SIOUX FALLS, S.D. – South Dakota State’s McKenzie Mages claimed the spring’s first TicketSmarter #SummitGF Female Peak Golfer of the Week accolade, league officials announced Thursday. Mages finished ninth out of 85 players at the Lady Bison Bay Point Classic with a 54-hole total of 229 (+13).
The freshman from Sioux Falls, S.D., saved her best round for the finale, firing an even-par 72 to secure the first top-10 finish of her career. In her last loop around the Bay Point Golf Club, Mages paired a couple of birdies with a double-bogey to shoot the best single round of her collegiate career.
The Jackrabbits finished seventh out of 16 teams.
FEMALE GOLFER OF THE WEEK
McKenzie Mages, South Dakota State
Fr. | Sioux Falls, S.D.
- Closed the Lady Bison Bay Point Classic with a career-best 72
- Ninth-place finish was the first top-10 effort of her career
- This is the first weekly honor of Mages’ career
Also nominated: Emma Davis (St. Thomas); Olivia Kerr (Western Illinois).
2022-23 Peak Golfer Awards
Peak Golfer of the Week
Feb. 9
Female: McKenzie Mages, South Dakota State
Peak Golfers of the Month
September
Female: Sarah Bell, Oral Roberts
Co-Male: Carson Griggs, Denver
Co-Male: Ian Simonich, North Dakota State
October
Female: Akari Hayashi, South Dakota
Male: Brandon Hoff, Oral Roberts
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