Huskers Finish in Top Five at PGA WORKS

Ponte Vedra Beach, Fla. – Noor Ahmed and Vanessa Bouvet tied for fifth at the PGA WORKS Collegiate Individual Championship on Wednesday at TPC Sawgrass to become eligible for Symetra Tour MVP Invites into the Guardian Championship.

Bouvet, a junior from Brunei, posted a final-round 77 (+5) to move up one spot on the leader board into a tie with Ahmed in fifth place at 231. Ahmed, a senior from Folsom, Calif., who opened the the day in fifth, managed a final-round 79 (+7) to match Bouvet’s 231. The Husker duo finished 10 strokes in front of Missouri’s Keagan Dunn, who finished in seventh.

Phu Khine from UNC Wilmington cruised to the individual title with a 54-hole score of 218 (+2) on the 5,825-yard layout at TPC Sawgress. Missouri’s Jess Yuen was the runner-up after matching Khine’s final-round 76 (+4), but still finished six strokes back. Louisiana Monroe’s Jahaanvie Walia took third at 226, while UALR’s Agatha Alesson (227) finished fourth, four strokes ahead Ahmed and Bouvet.

On Monday, the PGA WORKS Collegiate Championship announced that the top-five finishers, including ties, will be eligible for a Symetra Tour MVP Invite into the Guardian Championship at the Robert Trent Jones Golf Club at Capitol Hill in Prattville, Ala., Sept. 17-19. 

The individual division of the PGA WORKS Collegiate Championship is open to all eligible student-athletes on the current roster of their college team or students participating in Professional Golf Management programs who come from diverse ethnic backgrounds.

PGA WORKS is a strategic initiative designed to diversify the golf industry’s workforce. Funded by PGA REACH, the 501(c)(3) charitable foundation of the PGA of America, PGA WORKS leverages fellowships, scholarships, career exploration events, and the PGA WORKS Collegiate Championship to inspire and engage talent from diverse backgrounds to pursue key employment positions across the golf industry.