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2016-17 Men's Golf Roster

Spencer Lendzion

Spencer Lendzion

  • Class:
    Senior
  • Hometown:
    Rochester Hills, Mich.
  • High School:
    Stoney Creek

Summary

Biography

2016-17: Started all 11 events on the year and finished fourth on the team with a 77.0 average… Posted scores in the 70’s in 24 of his 29 rounds… Was in the top three on the team in five events, leading the squad at the John Dallio Memorial tying for ninth with a 226 (76-75-75)…  Claimed 15th at the Notre Dame Kick-Off Challenge with a 149 (75-74)… Shared eighth shooting a 150 (73-77) at the Bulldog Florida Invitational… Took 28th at the Horizon League Championship with a 236 (77-78-81)… A member of the Athletic Director’s Honor Roll and the Horizon League Fall and Spring Academic Honor Roll… Ended his career with a 77.42 average in 78 rounds of golf… 

2015-16: Played in three events on the season and was in the starting line-up twice… Averaged a 77.88 in eight rounds on the links, with four rounds in the 70’s… Started the year by tying for 61st at the NKU Fall Classic posting a 240 (81-77-82)… Shared 21st playing as an individual at the Jackrabbit Invitational shooting a 222 (73-76-73), which included a pair of 1-over 73’s… Tallied a 161 (81-80) for 68th at the Hoosier Invitational… A member of the Detroit Athletic Director’s Honor Roll and the Horizon League Spring Academic Honor Roll.

2014-15: Started all seven tournaments for the Titans… Lowered his average to a career-low 76.89, fifth on the team, with a pair of top-20 efforts… Carded four rounds at par or better… Recorded a score in the 70’s or 60’s in 14 of his 19 rounds… Claimed a share of 13th at the Wright State Collegiate with a 223 (77-75-71)… Tied for 24th at the Bobby Nichols Intercollegiate with a career-low 218 (74-75-69), finishing the tournament with a bang carding a 3-under 69 on the final 18… Tied for 28th at the Turning Stone Tiger Intercollegiate with a 231 (80-72-79), which included an even-par 72 in the second round… Carded his 36-hole career best with a 147 (72-75) at the Cleveland State Invitational, where he had another even-par 72 on the opening 18… Shot a 157 (75-82) tying for 58th at the Dayton Flyer Invitational… Shot a 247 (78-84-85) for 33rd at the Horizon League Championship.

2013-14: Played in eight of Detroit’s nine tournaments as a rookie and was in the starting line-up six times… Fourth on the team with a 78.18 average in 22 rounds of golf, with 15 rounds in the 70’s, including eight of his last nine… Had his best performance of the year at the Horizon League Championship earning All-Tournament by taking third with a career-best 221 (71-74-76)… He was tied for the lead after day one with a career-low 1-under 71 and never left the top five as he had the best finish by a Titan freshman since David Byrne won it all in 2007… Tied for 28th at the Red Flash Invitational with a 158 (83-75)… Had a season-low 36-hole score of 154 (78-76) at the Bradley Invitational, tying for 34th… Totaled a 231 (80-75-76) for a share of 53rd at the Bobby Nichols Intercollegiate… Had his best performance of the fall playing as an individual at the Cleveland State Invitational tying for 52nd with a season-low 231 (77-78-76)… Started his collegiate career by tying for 61st at Missouri’s Turning Stone Tiger Intercollegiate with a 239 (80-79-80)… Shared 57th at the Wolverine Intercollegiate with a 239 (84-78-77)…A member of the Detroit Athletic Director's Honor Roll.

Personal: A letter winner in golf, football and basketball in high school… MVP as a junior and a captain as a senior... A transfer from Brother Rice – where he played with fellow freshman Kyle Gaines - as a junior, he took over as Stoney Creek's top golfer earning All-District and All-North Oakland County honors... Claimed third at the Oakland County Division 1 Championship with a 75 and was also the medalist at the Oakland Activities Association (OAA) Red Conference Championship carding a 74... He went on to record several top-10 finishes in the summer of 2012, including a win at a Golfweek Junior Tour event that was played at the University of Kentucky... He also finished sixth at the Michigan PGA Junior Tour's Tour Championship, ninth at the PGA Junior Series event at Purdue and 11th in the Michigan Junior PGA Sectional Championship... In the summer of 2013, he qualified for the 92nd Golf Association of Michigan (GAM) Championship by tying for 14th place – just a stroke out of a top 10 mark - with a 2-over 73 at a qualifier held at the Oak Pointe Country Club in Brighton… A Business major.

