2018-19 Men's Golf Roster

Charl Pretorius

  • Class Year '19
  • Height 6-0
  • Weight 160
  • Hometown Pretoria, South Africa
  • Secondary School Northwood School

Biography

Honors & Records
2016-17 Elmira College Booster Club Player of the Year
Empire 8 Golfer of the Week (9/26/2016)
EC Athlete of the Week (9/26/2016) 
Empire 8 President's List (Spring 2019)

Career Best Rounds
79 (+7) at ECAC Mid Atlantic Championships (2nd Round) (10/2/2016)
79 (+8) at 11th Laker Spring Tournament (2nd Round) (4/30/2017)
79 (+8) at Oswego State Fall Invitational (9/19/2016)
80 (+10) at SUNY Cobleskill Jug Classic (9/7/2018)
81 (+9) at ECAC D-III Championships (2nd Round) (10/1/2017)
 
Career Best Finishes
Tied for 5th at Oswego State Fall Invitational (9/19/2016)
Tied for 6th at Elmira College Spring Invitational (4/25/2017)
Tied for 7th at Elmira College Spring Invitational (4/26/2016)
Tied for 7th at the SUNY Cobleskill Jug Classic (9/7/2018)
9th at Elmira College Fall Invitational (9/26/2017)

2018-19 Season
Competed in six of Elmira's seven tournaments...Ranked second on the team with an average score of 88.11 and a versus par average of 17.00...Shot a season-low 80 (+10) to earn a seventh-place finish at the SUNY Cobleskill Jug Classic (9/7)...Finished with a season-best 36-hole score of 178 (+34) at the Empire 8 Fall Championships (9/15-9/16).

2017-18 Season
Recorded a career-best average score of 84.36 as a junior with a versus par average of 12.82...Tied for 11th at the Keuka College Invitational with an 83 (+11)...Earned a season best ninth-place finish at the Elmira College Fall Invitational with a score of 83 (+11) (9/26)...Carded a season-best round 81 (+9) at the ECAC Championships (10/1).

2016-17 Season
Competed in 11 tournaments in his second year with the Soaring Eagles…Led Elmira with an average score of 84.38 per round and 12.81 versus par in 16 rounds played…Was EC’s top finisher in eight different tournaments…Was the lone Soaring Eagle to post a round below 80 on the season...Carded a career-low-tying round score of 79 (+8) at the Oswego State Fall Invitational (9/19) and tied for fifth place overall, his first career top-five finish...Recorded a career-low score versus par with a 7-over 79 in the second round of the ECAC Division III Mid-Atlantic Championships (10/2)...Tied the lowest round of his career with an 8-over-par 79 in the second round of the 11th Laker Spring Tournament (4/30)…Shot an 82 (+10) on his home course at the Elmira Country Club during the Elmira College Fall Invitational (9/27) and placed in a tie for 12th.

2015-16 Season
Posted rounds of 82 and 86 to finish in a tie for 24th at the Nazareth College Invitational (10/10-11)...Shot a round of 92 to finish in a tie for 39th at the Elmira College Fall Invitational (10/6)...Carded identical rounds of 82 to finish in 45th place at the ECAC Mid-Atlantic Championships (10/3-4)...Marked an 84 to finish in a tie for 25th at the 18th Annual Oswego State Fall Invitational (9/21)...Carded rounds of 83 and 92 to finish in a tie for 34th after the first leg of the Empire 8 Championships (9/19-20)...Shot an 86 to finish in a tie for 21st at the Keuka College Invitational (9/16).
 
Personal
Charl is a  Biology major with a concentration in Pre-Med.

Historical Player Information

  • 2015-16Freshman

    6'0" 0 lbs
  • 2016-17Sophomore

    6'0" 160 lbs
  • 2017-18Junior

    6'0" 160 lbs
  • 2018-19Senior

    6'0" 160 lbs