WASHINGTON STATE CAREER
2024-25 / Senior
Competed in six events throughout the season, 16 total rounds, posting a 75.13 scoring average… named to West Coast Conference All-Academic First Team… at season-opening event, the Palouse Intercollegiate, started 67-69 on par-71 layout, before finishing at 4-under, 209, tied for 25th…also competed in Canadian Collegiate Invitational, finishing 53rd…opened spring season at John Burns Intercollegiate, finished T-62nd at 8-over, 218…also compete at The Prestige (+18), as well as El Macero Classic (+7, 223, T-31st)…played in first round at West Coast Conference Championships, posting a 6-over, 78…concluded his Cougar career competing in 15 tournaments, 41 rounds, with a 74.59 scoring average and one Top10 finish (2023 Husky Invitational).
2023-24 | Junior
Appeared in three rounds as a junior and played nine rounds … had his score count once in the three rounds he didn’t play as an individual … recorded a 74.44 scoring average … had three par-or-better rounds and one top-25 finish … had a career-best finish at 5-under, 211 to place tied for 14th at the Husky Invitational … carded his season-low 18-hole score of the season at 3-under, 69 in the first round of the Husky Invitational.
2022-23 | Sophomore
Played in three tournaments, two as an individual, during his second season on the Palouse … Played in the 2023 National Golf Invitational for the Cougs, which was the first postseason tournament that WSU has played in since the 2002 NCAA West Regional … Opened the season by finishing 10th at the Husky Individual Tournament … Carded a season-best 1-over 214 at the Husky Individual Tournament … Held a scoring average of 73.29 through seven rounds of play … Shot under par in three rounds … Carded a season-low 2-under 70 in the second round of the Husky Individual Tournament … Subbed in during the second round of the National Golf Invitational and carded 9-over 81 … Named to the 2023 Pac-12 Spring Honor Roll.
2021-22 | Freshman
Played in three tournaments, two as an individual, in his first season at WSU … Collected a season-best 54-hole score of 1-under 215 in the season-opening Husky Individual Invitational to tie for 16th, which was his best finish of the season … Posted his best round of the season in the third round of the Husky Individual Invitational, where he carded 4-under 68 … Also played in the Visit Stockton Invitational and the Bandon Dunes Championship … Helped the Cougars post their lowest 54-hole team total in program history at the Visit Stockton Invitational by carding 816 (-36) … Helped the 2021-22 WSU team set the school record for team scoring average at 288.17.
Prior to Washington State
High School
Comes to the Palouse by way of Melbourne, Australia … Attended Hills International College in Jimboomba, Australia … Competed in Indonesia during his prep career … Ranked as the 17th-best player in Indonesia going into his senior year of high school … Took first place at the 2022 Hills College Championship, shoot 16-under par … Captured three-consecutive match play titles at the Southeast Queensland District Golf Association Hills Golf Club … Won the 2019 Brisbane District Royal Queensland Division I Championship … Posted four top-five finishes with a scoring average of 72.4 during his senior season … Finished second at the 2019 McDonald’s Junior Golf Championship by carding 219 (+3) in the three-round event … Finished fifth at the 2019 Indonesian Junior Championship in Banten, Indonesia.
Personal
Born on Nov. 18 in Clayton, Victoria … Son of Billy and Carla Lydra … Has one younger sister, Ashley … Enjoys table tennis and basketball.
