Men's Golf . March 15, 2024

Franks Leads Gamecocks in R1 at Schenkel Invitaitonal

South Carolina Athletics

Junior shot 69 (-3) and birdied his final four holes of the round on holes 15 thru 18

R1 Leaderboard (Golfstat) R2 Pairings (Golfstat)

STATESBORO, Ga. – South Carolina shot 289 (+1) in the opening round of the Schenkel Invitational on Friday at Forest Hills Country Club. The Gamecocks sit ninth and are six shots back from the top-four.

Junior Nathan Franks continued his solid play leading the team with a 3-under 69 that has him currently T-6^th. He heated up down the stretch finish the round with four straight birdies.

Sophomore transfer Frankie Harris shot 71 (-1) to join Franks under par. Sixth-year Lansdon Robbins shot 74 (+2) and sophomore Zach Adams shot 75 (+3) to round out the team’s counting scores. Freshman Bo Carpenter shot 76 (+4) and was hurt by a triple bogey at the par-4 10^th hole. Transfer Laurens Schulze-Doering is playing as an individual this week and shot 71 (-1).

Middle Tennessee State and No. 17 Florida are tied at the top of the leaderboard with 11-under 277s. The Blue Raiders were led by Owen Stamper who shot 66 (-6). He’s tied atop the leaderboard with Wisconsin’s Daniel Aas, who is competing as an individual.

The Gamecocks will be paired with the Badgers and host school Georgia Southern for the second round on Saturday. Carpenter will be the first player off for South Carolina at 9 a.m. (ET) from hole one.

Live scoring will be available again via Golfstat.

2024 Schenkel Invitational Field

T1. Middle Tennessee State – 277 (-11)

T1. No. 17 Florida – 277 (-11)

3. Kentucky – 281 (-7)

T4. Notre Dame – 283 (-5)

T4. Florida Gulf Coast – 283 -5)

T6. No. 25 Mississippi State – 286 (-2)

T6. Georgia Southern – 296 (-2)

8. Wisconsin – 288 (E)

9. South Carolina – 289 (+1)

10. Campbell – 290 (+2)