SPARTANBURG, S.C. – Chattanooga’s John Houk has been selected as the Southern Conference Men’s Golfer of the Week for all competitions from March 20-26. The selection is made by the league office.
 
Houk finished second at the General Hackler Championship in Myrtle Beach, South Carolina, which wrapped play on March 20. After shooting a 74 in the second round, the senior shot a 68 in the final round to move up three spots on the leaderboard. The Etowah, Tennessee, native led the tournament in birdies (14) and par-5 scoring (-8).
 
Chattanooga finished tied for fourth at the General Hackler Championship in the 14-team, 81-golfer field, with a 3-over-par 867 tournament score. The Mocs shot 286 in the first round, 297 in the second round and 284 in the final round.
 
The Mocs play their next tournament in Columbia, Missouri, at the Tiger Collegiate Invitational on April 8-9.
 
Also nominated: Algot Kleen (ETSU), Samuel Davidson (UNCG) and Jace Butcher (Western Carolina)

2023-24 SoCon Men’s Golfer of the Week
Sept. 13            Magnus Pederson, R-Sr., Western Carolina
Sept. 20            Paul Conroy, Sr., Chattanooga
Sept. 27            Remi Chartier, Gr., ETSU
Oct. 4               Tobias Jonsson, Sr., Mercer
Oct. 11             Mats Ege, R-Sr., ETSU
Oct. 18             Algot Kleen, Jr., ETSU
Oct. 25             Paul Conroy, Sr., Chattanooga
Nov.1               Symon Balbin, Sr., UNCG
Feb. 14             Tobias Jonsson, Sr., Mercer
Feb. 21             Taylor Kuehn, Fr., Samford
Feb. 28             Randall Hudson, Sr., UNCG
March 6            Mats Ege, R-Sr., ETSU
March 13          Noah Connor, Gr., UNCG
March 20          Clark Akers, So., Furman
March 27          John Houk, Sr., Chattanooga