MEN'S GOLFER OF THE MONTH - MARCH
HUNTER EPSON, LONG BEACH STATE
Senior • Long Beach, Calif. • Wilson HS
• Long Beach State's Hunter Epson won the Men's Golfer of the Month after leading the Beach to two top five finishes.
• Epson competed in two of the three tournaments, starting with a 9-under par (72-67-68) at the Sacramento State Invitational, good for a tie for third place individually.
• He followed that up with a 13th place showing at the Bandon Dunes Championships, leading LBSU with an even par (69-70-74) performance.
• This is Epson's second straight Golfer of the Month award of the 2021 season.
OTHERS NOMINATED: Kotaro Murata (Hawai'i), Jacob Westberg (UC Davis), Nathan Irwin (UC Irvine)
WOMEN'S GOLFER OF THE MONTH - MARCH
MADISON WOOD, UC DAVIS
Senior • Thousand Oaks, Calif. • Newbury Park HS
• Madison Wood of UC Davis earned the Women's Golfer of the Month award for March after an impressive showing over the Aggies' three tournaments.
• Wood started the month at UCD's Gunrock Invitational, finishing 1-under (70-72-73) in a tie for 15th at that was better than all but two Big West competitiors.
• She then finished in a tie for 26th (78-78-72) at the Juli Inkster at Meadow Club Invitational, using a final-round 72 to jump 19 spots on the final leader board.
• Wood saved her best performance for last as she won the Anuenue Spring Break Invitational in Maui. Her first career win featured a three-day total of 214 (71-70-73), which was a career 54-hole best.
OTHERS NOMINATED: Nicole Neale (Cal Poly), Brittany Shin (Cal State Fullerton), Zoey Akagi-Bustin (Hawai'i)