Hall Shoots 65, Gamecocks T-7th at Puerto Rico Classic

RIO GRANDE, Puerto Rico — South Carolina finished T-7^th in the team’s spring opener on Tuesday at the Puerto Rico Classic. The Gamecocks carded a final round 277 (-11) to finish the tournament with a 54-hole tally of 829 (-35).
 
Senior All-American Ryan Hall fired a season-best round of 65 (-7) to climb the leaderboard and finish 15^th with a 54-hole mark of 204 (-12). The Knoxville, Tenn., native was bogey free until the 16^th hole of his round. He made eight birdies and led the team with 16 on the week. Hall has now finished in the top-20 in all four of his starts this season. He has 21 top-20s total in 29 career starts.
 
Junior Jack Wall and sophomore Rafe Reynolds each shot 2-under scores of 70. Senior transfer Evans Lewis was the final counting score with an even par 72. True freshman Nathan Franks also shot 72 after posting back-to-back 68s the first two days. He T-22^nd at 8-under overall.
 
Freshman Gene Zeigler, who was playing as an individual this week, shot 78 (+6).
 
The Gamecocks were on pace to post a new 18-hole season best score as a team today, but the counting scores lost six shots coming down the stretch.   
 
Top-ranked Oklahoma went low shooting a field best 268 (-20) in the final round to win by six shots over No. 12 Georgia. The Sooners’ Chris Gotterup took home individual medalist honors with a 54-hole total of 196 (-20). He earned a sponsor’s exemption into the PGA TOUR’s Puerto Rico Open with the win.
 
2022 Puerto Rico Classic R3 Leaderboard
1. No. 1 Oklahoma – 805 (-59)
2. No. 12 Georgia – 811 (-53)
3. No. 8 Tennessee – 817 (-47)
4. No. 21 Purdue – 818 (-46)
5. No. 36 Michigan State – 823 (-41)
6. No. 10 Ole Miss – 828 (-36)  
T7. No. 48 South Carolina – 829 (-35)
T7. College of Charleston – 829 (-35)
9. No. 26 East Tennessee State – 836 (-28)  
10. Iowa – 838 (-26)
11. Wisconsin – 839 (-25)
12. Marquette – 840 (-24)
13. Maryland – 858 (-6)
 
2022 Puerto Rico Classic R3 Gamecock Leaderboard
15. Ryan Hall – 204 (-12)
T22. Nathan Franks – 208 (-8)
T37. Jack Wall – 210 (-6)
T52. Evans Lewis – 213 (-3)
T52. Rafe Reynolds –  213 (-3)
77. *Gene Zeigler – 226 (+10)
 
*played as an individual this week
 
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