SPARTANBURG, S.C. – UNCG’s Symon Balbin has been selected as the Southern Conference Men’s Golfer of the Week for all competition from Oct. 26-Nov. 2. The selection is made by the league office.
 
Balbin finished second at the Grandover Collegiate, which wrapped play on Sunday. The senior from Pinehurst, North Carolina, posted rounds of 69-68-70 for a tournament score of 9-under-par 207. Balbin’s individual scores in the tournament were the best rounds of the season for him.
 
UNCG won the 16-team, 109-golfer Grandover Intercollegiate with a 38-under-par 826 performance. The Spartans shot 275 in the first round, 274 in the second and 277 in the final round.
 
All SoCon squads are done with the fall season. Each team will resume play in February.

Also nominated: Matthew Dodd-Berry (ETSU), Jonathan Parker (Mercer), Paul Conroy (Chattanooga), Samuel Espinosa (Chattanooga) and Davis Woodliff (Samford)

2022-23 SoCon Men’s Golfer of the Week
Sept. 14            Trey Mixon, So., Mercer
Sept. 21            Noah Connor, Sr., UNCG
Sept. 28            Will Morlan, So., Furman
Oct. 5               Walker Crosby, Sr., Furman
Oct. 12             Tobias Jonsson, Jr., Mercer
Oct. 19             Paul Conroy, Jr., Chattanooga
Oct. 26             Will Morlan, So., Furman
Nov. 3              Symon Balbin, Sr., UNCG