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No. 7 Gamecocks Take Third at Mason Rudolph Championship
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No. 7 Gamecocks Take Third at Mason Rudolph Championship

Morgan Yi/ANNIKA Foundation

Carolina has shot six-straight under par rounds to start the 2023-24 season

Final Results (Golfstat) Final Results (PDF)

FRANKLIN, Tenn. – No. 7 South Carolina ascended the leaderboard in the final round on Sunday for a third-place finish at the Mason Rudolph Championship. The Gamecocks shot 282 (-6) and tied tournament host and champion No. 17 Vanderbilt for the second-best team score of the third round.

Just five schools in the 18-team field posted a red number today. The Commodores won by three shots over No. 9 Auburn. Carolina’s 54-hole total was 848 (-16), three shots in front of No. 14 Arizona State.

Junior All-American Louise Rydqvist paced the Gamecocks with a 3-under 69 today. She finished T-5th at 7-under overall, her second straight top-five finish. She led the team with six birdies the final 18 holes. Fellow junior All-American and ANNIKA Award Watch Lister Hannah Darling also fired a red numbed today with another 2-under 70. She finished T-12th at 5-under for the tournament. Darling and Rydqvist each made 13 birdies to lead the Gamecocks this weekend at Vanderbilt Legends Club.

Sophomore Mia Sandtorv Lussand also had a nice final round today with a 2-under 70. She finished T-28th at 1-under. Freshman Vai Heck shot 73 (+1) and was the final counting score. She T-41st at 2-over. The first-year standout from France was one of just three players in the field with multiple eagles. Fellow French freshman Maylis Lamoure shot 74 (+2) and she finished T-30th at even par.

The Gamecocks will be back in action at the Blessings Collegiate Invitational (Oct. 2-4) followed by the fall finale at the Jackson T. Stephens Cup (Oct. 9-11). Both events will be televised by the Golf Channel.

2023 Mason Rudolph Championship Leaderboard

  1. No. 17 Vanderbilt – 840 (-24)
  2. No. 9 Auburn – 843 (-21)
  3. No. 7 South Carolina – 848 (-16)
  4. No. 14 Arizona State – 851 (-13)
  5. No. 16 Ole Miss – 853 (-11)
  6. North Carolina – 854 (-10)
  7. No. 4 LSU – 855 (-9)
  8. UCLA – 858 (-6)
  9. Arizona – 867 (+3)
  10. Louisville – 869 (+5)
  11. Kentucky – 870 (+6)
  12. Alabama – 871 (+7)
  13. Denver – 877 (+13)
  14. No. 12 Baylor – 891 (+27)
  15. Chattanooga – 892 (+28)
  16. Middle Tennessee State – 900 (+36)
  17. College of Charleston – 910 (+46)
  18. FAU – 925 (+61)

2023 Mason Rudolph Championship Gamecock Leaderboard

T5. Louise Rydqvist – 209 (-7)

T12. Hannah Darling – 211 (-5)

T28. Mia Sandtorv Lussand – 215 (-1)

T30. Maylis Lamoure – 216 (E)

T41. Vairana Heck – 218 (+2)

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