Editor’s Note: The following is an official press release courtesy of LSU’s athletics department.
BATON ROUGE – Alex Price, the NCAA Division III winner of the Jack Nicklaus Award as the nation’s top golfer in 2023, has signed with LSU as a graduate transfer, head coach Chuck Winstead announced on Friday.
Price joins the Tigers after a four-year career at Christopher Newport University where he was a four-time All-America selection and led the nation in scoring average at 69.96 as a senior.
Price also became the second Division III golfer to ever be selected to the prestigious Palmer Cup, which was held in early June. The Palmer Cup is a Ryder Cup-style event and annually selects the top college golfers to compete against a team of international players.
Price went 3-1 in his four matches at the Palmer Cup helping Team USA defeat the International squad.
A native of Hillsboro, Va., Price shot par or better in 21 of his 26 rounds as a senior. He won two tournaments in his final season at CNU and finished runner-up three times, including the NCAA Division III National Championship where he posted a school-record score of 6-under 282. His final round of 5-under 67 also set the school mark for the event.
In 2022, Price earned first team PING All-America honors and became one of the first Division III golfers to ever reach the quarterfinals at the US Amateur. He capped his junior season ranked No. 4 in Division III in the GolfStat rankings after averaging 72.6 for his 26 rounds.
In four years at CNU, Price won three tournaments, finished runner-up six times and had 15 Top 5 finishes easily making him the most accomplished golfer in school history. His career stroke average of 71.7 is a school record.
Story originally appeared on LSU Tigers Wire