South Carolina Concludes Second Round At Tavistock Invitational

Oct. 19, 2015

TAVISTOCK COLLEGIATE INVITATIONAL
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GAMECOCK SCORECARDS

1. MATT NESMITH
Round 1: 69 (-3)
Round 2: 79 (+7)
Round 3:
To Par: +4
Place: T-24th

2. WILL STARKE
Round 1: 71 (-1)
Round 2: 76 (+4)
Round 3:
To Par: +3
Place: T-19

3. SEAN KELLY
Round 1: 73 (+1)
Round 2: 82 (+10)
Round 3:
To Par: +11
Place: T-60

4. KEENAN HUSKEY
Round 1: 71 (-1)
Round 2: 79 (+7)
Round 3:
To Par: +6
Place: T-36

5. SCOTT STEVENS
Round 1: 76 (+4)
Round 2: 76 (+4)
Round 3:
To Par: +8
Place: T-49

Pos.	Team	R1	R2	R3	Total
1.	California	279	290		569 (-7)
2.	Illinois	286	292		578 (+2)
3.	Arizona State	285	294		579 (+3)
4.	North Florida	290	293		583 (+7)
5.	Vanderbilt	290	294		584 (+8)
6.	North Carolina	287	301		588 (+12)
7.	Texas Tech	293	296		589 (+13)
8.	Florida	303	289		592 (+16)
T-9.	South Carolina	284	310		594 (+18)
T-9.	Augusta	298	296		594 (+18)
11.	Ohio State	296	304		600 (+24)
12.	UNLV	298	306		604 (+28)
13.	New Mexico	307	304		611 (+35)
14.	UCF	304	309		613 (+37)
15.	Washington State	307	312		619 (+43)

Dates: Oct. 18-20

Location: Orlando, Fla.

Course: Isleworth Golf & Country Club

Par: 72

Yards: 7,544

ORLANDO, Fla. — The South Carolina men’s golf team continued play at the Tavistock Collegiate Invitational on Monday, posting a 22-over (310) in the tournament’s second round at the Isleworth Country Club in Orlando, Fla. The Gamecocks stand in a tie for ninth place with a score of 18-over (594) for the tournament.

Senior Will Starke and freshman Scott Stevens both shot a 4-over (76) in round two. Starke, who was one of three Gamecocks to card a round under par on Sunday, made the turn at 2-over (38) and registered a birdie on his final hole of the day on the par-3 18th. The Chapin, S.C. native stands in a tie for 19th place with a two-day total of 147 (3-over).

Stevens recorded four bogeys on the front nine before posting an even (36) over his final nine holes. His lone birdie of the day came on the par-4 10th, and the freshman will head into the final round in a tie for 49th place with a score of 8-over for the tournament.

Senior Matt NeSmith (T-24, 4-over) fired a 7-over (79) on Monday following an up-and-down second round. He tallied a team-best five birdies to go along with seven bogeys and a quadruple-bogey on the par-3 11th.

Keenan Huskey also turned in a second-round score of 79. He totaled four birdies on his day, and the Gamecock sophomore stands in a tie for 36th place with two-day score of 150 (6-over). Redshirt senior Sean Kelly carded a 9-over (81) in the second round and will head into Tuesday in a tie for 60th (11-over).

California (7-under) maintained its spot atop the leaderboard after firing a 2-over (290) on Monday, while Illinois (2-over) and Arizona State (3-over) round out the top three. Florida’s 1-over (289) performance marked the low round of the day.

Quoting Coach Bill McDonald

“We really struggled today in the wind, and it was just a bad day overall. Most of our guys didn’t get off to a very good start and things sort of snowballed from there. We need to come out tomorrow and post a solid round.”

Round Changer

After making the turn at 4-over (40), Stevens opened the back nine with a birdie on No. 10 and registered just one bogey over his last nine holes.

Notable

Monday’s second round saw no team scores under par from the 15 participating schools. Five schools finished under par in Sunday’s opening round.
South Carolina’s 31 birdies through two rounds are good for the fifth-best mark in the field.
NeSmith’s nine birdies this week lead the Gamecocks and rank fourth overall in the tournament.
Stevens’ par three scoring average (2.75) is the third-lowest mark through two rounds of the event.

Up Next

The Gamecocks will be back in action next week hosting the Camden Collegiate Invitational over Oct. 24-25 at Camden Country Club in Camden, S.C.