Posted
online: May 28, 2004 12:15 AM
Print publication date: May 28, 2004
Staff
report,
Tyler Swanson, the 20-year-old Iowa State University golfer injured in a
single-car accident earlier this month, was released from University of Iowa
Hospitals in Iowa City this week.
The Player of the Year on last summer's local amateur circuit will continue
his recovery at a rehabilitation center. The sophomore was the top Cyclone
player this spring during his sophomore season and missed out on a chance at
the NCAA Division I regional tournament because of his hospitalization after
the May 2 accident. He was ISU's top finisher in the
Big 12 Meet, placing 19th out of 60 individuals. He also won his first collegiate event this spring.
``Every day since the accident,
For winning his Player of the Year honors on what is now the National City
Bank Amateur Tour, Swanson earned an exemption into last fall's John Deere
Classic. Then 19, Swanson became the first amateur off that tour to make the
36-hole cut and turn his chance in the field into a four-round experience.
Swanson and teammate Curtis Foster, a freshman from