2025-26 Men's Golf Roster
Biography
2025 OVC Individual Champion
2024 & 2025 All-OVC Team
2024 OVC Freshman of the Year
Summer 2025: 17th in the Southeastern Amateur ... T6th in the Arkansas State Amateur.
2024-25 (R-Sophomore): OVC Conference Champion ... First Team All-OVC Selection ... Played in all 12 events with a stroke average of 72.97 ... Ended the year with 15 rounds of par or better ... Currently ranks 4th All-Time on the Career Stroke Average List (72.51) ... Tied his career low 65 in round two of the OVC Championship.
Summer 2024: Finished 3rd in the Arkansas State Amateur … Qualified for the Dogwood
Amateur with a round of 69 … T5th in the Northern Amateur
2023-24 (R-Freshman): All-OVC team selection and OVC Freshman of the Year ... Competed in all 12 events for Little Rock with a 72.06 scoring average, ranking sixth all-time in program history ... Ended the year with 18 rounds of par-or-better (17th most all time), including four rounds in the 60s, and two individual top-10 finishes ... Second round 65 at the Mirabel Maui Jim Intercollegiate was the lowest round in school history for a freshman and the sixth lowest round all-time in school history … Finished seventh in The Clerico (Oct. 23-24) and the OVC Championship (Apr. 21-23) ... Led the team in three tournaments on the year, finishing among the top-three in eleven different tournaments.
2022-23 (Freshman): Redshirted. Did not compete for the Trojans in 2022-23.
Prior to Little Rock: Four year letterwinner at Farmington High School ... 2021 4A State Individual and Overall Champion ... Three-time individual conference champion ... 4A Individual State Runner-Up in 2020 ... Helped lead Farmington to three conference titles as the Cardinals were the 4A State Runners-Up in 2020 ... 2020 ASGA Junior Match Play Champion ... 2022 ASGA Junior Amateur Champion ... Two-time U.S. Junior Amateur qualifier.
Personal: Birthday is October 1st ... Son of Barron and Melinda South ... Has two brothers - Trace, who is a pole vaulter at Arkansas State, and Eli - twin brother in the United States Army ... Plans to major in finance.
South's Career Statistics:
| Year |
Events |
Rounds |
Strokes |
Average |
Low Round |
Par - |
10/20 |
| 2023-24 |
12 |
36 |
2,594 |
72.06 |
65 |
18 |
2/4 |
| 2024-25 |
12 |
36 |
2,627 |
72.97 |
65 |
15 |
1/4 |
| TOTALS |
24 |
72 |
5,221 |
72.51 |
65 |
29 |
3/8 |
South's Career Bests:
Low Round: 65 – Mirabel Maui Jim Intercollegiate (September 8th, 2023) & 65 - OVC Championship (April 21st, 2025)
Low 54-Hole Tournament: 207 - Mirabel Maui Jim Intercollegiate (September 7-9, 2023)
Best Finish: 1st - Ohio Valley Conference Championship (April 20-22, 2025)
Historical Player Information
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2022-23Freshman
5'9"
150 lbs
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2023-24Redshirt Freshman
5'9"
150 lbs
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2024-25Redshirt Sophomore
5'9"
150 lbs
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2025-26Redshirt Junior
5'9"
150 lbs
