Honors and Awards
2023-24 CSC Academic All-District
2023-24 Second Team All-Sun Belt
GS President's List Spring 2024
GS Dean's List Fall 2023
2022-23 first-team All-Sun Belt
2022-23 CSC Academic All-District
2022-23 Sun Belt Conference Academic Commissioner's List
GS President’s List Spring 2023
GS Dean's List Fall 2022
2021-22 first-team All-Sun Belt
2021-22 WGCA All-American Scholar
2021-22 Sun Belt Commissioner's List
GS President's List Fall 2021
GS President's List Spring 2022
2020-21 Sun Belt Commissioner's List
2020-21 WGCA All-American Scholar
GS President's List in fall of 2020
GS Dean's List in spring of 2021
Senior (2023-24): Competed in 9 events for the Eagles · Posting a 74.33 scoring average over 27 rounds played · Led the Eagles at the Sun Belt Conference Championship shooting 72-75-72=219, (+3) and tied for seventh place for best finish of the season · Recorded par or better in six rounds · Posted three top-10 finishes and four top-20 finishes.
Junior (2022-23): Competed in all 11 events • Led the Eagles and ranked 12th in the Sun Belt with a 73.93 scoring average • Earned first collegiate win at Mimosa Hills Intercollegiate (73-71-72=216 E) • Posted three top-5 outings and six top-20 finishes • Best round was a 70, which she posted three times.
Sophomore (2021-22): Competed in the lineup in all 11 tournaments and helped the Eagles to two team wins and three runner-up finishes • Posted seven top-20 finishes, including two top-10s and a career best third in the Mimosa Hills Intercollegiate • Tied for 12th at the NCAA Tallahassee Regional • Recorded par or better in seven rounds and matched the school record with a career-best 66 in the final round at Mimosa Hills • Ranked sixth in the Sun Belt in scoring average (74.63) • Led the Eagles with a 73 in the final round of the Sun Belt Championship and tied for 11th.
Freshman (2020-21): Played in the lineup in all eight events • Best round was a 71 on the final day of the Callaway Gardens Invitational • Best finish was a tie for 12th at the Strutter Gus Invitational.
Amateur and Prep Highlights:
Won Southeastern Junior Golf Association 2019 TPC Sawgrass Classic
Finished second in Georgia State Golf Association 2019 Junior Tour Championship
Finished first in four Georgia State Golf Assoc. Junior events and placed in the top-5 in four additional events.
2019 Low Medalist GISA State Tournament as a Junior
Two top-3 finishes in Georgia Junior PGA Tour events
Posted another top-3 finish along with the win at TPC Sawgrass on the SJGT Tour
Two-time All-County Champion
Also plays basketball and softball at Bulloch Academy
Named all-region in softball
Three-time all-region and 2019 all-state selection in basketball and scored her 1,000th career point as a junior
Both parents, Laura and Dewey Newton, are Georgia Southern graduates
Personal: Born Abigail Emory Newton Oct. 4, 2001, in Augusta, Georgia • The daughter of Dewey and Laura Newton, who both graduated from Georgia Southern • Has an older sister, Anna.
Major: Finance.
