April 6, 2003

Columbia, S.C. – Eirik Johansen, shooting 205, led the Gamecocks to a 10th place finish at the Cleveland Golf-ASU Invitational in Augusta, Ga. South Carolina posted a three-round score of 854 at the Forest Hills Golf Club. Host Augusta State won the tournament with a score of 820. Two strokes back at 822 were the Clemson Tigers, followed by Wake Forest with 839.

Johansen’s 11-under-par score of 205 earned him a fourth place finish, his sixth top ten finish of the year. Johansen played one of his best rounds of golf this season over the weekend, posting his lowest round score of his freshman campaign during round two of the invitational, 65.

Martin Rominger, continuing to improve as the season progresses, placed 18th with a two-day score of 210. Rominger fired two consecutive under-par scores of 67 and 71.

With a three-round score of 217, Alex Hamilton tied for 46th after shooting even-par 72 in the final round of competition. Teammate Nash Elliot shot 223, tying for 73rd. Michael Maness posted a score of 229 to finish in 87th.

Augusta State’s Oliver Wilson won the individual title with a total of 199.

The Gamecocks take the next two weeks off before they head to the Southeastern Conference Championship in St. Simmons Island, Ga. on April 25-27.

Gamecock FinishesT4  Eirik Johansen  72-65-68=205T18 Martin Rominger  72-67-71=210T46 Alex Hamilton  69-76-72=217T73 Nash Elliot  71-76-76=22387  Michael Maness  78-75-76=229
Team Finishes 1   Augusta State   279     274     267     8202   Clemson     273     279     270     822T3  Oklahoma State  275     283     281     839T3  Wake Forest     276     281     282     8395   Georgia     277     283     281     8416   Georgia Tech    290     272     280     8427   NC State    288     282     280     8508   North Carolina  284     284     283     8519   Purdue          283     286     284     85310  South Carolina  284     283     287     85411  East Tennessee St. 284  283     289     85612  Virginia Tech   295     282     283     86013  Alabama, U. of  296     287     279     86214  Duke University 286     284     295     865T15     Fresno State    295     289     286     870T15     Georgia Southern 289    291     290     87017  North Florida   300     296     285     881