toit made national headlines when he finished
tied
for 10th at the RBC Canadian Open.
Mack Farley- Playing for Division
III
Saint John's
(MN), Farley picked up a win at the 2016 Twin
Cities
Classic and has also recorded four other top-15
finishes.
Matt Gilchrest- With three
top-
20 finishes so far this year Gilchrest is
completing an
impressive career at Auburn. In 2015 he was an
All-SEC first-teamer and a member of the Ben
Hogan Award Watch List.
Maverick McNealy-
During
the fall McNealy won the 11th tournament of his
memorable Stanford career at the Nike
Collegiate
and he is currently tied with Tiger Woods and
Patrick
Rodgers for the most wins all-time in program
history. For the season, McNealy has recorded
three
top-20 finishes and he is currently the second
ranked player in the World Amateur Golf
Rankings.
Jimmy Stanger- Along
with
recently making his PGA Tour debut at the
Valspar
Championship, Stanger has put together another
stellar season for Virginia. Stanger shared
medalist
honors
in the fall at the Golf Club of Georgia Collegiate
and
overall he has four top-10 finishes this season.
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Candidates for the Nelson Award must be a
graduating senior and the selection committee
considers equally a nominee’s entire collegiate
academic and golf career as well as his character
and integrity while in college.
Particular consideration will be given to a
nominee’s good citizenship, as portrayed by Mr.
Byron Nelson over the course of his life and golf
career.
ABOUT THE
Byron Nelson Award
The purpose of the Byron Nelson Award is to select
annually the outstanding Division I, II, III, or NAIA
scholar-athlete of the year. The recipient, a graduating
senior, is recognized for their achievement in the
classroom, on the course, and in their community.
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