Mayfield Leads Carolina in Opening Round of LSU Invitational

BATON ROUGE, La. – Sophomore Nick Mayfield shined in his lineup debut at the LSU Invitational on Friday. The Rock Hill, S.C., native, fired a 1-under 71 with five birdies and is T-3^rd after 18 holes of golf.
 
Windy conditions and tough pins made for a difficult day as no team shot under par. The Gamecocks shot 298 (+10) and are currently T-6^th with No. 11 Florida. South Carolina is just five shots back from leaders No. 6 Illinois heading into Saturday’s second round.  
 
Junior Ryan Hall, who came into the tournament as the eighth-ranked in the country via Golfstat, was solid with a 1-over 73 to pit him inside the top-15. After a tough opening nine holes in which Hall made the turn at 3-over, he closed with four birdies and a 2-under 34 on the back nine.
 
Super senior All-American Jamie Wilson shot 76 (+4) and sophomore Jack Wall shot 78 (+6) to round out the final counting scores for the Gamecocks. Super senior Caleb Proveaux shot 79 (+7) and made just one birdie on the day.
 
The Fighting Illini’s Jerry Ji is the round one leader after an opening 69 (-3). Just six players in 90-man field fired a red number today.
 
Carolina will be paired with No. 19 Vanderbilt and No. 42 Arkansas State for the second round on Saturday.
 
2021 LSU Invitational Gamecock Leaderboard
T3. Nick Mayfield – 71 (-1)
T11. Ryan Hall – 73 (+1)
T37. Jamie Wilson – 76 (+4)
T67. Jack Wall – 78 (+6)
T71. Caleb Proveaux – 79 (+7)
 
2021 LSU Invitational Team Leaderboard
1. No. 6 Illinois – 293 (+5)
T2. No. 12 Georgia – 294 (+6)
T2. No. 22 Tennessee – 294 (+6)
T4. No. 19 Vanderbilt – 295 (+7)
T4. No. 42 Arkansas State – 295 (+7)
T6. South Carolina – 298 (+10)
T6. No. 11 Florida – 298 (+10)
8. No. 49 Ole Miss – 299 (+11)
9. No. 17 Auburn – 303 (+15)
10. Kentucky – 304 (+16)
11. Missouri – 305 (+17)
T12. Mississippi State – 306 (+18)
T12. No. 29 LSU – 306 (+18)
14. No. 28 Alabama – 307 (+19)
15. Louisiana Tech – 327 (+39)
 
*Rankings via Golfstat as of 2/24/21
 
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