Megan Whittaker claimed the first Big Ten Women's Golfer-of-the-Week award of her career on Wednesday after leading Nebraska to a runner-up finish at the Westbrook Spring Invitational in Peoria, Ariz., Feb. 27-28.
Whittaker, a senior out of Elkhorn South High School, fired a career-best three-round score of 211 that included a career-best-tying 69 (-3) in the final round on Tuesday at the Westbrook Village Golf Club. Her five-under-par three-round total on the 6,230-yard layout of the Vistas Course was four strokes better than her previous career best.
Whittaker tied for seventh individually in the 81-player field at Westbrook, and she was the top-10 finisher from the Big Ten Conference.