Gamecocks Wrap-Up Opening Round at Sea Island

ST. SIMONS ISLAND, Ga. – South Carolina shot 289 (+9) in the opening round of the stroke play portion of the SEC Championship on Wednesday. The Gamecocks sit 13^th on the leaderboard.

Sophomore Nathan Franks and fifth-year senior Evans Lewis led the team with 1-over rounds of 71. Franks had a clean card with a pair of birdies and just one bogey. He was hurt only by a double at the par-4 14^th hole that runs along the mouth of the Brunswick River. Lewis led the team with four birdies. He was 2-under through 15 but made bogeys on his final three holes.

Freshman Zach Adams shot 73 (+3) and junior Rafe Reynolds was the final counting score with a 74 (+4). Adams had a nice start to his first career SEC Championship with birdies at the opening two holes. Transfer Lansdon Robbins shot 77 (+7).

No. 15 Texas A&M shot 11-under (269) and has the team lead by a shot over No. 17 Alabama. Tennessee’s Caleb Surratt and the Crimson Tide’s Thomas Ponder are tied atop the leaderboard with opening round 6-under 64s. Ponder made a hole-in-one at the par-3 17^th.

The Gamecocks will again be paired with Kentucky for the second round on Thursday morning. Robbins will lead things off at hole 10 at 9:10 a.m. (ET). Live scoring will be available again via Golfstat.

2023 SEC Championship Gamecock Leaderboard

T39. Nathan Franks – 71 (+1)

T39. Evans Lewis – 71 (+1)

T53. Zach Adams – 73 (+3)

T58. Rafe Reynolds – 74 (+4)

T67. Lansdon Robbins – 77 (+7)

2023 SEC Championship Leaderboard

1. No. 15 Texas A&M – 269 (-11)

2. No. 17 Alabama – 270 (-10)

3. No. 8 Auburn – 271 (-9)

T4. No. 18 Mississippi State – 275 (-5)

T4. No. 21 Ole Miss – 275 (-5)

6. No. 1 Vanderbilt – 276 (-4)

7. No. 9 Florida – 277 (-3)

T8. No. 36 Arkansas – 278 (-2)

T8. No. 13 Tennessee – 278 (-2)

10. No. 31 Georgia – 280 (E)

11. No. 43 Missouri – 281 (+1)

12. No. 41 LSU – 282 (+2)

13. South Carolina – 289 (+9)

14. Kentucky – 290 (+10)

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