| Career Snapshot |
| Year |
Starts |
Rds |
Strk |
Avg. |
Low Rd. |
Low 54 |
Top Finish |
Top-5 |
Top-10 |
Top-20 |
| 2020-21 |
8 |
23 |
1815 |
78.91 |
71-Callaway |
228 (+15) |
T12-Strutter |
0 |
0 |
1 |
| 2021-22 |
11 |
32 |
2388 |
74.63 |
66-Mimosa |
213 (-3) |
3-Mimosa |
1 |
2 |
7 |
| 2022-23 |
11 |
30 |
2218 |
73.93 |
69-Mason |
211 (-2) |
1-Mimosa |
3 |
4 |
6 |
| 2023-24 |
9 |
27 |
2007 |
74.33 |
69-Edisto |
214 (-2) |
T7-Sun Belt |
0 |
3 |
4 |
| Totals |
39 |
112 |
8428 |
75.45 |
66-Mimosa |
213 (-3) |
1-Mimosa |
4 |
9 |
18 |
| Career Scorecard |
| 2020-21 |
|
|
|
| Tournament |
Scores |
Par |
Finish |
| Callaway Gardens |
77-80-71=228 |
+15 |
T42 |
| Mercer Invitational |
77-83-79=239 |
+23 |
T37 |
| First Coast Classic |
78-76-78=232 |
+16 |
T45 |
| Strutter Gus Invitational |
79-76-79=234 |
+18 |
T12 |
| UNF Collegiate |
79-83-80=242 |
+26 |
T73 |
| Red Rocks Invitational |
89-79-74=242 |
+26 |
78 |
| Chattanooga Classic |
79-80-84=243 |
+27 |
T57 |
| Sun Belt Championship |
74-81=155 |
+11 |
T38 |
| 2021-22 |
|
|
|
| Tournament |
Scores |
Par |
Finish |
| Lady Paladin Invitational |
70-73-75=218 |
+2 |
T12 |
| Edisto Island Invitational |
76-69-70=215 |
+2 |
T8 |
| Buccaneer Classic |
80-71-74=225 |
+9 |
T35 |
| Mercer Invitational |
75-74-75=224 |
+8 |
T13 |
| Lake Oconee Invitational |
77-80-77=234 |
+18 |
T50 |
| UNF Collegiate |
76-76-78=230 |
+14 |
T54 |
| Valspar Augusta Invitational |
74-75=149 |
+5 |
T16 |
| Liz Murphey Collegiate Classic |
76-79-80=235 |
+19 |
T55 |
| Mimosa Hills Intercollegiate |
73-74-66=213 |
-3 |
3 |
| Sun Belt Championship |
76-76-73=225 |
+9 |
T11 |
| NCAA Tallahassee Regional |
72-76-72=220 |
+4 |
T12 |
| 2022-23 |
|
|
|
| Tournament |
Score |
Par |
Finish |
| Yale Invitational |
71-71-70=211 |
-2 |
3 |
| Mason Rudolph Invitational |
74-72-69=215 |
-1 |
T18 |
| Edisto Island Invitational |
78-74-74=226 |
+13 |
T33 |
| The Southern |
70-72-80=222 |
+6 |
4 |
| FAU Paradise Invitational |
71-75-75=221 |
+5 |
T32 |
| Reynolds Lake Oconee Invite |
78-72-73=223 |
+7 |
T10 |
| Ford Invitational |
73-79=152 |
+8 |
T14 |
| Valspar Augusta Invitational |
75-74=149 |
+5 |
T38 |
| Liz Murphy Collegiate Classic |
79-74=153 |
+9 |
T58 |
| Mimosa Hills Intercollegiate |
73-71-72=216 |
E |
1 |
| Sun Belt Championship |
73-78-79=230 |
+14 |
T31 |
| 2023-24 |
|
|
|
| Tournament |
Score |
Par |
Finish |
| Boilermaker Classic |
80-76-74=230 |
+14 |
T63 |
| Pacific NW Women's Invitational |
77-75-75=227 |
+11 |
T53 |
| Molly Invitational |
74-71-74=219 |
+3 |
34 |
| Edisto Island Invitational |
77--69-70=216 |
+6 |
T12 |
| The Southern |
74-74-75=223 |
+7 |
T9 |
| Lady Puerto Rico Classic |
73-75-78=226 |
+10 |
T58 |
| Valspar Augusta Invitational |
70-70-74=214 |
-2 |
T8 |
| Liz Murphey Collegiate Classic |
79-77-77=233 |
+17 |
T65 |
| Sun Belt Championship |
72-75-72=219 |
+3 |
T7 |
