Minnesota and Nebraska Share Men’s Golfer of the Week Honor

ROSEMONT, Ill. – Minnesota's Chun-Ta Wu and Nebraska's Rudy Sautron have been named the Big Ten Golfer of the Week for tournaments from March 5-12. 

Co-Golfers of the Week 
Chun-Ta Wu, Minnesota 
So. – New South Wales, Australia 

• Tied for first place at the Johnnie-O at Sea Island in St. Simons Island, Ga. 
• His 54-hole score of 198 is a new career-best and the lowest score for a Golden Gopher since 1994-95 
• Collected 23 birdies on the event and picked up his fourth eagle of the season on the 14^th hole in the first round  
• Tied his career record with an 8-under par opening round (-64) 
• Last Minnesota Big Ten Men’s Golfer of the Week: Last: Ben Warlan (Apr. 17, 2024) 

 
Rudy Sautron, Nebraska 
Jr. – Reunion Island, France 

• Shared first place at the Johnnie-O at Sea Island in St. Simons Island, Ga. with a school-record (–18) and a 54-hole score of 198 
• Sautron earns his third individual title this year 
• Broke his own school record with an 8-under par opening round (-64) 
• Sautron’s third Big Ten Men’s Golfer of the Week honors this season. Last: Feb. 19, 2026 

2025-26 Big Ten Men’s Golfers of the Week 
Sept. 4 – McCoy Biagioli, Michigan State | Andre Zhu, Purdue 

Sept. 11 – Jeffrey Zatorski, Rutgers | Antonio Safa, USC 

Sept. 18 – Lucas Politano, Rutgers 

Sept. 25 – Rudy Sautron, Nebraska 

Oct. 2 – Dean Muratore, Michigan 

Oct. 9 – Jaden Dumdumaya, USC 

Oct. 16 – Lorenzo Pinili, Michigan State 

Oct. 23 – Max Herendeen, Illinois 

Oct. 30 – Luke Koenig, Rutgers 

Jan. 30 – Baylor Larrabee, UCLA 

Feb. 5 – Daniel Svärd, Northwestern  

Feb. 12 – Argyle Downes, Rutgers 

Feb. 19 – Ryan Voois, Illinois | Rudy Sautron, Nebraska 

Feb. 26 – Emil Riegger, Maryland 

Mar. 5 – Finn Koelle, Washington 

Mar. 12 – Chun-Ta Wu, Minnesota | Rudy Sautron, Nebraska