SPARTANBURG, S.C. – For the second straight season, USC Upstate men's golf—along with Wofford and this year South Carolina Charities, Inc.—continued to grow its collegiate golf tournament as play concluded Tuesday at The Carolina Cup supported by Proud Partners Taco Bell and the BMW Performance Driving School.
 
Hosted at Carolina Country Club, the event allowed each member of the Spartan program to compete on the team's home course with numerous individuals taking advantage of their familiarity with the golf course. Leading the way for the Spartans, junior Zander Briggs tied his best career finish as he turned in scores of 74-78-73-225, tying for 44^th at the event.
 
Briggs wasn't the only Spartan to benefit from playing on his home course as freshman Elias Becker tied for the second-highest finishing Spartan as he finished one stroke shy of his career-best 54-hole total, coming in at 229 behind round scores of 75-72-82, tying for 55th. His second-round 72 stands as the lowest individual round of Becker's young career while marking the lowest round score for a Spartan at The Carolina Cup.
 
Tying with Becker at 55^th on the leaderboard, senior Brady Hinkle fashioned marks of 75-74-80-229 to round out the top-three Upstate finishers at the event. Just behind Becker and Hinkle, freshman Christophe Palmans tied for 58^th—third highest among Spartans in the team lineup—as he wrote in scores of 79-78-73-230.
 
Overall, the second iteration of The Carolina Cup featured 15 teams and 90 total players, making it the largest field in the history of the event. In addition to the field size, the 2022 event saw numerous tournament records broken and was the first collegiate golf event broadcast by GameKast Live to feature live commentators with Mark Childress, Richmond Weaver, Faxon Childress, Brian Katrek, and Will Lowery providing coverage throughout the event.
 
Scoring Summary
USC Upstate (308-302-301-911) – 13^th
Zander Briggs (74-78-73-225) – t-44^th
Brady Hinkle (75-74-80-229) – t-55^th
Elias Becker (75-72-82-229) – t-55^th
Christophe Palmans (79-78-73-230) – t-58^th
Panop Norasing (79-80-74-233) – t-65^th
El Kluaymaingarm (83-78-74-235) – t-69^th
Barrett Josey (81-80-81-241) – t-80^th
Parker Fain (78-80-87-245) – t-83^rd
Sebastian Trujillio (86-79-80-245) – t-83^rd
Jackson Lyons (85-79-81-245) – t-83^rd
 
Notable

• Finishing a stroke shy of his career-low 54-hole total, Elias Becker finished The Carolina Cup tied for sixth in total pars, carding 36 at the event.
• Leading him to the top of the Upstate team leaderboard, Brady Hinkle tied for 16^th in the tournament field with 11 total birdies.
• Coming in at four-under (4.67) on Carolina Country Club's four Par-5s, Christophe Palmans tied for 12^th in the tournament field in Par-5 Scoring.
• Marking down a three on the Carolina Country Club's Par-5, 515-yard 18^th hole, Panop Norasing collected Upstate's lone eagle of the event.

 
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