No. 4 Gamecocks Set SEC Championship Scoring Record, Earn No. 1 Seed for Match Play

BELLEAIR, Fla. – No. 4 South Carolina earned the top seed for match play at the SEC Championship for the second consecutive season on Wednesday. The Gamecocks shot 824 (-16), a new 54-hole program record and the lowest 54-hole total by any team in the history of the SEC Championship dating back to 1981.

Carolina has now made match play in seven-straight seasons of the new format under head coach Kalen Anderson with a pair of title match appearances in 2018 and 2019.

Three players finished in the top-10 for the Gamecocks this week in stroke play led by standout freshman Eila Galitsky. She fired a new career-low score of 206 (-4) with rounds of 65-68-73 and was the 36-hole leader of the tournament. Galitksy has finished in the top-15 in three of her four starts this spring with a victory at the Moon Golf Invitational back in February.

Senior All-Americans Hannah Darling and Lousie Rydqvist also finished in the top-10, tying for eighth at 2-under (208) in what will be their final SEC Championship at South Carolina. Darling fired scores of 68-69-71 and Rydqvist shot 68-69-71. The top-10 finishes were Darling and Rydqvist’s third in four career SEC Championship starts. Darling has the lowest scoring average in program history and Rydqvist ranks third as the two will finish their careers this spring as two of the most decorated players in program history.

Graduate Sophia Burnett and sophomore Maylis Lamoure also gave solid contributions this week in the back of the lineup, each providing a pair of couting scores that helped push the Gamecocks to the top seed for match play. Burnett T-23^rd at 2-over (212) with scores of 68-74-70. Lamoure T-26^th at 3-over (213) just behind Burnett with scores of 75-68-70.

Rydqvist was also tabbed SEC Scholar-Athlete of the Year for the second consecutive season today in the post-tournament awards ceremony. She is the fourth player in SEC history to win the coveted award multiple times and the second player in program history to win it twice. Former All-American Lois Kaye Go won it in consecutive seasons in 2019 and 2020. The women’s golf specific award began in 2004. Rydqvist will graduate in May as a double major in finance and marketing. She has a 3.974 cumulative GPA and spent six-straight semesters on the President’s List (4.0 GPA). The Värnamo, Sweden is the model student-athlete on and off the golf course.

Carolina will face eighth-seeded Tennessee in its opening match tomorrow morning at Pelican Golf Club. Lamoure will be the first player off for the Gamecocks at 8 a.m. (ET) on hole one. The winner advances to the quarterfinals tomorrow which will be aired live on SEC Network+. The title match will be live at 10 a.m. on SEC Network on Friday.

Golfstat will have live scoring again for all matches here.

2025 SEC Championship Final Stroke Play Results

1. No. 4 South Carolina – 824 (-16)
2. No. 11 LSU – 830 (-10)
3. No. 6 Texas – 835 (-5)
4. No. 18 Ole Miss – 839 (-1)
5. No. 20 Mississippi State – 841 (+1)
6. No. 2 Arkansas – 845 (+5)
7. No. 24 Florida – 846 (+6)
8. Tennessee – 847 (+7)
9. No. 14 Auburn – 853 (+13)
10. No. 16 Texas A&M – 861 (+21)
11. Kentucky – 862 (+22)
12. Alabama – 863 (+23)
13. Missouri – 869 (+29)
14. Oklahoma – 872 (+32)
15. No. 21 Vanderbilt – 880 (+40)
16. Georgia – 898 (+58)

2025 SEC Championship Final Gamecock Results

T5. Eila Galitsky – 206 (-4)

T7. Hannah Darling – 208 (-2)

T7. Louise Rydqvist – 208 (-2)

T23. Sophia Burnett – 212 (+2)

T26. Maylis Lamoure – 213 (+3)

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