Warnock Posts Top Score for USC Upstate at Southern Intercollegiate Championships

Monday, March 12

Athens Country Club, Athens, Ga.

University of South Carolina Upstate Athletics

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Southern Intercollegiates

3/12/2018 12:00:00 AM | Men's Golf

Athens, Ga. – Jordan Warnock recorded rounds of 75 and 73 for a combined score of 148 to lead the USC Upstate men's golf team on Monday with a top-25 performance as the Spartans competed at the Southern Intercollegiate Championships from the par 72, 6917-yard Athens Country Club.

USC Upstate had rounds of 311 and 303 to finish in a tie for 12^th place with Western Carolina at 614.

Arkansas won the Southern Intercollegiate Championships by 17 strokes with scores of 285 and 282 for a total of 567. The individual leaderboard featured a tie for first place between Alvaro Ortiz and Luis Garza of Arkansas at 3-under 141.

A LOOK AT THE SCORECARD

The Southern Intercollegiate Championship field featured six teams ranked in the top-100 of the latest Golfstat ranking in Arkansas (No. 18), Florida State (No. 19), Kennesaw State (No. 57), Iowa (No. 59), Georgia (No. 62) and Lipscomb (No. 76).
Warnock was the top individual performer for the Spartans leading the team in par 3 scoring (+1, 3.13 stroke average), par 5 scoring (-4, 4.50 stroke average), pars (20) and birdies (6).
Reid Bedell finished two strokes back of Warnock in a tie for 24^th place at 150 (77-73).
Bedell led the team in par 4 scoring with a 4.25 stroke average and contributed a 2-under, 4.75 stroke average in par 5 scoring.
Warnock and Bedell collected one eagle each on the day.
Matt Carter placed in a tie for 57^th place at 156 (77-79) and Hunter Fry tied for 73^rd at 160 (82-78).
Sam Merrell rounded out the individual standings for USC Upstate in 89^th position at 175 (89-86).
Fry tallied a 1-under, 4.88 stroke average in par 5 scoring while Carter added a 5.13 stroke average.
Bedell concluded the tournament with five birdies while Carter carded four, Merrell three and Fry two.
The Spartans compiled a 3.43 stroke average in par 3 scoring, 4.54 stroke average in par 4 scoring and 2-under, 4.95 stroke average in par 5 scoring.
USC Upstate also had 85 pars and 20 birdies over 36 holes.
The Spartans finished the Southern Intercollegiate Championships third with two eagles.
USC Upstate combined to play the final hole of each round at a combined 9-under par highlighted by eagles from Bedell (first round) and Warnock (second round).

TEAM LEADERBOARD

1^st Arkansas 285-282=567
T-2^nd Kennesaw State 291-293=584
T-2^nd Georgia 298-286=584
4^th Lipscomb 295-293=588
5^th Florida State 296-296=592
6^th Georgia (B) 298-297=595
7^th Chattanooga 304-298=602
8^th Iowa 300-303=603
9^th Francis Marion 306-301=607
10^th Gardner-Webb 306-303=609
11^th Wofford 303-307=610
T-12^th USC Upstate 311-303=614
T-12^th Western Carolina 301-313=614
14^th High Point 312-303=615
15^th Charleston Southern 321-303=624
T-16^th Nicholls State 319-321=640
T-16^th Savannah State 320-320=640
18^th Youngstown State 322-320=642

USC UPSTATE PARTICIPANTS

T-20^th Jordan Warnock 75-73=148
T-24^th Reid Bedell 77-73=150
T-57^th Matt Carter 77-79=156
T-73^rd Hunter Fry 82-78=160
89^th Sam Merrell 89-86=175

UP NEXT

The Spartans are back on the course this weekend, March 17-18, for the Mission Inn Spectacular in Howey in the Hills, Fla.

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