Big South Announces Men's Golfers of the Week - Feb. 16
CHARLOTTE, N.C. (www.BigSouthSports.com) – High Point’s
Grady Newton (Winston-Salem, N.C.) has been named the Big South Men’s Golfer of the Week, while USC Upstate’s
Alec Prentice (Wellington, New Zealand) is the Men’s Freshman of the Week for the opening events of the spring season, it was announced today.
Newton finished with a 3-under 213 (73-71-69) at the Palmas del Mar Collegiate (par 72, 7,122 yards) to tie for 20th on the leaderboard. He was 4-under on the par-5 layouts and tallied 13 birdies overall.
Prentice carded a 9-over 219 (74-74-71) at the season-opening Sea Best Invitational (par 70, 6,790 yards). It was his personal best for 54 holes, and he finished -3 on the par-5 holes to rank among the leaders.