Bud Cauley Named Golfweek Player of the Week

TUSCALOOSA, Ala. – Sophomore golfer Bud Cauley was named the Golfweek Player of the Week after winning medalist honors at the prestigious Isleworth Collegiate Invitational.


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Cauley was the only player in the field to shoot par or better in all three rounds, posting a 5-under-par 211, one stroke ahead of Stanford's Sihwan Kim.

The Jacksonville, Fla., native has built on his All-America freshman campaign in the fall of 2009, finishing in the top six in the three events he's played. Cauley tied for sixth at the Ping/Golfweek Invitational and tied for fourth at the Jerry Pate National Intercollegiate before breaking through with a victory at the Isleworth Collegiate Invitational.

The sophomore missed the Crimson Tide's first event of the season while participating in the Walker Cup where he went 3-0-1 to help the United States defeat Great Britain for the third straight time.

With Alabama's fall slate complete, Cauley ranks second in the Golfweek/Sagarin Individual Ratings Index behind only Oklahoma State's Peter Uihlein. He leads the Tide in scoring average at 71.29, currently a tenth of a point better than the lowest scoring average in team history, set by Michael Thompson in 2008.