Men’s Golfer Zack Taylor Named GCAA Division I PING All-Region
4/16/2020 5:30:00 PM | Men's Golf
NORMAN, Okla. – Coastal Carolina men's golfer Zack Taylor was named to the Division I PING All-Region team for the East region, the Golf Coaches Association of America (GCAA) announced on Thursday.
The all-region honor is the second-straight for Taylor, who last season was the first Chanticleer to earn all-region accolades since Sebastian Soderberg in 2013.
With his back-to-back all-region honors, Taylor joins both Soderberg (2011, 2012, and 2013) and Zack Byrd (2007 and 2009), as multiple all-region selections.
This season, all be shortened due to the coronaviruses pandemic, Taylor led the team with a 70.79 stroke average which ranks second all-time in CCU single-season history behind Dustin Johnson's 70.40 scoring average in 2006-07. He played at the No. 1 spot in all seven events for the Chants, turning in two top-five finishes, highlighted by winning the individual title at the 2020 General Hackler Championship in March.
He tallied three top-10 finishes overall for the season and led the Chants with 13 rounds of par or better on the year, including seven rounds in the 60s. His first round score of 66, -6 under par, at the Hackler Championship this season was tied for the 12th-lowest individual 18-hole score in CCU tournament history.
Tabbed the Sun Belt Golfer of the Week on March 13, Taylor has etched his name into the Coastal Carolina University men's golf record books, as he has the best career scoring average of all Chant golfers with at least 45 rounds played at 71.15, sitting just in front of Dustin Johnson (72.26).
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