ROCK HILL, S.C. --- Tusculum University's Liam van Deventer has been named the AstroTurf South Atlantic Conference Men's Golfer of the Week.
Van Deventer, a sophomore from Boksburg, Gauteng, South Africa, posted a 71.2 scoring average and recorded a pair of top-20 performances in his last two tournaments.
He earned runner-up honors at the 28th annual Tusculum Invitational where he posted a 36-hole score of 139 (-5) including an opening round 68. He followed with a 16th place finish at the Tennessee River Rumble where he carded a 54-hole score of 74-72-71=217.
He is second on the team with his 73.90 stroke average in his 21 competitive rounds. He has finished in the top-20 on four occasions and has record three sub-par rounds. His scoring average this year is the 11th-lowest in a TU single-season and the third-best by a Pioneer sophomore.
Van Deventer's career stroke average of 74.03 is currently the third-lowest in school history.
The Pioneers have record four tournaments where they have finished third or better including first place performances winning the Matt Dyas Invitational and the Tusculum Invitational.
TU returns to action Apr. 10-12 when the Pioneers host the 2022 South Atlantic Conference Championship at Graysburg Hills Golf Course in Chuckey, Tennessee.
