Chattanooga’s Camden Braidech and Garrett Engle have been selected as the Southern Conference Men’s Golfers of the Week for all competition from March 5-11. The selection is made by the league office.
The two golfers shared medalist honors alongside George Mason’s Samir Davidov at the Babygrande Donald Ross Collegiate in Southern Pines, North Carolina, which wrapped play on Tuesday. Braidech, a sophomore from Scottsdale, Arizona, posted rounds of 70-72-67, while Engle, a senior from Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, shot rounds of 70-70-69, with each golfer completing the tournament with a score of 209 (-7).
During the tournament, Braidech recorded 12 birdies en route to a season-best score of 209. Engle, who recorded his first career win and best 54-hole score, had 15 birdies in the event.
Chattanooga won the Babygrande Donald Ross Collegiate with a tournament score of 839 (-25) in a field of 20 teams and 97 golfers. The Mocs shot 284 in the first round, 285 in the second round and 270 in the final round. Chattanooga, who got its third team win of the season, won the tournament by 23 strokes.
The Mocs will play their next tournament at the Hoosier Invite in Bloomington, Indiana, on April 5-6.
Also nominated: Nathan Trodd (Mercer) and Matthew Smith (Samford)
2024-25 SoCon Men’s Golfer of the Week
Sept. 11 Kelvin Hernandez, So., UNCG
Sept. 18 Ivan Ninkovic, Jr., Western Carolina
Sept. 25 Andrew Aquino, Fr., Wofford
Oct. 2 Kristian Bressum, Sr., ETSU
Oct. 9 Clark Akers, Jr., Furman
Oct. 16 Camden Braidech, So., Chattanooga
Oct. 23 Clark Akers, Jr., Furman and Harris Barth, Jr., Furman
Oct. 30 Carson Johnson, Sr., Chattanooga
Nov. 6 Kristian Bressum, Sr., ETSU
Feb. 5 Chase Cline, Fr., Western Carolina
Feb. 12 Braedon Wear, Sr., Chattanooga and Ethan Whitaker, Fr., Chattanooga
Feb. 19 Will Morlan, Sr., Furman
Feb. 26 Colin Dutton, Sr., UNCG and Jack Marcotte, Gr., UNCG
March 5 Kristian Bressum, Sr., ETSU
March 12 Camden Braidech, So., Chattanooga and Garrett Engle, Sr., Chattanooga