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1 SCHEDULE SEPTEMBER 9-11 Carpet Capital Collegiate... 10th of 14 The Farm Golf Club (Rocky Face, Ga.) Maui Jim Collegiate Mirabel Golf Club (Scottsdale, Ariz.)... 5th of 16 OCTOBER Camden Collegiate Invitational Camden Country Club (Camden, S.C.)... 2nd of 14 NOVEMBER 4-6 Ka anapali Collegiate Classic Royal Ka anapali Course (Lahaina, Hawaii)... 5th of 24 FEBRUARY All-American Intercollegiate Golf Club of Houston (Humble, Texas)... 4th of 18 MARCH 6-7 Palmetto Intercollegiate Palmetto Golf Club (Aiken, S.C.)... 3rd of General Hackler Championship Dunes Golf & Beach Club (Myrtle Beach, S.C.)... 4th of Valspar Collegiate Invitational Floridian (Palm City, Fla.)... 8th of Hootie at Bulls Bay Intercollegiate Bulls Bay Golf Club (Awendaw, S.C.)... 1st of 15 APRIL 9-10 Irish Creek Intercollegiate The Club at Irish Creek (Kannapolis, N.C.)... 10th of SEC Championship... 5th of 14 Sea Island Golf Club (St. Simons Island, Ga.) MAY NCAA Regional Kampen Course (West Lafayette, Ind.) NCAA Championship Rich Harvest Farms (Sugar Grove, Ill.) Home tournament in bold ROSTER Name Yr. Hometown (High School) Connor Chesky Fr. Saint Helena, Calif. (Laurel Springs Academy) Ben Dietrich R-Jr. Bluffton, S.C. (Heritage Academy) Alex Handy Jr. Aiken, S.C. (South Aiken) Keenan Huskey Jr. Greenville, S.C. (Greenville) Will Miles So. Hilton Head Island, S.C. (Heritage Academy) Caleb Proveaux Fr. Lexington, S.C. (Gilbert) Ryan Stachler So. Alpharetta, Ga. (Cambridge) Scott Stevens So. Chattanooga, Tenn. (Chattanooga Christian) Jamie Wilson Fr. Mt. Pleasant, S.C. (Bishop England) Head Coach: Bill McDonald (10th season, 11th overall) Associate Head Coach: Jake Amos (1st season) THIS WEEK S EVENT NCAA REGIONALS QUICK FACTS Dates...May 15-17, 2017 Course...Kampen Course Location...West Lafayette, Ind. Par...72 Yards...7,465 Live Scoring... Schedule...54-Hole Stroke Play REGIONAL LINEUP 1 Keenan Huskey 3 Jamie Wilson Will Miles 2 Scott Stevens 4 Ryan Stachler South Carolina is making its 10th trip in the last 11 seasons to NCAA Regionals. The young Gamecocks are led by one of the top duos in the Southeastern Conference, Second- Team All-SEC selections Keenan Huskey and Scott Stevens. Both were key contributors on last season s squad that advanced to match play at the NCAA Championship. Jamie Wilson, Ryan Stachler and Will Miles are all making their postseason debuts at the West Lafayette Regional. 5 REGIONAL FIELD Seed/Team Rank 1. Florida Illinois UNLV Auburn South Carolina Colorado Purdue New Mexico Augusta Saint Mary s Campbell Richmond Cleveland State *Golfstat ranking as of 5/4/17 COACH BILL MCDONALD On West Lafayette Regional We re very excited to be playing in the Purdue Regional. We ve heard great things about the course from associate head coach Jake Amos, who was an assistant for the Boilermakers for two seasons ( ). Obviously we re going to rely heavily on his knowledge of Kampen. It looks to be a strong field, and we ll have to play well to advance. GAMECOCK Four-Straight NCAA Championship Appearances GamecockMGolf 1

2 HISTORY AT NCAA REGIONALS The Gamecocks are making their 26th trip to NCAA Regionals. Since head coach Bill McDonald s arrival in , Carolina has missed regionals just one time. A top-five finish at the Kampen Course will be the Gamecocks fifth-straight trip to the NCAA Championship, improving a program record which was set last season. Kyle Thompson, who now plays professionally, is the only player in school history to earn medalist honors at NCAA Regionals. He won individual titles in 1999 and Carolina s lone team title at regionals came in 2007 after the squad shot a course record 44-under at the NCAA West Regional at Karsten Golf Course in Tempe, Ariz. The upset-minded Gamecocks came into the event seeded 11th. REGIONAL FIELD No. 4 Florida is the top seed in Carolina s regional. Big Ten champion Illinois is seeded second, Mountain West champion UNLV is seeded third and fellow SEC member Auburn is seeded fourth. The Gamecocks have squared off against