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Malan Potgieter tees off at the 2025 Sun Belt Conference Men's Golf Championship

Louisiana's Potgieter Named To PING All-Region Golf Team

5/24/2025 6:58:00 PM | Golf

Junior posted scoring average of 70.78; one of 155 golfers named to All-Region teams

CARLSBAD, Calif. – Louisiana's Malan Potgieter was one of 155 golfers from 82 schools named as 2025 NCAA Division I PING All-Region honorees, announced by the GCAA on Saturday.
 
Potgieter, who qualified earlier this month as an individual for the NCAA Men's Golf Regionals, was one of 25 golfers named to the All-Central Region team.
 
Potgieter, a first-team All-Sun Belt Conference performer, posted a team-low scoring average of 70.78 in 36 rounds of play during the 2024-25 campaign. The junior appeared in 12 events for Louisiana with six top-5 finishes, seven top-10's and 11 top-20 performances
 
Ranked No. 64 in the latest Scoreboard.Clippd.com rankings, Potgieter recorded scores in 25 of his 36 rounds at par or below, with 10 rounds in the 60's. He recorded top-3 finishes in his last five events of the season, beginning with medalist honors at the 40th annual Louisiana Classics (71-65-71-207) and becoming the first Ragin' Cajuns golfer in the history of the tournament to claim top honors
 
His 7-under-65 in the second round of the Louisiana Classics tied for the fifth-lowest in tournament history. Potgieter finished in a tie for third at both the Old Corkscrew Intercollegiate (71-73-70-214) and the Sun Belt Conference Championships (70-71-70-211).
 
Potgieter was second overall at the Aggie Invitational (73-72-70-215) and led Louisiana to the team title at the Border Olympics (69-72-70-211).
 
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Division I PING All-Region Teams
Central
Louis Anceaux, ULM
Paul Beauvy, Iowa State
Daniel Bennett, Texas
Gunnar Broin, Kansas
Ryder Cowan, Oklahoma
Enrique Dimayuga, SMU
Wheaton Ennis, Texas A&M
Ethan Fang, Oklahoma State
Wolfgang Glawe, Houston
Drew Goodman, Oklahoma
Connor Graham, Texas Tech
Michael Heidelbaugh, Texas A&M
Zachary Kingsland, SMU
Gaven Lane, Oklahoma State
Eric Lee, Oklahoma State
Christiaan Maas, Texas
Phichaksn Maichon, Texas A&M
Nick Mason, Kansas State
Tommy Morrison, Texas
Malan Potgieter, Louisiana
Luke Potter, Texas
William Sides, SMU
Preston Stout, Oklahoma State
Jase Summy, Oklahoma
Clark Van Gaalen, Oklahoma

 

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