CHARLOTTE – Charlotte Men’s Golf has been ranked 16th in the first Scoreboard powered by Clippd rankings, announced on Wednesday (Oct. 15). Charlotte is the highest ranked team in the American Conference, with Rice (53rd), Florida Atlantic (59th), and South Florida (76th) as the three next highest. The Niners are the third highest ranked group of five team behind New Mexico (8th) and Pepperdine (14th).
FULL RANKINGS
GOLFER OF THE MONTH
Chase Cline was named the American Conference Golfer of the Month for September. The Western Carolina transfer has made an immediate impact with the 49ers, finishing as co-champion at the Visit Knoxville Collegiate by shooting a 203 (-7). In round one, he tied a Charlotte program record by carding a 64 (-6). Last time out at the Bryan Bros Collegiate, Cline finished tied for 19th (210, -3) as Charlotte finished in second place as a team, just three strokes behind LSU for the team title. In round one, Cline tied teammate Justin Matthews for the team’s lowest score by carding a 67 (-4). He finished the month with a stroke average of 68.8.
BRYAN BROS COLLEGIATE
Charlotte finished second in the Bryan Bros Collegiate in West Columbia at the end of September. The 49ers shot a tournament best 13 under (271) in round one. On day two, the men battled some rainy weather conditions to shoot nine under in round two and 10 under in round three. Frazer Jones would lead the team, shooting 11 under to finish tied for second individually. Jones would have two eagles and eleven birdies with only four bogies out of 54 holes. Seb Cave and Justin Matthews would shoot nine under to finish tied for fifth individually. Cave totaled 18 birdies while Matthews recorded two eagles and 14 birdies.
LAST TIME OUT
Without Justin Matthews available, Charlotte finished tied for eighth at The Bryson Invitational this week at the Daniel Island Golf Club. Frazer Jones, who shot six under par in the final round, was the highest individual finisher at seven under par, tying for seventh place. Daniel Boone, Jr. finished just outside of the top 20 at three under par.
NEXT UP
Charlotte will return to action on October 24th for round one of the Golf Club of Georgia Collegiate in Atlanta.
