Columbia, S.C. – The University of South Carolina posted a three-round score of 869 (293-287-289) to finish in seventh place at the E-Z-GO invitational at the Forest Heights Country Club in Statesboro, Ga. Wake Forest captured the team title with 844, followed by Clemson and Southeastern Conference foe Georgia.

This year’s field showcases 12 teams that are currently ranked in the GolfWeek Ranking top 50.

“We played a solid game this weekend,” commented Puggy Blackmon. “We beat some ranked teams at this tournament, including No. 3 Augusta State. I think this tournament will give the team more confidence in their playing ability.”

Eirik Johansen, posting his seventh top 20 score, shot 213 to finish in 11th place. This marks the fifth of six tournaments that Johansen has led the Gamecocks.

Nash Elliot finished in a tie for 20th after firing even-par 216. Blasting five birdies in round three, Martin Rominger shot three-under-par 69 to conclude this weekend’s tournament. Rominger’s three-round score of 217 earned him a 26th place finish.

Landing in the 55th spot was Alex Hamilton with a score of 224. Rounding out the five-man squad was West Streib, shooting 226.

South Carolina will take two weeks off before returning to action on April 5-6 at the Cleveland Golf-ASU Invitational in Augusta, Ga.

Gamecock Results11 Eirik Johansen 70 70 73 213T20 Nash Elliot 72 72 72 216T26 Martin Rominger  76 72 69 217T55 Alex Hamilton 75 73 76 224T60 West Streib 76 75 75 226


Team Results1 Wake Forest Univ.  285 284 275 8442 Clemson 281 286 280 8473 Georgia 289 287 278 8544 Florida  287 288 283 8585 Auburn 286 285 289 8606 North Carolina State 288 287 286 8617 South Carolina  293 287 289 8698 North Carolina  293 288 291 872 9 East Tennessee St.  291 302 280 87310 Augusta State  290 296 291 87711 Georgia Southern 299 292 288 87912 Louisiana State U. 296 297 287 88013 Tennessee, Univ. of 290 296 297 88314 Duke University  293 297 297 88715 Ohio State Univ. 302 305 292 899