Former UW golfer returns as new assistant

University of Washington golf alumnus Chris Babcock is headed back to Montlake, as the former Dawg will join the Washington staff as an assistant coach, head coach Alan Murray announced.

Babcock was a four-year letterman at UW, from 2013 through 2016, who went on to play on PGA Tour Canada following graduation.”

Babcock returns to Seattle after having spent the 2022-23 season at Colorado State, where he helped the Rams to a fifth-place finish at the Auburn Regional, earning them a spot in the NCAA Championships.

Following his own college career, Babcock, a graduate of Shorewood High School in Shoreline, Wash., Babcock played three season on PGA Tour Canada and then also spent a year as a PGA Tour caddy for former UW teammate C.T. Pan. Babcock also qualified for the 2018 U.S. Open in 26 career tournaments and earned his Bachelor of Arts in communication.