Bedell Cards Low Round for USC Upstate on Final Day of Sea Best Invitational

Tuesday, February 6

TPC Sawgrass, Ponte Vedra Beach, Fla.

University of South Carolina Upstate Athletics

13th/14

SeaBest Invitational

2/6/2018 12:00:00 AM | Men's Golf

Ponte Vedra Beach, Fla. – Reid Bedell had a final round 73 on Tuesday to lead the USC Upstate men's golf team individually as the Spartans concluded play at the Sea Best Invitational from the par 70, 6873-yard TPC Sawgrass – Dye's Valley Course.

USC Upstate compiled a third round 307 to finish the tournament in 13^th place with a team score of 914 (299-308-307).

South Florida won the Sea Best Invitational after shooting a final round 281 and held off Arkansas by one stroke at 834. A three-way tie at the top of the individual leaderboard saw Ervin Chang of Liberty, Eric Ansett of Lipscomb and North Carolina's William Register tied at 6-under par 204. Chang would go on to take individual medalist honors after winning the one-hole playoff.

A LOOK AT THE SCORECARD

The Sea Best Invitational field consisted 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 finished the tournament with a 3.35 stroke average in par 3 scoring, 4.44 stroke average in par 4 scoring and 5.13 stroke average in par 5 scoring.
USC Upstate also recorded 152 pars and 21 birdies.
Jordan Warnock was the top individual performer for the Spartans finishing tied for 53^rd place with his final round 76 for a total score of 221 (75-70-76).
Matt Carter tied for 70^th place after shooting a third round 80 to finish at 230 (72-78-80) while Bedell and Sam Merrell were within one stroke of each other. Bedell was 73^rd with a 233 (77-83-73) and Merrell 74^th at 234 (76-77-81).
Sun Paripunna rounded out the individual standings for USC Upstate in 78^th place at 237 (76-83-78).
Bedell's final round 73 was the lowest score of the day for the Spartans.
Warnock led USC Upstate in par 3 scoring (3.17 stroke average), par 4 scoring (4.31 stroke average), par 5 scoring (2-under, 4.67 stroke average), pars (35) and birdies (6).
Merrell tied Warnock for the team-lead in par 3 scoring with a 3.17 stroke average.
Bedell contributed a 1-under, 4.83 stroke average in par 5 scoring while Merrell finished at even-par and a 5.00 stroke average.
Merrell and Bedell each had five birdies, Carter added three and Paripunna two to go with the six turned in by Warnock.

TEAM LEADERBOARD

1^st South Florida 274-279-281=834
2^nd Arkansas 282-267-286=835
3^rd Liberty 277-277-285=839
4^th LSU 283-279-280=842
5^th Tennessee 278-280-285=843
T-6^th North Carolina 281-279-290=850
T-6^th North Florida 280-287-283=850
8^th Jacksonville 281-281-289=851
9^th Lipscomb 280-285-292=857
10^th Campbell 290-285-283=858
11^th East Carolina 288-281-290=859
12^th Duke 287-297-296=880
13^th USC Upstate 299-308-307=914
14^th Winthrop 312-299-313=924

USC UPSTATE PARTICIPANTS

T-53^rd Jordan Warnock 75-70-76=221
T-70^th Matt Carter 72-78-80=230
73^rd Reid Bedell 77-83-73=233
74^th Sam Merrell 76-77-81=234
78^th Sun Paripunna 76-83-78=237

UP NEXT

The Spartans are off until March 12 when they travel to Athens, Ga. for the Southern Intercollegiates.

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