five opponents in the regional during the regular season, posting a 7-3 record with head-tohead finishes in front of Auburn (3), Augusta (2), Purdue (1) and Richmond (1). The field is deep in West Lafayette with eight of the 13 teams ranked in the top-50 of the latest Golfstat rankings. Augusta (52) and St. Mary s (57) are slotted just outside the top-50 in the polls. RECAPPING THE SEC CHAMPIONSHIP South Carolina shot an even par 280 in the third round of the 2017 SEC Championship to climb four spots on the leaderboard and finish fifth in stroke play at 9-over par. The Gamecocks advanced to the first ever SEC Match Play Quarterfinals with their top eight finish in stroke play. Carolina gave No. 6 Florida all it could handle in match play, but fell 3-2. Sophomores Scott Stevens (2&1) and Ryan Stacher (3&2) notched wins for the Gamecocks. Despite an arm injury, team captain Keenan Huskey T-9th at 3-under in stroke play. The top-10 finish was his sixth of the campaign, marking a new single-season high. Freshman Jamie Wilson finished T-16th at 1-over after shooting a new career 18-hole low 66 in the final round of stroke play. RECAPPING THE SPRING The Gamecocks had five top-five finishes in seven events during the spring slate, highlighted by the team s first win of the season at the Hootie at Bulls Bay Intercollegiate March in Awendaw, S.C. Carolina, who won the tournament for the third-straight season, shot 844 (-20). Keenan Huskey (T-3rd) and Jamie Wilson (T-5th) paced the Gamecocks with top-five individual finishes. Huskey led Carolina with a hole scoring average in the spring. Sophomore Scott Stevens was second on the team with a average. The duo combined to shoot 20 rounds in the 60s and 34 rounds (17 each) of par or better during the regular season. Huskey had three top-five finishes, while Stevens had two runner-up medalist showings. Wilson, who took home SEC Freshman of the Week honors twice, has been in the lineup every tournament this spring. He s posted a scoring average in the team s six spring events. His 10 rounds of par or better and four rounds in the 60s rank third on the team. RECAPPING THE FALL South Carolina finished in the top-five in three of its four fall events. The team took 10th (875, +11) at the Carpet Capital Collegiate on Sept. 9-11, fifth at the Maui Jim Intercollegiate (839, -13) on Sept , second at the Camden Collegiate Invitational (859, +19) on Oct and fifth at the Ka anapali Collegiate Classic (840, -12) on Nov Sophomore Scott Stevens and junior Keenan Huskey, Carolina s two returnees from the team s magical NCAA run last spring, paced the Gamecocks throughout the fall season. Stevens finished the fall with a stroke average, three tiop-10 individual finishes, eight rounds at par or better and six rounds in the 60s. His best individual finish was at the Maui Jim Intercollegiate, when he earned runner-up medalist honors after shooting 198 (-15). The low tally was the third-best 54-hole score in program history. Huskey finished just behind Stevens with a stroke average. He finished in the top-20 individually in all RECORDS Career Scoring Average (Min. 60 Rounds & Two Years) 1. Matt NeSmith ( ) Will Starke ( ) George Bryan IV ( ) Kyle Thompson ( ) Caleb Sturgeon ( ) David Seawell ( ) Eirik Johansen ( ) Mark Silvers III ( ) Will Murphy ( ) Wesley Bryan ( ) Single-Season Scoring Avg. (Minimum 18 Rounds) 1. Will Starke (2015) Matt NeSmith (2015) Matt NeSmith (2016) George Bryan IV (2010) Kyle Thompson (2001) Webb Heintzelman (1984) Mark Anderson (2008) Paul Woodbury (2010) Wesley Bryan (2010) Keenan Huskey (2015) Low 18-Hole Score (Round in Parentheses) 1. W. Starke, 15 Valspar Col. Invite (3) 63 K. Thompson, 99 NCAA Regional (3) 63 D. Seawell, 96 Gator Invitational (2) K. Huskey, 16 Maui Jim Inter. (2) 64 K. Huskey, 16 Ka anapali Col. Classic (2) 64 M. NeSmith, 15 SEC Championship (2) 64 W. Starke, 14 NCAA Championship (1) 64 W. Starke, 14 Seahawk Inter. (1) 64 W. Bryan, 10 Hootie at Bulls Bay (2) 64 M. Silvers III, 09 NCAA Regional (3) 64 K. Thompson, 99 Red River (1) 64 D. Brunson, 99 Red River (1) 64 Low 54-Hole Score 1. M. NeSmith, 15 SEC Championship J. Bloomfield, 99 Red River S. Stevens, 16 Maui Jim Inter W. Starke, 15 Palmetto Inter. 