Dines Named Heart Men's Golfer of the Week

BALDWIN CITY - Gavin Dines of the Baker men's golf team was named Heart of America Men's Golfer of the Week, presented by Mammoth, following his first-place performance at the Heart Fall Preview last week.

Sitting in second going into the hole, Dines sank a 12-foot eagle putt on his final hole of the tournament to leapfrog the leaderboard and earn his first individual title since winning the Virginia McCoy Invite in 2023. The sophomore from Olathe, Kan. was the only golfer to finish under par in both rounds of the Heart's fall tournament with a 71 in his first outing on Monday, followed by a 70 on Tuesday to lead a men's pack that featured 57 players.

Dines led a BU men's team that finished sixth in the tournament, while the women's team took third with Izabelle Backstrom earning a top-five finish in the women's field. 

The Wildcats closed out a fall campaign that saw the women's team finish fourth or higher in all four of their tournaments, including a runner-up outing at Park's Virginia McCoy Invite. The BU men took sixth in two of their last three tournaments and had a fifth-place finish at the Battle at the Dance a couple of weeks ago.

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