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Big Ten CommunicationsPublished: 4/16/2026, Last updated: 4/16/2026
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Minnesota and USC Share Men’s Golfer of the Week Award

Gophers’ Crousore and Trojans’ Buchanan share honor after individual titles

ROSEMONT, Ill. – Minnesota’s Jack Crousore and USC’s Jack Buchanan have been named the Big Ten Co-Golfers of the Week for tournaments from April 9-16. 

Co-Golfers of the Week 
Jack Crousore, Minnesota 
So. – Bluffton, S.C. 

  • Tied for first place at the Robert Kepler Invitational with a final score of 9-under-par (207) 
  • It marked his first collegiate title and helped Minnesota earn its first tournament title of the season 
  • Matched his career-best 54-hole score of 9-under-par and gathered 15 birdies during the two-day event 
  • Last Minnesota Big Ten Men’s Golfer of the Week: Chun-Ta Wu (Mar. 12, 2026) 

Jack Buchanan USC 
So. – Cape Town, South Africa 

  • Earned co-champion of the 79th Western Intercollegiate with a 200 (-10) for his first collegiate win 
  • Became the fifth Trojan to win the Western Intercollegiate and helped the team sweep the tournament titles  
  • Recorded his second collegiate eagle in the first round  
  • Also set the single-round tournament record and tied the lowest round in program history 
  • Last USC Big Ten Men’s Golfer of the Week: Luke Stock (April 2, 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 
Mar. 19 – Ethan Wilson, Illinois 
Mar. 26 – Max Herendeen, Illinois | Emil Riegger, Maryland 
April 2 – Luke Stock, USC 
April 9 – Ryan Shellberg, IOWA 
April 16 – Jack Crousore, MINN | Jack Buchanan, USC