201 G. Bryan IV, 09 Hootie at Bulls Bay D. Seawell, 96 Gator Invitational S. Stevens, 16, Ka anapali Col. Classic 203 M. NeSmith, 16 Palmetto Inter. 203 W. Starke, 15 Seminole Inter. 203 D. Seawell, 95 Gator Invitational G. Bryan IV, 10 SEC Championship 204 G. Bryan IV, 07 NCAA West Regional 204 E. Johansen, 04 Palmetto Inter. 204 J. Kransteuber, 97 Gator Invitational 204 GAMECOCK Four-Straight NCAA Championship Appearances GamecockMGolf 2

3 RANKINGS 1. Southern Cal 2. Vanderbilt 3. Oklahoma State 4. Stanford 5. Florida 6. LSU 7. Oregon 8. Illinois 9. Baylor 10. Wake Forest 11. Texas Tech 12. Kent State 13. Texas A&M 14. Clemson 15. Oklahoma 16. Texas 17. UNLV 18. Virginia 19. Duke 20. Auburn 21. Georgia Tech 22. Ole Miss 23. Georgia 24. Florida State 25. Missouri Rankings as of May 4, Vanderbilt 2. Southern Cal 3. LSU 4. Oklahoma State 5. Florida 6. Baylor 7. Illinois 8. Stanford 9. Oregon 10. Wake Forest 11. Texas 12. Clemson 13. Kent State 14. Oklahoma 15. Texas Tech 16. Texas A&M 17. UNLV 18. Virginia 19. Duke 20. Ole Miss 21. Auburn 22. Georgia Tech 23. Arizona State 24. Georgia 25. Florida State Rankings as of May 6, 2017 Golfstat Golfweek four of the team s events this fall, highlighted by a runner-up medalist finish at the Camden Collegiate Classic. The Greenville, S.C., native, shot in the 60s five times this fall and played eight rounds at par or better. Huskey shot 64 twice this fall, in the second round at the Maui Jim and the second round at Camden. The two 64s tied for the fourth lowest 18-hole scores in program history. South Carolina finished the fall slate as the only school in the country with two golfers in the top-10 for scoring average. Stevens tied for sixth with his stroke average and Huskey tied for ninth with his stroke average. RECAPPING THE SEASON South Carolina advanced to its fourth straight NCAA Championship after a second place finish at the Tuscaloosa NCAA Regional behind SEC foe Georgia. At the NCAA Championship, the Gamecocks sat in 14th place heading into the final round of stroke play. The team finished seventh after shooting a final round 277 (-3) to advance to the match play portion of the event for the first time in school history. The seventh place finish was the team s highest ever in stroke play at the NCAA Championship. In match play, the Gamecocks fell to eventual national runner-up Illinois, 4-1. Three of the five players from Carolina s NCAA Championship squad, Sean Kelly, Matt NeSmith and Will Starke, have graduated and moved on to the Canadian PGA Tour. Keenan Huskey and Scott Stevens return for the Gamecocks this season. The team s final Golfstat ranking was 10th, marking the second-straight top-10 finish for the program. MCDONALD S 19 Gamecock head coach Bill McDonald is the winningest coach by tournament victories in school history with 19. McDonald broke the previous record of nine held by Puggy Blackmon ( ) with Carolina s win at the Carpet Capital Collegiate in September McDonald captured a school-record five wins in and snagged his latest victory at the 2017 Hootie at Bulls Bay Intercollegiate on March 28. It was the team s first win of the season and its third straight year bringing home the team title at Bulls Bay Golf Club. The team poses with South Carolina graduate and country music star Darius Rucker at Bulls Bay Golf Club after three-peating as champions of the Hootie At Bulls Bay Intercollegiate on March 28. QUICK FACTS Location... Columbia, S.C. Enrollment... 31,964 Founded Team Name... Gamecocks President... Dr. Harris Pastides Faculty Representative...Dr. Valinda Littlefield Athletics Director...Ray Tanner Colors...Garnet (PMS 202C), Black Conference...Southeastern COACHING STAFF Head Coach... Bill McDonald 11th Year (10th as HC, Georgia Tech, 89) Associate Head Coach...Jake Amos 1st Year (Augusta State, 10) Volunteer Assistant... Ryan Holroyd 1st Year (South Carolina, 94) PROGRAM HISTORY NCAA Championship Appearances NCAA Regional Appearances TEAM INFORMATION 2016 SEC Finish... 10th/ NCAA Regional Finish... 2nd/ NCAA Championship Finish... 7th/30 Players R/L... 6/4 Newcomers... 3 MEDIA RELATIONS Men s Golf Contact... Michael DeBates ...mdebates@mailbox.sc.edu Office Media Relations Fax Website... GamecocksOnline.com Twitter...@GamecockMGolf GAMECOCK Four-Straight NCAA Championship Appearances GamecockMGolf 3

