GREENWOOD, S.C. – The nationally third-ranked University of South Carolina Aiken golf team is in fourth place after two rounds of action at the Bearcat Golf Classic at the par-72, 6,800-yard Greenwood Country Club.
After posting a team score of 304 in round one, USC Aiken carded a team score of 293 in round two to finish the first two rounds of play with a team tally of 597.
Belmont Abbey is in the lead after the first two rounds of action with a team score of 582 (293-289). Mount Olive (298-298) and Georgia Southwestern (304-292) are tied for second at 596.
Belmont Abbey's Adam Hedges is in first individually after two rounds at 135 (69-66).
USC Aiken was paced on day one by Mark Dickson (Edinburgh, Scotland/Firrhill), who posted a two-round score of 147 (77-70) to enter the final round tied for fifth.
Four Pacers are currently in the top-25 individually with Kyle Godsman (Moray, Scotland/Lossiemouth) just behind Dickson in a tie for 11th at 149 (75-74).
Matt Atkins (Owensboro, Ky./Henderson State) is tied for 16th at 150 (76-74), while JP Solis (Morelia, Mexico/Lico Morelia) is tied for 24th at 151 (76-75).
The third and final round of the Bearcat Golf Classic is scheduled to get underway on Tuesday morning.
4 USC Aiken 304 293 597
T 5 Mark Dickson 77 70 147
T 11 Kyle Godsman 75 74 149
T 16 Matt Atkins 76 74 150
T 24 J.P. Solis 76 75 151
T 65 Taylor Welborn 77 81 158
Fin. School Scores
1 Belmont Abbey Coll. 293 289 582 +6
2 Mount Olive College 298 298 596 +20
Georgia Southwestern 304 292 596 +20
4 USC Aiken 304 293 597 +21
5 Barton College 299 302 601 +25
6 Erskine College 306 296 602 +26
7 Clayton State Univ. 304 302 606 +30
8 Newberry College 304 306 610 +34
9 Queens Univ of Charl 307 308 615 +39
10 Coker College 310 306 616 +40
North Georgia,Univof 304 312 616 +40
12 Georgia College 312 307 619 +43
13 King College 312 308 620 +44
14 Montevallo, U of 317 305 622 +46
15 Lander University 306 317 623 +47
16 Carson-Newman Coll. 315 311 626 +50
17 Flagler College 313 323 636 +60
18 Lander2 317 320 637 +61