ST. LOUIS, Mo. – For the second time this season Jinyoung Yun was named the MVC Golfer of the Week after her performance at the Columbia Classic in which she tied for second overall.
Yun had rounds of 71, 69, and 73 for her 213, which is the 10th-best tournament score in program history. This season she has three of the top-10 all-time tournament scores, and six total during her year and a half with the program. Her 69 is tied for the 10th-lowest single-round score in school history.
This season in 17 rounds she has a scoring average of 71.6, with 10 rounds at or under par. The 10 rounds at or under par is tied for the third-most in a season in school history, as she now has 24 for her career, second-most in program history. Her scoring average is nearly a stroke better than her average a season earlier when she set school and MVC records for stroke average.
In six tournaments she has five top-10 finishes, with four finishes inside of the top-five.
The Redbirds, ranked 77th in the latest clippd National Poll, have finished in the top three of five of the six team tournaments, with three team championships.
The squad returns to action on Friday, February 21, when the team travels to Rio Verde, Arizona, to compete in the Rio Verde Collegiate Invitational, hosted by Western Michigan University.
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