From left: Adam, Sean, Nik, Jonathan, Ethan, Rob, Sage and Zach at the Cascades Course at Homestead.

Ethan Castle had the low score for the club team with an 81-79-160 as the Gamecocks finished 11th at the Homestead’s Cascades Course at the NCCGA national tournament. Sage Van Wyk shot 82-79-161.

USC shot a 429-417-846 and beat Penn State in a tiebreaker to finish 11th. Fellow South Region member East Tennessee State won the tournament and Matt Smith was the individual medalist.

Thanks to everyone who played in tournaments this semester and helped the team get to their second-ever NCCGA national tournament.

The club will send Jonathan Battaglia, Ethan Castle, Nik Elson, Adam Friedman, Rob Mexcur, Zach Stinebaugh, Sage Van Wyk and Ryan Walker to Nationals this weekend at The Homestead in Hot Springs, Va. The selections were based off past tournament performance, the qualifier and availability.

They will be competing against 11 of the best teams in the NCCGA: East Carolina, UNC-Wilmington, Michigan, Ohio State, Delaware, IUP, Virginia, Virginia Tech, East Tennessee State, Penn State and Towson. USC is the South Region’s No. 2 seed after placing second in both tournaments this semester.

Also, the club raised $535 today at the Lexington Gamecock Club’s annual golf tournament at Country Club of Lexington. The club raffled rounds of golf at five Columbia-area golf courses, a Paula Creamer signature and a Gamecock varsity golf bag. Congrats to the winners!

Sage, Jonathan and Rob with Coach Spurrier after his round Monday.

The club held off a second-day charge by Tennessee to finish runner-up (406-415–821) at Rarity Pointe Golf Course. USC and Tennessee had the same two-day score, but a tie-breaker of the teams’ next-best second-day score put USC ahead.

The team was again led by Sage Van Wyk, who made all-tournament team with a two-day score of 80-76–156. Nik Elson made a hole-in-one on the 188-yard 16th hole. He hit a 6-iron that went directly over the flag, before spinning back into the hole for an ace.

Nik with his ace ball

USC is the South Region’s No. 2 seed for the National Tournament, which will be held April 21-22 at the Homestead’s Cascades Course in Hot Springs, Va. East Tennessee State will be the region’s No. 1 seed.

Go Cocks!

The Golf Club at USC will look for a berth in the NCCGA national tournament this weekend (March 31 to April 1). The club needs a first or second place finish at Rarity Point Golf Course in Lenoir City, Tenn., to guarantee a spot.

The club took second place in its first tournament of the semester in Johnson City, Tenn. The national tournament will be held April 21 to 22 at the Homestead ‘s Cascades Course in Hot Springs, Va.

Competing this weekend for USC will be: Jonathan Battaglia, Ethan Castle, Nik Elson, Sean Hickey, Rob Mexcur, Brian Neary, Zach Stinebaugh and Sage Van Wyk. Go Cocks!

New club team member Sage Van Wyk took 7th place individually (80-79–159) to lead the club to a 2nd place finish at its first NCCGA tournament of the spring schedule.

The club picked up three points in the region standings and is behind only East Tennessee State, who was awarded six points with their win. The club is in good shape to compete for a spot at the National Tournament in April.

Be sure to keep checking back for information on the next NCCGA tournament, which will be held March 31-April 1 at Rarity Pointe Golf Club in Lenoir City, Tenn.

Complete tournament results can be seen on the NCCGA website at www.nccga.org.

Check out our Members page guys. Easy way to get in contact with people so you can get out on the course and play. Hope everyone is getting away from class enough to hit the links once in a while.

Hey everybody,

We added all of our important events to the website. Just click on the Calendar tab and you’ll see all of the tournaments, social events and mandatory meetings we have scheduled for the semester. See you guys out on the links.

Keep it in the short grass,
Jonathan
Website Manager

All members should be getting everyone they know to come to the Golf Club Percent Night! It will be on Wednesday, Feb. 1 from 4 p.m. till close at Village Idiot in Five Points. Be sure to invite all your friends to the Facebook group.

No worries if you’re not 21. Come out for some pizza, soda and good times. And make sure you brush up on your golf knowledge because the trivia night will be golf themed!

See everyone there!

There’s a lot of changes to the club for the Spring 2012 semester. The biggest: we have expanded the club to The Woodlands Golf & Country Club.

Any USC student can join the club under our “Gold Membership” and become a member at The Woodlands. The dues are $100 up front and $10 each time to play 18 holes (walking). Your membership carries over into the summer and you will be eligible to compete in NCCGA and Woodlands tournaments. It’s a really great deal for people who can’t make it out the course more than a few times a week.

We are keeping our deal with Country Club of Lexington for $300 a semester. The “Platinum Membership” covers a full membership at CCL, unlimited free golf, and eligibility to compete in NCCGA and Lexington tournaments. A “Platinum Plus Membership” includes both courses.

Contact Club President Rob Mexcur at 410-926-5261 or rmexcur@gmail.com for more information on joining the club.

Keep checking back with the website for updates on club activities and tournaments.

The USC Golf Club had a tough weekend at The Frog Golf Club in Villa Rica, Ga., finishing 5th in their second and final NCCGA tournament of the semester.

The Gamecocks finished with a two-day score of 439-434 for a total of 873. East Tennessee State won the tournament by 20 strokes with a score of 797.

All current members of the club should be at a mandatory meeting tomorrow at 6:45 p.m. in BA.