Nov. 5, 2005

ROCKY FACE, Ga. – The No. 12/16 South Carolina men’s golf team struggled Saturday and slipped to 17th after the second round of play at the Carpet Capital Collegiate at The Farm Golf Club (7,010 yards, Par 72).

Competing against a field that features nine of 18 teams in the top 25, the Gamecocks shot a team score of 304 in the second round to bring their total to 604. The tournament wraps up with the final 18 holes on Sunday.

Senior Eirik Johansen and freshmen Mark Silvers and Baker Elmore fired three-over par 75 today to lead the Gamecocks. Johansen is tied for 38th with a total score of 149, Silvers is tied for 54th (151) and Elmore (159) is in 85th.

Freshman Florian Fritsch (150) was seven-over with a 79 in the second round and sits tied for 50th. Sophomore Mark Anderson is one stroke back of Elmore in 86th-place (160) after shooting 81 on Saturday.

No. 1 Georgia (573) and Georgia Southern share the team lead following heading into Sunday’s final round. Georgia’s Chris Kirk (67-70=137) maintained his place atop the individual leaderboard.

Live scoring for Sunday’s final round can been seen at www.golfstat.com

Carpet Capital Collegiate -- Second Round (Nov. 5, 2005)
South Carolina IndividualsT38 Eirik Johansen    74-75=149T50 Florian Fritsch  71-79=150T54 Mark Silvers    76-75=15185  Baker Elmore    84-75=15986  Mark Anderson  79-81=160
Team StandingsPl.        School        Rd. 1  Rd. 2   TotalT1  Georgia              289    284     573T1  Georgia State Univ.  284    289     5733   Florida              282    294     5764   Duke University      288    290     5785   Texas Tech           292    287     5796   Georgia Tech         305    275     5807   Clemson              293    289     5828   East Tennessee St.   295    289     5849   North Carolina State 299    290     58910  Auburn               301    290     591T11 Augusta State        297    296     593T11 Tennessee, Univ. of  300    293     59313  TCU                  307    290     59714  Alabama, U. of       303    297     60015  Oklahoma, U. of      304    297     60116  Georgia Southern     300    303     60317   South Carolina       300    304     60418  Vanderbilt           310    297     607