Peyton Sliger

Peyton Sliger

  • Award
    Golfer of the Month
  • Week Of
    10/1/2015
  • Sport
    Men's Golf
  • School
    Lee
  • Year
    Senior
  • Position
  • Hometown
    Maryville, Tenn.
  • High School
Lee University’s Peyton Sliger is the Gulf South Conference Men's Golfer of the Month for September.

Sliger earns LU’s first-ever honor after turning in a solid start to his senior season, posting a 69.0 stroke average in the first five rounds of 2015.  The senior opened the season with a fourth-place effort at the Full Moon Invitational in Calera, Ala., thanks to a -2, two-round score of 138 (68-70).  The Maryville, Tenn. native capped the month with a career-best showing at the Cougar Invitational in Columbus, Ga.  Sliger earned the Tournament’s medalist honor, shooting a three-round score of 207 (-6).  He opened with an even-par 71 before closing out with back-to-back -3, 68 rounds.