Sept. 23, 2003

Columbia, S.C. – In the rain-shortened Mason Rudolph Championship in Nashville, Tenn., the South Carolina men’s golf team finished in third place with a two-round score of 580 (290-290). South Carolina placed the highest of the Southeastern Conference schools.

UAB led the 18-team field after carding 563, while Texas A&M finished second with 577.

The Gamecocks placed two players in the top ten. Junior Martin Rominger tallied three-under-par 139 to place fourth. The Stavanger, Norway, native shot one-over-par 72 in the first round and blasted four-under-par 67 in round two.

Firing 143, sophomore Eirik Johansen tied for seventh place. Johansen shot even-par in round one, followed by 72 in today’s round.

Matt Robinson tied for 31st after shooting 148. Teammates Nash Elliott and West Streib tied for 53rd with a two-day total of 152.

UAB’s Chris Cousins tied with Stephen Reed from Texas A&M for the individual title after posting 136.

Gamecock FinishesT  4    Martin Rominger          72   67    139T  7    Eirik Johansen            71   72    143T 31    Matt Robinson            74   74    148T 53    Nash Elliott             73   79    152T 53    West Streib              75   77    152

Team Finishes1   UAB                      273  290    563        -52   Texas A&M University     293  284    577        +93   South Carolina           290  290    580       +124   Vanderbilt Univ.         295  289    584       +165   Mississippi, U. of       290  296    586       +186   Kentucky, U. of          292  297    589       +217   Louisiana State U.       291  299    590       +22    Baylor University        291  299    590       +22    South Carolina-Aiken     288  302    590       +2210  Georgia State Univ.      291  304    595       +2711  Charleston, Coll. of     295  303    598       +30    Florida State Univ.      293  305    598       +3013  Furman University        297  303    600       +32    Rhode Island, U. of      298  302    600       +3215  Alabama, U. of           296  309    605       +3716  Virginia, U. of          299  307    606       +3817   North Florida, U. of    299  319    618       +5018   Navy                    311  311    622       +54