SPARTANBURG, S.C. - Davidson sophomore Richard Fountain and Furman senior Matt Broome have been selected as the Southern Conference Men's Golfers of the Week for all competition thus far during the spring season.
Playing in the Wexford Plantation Intercollegiate at the Wexford Plantation Course on Hilton Head Island, S.C., Broome and Fountain carded identical three-round totals of 222 (+6) to finish tied for fifth.
Broome, a native of Barrington, R.I., fired rounds of 73-74-75 to pace the Paladins to a second-place finish, edging the third-place Wildcats by five strokes in the 17-team event. Fountain, the 2011 SoCon Champion who hails from Raleigh, N.C., carded a two-under par 70 in round two, which tied for the second-best round of the tournament.
Other top performers this week were Parker Allen (College of Charleston), Zach Hartman (Georgia Southern) and J.T. Poston (Western Carolina).
2012 SoCon Men's Golfers of the Week
Feb. 22 Richard Fountain, Davidson
Matt Broome, Furman