2017-18 Women's Golf

Payton Culler

  • Height 5-6
  • Class Senior
  • Hometown Hendersonville, N.C.

Biography

2016-17:  Appeared in 10 events and played in all 25 rounds…Was third on the team in scoring with a 78.40 stroke average…Had one round of par or better…Recorded a career-low round of 72, also tied for lowest on the team, at the ASUN Women’s Golf Championships…Had 16 rounds in the 70’s…Collected a season-best finish of tied for 19th at the Low Country Intercollegiate…Followed with a tie for 20th at the Mimosa Hills Intercollegiate and tie for 21st at the ASUN Women’s Golf Championships.

2015-16:
  Played in all 10 events and 24 rounds throughout the season…Compiled a team-leading stroke average of 79.38 and posted one top-10 finish…Recorded a low round of 73 at the ASUN Championships, which also tied for lowest on the team…Had 12 rounds in the 70’s…Earned her first career top 10 performance at the Seminole State Spring Break where she placed tied for 8th…Finished tied for 14th at the F&M Bank APSU Intercollegiate and followed two events later by tying for 18th place at the Winthrop Intercollegiate.

2014-15:
 Turned in a solid freshman campaign…One of three Spartans to play in all 11 tournaments during the season…Ranked fourth on the team with an 81.6 stroke average…Shot a 73 in her first collegiate round at the Great Smokies Intercollegiate…The round ended up being her lowest of the season…Shot five rounds in the 70’s…Averaged 81.4 in the fall and 81.7 in the spring…Posted two top-15 finishes…Finished tied for 12th at the Winthrop Invitational and tied for 13th at the Seminole State Invitational.

High School:  A four-year letterwinner at West Henderson High School...Named the co-Western North Carolina Athletic Conference Player of the Year as a senior... Also the 3A Western Regional champion as a senior...Averaged 72.6 for the year...Earned All-State and All-Western North Carolina honors...Led her team to the 3A Western Regional title...An All-State selection as a junior in 2012…Earned Western North Carolina Athletic Conference Player of the Year honors after posting a 72.8 stroke average...Helped lead West Henderson to a second-place finish in the 3A state tournament...Finished sixth individually with a final round 76, which was the lowest round of the day...Also spent plenty of time playing junior golf tournaments...Played in eight tournaments in 2013...Claimed two Top 20 finishes and four Top 30 efforts...Was 17th out of 70 players at the Pinehurst North/South Junior Championship with rounds of 72, 74 and 78...Finished 19th at the Peggy Kirk Bell Tour Players Championship...Had a pair of 12th-place finishes in tournaments in 2012.

Personal:  Born on June 17, 1996…Parents are Baxter and Diane Culler…Has three older brothers, Baxter, Tony and Vinny…Brother, Baxter, played golf for USC Upstate and is a member of the USC Upstate Athletics Hall of Fame…Is majoring in political science.

Historical Player Information

  • 2014-15Freshman

    5'6"
  • 2015-16Sophomore

    5'6"
  • 2016-17Junior

    5'6"
  • 2017-18Senior

    5'6"