ORLANDO (UCFKnights.com) -- The American Athletic Conference has announced the winners of the league’s weekly w men’s and women’s golf honors for the first week of the spring golf season. UCF freshman Elizabeth Moon shared the women's weekly honor.
Moon has now cracked the Golfstat Top 100 rankings, coming in at No. 89, after a strong start to her first season in Orlando. The freshman posted three Top 10 finishes including a win at the Florida Challenge at Tampa Palms Country Club. She followed up her victory with a ninth-place finish in the UCF Challenge where she defeated 10 other golfers who were ranked in the Top 100. Finally, she helped lead the Knights to a team victory at the Moon Golf Invitational at Duran Golf Club with a ninth-place individual finish. In seven rounds played to start the spring season, she carded just one over par (+1).
Moon shared The American's weekly honor with Houston's Leonie Harm.
The Knights are back in action again March 5 in a match-play event with East Carolina at Eagle Creek Golf Club. UCF's next tournament appearance will be March 9-10 at the Lady Gator Invitational in Gainesville.