SPARTANBURG, S.C. – The Wofford College men's and women's golf programs are poised to hit the course for its first fall competition of the semester this weekend, as both teams will compete in the Golfweek Fall Challenge, hosted in Myrtle Beach, S.C., for the men and Pawleys Island, S.C., for the women on Sunday, Sept. 12-14.
 
WOMEN'S GOLF:
 
Head women's golf coach Angie Ridgeway enters her 18^th season at the helm, as the 2021-22 roster features eight Terriers, including a plethora of upperclassmen experience in returners Becca Earl, Nicole Amos, Speedy Kent, Lindsey Hollis and Emma King. The Terriers welcome the addition of three freshmen in Maggie Jackson, Karola Soe and Taylor Burch.
 
The Terriers competing in this weekend's Golfweek Fall Challenge include Emma King, Speedy Kent, Lindsey Hollis, Maggie Jackson and Taylor Burch. Hollis, a junior from Signal Mountain, Tenn., marks Wofford's leading returner out of the group, having finished the 2020-21 campaign with a 77.55 average through 11 rounds.
 
The tournament will be held at the Caledonia Golf & Fish Club in Pawleys Island, S.C., as the first round of competition is slated for Sunday, Sept. 12.
 
Following the Golfweek Fall Challenge, Wofford will compete at Furman's Lady Paladin Invite in Greenville, S.C, on Sept. 24-26, followed by traveling to Charleston, S.C., for the CSU Buccaneer Invite, hosted by Charleston Southern. Wofford then returns to host its annual Terrier Intercollegiate from Oct. 25-26 prior to capping fall competition in Asheville, N.C., for the French Broad Collegiate on Nov. 8-10.
 
MEN'S GOLF:
 
Head men's golf coach Van Williams enter his second year with the program, while volunteer assistant coach David Pennell joins Williams for his first year working with the Terriers. Williams looks to follow up a solid 2021 campaign after finishing fourth at the SoCon Championships – Wofford's best finish since 2017 - and landing three Terriers on All-Southern Conference teams, as the 2021-22 men's golf roster boasts 11 Terriers, including 2021 All-SoCon performer Matthew Larkin (All-Freshman Team) and returners Walker Jones, Bailey Means, Jackson Hill, Harry Jones, John Fahey and Jay Beach.
 
The Terriers welcome the addition of four to this year's squad in Cedric Otten, a transfer from North Alabama, and freshmen Daniel Brasington, Carl Hellat and Drew Harrill.
 
Bailey Means, John Fahey, Jackson Hill, Cedric Otten, Daniel Brasington and Harry Jones comprise the Terriers competing in Myrtle Beach this weekend, as the tournament will be held at the True Blue Golf Club with first round action also commencing on Sunday, Sept. 12. Schools competing include Cal Baptist, Campbell, Drexel, Evansville, Gardner-Webb, Jacksonville State, Kennesaw State, La Salle, Mercer, New Orleans, Presbyterian, St. Thomas (MN), Stephen F. Austin, Templa and Tennessee Tech.
 
Hill, a junior from Daniels, West Virginia, marks Wofford's leading returner out of the contingent competing, finishing the 2020-21 season with a 74.53 average through 15 rounds, while sophomores Harry Jones and Jay Beach follow with 74.89 and 75.89 averages, respectively, through nine rounds played last season.
 
The Terriers will compete next at the JT Poston Invitational in Sapphire, N.C., on Sept. 27-28 prior to co-hosting the Carolina Collegiate with USC Upstate in Spartanburg, S.C., on Oct. 11-12. Wofford then competes in Raleigh, N.C., at N.C. State's Wolfpack Intercollegiate on the weekend of Oct. 16-17 before wrapping up the fall slate with the Grandover Collegiate in Greensboro, N.C., on Oct. 23-24.