Gamecocks Through 36 Holes at SEC Championship

ST. SIMONS ISLAND, Ga. – South Carolina shot 298 (+18) in round two of the stroke play portion of the SEC Championship. The Gamecocks are 14^th at 27-over for the tournament at Sea Island Golf Club’s Seaside Course.

Sophomore Nathan Franks paced Carolina with a round two 69 (-1). He led the team with four birdies on the day. The Roebuck, S.C., native is T-27^th at even par for the tournament. After a bogey-birdie-bogey-birdie start, Franks settled in with two birdies and just one bogey over his final 14 holes. His 1-under round came without a birdie on either of the two par-5s at Seaside.

Fifth-year senior Evans Lewis shot 75 (+5). Junior Rafe Reynolds carded a 76 (+6) and freshman Zach Adams shot 78 (+8) to round out the final counting scores. Transfer Lansdon Robbins shot 79 (+9).

No. 15 Texas A&M and No. 17 Alabama are tied atop the leaderboard at 12-under as a team.

The Gamecocks will be paired again with Kentucky for the third and final round of stroke play on Friday. Robbins will be the first player off at 9:10 a.m. (ET) from hole 10. Tennessee’s Caleb Suratt remains in the lead individually at 8-under after shooting 68 (-2) this afternoon.

2023 SEC Championship Gamecock Leaderboard

T27. Nathan Franks – 140 (E)

T58. Evans Lewis – 146 (+6)

T64. Rafe Reynolds – 150 (+10)

T67. Zach Adams – 151 (+11)

69. Lansdon Robbins – 156 (+16)

2023 SEC Championship Leaderboard

T1. No. 15 Texas A&M – 548 (-12)

T1. No. 17 Alabama – 548 (-12)

3. No. 9 Florida – 550 (-10)

T4. No. 1 Vanderbilt – 554 (-6)

T4. No. 13 Tennessee – 554 (-6)

6. No. 18 Mississippi State – 555 (-5)

7. No. 43 Missouri – 558 (-2)

8. No. 36 Arkansas – 560 (E)

9. No. 21 Ole Miss – 561 (+1)

T10. No. 8 Auburn – 562 (+2)

T10. No. 31 Georgia – 562 (+2)

12. No. 41 LSU – 566 (+6)

13. Kentucky – 571 (+11)

14. South Carolina – 587 (+27)

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