Ryan Lumsden Bio and Career Results
2018-19: 2019 Byron Nelson Award Winner... Shot an 8-under 208, finishing first at the Marquette Intercollegiate, his second-career individual title ... Earned second-straight Big Ten Golfer of the Week honors for his performance ... Shot a 5-under 211 for a share of 4th place at the Windon Memorial Classic ... Was named Big Ten's Golfer of the Week...Participated in Chatham Hills Collegiate... Defeated Timmy Hildebrand of Purdue, 2&1 in Big Ten Match play...Shot a 2-under 69 at The Prestige at PGA West in the second round...Shot a 3-under 69 at the Desert Mountain Intercollegiate in the first round.
2017-18: First Team All-Big Ten ... Division I PING Midwest All-Region Team ... Tied for the team lead in low round (66), rounds in 60s (5), and top-five finishes (3) ... Held sole team lead in top-10 finishes (5) and eagles (3) ... Posted an opening-round 5-under 67 at the NCAA Championships, helping lead NU to its best round relative to par of the season ... Paced the ’Cats with a fourth-place finish at the NCAA Regionals in Columbus, helping lead the team to an NCAA Championships berth ... Finished his tournament with a 5-under 66, tying for his best round in his career ... Also logged an under-par middle round of 70 ... For the second-straight year, posted a top-10 finish at the Big Ten Championships ... Went 71-71-72 to finish in a 10th-place tie ... Led all Wildcats with a 2-under performance at the Boilermaker Invitational, finishing in a fifth-place tie ... Finished even-par at The Goodwin, including a closing-round 68 ... Carded an even-par 72 in the middle round of the Southern Highlands Collegiate and finished second among all NU entrants ... Led all Wildcats at the Prestige at PGA WEST by finishing tied for 10th (72-71) ... Topped Jackson Wendling (Nebraska) and Griffin Barela (Wisconsin) in the first two rounds of Big Ten Match Play ... Finished in the top-40 of the season-opening OFCC/Fighting Illini Invitational... Shot a 4-under 66 first round en route to a 2-over (66-75-71) T-17th finish ... Finished tied for 3rd with a 1-under 215 (75-71-69) at the UNCG/Grandover Collegiate ... Academic All-Big Ten.
2016-17: First Team All-Big Ten ... Division I PING Midwest All-Region Team ... One of the top golfers on the squad in his sophomore campaign, finishing with a scoring average of 71.88 ... Eighth-best stroke average in program history ... Led the team with seven eagles (next-closest had two) ... Tied for the team lead with his low round of 66 ... Fired an even-par 72 and a 1-over 73 in the first two rounds of the NCAA Regionals at Baton Rouge ... Carded four-striaght rounds of par or better between Big Tens and NCAA Regionals ... Finished in 16th place at Regionals ... Came one stroke away from tying Illinois’ Dylan Meyer for the Big Ten individual championship with a 4-under 206 (69-69-68) ... Finished in a second-place tie and was the only entrant to shoot under-par in all three rounds ... Named a member of the Big Ten All-Championships Team following his performance ... Notched his first-career tournament win with a 207 (69-69-69) at the Marquette Intercollegiate ... Carded a 223 (76-74-73) in the Boilermaker Invitational ... Shot a 1-under 70 in the middle round of the Redhawk Invitational en route to a 15th-place tie ... Finished even par and in a 16th-place tie at the Desert Mountain Intercollegiate ... Shot a career-low 66 in the final round of the Puerto Rico Classic to finish t-3rd (-5) ... Won one Match Play event over Rutgers’ Tony Jiang ... Went 2-1 at the Gifford Collegiate match play competition after shooting a 1-under 143 (74-69) in the stroke play portion ... Carded an even-par 216 (73-70-73) at the Bridgestone Golf Collegiate ... Went under-par in the first round of the Windon Memorial and finished in a 14th-place tie ... Competed in the OFCC Fighting Illini Invitational and finished the 54-hole tournament with an even 70 in the final round ... Academic All-Big Ten.
2015-16: Competed in seven events as a team member in his freshman season, with a 73.92 stroke average for the season and one top-ten finish ... Competed in three Big Ten Match Play events, halving one in the first round against Michigan State ... Placed seventh among individuals at the Puerto Rico Classic with a four-over 217 including an even-71 in the first round ... Scored a 1-under 69 in the first round at The Goodwin ... Tied for 10th at the Boilermaker Invitational after carding a 1-under 215 with an impressive 5-under 67 in the third round ... Finished 22nd overall at the NCAA Stillwater regional with a 12-over 228.
Amateur Career: Qualified for the 2018 U.S. Open at Shinnecock Hills Golf Club after logging a 6-under 36-hole performance at the Columbus sectional qualifier.
Junior Career: Won the silver medal at the 2014 Scottish Boys Championship by shooting 69 and 68 at Cruden Bay ... Finished 18th out of 252 during stroke play at the 2014 British Boys before advancing to the Round of 32 in match play ... Earned top-10 finishes at the McEvoy Trophy and the Fairhaven Trophy ... Twice selected to play for Scotland, first at the Henry Cooper Jr. Masters in June of 2014 and again at the Boys Home Internationals in August of 2014 ... Appointed Surrey U-18 captain for 2014, ending in both a team and individual win at “The Friendship Trophy” in Cologne in October ... Year-end European ranking was 37th for U-18 boys and 44th for U-18 and under ... Competed for his school, Wellington College, which has been ranked No. 1 in the UK twice and No. 2 once during his three years ... Finished in the top-10 individually while leading Wellington to a No. 2 finish at the ISGA Finals at Carnoustie ... Medalist at West Sussex, leading Wellington to the team title ... Finished second at the ISGA Schools Cup, which Wellington also won as a team ... Academic Scholar at Wellington College and a Duke of York Scholar, given for combined academic and golf prowess.
Personal: Born Ryan Robert Lumsden ... Son of Alistair and Dee ... Last name is pronounced LUMS-din ... Majoring in Economics, minoring in Classics and Business Institutions.