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2016-2017 Men's Golf Roster

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Erik Tedfelt

Erik Tedfelt

  • Class:
    Junior
  • Hometown:
    Malmo, Sweden
  • Highschool:
    National Golf Program

Summary

Biography

After earning 2015 Northeast Conference (NEC) Rookie of the Year honors as a freshman, followed by a sophomore season where he was named to the All-NEC Second Team, Erik Tedfelt turned in a solid fall campaign a year ago before being sideline in the spring due to injury … When healthy, the senior is one of the NEC’s top talents and was a key performer in the Seahawks’ drive to the 2016 NEC title as a sophomore.
 
2016-17 (JR): Recorded Top-20 finishes in all four of the events in which he competed during the fall, averaging a three-over par 74.0 strokes per round … Opened the season with a T-14th effort in the 75-man Ryan T. Lee Memorial Intercollegiate (9/10, 9/11) … Followed that performance with a T-9th showing in the 88-man rain-shorted Navy Classic, as his one-over par 71 helped lead the Seahawks to the team title … After recording a T-17th at the Hofstra Quad (10/3), capped his fall with a pair of even par rounds of 71, good for a second-place showing in the individual medal play portion of the La Salle Explorer Match Play (10/11, 10/12).

2015-16 (SO): His 75.3 average was second on the team, just .03 strokes per round behind fellow countryman Anton Frondelius ... Recorded a tie for fourth finish in the Seahawk Shootout (4/14) and a 10th-place showing in the competitive Whistling Straights Invitational in Wisconsin, with rounds of 75-76-78 .... Capped his season by shooting 77-71-75 in fashioning a T-15th finish at the NEC Championships (4/29-5/1) in helping the Seahawks claim their first-ever league title in men’s golf ... Member of the NEC Spring Commissioner's Academic Honor Roll (3.75 GPA or higher).

2014-15 (FR): Tabbed NEC Rookie of the Year … Claimed four top 10 finishes during his rookie campaign … Placed third overall at the La Salle Finnegan Invitational (4/20) with a final score of 142 (-2) including rounds of 74 & 68 … Earned NEC Golfer of the Week honors (4/22) … Tied for sixth at the Rutgers Invitational with rounds of 69-75-67 … Finished third at the Red Flash Invitational 4/15) after shooting rounds of 72-72-71 … Tied for ninth at the Lonnie Barton Invitational (9/7) with a final score of 224 (+8) which included a one under par round of 71 ... Member of the NEC Spring Academic Honor Roll.

Before Wagner: Erik Tedfelt placed in the top five of six tournaments as a senior at the National Golf Program in his native Sweden, including two top-three finishes at the Wessberg Open and the Sjödin Open ... Also delivered second-place finishes at the Kungsmark Junior Open in 2010 and at the Skandia Tour Regional #5 in 2012.

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