It didn’t take long for Patrick Rodgers to make an impact with the men’s golf team, as the freshman from Avon, Ill., won the individual title at the Olympia Fields/Fighting Illini Invitational before classes had even started. On Wednesday, his efforts were rewarded once again, as commissioner Larry Scott announced Rodgers was named the Pac-12 Men’s Golfer of the Month for September.

Rodgers beat out four other nominees to win the award after becoming the first Cardinal golfer to win his first collegiate tournament since a man by the name of Tiger Woods accomplished the feat in 1996. He played bogey-free golf in the final round under rainy conditions to steal the lead from teammate Cameron Wilson, finishing the event with a 54-hole total of 206.

Thanks to the team’s overall stellar play at Olympia Fields — the Cardinal placed three golfers in the top-four against a stacked field that included 10 top-25 schools — Stanford is now the No. 1 team in the country and will look to continue its recent string of success this weekend at The Prestige at PGA West Invitational.

—Miles Bennett-Smith