The Patriots golf team travelled to South Carolina to play in the three round Springhill Suites Intercollegiate and after two rounds find themselves with an uphill battle going into the final round Tuesday. The team currently stands 12th.
Freshman Kyle Hart leads the Patriots after shooting even par in the first round of the day and one-over par in the afternoon. He is tied for 25th overall. Mason's Kevin Yerks and Zack Lauzon are tied at 38th after carding 148 after two rounds.
Host USC Upstate fired a school record 11-under-par 277 in the second round of the day at the Country Club of South Carolina. Upstate opened the tournament with a 284 in the first round of the day on the par-72 course.
The Spartans have a 561 total and lead by eight strokes over Samford at 569. Francis Marion, the host of the tournament, is third at 570 and is followed by Wofford (572), Elon (574), Presbyterian (575), Radford (578), Jacksonville (585), Appalachian State (585), Longwood (585), Georgia College (590) and George Mason (597).
Ryan Cornfield fired rounds of 69 and 67 for a 136 total and is tied atop the leaderboard with Wofford's Brannan Hudson. Adam Goins is tied for fifth with a 139 total after rounds of 71 and 68.
12 George Mason Univ. 300 297 597
T 25 Kyle Hart 72 73 145
T 38 Kevin Yerks 76 72 148
T 38 Zack Lauzon 74 74 148
62 Andrew Brenneman 78 78 156
64 Bryan Giles 80 78 158
TEAM SCORES
1 USC Upstate 284 277 561 -15
2 Samford University 287 282 569 -7
3 Francis Marion U. 286 284 570 -6
4 Wofford College 287 285 572 -4
5 Elon University 293 281 574 -2
6 Presbyterian College 292 283 575 -1
7 Radford University 286 292 578 +2
8 Jacksonville Univ. 295 290 585 +9
Appalachian State U. 297 288 585 +9
Longwood University 293 292 585 +9
11 Georgia College 303 287 590 +14
12 George Mason Univ. 300 297 597 +21
