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Nov. 6, 2015

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KA’ANAPALI CLASSIC COLLEGIATE INVITATIONAL
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GAMECOCK SCORECARDS
1. KEENAN HUSKEY
Round 1: 70 (-1)
Round 2:
Round 3:
To Par: -1
Place: T-18
2. MATT NESMITH
Round 1: 72 (+1)
Round 2:
Round 3:
To Par: +1
Place: T-32
3. WILL STARKE
Round 1: 72 (+1)
Round 2:
Round 3:
To Par: +1
Place: T-32
4. WILL MILES
Round 1: 72 (+1)
Round 2:
Round 3:
To Par: +1
Place: T-32
5. SCOTT STEVENS
Round 1: 70 (-1)
Round 2:
Round 3:
To Par: -1
Place: T-18
Team Standings
Pos. Team R1 R2 R3 Total
1. Oklahoma 276 276 (-8)
2. North Carolina State 279 279 (-5)
3. Hawaii 282 282 (-2)
4. South Carolina 284 284 (E)
T-5. CSU-Northridge 285 285 (+1)
T-5. Liberty 285 285 (+1)
T-5. Georgia 285 285 (+1)
8. Loyola Marymount 287 287 (+3)
9. Long Beach State 288 288 (+4)
10. Ball State 290 290 (+6)
T-11. Gonzaga 291 291 (+7)
T-11. Indiana 291 291 (+7)
13. Bowling Green State 292 292 (+8)
14. Kansas 293 293 (+9)
15. Sacramento State 294 294 (+10)
T-16. UC Santa Barbara 298 298 (+14)
T-16. Washington State 298 298 (+14)
18. Hawaii (B) 301 301 (+17)
19. Northern Iowa 308 308 (+24)
Tournament Quick Facts

Dates: Nov. 6-8

Location: Lahaina, Maui, Hawaii

Course: Ka’anapali Golf Club (Royal Ka’anapali Course)

Par: 71

Yards: 6,700

LAHAINA, MAUI, Hawaii – Sophomore Keenan Huskey and freshman Scott Stevens both recorded rounds of 1-under (70) for the South Carolina men’s golf team, which opened the Ka’anapali Collegiate Classic with an even (284) on Friday at the Ka’anapali Golf Course. The Gamecocks end the first round of the three-day event in fourth place and will enter Saturday eight strokes back of leader Oklahoma (-8).

Huskey (T-18), who earned medalist honors in South Carolina’s win at the Camden Collegiate Invitational last month (Oct. 25), led the Gamecocks with five birdies in Friday’s opening round. After making the turn at 3-over (37), the Aiken, S.C., native caught fire on the back nine, and he finished his round with birdies in two of his final five holes.

Stevens turned in a steady round that included 13 pars to go along with three birdies and just two bogeys. His first birdie of the day on the par-5 sixth dropped him to even, and the freshman ended his round with birdies on holes No. 9 and 12 to finish his day in a tie for 18th place.

A trio of Gamecocks, seniors Matt NeSmith and Will Starke and freshman Will Miles, carded rounds of 1-over (72) on Friday and stand in a tie for the 32nd second place following day one. NeSmith earned pars on 15 of his 18 holes and recorded his lone birdie of the day on hole No. 6.

Starke also tallied a birdie on No. 6 after beginning his day with a birdie on the par-4 12th. Miles shot an up-and-down round, finishing with four bogeys and three birdies. He played his final nine holes at even after making the turn at 1-over following a bogey on the par-4 13th.

The Sooners (-8) sit three shots clear of the field following a 276 on Friday. North Carolina State (-5) is in second place, while Hawaii (-2) rounds out the top three. Long Beach State’s Jonny Hogan holds the individual lead after firing a 6-under (65) in round one.

Round Changer

Sophomore Keenan Huskey’s strong back nine performance pushed the Gamecocks up the leaderboard in the opening round. All five of the Greenville, S.C., native’s birdies on Friday came over his final nine holes.

Notable

  • Huskey has now shot under par in each of his last four rounds of competition for the Gamecocks. He finished 5-under on his way to first place at last month’s Camden Invitational.
  • Huskey and Stevens both took advantage of the par fives on Friday. Huskey’s par five scoring average (4.00) ranked second in round one, while Stevens was third (4.33) in the field in the scoring category.
  • South Carolina’s 61 pars on Friday were the second-most in the field. Liberty led all schools with an opening-round total of 62 pars.
  • NeSmith’s 15 pars in round one marked the second-highest total individually.

  • Up Next

    The Gamecocks are off the next three months and return to action Feb. 19-21 at the Bayou City Collegiate Championship in Humble, Texas.

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