Thursday, April 06, 2006

MACON, Ga. - ETSU's sensational junior Rhys Davies earned his fourth A-Sun Golfer of the Month honor.

Davies moved to a national rank of No. 5 in the latest Golfweek/Sagarin ranking while being named a semifinalist for the Ben Hogan Award, college golf's top individual award. The Bridgen, Wales native finished the month of March with a stroke average of 71.6. Davies posted three Top-6 finishes in extremely tough fields, including his best performance at the General Hackler Invitational, where he placed second with a 5-under 211. The Bucs faced a total of 18 top-40 teams in three tournaments during March. Davies' efforts at the General Hackler Invitational helped the Bucs to their first regular season tournament victory since 2001. For the month, Davies carded five sub-72 rounds, including a 69. The junior is majoring in Sports Management.

Davies will now turn his eyes on the A-Sun Championships. The men hit the links in two weeks, April 17-19, at Eagle Creek Golf & Country Club to determine the league champion and representative in the NCAA Regionals.

The Atlantic Sun Conference hands out Golfer of the Month awards during the first full week of every month during the 2005-06 campaign.

The 11-member league headquartered in Macon, Ga., consists of Belmont, Campbell, ETSU, Florida Atlantic, Gardner-Webb, Jacksonville, Kennesaw State, Lipscomb, Mercer, North Florida and Stetson.