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2025 SoCon Men’s Golf Championship begins Sunday
54-hole event to be contested at Reynolds Lake Oconee for fifth consecutive year
GREENSBORO, Ga. – The 2025 Southern Conference Men’s Golf Championship will be played April 20-22 at The Oconee Course at Reynolds Lake Oconee in Greensboro, Georgia. This will be the fifth straight year the tournament will be played at the par-72, 7,231-yard course.
This season’s tournament will be played with a traditional format of one round a day over three days.
The league’s eight teams – ETSU, Furman, Mercer, UNC Greensboro, Samford, Chattanooga, Western Carolina and Wofford – will be competing for the SoCon tournament title and an automatic bid to the NCAA Regionals. The individual medalist will also earn an automatic regional qualification if he is not on the winning team.
ETSU will be looking for its fifth straight championship after winning its 24th title last season. The Bucs shot a 30-under-par 834, securing a two-stroke win over runner-up Chattanooga. UNCG also finished under par last season, shooting an 8-under 856. Furman claimed fourth with an even-par 864. ETSU was led by co-medalists, as Mats Ege and Matty Dodd-Berry both finished 13-under-par. Ege, who was the SoCon Player of the Year in 2023 and 2024, claimed medalist honors during each of the last two tournaments.
Four SoCon teams enter the 2025 tournament in the top 90 nationally. Furman, who is ranked 57th, leads the pack, with Chattanooga (No. 75) and UNCG (No. 85) after the Paladins. Defending champion ETSU is 90th nationally.
ETSU owns 24 SoCon team titles, while Furman has 13 and Chattanooga has six to its credit. Furman’s last was in 2010 and Chattanooga claimed consecutive titles in 2012 and 2013.
The Buccaneers have a league-best 19 individual medalists to their credit, followed closely by Furman with 14. Western Carolina has five, and UNCG, Chattanooga and Wofford claim two each.
Furman junior Harris Barth leads the league in stroke average at 70.70, with ETSU senior Kristian Bressum close behind at 71.04. A pair of UNCG golfers, sophomore Kelvin Hernandez and senior Jack Marcotte, are ranked third and fourth in the conference in stroke average at 71.72 and 71.76, respectively.
Overall, seven different SoCon golfers have claimed medalist honors this season. Three teams have been victorious this season, with UNCG and Chattanooga both grabbing three victories and Wofford winning one.
The Southern Conference Men’s Golf Championship boasts a rich history. Dating back to 1930, the tournament has produced winners such as Wake Forest’s Arnold Palmer (1948 and 1949) and Furman’s Brad Faxon (1983), both SoCon Hall-of-Famers, and current PGA TOUR pros Stephan Jaeger of Chattanooga (2012), J.T. Poston of Western Carolina (2014 and 2015) and William McGirt of Wofford (2001).
The tournament tees off with twosomes at 12:40 p.m. Sunday. Live stats can be found here.