Men's Golf

SoCon Announces Men’s Golfer of the Week

Western Carolina’s Jace Butcher Leads Catamounts in Fall Finale

SPARTANBURG, SC – Western Carolina senior Jace Butcher was named SoCon Men’s Golfer of the Week for tournaments played between October 7-13.
 
Butcher (Kennesaw, GA) finished the 2026 Elon Phoenix Invitational in a tie for 11th place individually, pacing the Catamounts to a third-place team finish. He climbed the leaderboard on the final day, rising four spots to finish just outside the top 10. Butcher shot 69-68-68 (8-under par) for the event, part of a team effort that saw Western Carolina shoot the third-lowest score over 54 holes in program history.
 
He led the field with 20 birdies and tied for third in scoring on Par 4 holes (3.82).
 
The strong performance at the 6,867-yard Alamance Country Club in Burlington, NC, closed out the fall season for Western Carolina. The Catamounts will be back in action on February 2-3 in Jacksonville, FL.
 
2026-27 SoCon Men’s Golfer of the Week 
Sep 2 – Evan Rogers, So., Chattanooga (Duluth, GA)
Sep 9 – Jacob Rose, So., Tennessee Tech (Knoxville, TN) *
Sep 9 – Phillips Swift, So., Mercer (Macon, GA) *
Sep 16 – B.J. Boyce, Gr., UNCG (Fort Bragg, NC)
Sep 23 – Erik Tjarnberg, Fr., ETSU (Stockholm, Sweden) *
Sep 23 – Jacob Rose, So., Tennessee Tech (Knoxville, TN) *
Sep 30 – Matthew Shull, Sr., Tennessee Tech (Westfield, IN)
Oct 7 – Evan Rogers, So., Chattanooga (Duluth, GA) *
Oct 7 – B.J. Boyce, Gr., UNCG (Fort Bragg, NC) *
Oct 13 – Jace Butcher, Sr., Western Carolina (Kennesaw, GA)