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UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER YELLOWJACKETS

2016-17 Men's Golf Roster

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Daniel Luftspring

Daniel Luftspring

  • Class:
    Senior
  • Hometown:
    Toronto, Canada
  • High School:
    Upper Canada College

Summary

Biography

At UR 2016-17: The senior was steady for Rochester all season, ranking third on the team with a 78.85 scoring average...He competed in all nine events, completing 20 rounds, one of three Yellowjackets to do so...Earned 2nd Team All-Liberty League honors...Three top-10s, including back-to-back in the spring at the Fred Kravetz Invitational (T-8th) and the Liberty League Spring Tournament (T-10th)...Finished the overall Liberty League Tournament (Fall and Spring) in T-9th place overall with a 319 score for 72-holes, helping the Yellowjackets earn the conference title...Shot a +2 round of 73 at the Middlebury Duke Nelson Invitational, tying for the third lowest round on Rochester this season...Earned Academic honors from the UAA and Liberty League by being selected to each conference's All-Academic team...Named GCAA All-America Scholar for the second straight season.

At UR 2015-16: Junior transfer was 2nd on UR in scoring average, ending with 77.67 strokes over 15 rounds (7 events)...Placed in a tie for 4th at the Liberty League Fall Tournament, shooting rounds of 76 and 73 to help UR secure the lowest score over the first two rounds of the conference championship...Had a season low round of 72 at the Jekyll Island Invitational, helping UR to its team best round of 290 (+2) this season...Scored below 80 in all but three rounds during the season...W-L percentage of .636 on the year...Earned All-Liberty League Honorable Mention accolades...Named All-America Scholar by the Golf Coaches Association of America.

At Minnesota 2014-15: In five tournaments overall, held a 77.16 stroke average...Had a 77.75 scoring average over 12 rounds during the fall...Low tournament score of 222 at the Windon Memorial Classic, including a round of 73...Shot a 70 (-2) at the Dartmouth dual match in the spring, his lowest collegiate round.

At Minnesota 2013-14: Competed only as an individual...Made his collegiate debut playing individually in the Gopher Invitational, where he finished tied for 62nd (240)...Played his lowest fall round of 74 at the Crow River JV Shootout...Played in the Saint John's Spring Invitational as an individual during the spring.

HS: Graduated from Upper Canada College where he was a five year letterwinner in golf for the Blues...Named team captain his senior year...Helped team become 3-time CISAA Gold Medalists, also earning OFSAA Gold Medal once...Earned the Ponton Prize for Poetry and George P. Grant Prize for Theory of Knowledge.

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