USC Upstate Completes Day One of Sea Best Invitational

Monday, February 5

TPC Sawgrass, Ponte Vedra Beach, Fla.

University of South Carolina Upstate Athletics

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SeaBest Invitational

2/5/2018 12:00:00 AM | Men's Golf

Ponte Vedra Beach, Fla. – Jordan Warnock posted scores of 75 and 70 to lead the USC Upstate men's golf team on Monday as the Spartans opened their spring season with the first two rounds of the Sea Best Invitational from the par 70, 6873-yard TPC Sawgrass – Dye's Valley Course.

USC Upstate currently sits 13^th in the team standings after compiling rounds of 299 and 308 to sit a 607 following day one action.

Arkansas leads the Sea Best Invitational after the first day with a combined score of 549 (282-267), leading second place South Florida by four strokes and third place Liberty by five. On the individual leaderboard, Liberty's Ervin Chang and William Register of North Carolina are tied at 6-under par 134.

A LOOK AT THE SCORECARD

The Sea Best Invitational field consists of some of the top collegiate golf programs in the country ranked in the top 50 nationally including LSU (11), Arkansas (20), Duke (23), North Carolina (24), North Florida (27), Tennessee (28) and South Florida (43).
The Spartans concluded the first day with a 3.28 stroke average in par 3 scoring, 4.43 stroke average in par 4 scoring and 5.20 stroke average in par 5 scoring.
USC Upstate also compiled 108 pars and 13 birdies.
Warnock was the top individual performer on Monday with a combined score of 145 to sit in a tie for 46^th place.
Matt Carter had the second-lowest score of the day with a second round 72 and is tied for 62^nd position at 150 (72-78).
Sam Merrell (T-72^nd, 153), Sun Paripunna (T-78^th, 159) and Reid Bedell (80^th, 160) round out the individual standings for the Spartans.
Warnock was one of the top performers on Monday in par 5 scoring with a score of 2-under and a 4.50 stroke average.
Warnock also leads USC Upstate in par 4 scoring (4.29 stroke average), 24 pars and five birdies, and is second in par 3 scoring at even-par with a 3.00 stroke average.
Merrell has a team-best 1-under par score on par 3 holes with a 2.88 stroke average.
Carter is tied with Warnock for the team-lead with 24 pars and 4.29 stroke average in par 4 scoring.
Bedell is second on the team in par 5 scoring a 1-under with a 4.75 stroke average.
Merrell contributed three birdies during the first two rounds while Paripunna and Bedell each had two, and Carter one.

TEAM LEADERBOARD

1^st Arkansas 282-267=549
2^nd South Florida 274-279=553
3^rd Liberty 277-277=554
4^th Tennessee 278-280=558
5^th North Carolina 281-279=560
T-6^th LSU 283-279=562
T-6^th Jacksonville 281-281=562
8^th Lipscomb 280-285=565
9^th North Florida 280-287=567
10^th East Carolina 288-281=569
11^th Campbell 290-285=575
12^th Duke 287-297=584
13^th USC Upstate 299-308=607
14^th Winthrop 312-299=611

USC UPSTATE PARTICIPANTS

T-46^th Jordan Warnock 75-70=145
T-62^nd Matt Carter 72-78=150
T-72^nd Sam Merrell 76-77=153
T-78^th Sun Paripunna 76-83=159
80^th Reid Bedell 77-83=160

UP NEXT

The final round of the Sea Best Invitational will tee off at 8 a.m. on Tuesday morning.

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