SPARTANBURG, S.C. – On the course for the final time in preparation for the 2023 Big South Men's Golf Championships, USC Upstate men's golf posted its third-best 54-hole team total and claimed two top-30 finishers for the second time this season as play completed at the Wofford Invitational Tuesday afternoon.
 
Competing in a pseudo-home event at the Country Club of Spartanburg, senior Brady Hinkle and junior Zander Briggs paced the Spartans as both tied for 23^rd on the final leaderboard, making the Wofford Invitational the second event this season with multiple top-30 finishers, joining the Savannah Intercollegiate (Feb. 18-19).
 
Hinkle continued his strong spring as he posted a sub-220, 54-hole individual total for the fifth time this season and the fourth time in five events during the spring slate, fashioning scores of 73-69-72-214. Earning his best career finish, Briggs carded marks of 70-71-73-214 as his opening-round 70 and his 54-hole total of 214 marked career lows.
 
Another Spartan who posted a career-best finish and career-low 18 and 54-hole totals, sophomore Barrett Josey tied for 56^th in the tournament field. He wrote in scores of 71-72-78-221 with his opening-round 71 and 54-hole total 221 representing career lows.
 
As a team, the Spartans posted their third-best 54-hole team total of the season, placing 16^th behind scores of 296-287-303-886. The team's second-round score of 287 tied for the team's third-lowest round of the season with the Wofford Invitational being one of three events this season to see multiple team sub-300 rounds.
 
Scoring Summary
USC Upstate (296-287-303-886) – 15^th
Brady Hinkle (73-69-72-214) – t-23^rd
Zander Briggs (70-71-73-214) t-23^rd
Barrett Josey (71-72-78-221) – t-56^th
Panop Norasing (82-75-80-237) – 88^th
Parker Fain (88-81-87-256) – 90^th
 
Notable

• Leading to his fourth top-30 finish of the spring, Brady Hinkle placed top-10 in the tournament field in a pair of statistical categories. He tied for ninth in the Wofford Invitational field in total birdies (13) and tied for 10^th in Par-4 Scoring (4.00; E).
• On the Country Club of Spartanburg's 501-yar, Par-5 17^th hole, Panop Norasing carded the Spartans' lone eagle of the event.
• For the second straight event, Zander Briggs carded a career-low round as his opening-round 70 established a new career-low. The round bests his previous career low of 71 from the opening round of the Seahawk Intercollegiate.

 
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