Year Rounds Strokes Average Top 10/20
2013-14 22 1,720 78.1 1/1
2014-15 19 1,461 76.8 0/2
2015-16 8 623 77.8 0/0
2016-17 29 2,235 77.0 2/2
Career 78 6,039 77.42 3/5

Career Low 18: 69 at 2015 Bobby Nichols Intercollegiate (3rd)
Career Low 36: 147 at 2014 Cleveland State Invitational (72, 75)
Career Low 54: 218 at 2015 Bobby Nichols Intercollegiate (74, 75, 69)

Career Tournament Finishes
2016-17

Sept. 2 - Notre Dame Kick-Off Challenge (Warren GC, South Bend, IN) - 149 (75, 74) - 15th
Sept. 6-7 - Crusader Collegiate (Sand Creek CC, Chesterton, IN) - 241 (85, 77, 79) - 25th 
Sept. 19-20 - John Dallio Memorial (Ruffled Feathers GC, Lemont, IL) - 226 (76, 75, 75) - T9th 
Oct. 3-4 - Cleveland State Invitational (Barrington CC, Aurora, OH) - 231 (73, 80, 78) - 57th
Oct. 17-18 - Dayton Flyer Invitational (NCR CC-North Course, Kettering, OH) - 152 (77, 75) - T29th
Mar. 8-9 - Bulldog Florida Invite (Windsor Parke GC, Jacksonville, FL) - 150 (73, 77) - T8th
Mar. 19-21 - Bobby Nichols Intercollegiate (Sevierville GC, Sevierville, TN) - 231 (83, 73, 74) - T44th
Apr. 1-2 - Hoosier Invitational (IU Championship GC, Bloomington, IN) - 229 (72, 75, 82) - T62nd
Apr. 10-11 - Big Blue Intercollegiate (Hermitage GC, Old Hickory, TN) - 234 (79, 79, 76) - T44th
Apr. 15 - Battle at the Warren (Warren GC, South Bend, Ind.) - 156 (78, 78) - T17th
Apr. 23-25 - Horizon League Championship (Mission Inn Resort, Howey-In-The-Hills, FL) - 236 (77, 78, 81) - 28th

2015-16
Sept. 27-28 - NKU Fall Classic (Elks Run GC, Batavia, OH) - 240 (81, 77, 82) - T61st
Mar. 7-8 - Jackrabbit Invitational (Primm Valley GC, Primm, NV) - 222 (73, 76, 73) - T21st (I)
Apr. 2-3 - Hoosier Invitational (IU Championship GC, Bloomington, IN) - 161 (81, 80) - T68th

2014-15
Aug. 31-Sept. 1 - Turning Stone Tiger Intercollegiate (Kaluhyat GC, Verona, NY) - 231 (80, 72, 79) - T28th
Sept. 29-30 - Cleveland State Invitational (Barrington CC, Aurora, OH) - 147 (72, 75) - T17th
Oct. 20-21 - Dayton Flyer Invitational (NCR CC-South Course, Kettering, OH) - 157 (75, 82) - T58th
Mar. 9-10 - Colleton River Collegiate (Colleton River Club, Nicklaus Course/Dye Course, Bluffton, SC) - 238 (76, 78, 84) - 68th
Mar. 16-17 - Bobby Nichols Intercollegiate (Sevierville GC, Sevierville, TN) - 218 (74, 75, 69) - T24th
Apr. 5-6 - Wright State Collegiate (Miami Valley GC, Dayton, OH) - 223 (77, 75, 71) - T13th
Apr. 24-26 - Horizon League Championship (Mission Inn Resort, Howey-In-The-Hills, FL) - 247 (78, 84, 85) - 33rd

2013-14
Sept. 1-2 - Turning Stone Tiger Intercollegiate (Kaluhyat GC, Verona, NY) - 239 (80, 79, 80) - T61st
Sept. 16-17 - Wolverine Intercollegiate (U-M GC, Ann Arbor, MI) - 239 (84, 78, 77) - T57th
Sept. 30-Oct. 1 - Cleveland State Invitational (Barrington CC, Aurora, Ohio) - 231 (77, 78, 76) - T52nd (I)
Mar. 2-3 - Colleton River Collegiate (Colleton River Club, Dye Course, Bluffton, SC) - 247 (82, 91, 74) - 51st (I)
Mar. 17-18 - Bobby Nichols Intercollegiate (Sevierville GC, Sevierville, TN) - 231 (80, 75, 76) - T53rd
Apr. 5-6 - Bradley Invitational (Pelkin CC, Pelkin, IL) - 154 (78, 76) - T34th
Apr. 14 - Red Flash Invitational (Sunnehanna CC, Johnstown, PA) - 158 (83, 75) - T28th
Apr. 25-27 - Horizon League Championship (Mission Inn Resort, Howey-In-The-Hills, FL) - 221 (71, 74, 76) - 3rd

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