Bud Cauley is Golfweek player of the week

TUSCALOOSA | University of Alabama sophomore golfer Bud Cauley was named Golfweek player of the week after winning medalist honors at the Isleworth Collegiate Invitational.

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

The Jacksonville, Fla., native has finished in the top six in the three events he’s played. He 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.

He 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 Oklahoma State’s Peter Uihlein. He leads the Tide in scoring average at 71.29, currently a 10th of a point better than the lowest scoring average in team history, set by Michael Thompson in 2008.