Elon Player Named Golfer of the Week

SPARTANBURG, S.C. – Elon senior Jimmy Lytle topped the field at the Wexford Plantation Intercollegiate by nine strokes this week and has been named Southern Conference men’s golfer of the week for all events played through February 26.

The Ocean Ridge, Fla., native fired identical rounds of 69 in the first two rounds of the event before closing out with 72 in round three. His nine-stroke individual victory helped Elon rally from a four-shot deficit over the final 18 holes to claim a one-stroke team win over Furman. Both Lylte’s 54-hole score and Elon’s team score (890) were records for the young tournament.

Other top performances this week included Soonam Kim of College of Charleston, Ben Rickett of Chattanooga, Drew Lethem of Georgia Southern, Andres Cuenca of Western Carolina and Garrett Medeiros of Wofford.