Feb. 18, 2003

Columbia, S.C. – The University of South Carolina men’s golf team fired a three-round score of 882 to finish 10th at the Mercedes-Benz Collegiate. The Sawgrass Country Club in Ponte Vedra Beach, Fla. is hosting the annual event. Augusta State won the team title with a score of 852. Clemson finished second, followed by Texas.

Eirik Johansen posted his fourth top 20 finish of the season with a three-round score of 217. Alex Hamilton fired 220 to tie for 29th. Martin Rominger and West Streib, each shooting 74, posted the low round score for the Gamecocks during day two of the tournament. Rominger tied teammate Hamilton for 29th, while Streib held steady in 49th. Michael Maness improved nine strokes from round two’s score of 87 to place 77th.

Clemson’s D.J. Trahan won the all-ACC playoff on the second hole of sudden death with an eagle that eliminated Duke’s Ryan Blaum and North Carolina’s Dustin Bray.

The Gamecocks will take three weeks offer before competing at the Seminole Intercollegiate in Tallahassee, Fla. The two-day, 54-hole tournament will take place on March 10-11. Last season South Carolina finished sixth out of 15. Sophomore Martin Rominger blasted a score of 213 to finish second.

GAMECOCK FINISHEST 16    Eirik Johansen       69-73-75= 217T 29    Alex Hamilton     73-72-75=220T 29    Martin Rominger     72-74-74= 220T 49    West Streib     75-76-74= 22577  Michael Maness       81-87-78=246

TEAM RESULTS1 Augusta State U.   285 281286= 8522 Clemson University 287 290 285= 8623 Texas, Univ. of   290 292 288= 8704 Wake Forest Univ. 289 291 291=871 5 Florida, U. of   285 292 295=8726 Oklahoma State U. 281 295 299=8757 North Carolina State 288 293 295= 8768 Tennessee, Univ. of 287 298 292= 8779 Duke University   293 295 292=88010 South Carolina   289 295 298=88211 North Carolina, U of 289 296 299=88412 Georgia, U. of   302 286 299=887 Louisiana State U. 298 297 292=88714 North Florida, U. of 299 293 299=89115 Florida State Univ. 300 298 316=914