Men's Golf . October 20, 2019

Hall, Parrott Lead Gamecocks in Opening Round at Isleworth

Duo each shot 74 (+2) in tough R1 for South Carolina on Sunday

WINDERMERE, Fla. — South Carolina got off to a tough start at the 2019 Tavistock Collegiate Invitational on Sunday, shooting 299 (+11). Sophomore Ryan Hall and junior Jack Parrott paced the Gamecocks, each carding 74s (+2).

“The scoreboard doesn’t reflect it, but I thought we looked pretty good today,” said head coach Bill McDonald. “We just had one of those rounds where it seemed like the entire team was just a little off. Everyone fought until the end and we had a really productive practice session after the round. We need to make up some ground tomorrow and get back in contention.”

Hall shot 38 (+2) on the front nine and even par (36) on the back. His scorecard was fairly clean, but the Knoxville, Tenn., native, made just one birdie in the first round. Parrott was 1-under at the turn after shooting 35 the first nine holes. He shot 39 (+3) coming in and was hurt by a double bogey early on the back nine.

Freshman Jack Wall shot 75 (+3). He struggled the first nine holes but battled back, shooting 1-under coming in with three birdies. The Brielle, N.J., native, was hurt by a double-bogey on the par-4 18^th hole and the par-4 ninth hole.

Seniors Jamie Wilson and Caleb Proveaux each shot 76 (+4) in the opening round.

The Gamecocks will need some more red numbers to make a move up the leaderboard on Monday as the team had a field-low 12 birdies in round one. Carolina will also need to play better on the par-3s. The team was 9-over (3.45) on the short holes today.

Play resumes in the second round tomorrow morning with Proveaux leading things off for the Gamecocks on hole 10 at 9:15 a.m. ET. Carolina will be paired with West Virginia and UNLV.

2019 Tavistock Collegiate Invitational R1 Leaderboard
1. UCF – 280 (-8)
2. Florida – 285 (-3)
T3. No. 38 LSU – 287 (-1)
T3. Cal – 287 (-1)
5. No. 42 Minnesota – 288 (E)
6. No. 22 Texas – 289 (+1)
T7. No. 2 Texas Tech – 291 (+3)
T7. No. 36 Illinois – 291 (+3)
T-9. No. 24 Auburn – 292 (+4)
T-9. No. 8 Arizona State – 292 (+4)
T-11. Augusta – 293 (+5)
T-11. No. 21 Vanderbilt – 293 (+5)
13. UNLV – 297 (+9)
14. No. 31 South Carolina – 299 (+11)
15. No. 26 West Virginia – 303 (+15)

*all team rankings via Golfstat (10/16/19)

2019 Tavistock Collegiate Invitational Gamecock Leaderboard
T37. Ryan Hall – 74 (+2)
T37. Jack Parrott – 74 (+2)
T46. Jack Wall – 75 (+3)
T56. Jamie Wilson – 76 (+4)
T56. Caleb Proveaux – 76 (+4)

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