UA golfer Nathan Lashley lines up a putt on the 14th green at the Ping Intercollegiate on the Arizona National Golf Club, Feb. 1, 2005.

Nathan Lashley, a UA golf standout who completed his eligibility in 2004, had a good finish to his summer pro season. He finished third in the Colorado Open, earning $7,100 and second in last week’s Utah Open, earning $12,000. Now 31, Lashley’s parents and girlfriend were tragically killed in May 2004 in a private plane crash in Wyoming after they had flown to Bend, Oregon, to watch him play in the NCAA tournament.


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