Sept. 14, 2003

JONESBOROUGH, Tenn. – South Carolina fired a tournament low 286 Sunday as the Gamecocks finished fifth in the midst of an all-start field of top 25 teams at The Ridges Intercollegiate. The Gamecocks shot 294 Friday, followed by firing a 292 on Saturday before darkness cut the day short. Florida won the team standings with a card of 854, closely followed by Texas Christian with 859.

“We played much better than last week,” said Carolina Head Coach Puggy Blackmon. “We got off to a great start yesterday and let it slip away, but we got off to another great start today. We’re starting to get an indication that we are a pretty solid team.”

Martin Rominger led the way for Carolina as he shot 210 for the three day tournament, finishing Sunday with a -3. The 69 Rominger shot Sunday was a weekend low. Rominger tied with Camilo Villegas of Florida for second place individually.

“It was great to see Martin [Rominger] play well today,” said Blackmon.

Eirik Johansen wasn’t far behind Rominger, as he carded a 214 shooting a -1 (71) Sunday. Johansen finished tied for sixth with Jack Ferguson (Clemson) and Andrew Price (Kansas).

Jason Huguet was third on the team with a 47th place finish, while Alex Hamilton was in 52nd. Nash Elliott and Jake Thompson,playing as an individual, both carded 228 to tie for 66th.

The second and sixth place finishes were the best finishes of the season for Rominger and Johansen. Carolina next competes at the Mason Rudolph Intercollegiate in Nashville, Tenn., on Sept. 22-23.

Team Scores

1   Florida     290     280     284     8542   TCU             294     283     282     859T3  Clemson     291     288     292     871T3  Southern Cal.   294     285     292     8715   South Carolina  294     292     286     8726   Georgia     289     301     284     8747   Oklahoma    293     297     287     8778   Wake Forest 293     289     299     8819   Georgia Tech    293     288     302     88310  North Carolina  304     288     294     88611  Tennessee   288     294     308     89012  Kansas, U. of   301     297     294     89213  Tulsa           295     303     295     89314  Auburn          305     294     300     89915  Alabama, U. of  299     311     291     90116  Illinois    298     302     304     90417  East Tenn. St.  300     311     294     90518  Virginia Tech   309     302     304     915

Individual Scores

T2  Martin Rominger  71     70  69  210T6  Eirik Johansen   72  71  71  214T47     Jason Huguet     76    74  74  224T52     Alex Hamilton    76   77  72  225T66     Nash Elliott     75    78  75  228T66    Jake Thompson(played as an individual)  72   76   80   228