September 5, 2011

Pacers in Second Place After Round One of Kiawah Island Invitational

First Round Individual Results

First Round Team Results

KIAWAH ISLAND, S.C. – Guided by Taylor Welborn’s first round 68, the 18th-ranked University of South Carolina Aiken Golf team is in second place as a team after the first round of the Eighth Annual Kiawah Island Invitational at the 6,875 yard, par 72 Cougar Point Golf Course.

A junior transfer out Darton College, Welborn (LaGrange, Ga./Darton) is currently tied for first individually with Georgia Southwestern’s JP Griffin, who also posted a 4-under 68 in round one. Griffin’s teammate Craig Gibson is tied for third individually with Belmont Abbey’s Matt Foster. Both carded a 3-under 69 in the first round of action.

USC Aiken’s Hayden Letien (Sumter, S.C./Sumter), Mark Dickson (Edinburgh, Scotland/Firrhill) and Matt Atkins (Owensboro, Ky./Henderson State) all carded 75s in the first round.

Pacer sophomore Brian Amick (Sumter, S.C./Sumter) finished with a 76, but he produced the highlight of the day when he made a Hole in One on the 223-yard, par 3 12th hole.

Georgia Southwestern is in first place after the first round of action as a team with a cumulative team tally of 284. The Pacers are in second as a team at 293. St. Andrews is in third place as a team at 294.

The second and final round of the Eighth Annual Kiawah Island Invitational is scheduled to get underway at approximately 7:30 a.m. on Tuesday, Sept. 6.

Kiawah Island Invitational
Team Totals
Round 1 Results

Pos

1          Georgia SW                68-69-72-75--284    -4

2          USC Aiken                  68-75-75-75--293    +5

3          St. Andrews                70-71-74-79--294    +6

4          Georgia College          72-73-74-77--296    +8

            Belmont Abbey          69-74-76-77--296    +8

            Armstrong Atlantic    70-73-74-79--296    +8

7          USC Beaufort             71-74-76-77--298    +10

            Carson Newman        72-73-76-77--298    +10

9          Concord University   74-74-75-76--299    +11

10       Barton College           70-75-77-78--300    +12

11       Mount Olive               73-76-79-81--309    +21

12       Coker College             72-77-79-82--310    +22

            Erskine                       73-75-79-83--310    +22

14       North Georgia            70-79-82-82--313    +25

15       Catawba College        75-78-81-82--316    +28

16       Bluefield State           73-78-83-84--318    +30

            Fairmont State           74-79-82-83--318    +30