By Mark Simpson

Big South Conference

 

CHARLOTTE, N.C. – Winthrop senior Brittany Dabule (Bluffton, S.C.) have been named the Choice Hotels Big South Women’s Golfer of the Week, for events played March 19-25, it was announced today by the League office.

 

Byrd posted his fourth runner-up finish and sixth top-20 standing of the year with a 15-under par 201 at the Desert Shootout (par 72, 7,015 yards).  He shot a school-record 9-under 63 in the final round to move up to tie for second with Tulsa’s Nicolas Geyger, and carded scores of 69-69-63 in the 54-hole event.  Byrd’s three-round total of 201 ties for the second-best 54-hole score in school history.  He is also 20-under par this spring through five events.

 

Dabule captured medalist honors at the Winthrop Intercollegiate (par 72, 6,000 yards) by one stroke after trailing the first round by one stroke.  She shot a tournament best 73 in the second round and held on Sunday with a 78 to earn her first career victory (1st out of 72 golfers) and help her team tie for first-place.  Dabule’s previous best finish was fourth as a freshman.