March 30, 2004

STOCKBRIDGE, Ga. – Paced by a 10th-place finish from junior Alex Hamilton, the South Carolina men’s golf team carded a team round of 2-under-par on Tuesday to finish second at the Atlanta Intercollegiate in Stockbridge, Ga. The two-day 54-hole tournament was held at the par-72, 6,899-yard Eagle’s Landing Country Club.

The Gamecocks’ third-round score of 286 was the third best of the day, as South Carolina finished the tournament with a team score of 11-under-par, 278-289-286-853, recording its third-straight top-three team finish. That score was 14 shots behind the total of team champion and top-ranked Florida, which finished at 25-under-par, 279-276-284-839.

Hamilton led four Gamecocks in the event’s top 15 as he tied with one other player in 10th place, following his final-round score of 4-under-par, 68, to finish with a 54-hole total of 72-72-68-212. He was eight shots off the pace of individual champion Camilo Villegas of Florida, who finished the event with a 12-under-par, score of 69-67-68-204.

The next South Carolina individual in the field was sophomore Eirik Johansen, who was part of a three-way tie for 12th place, as he carded an even-par 72 on Tuesday for a 54-hole total of 3-under-par, 66-75-72-213. Junior Martin Rominger and sophomore Jake Thompson, both of whom tied for 15th place with scores of 68-73-73-214 and 72-69-73-214, respectively, followed Johansen. The final member of the Gamecock contingent in the field was sophomore Robert Svensson, who finished 59th at 78-78-77-233.

South Carolina will have little time off before returning to action, as the Gamecocks will travel to Augusta, Ga., on April 3-4 to compete in the Cleveland Golf/Augusta State Invitational, which will be held at the par-72, 7,231-yard Forest Hills Golf Club. Full tournament results from the Atlanta Intercollegiate are available at www.georgiastate.com.

FINAL TEAM SCORES1   Florida, U. of           279  276  284    8392   South Carolina           278  289  286    8533   Georgia State Univ.      291  289  274    8544   Clemson University       285  280  290    8555   Georgia Tech             293  278  291    862    Georgia, U. of           281  285  296    8627   Augusta State U.         290  281  293    8648   Alabama, U. of           285  285  303    8739   Auburn University        289  295  290    87410  Florida State Univ.      301  290  294    88511  Charleston, Coll. of     293  290  305    88812  Vanderbilt Univ.         304  295  295    894
TOP-10 INDIVIDUALS1    Camilo Villegas        Florida       69   67   68   2042    Jessie Mudd            Florida       69   69   68   2063    Jack Ferguson          Clemson       70   65   73   208     Jonathan Fricke        Georgia St    70   72   66   2085    Lars Brovold           Alabama       69   67   73   2096    Scott Jamieson         Augusta St    71   69   70   210     Stephen Poole          Clemson       73   67   70   2108    Matt Every             Florida       70   70   71   211     Nicholas Thompson      Ga. Tech      73   66   72   21110   Luke List              Vanderbilt    70   70   72   212     Alex Hamilton          S Carolina    72   72   68   212
SOUTH CAROLINA INDIVIDUALST12  Eirik Johansen         S Carolina    66   75   72   213T15  Martin Rominger        S Carolina    68   73   73   214T15  Jake Thompson          S Carolina    72   69   73   21459   Robert Svensson        S Carolina    78   78   77   233