Hall Pacing Carolina at Augusta Haskins Award Invitational

AUGUSTA, Ga. — Junior Ryan Hall continued his standout play on the course for South Carolina as he’s T-7^th at 6-under through two rounds of the Augusta Haskins Award Invitational. He opened with a 72 (E) in round one this morning and closed his day with a bogey free 66 (-6) in the second round to climb the leaderboard.
 
Hall made a team-best nine birdies the first 36 holes and he’s also tied for the field lead in par-4 scoring average (-5, 3.75) through two rounds. The Knoxville, Tenn., native hasn’t finished outside the top-20 in the 2020-21 season and leads the team with four top-10 finishes.
 
The Gamecocks struggled as a team however on Saturday, shooting over par both rounds. Carolina is 13^th at 11-over, five shots behind No. 24 South Florida who is in ninth at 6-over.
 
Senior Jack Parrott paced the Gamecocks in the opening round with a 71 (-1). Super senior Jamie Wilson (75, +3) and sophomore Jack Wall (77, +5) were the other counting scores. Freshman Rafe Reynolds (74, +2), Wilson (74, +2) and Parrott (78, +6) were the counting scores in round two alongside Hall.
 
South Carolina will be paired with Army, College of Charleston and Kennesaw State for the final round on Easter Sunday. Reynolds will lead things off at hole 10 beginning at 9:25 a.m. ET.
 
2021 Augusta Haskins Award Invitational Gamecock Lineup
T7. Ryan Hall – 138 (-6)
T53. Jamie Wilson – 149 (+5)
T53. Jack Parrott – 149 (+5)
T72. Rafe Reynolds – 156 (+12)
T72. Jack Wall – 156 (+12)
 
2021 Augusta Haskins Award Invitational Field
1. No. 17 Pepperdine – 548 (-28)
2. No. 3 Oklahoma State – 557 (-19)
3. No. 5 Illinois – 559 (-17)
4. No. 33 Notre Dame – 560 (-16)
5. Virginia Tech – 564 (-12)
6. UCF – 570 (-6)
7. No. 14 Arizona – 572 (-4)
8. No. 6 Arizona State – 576 (E)
9. No. 24 South Florida – 582 (+6)
10. Georgia State – 583 (+7)
T11. Kennesaw State – 586 (+10)
T11. Augusta – 586 (+10)
13. No. 38 South Carolina – 587 (+11)
14. College of Charleston – 591 (+15)
15. Army – 604 (+28)
 
*Rankings via Golfstat as of 3/31/21
 
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