Maria José Marin may just have a future in this sport called golf, eh?
José Marin, a freshman on the Arkansas women’s golf team, won her third SEC Freshman Golfer of the Week award on Wednesday. Impressive. What makes it wild, though, is that José Marin has played in only four tournaments in her entire collegiate career.
In other words, three out of every four weeks, no first-year golfer in the entire conference is outplaying José Marin. And, by the way, the three Freshman Golfer of the Week honors are the most by a Razorbacks golfer since someone named Stacy Lewis – only the best to ever do it in Fayetteville – won three in 2007-08.
José Marin picked up this week’s award after a dynamite showing at the Purdue Puerto Rico Classic. She shot a 1-under 215 in the three rounds, finishing in a tie for 16th out of the 90 golfers in the tournament. Her final round 67 tied a career best.
Arkansas won the tournament as a team after firing the lowest score of the weeked on the final day, a 276, which was the 12th lowest team round in school history.
José Marin and the Razorbacks are back at things Feb. 18-20 at the Moon Golf Invitational hosted by Louisville.