4 SEASON STATISTICS TOURNAMENT RESULTS Date Tournament Par Yards Total To Par Finish Low Individual Tourn. Avg. Year Avg. Sept Carpet Capital Collegiate 72 7, th Keenan Huskey (-5) Sept Maui Jim Collegiate 71 7, th Scott Stevens (-15) Oct Camden Collegiate Classic 70 6, nd Keenan Huskey (-5) Nov. 4-6 Ka anapali Collegiate 71 6, th Scott Stevens (-10) Feb All-American Intercollegiate 72 7, th Scott Stevens (-7) March 6-7 Palmetto Intercollegiate 70 6, rd Keenan Huskey (-2) March General Hackler Championship 72 7, th Keenan Huskey (-2) March Valspar Collegiate Invitational 71 7, th Scott Stevens (-1) March Hootie at Bulls Bay Intercollegiate 72 7, st Keenan Huskey (-10) April 8-9 Irish Creek Intercollegiate 71 7, th Scott Stevens (-2) April SEC Championship 70 6, th Keenan Huskey (-3) May NCAA Regional May 26-May 31 NCAA Championship INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS Name Events Rounds Low 54 Low 18 Par/Better Top 5 Top 10 Top 20 Strokes Avg. Connor Chesky Ben Dietrich (E) 66 (-5) 7 1 1, Alex Handy (+19) 73 (+3) Keenan Huskey (-5) 64 (-7) , Will Miles (-1) 68 (-3) , Caleb Proveaux (+1) 68 (-3) 3 1, Ryan Stachler (+1) 69 (-3) , Scott Stevens (-15) 65 (-6) , Jamie Wilson (-7) 66 (-4) , Team (-13) 273 (-11) , RECORD VS. OPPONENTS ( ) Alabama Akron Appalachian State Arkansas Auburn Augusta Ball State Boise State Baylor Bowling Green California Cal State Fullerton Charleston Southern Charlotte Chattanooga Clemson Coastal Carolina College of Charleston CSU-Northridge Dalton State Dartmouth Davidson Dayton East Carolina East Tennessee State Florida Florida State Francis Marion Furman Gardner-Webb Georgia Georgia Southern Georgia State Georgia Tech Gonzaga Grand Canyon Harvard Hawaii Hawaii-Hilo High Point Houston Houston Baptist Iowa State James Madison Kansas Kennesaw State Kent State Kentucky Lamar Liberty Long Beach State Louisiana Tech Loyola Marymount LSU McNeese State Memphis Minnesota Mississippi State Missouri New Mexico State North Carolina North Carolina State North Florida CAREER STATISTICS North Texas Notre Dame Ohio State Oklahoma Oklahoma State Ole Miss Presbyterian Purdue Rice Richmond Sacramento State Samford Sam Houston State SMU Southeastern Louisiana South Alabama South Florida Temple Tennessee Texas A&M Texas UAB UC-Santa Barbara UNC-Greensboro UNC-Wilmington USC Aiken USC Upstate UT-San Antonio Vanderbilt VCU Virginia Virginia Tech Wake Forest Wisconsin Wofford Xavier OVERALL SEC Name Events Rounds Low 54 Low 18 Par/Better Top 5 Top 10 Top 20 Strokes Avg. Connor Chesky Ben Dietrich , Alex Handy Keenan Huskey , Will Miles , Caleb Proveaux , Ryan Stachler , Scott Stevens , Jamie Wilson , GAMECOCK Four-Straight NCAA Championship Appearances GamecockMGolf 4

5 2007 NCAA West Regional Champions South Carolina finishes 44-under-par to set course record en route to program s first regional title TEMPE, Ariz. Behind a record-breaking performance, the South Carolina men s golf team claimed a two-stroke victory over UCLA to win the 2007 NCAA West Regional at Karsten Golf Course (Par 72, 7,057 yards) in Tempe, Ariz. The Gamecocks recorded a three-round score of 820 to finish 44 strokes under par and set a course record. The guys were focused all week and nothing fazed them, South Carolina associate head coach Bill McDonald said. I kept talking about winning the tournament, not so much advancing (to the NCAA finals). I wanted them to taste victory. I felt like we were good enough to win earlier in the season. We had some opportunities and didn t get it done. I am proud of the effort they gave. South Carolina entered the final round one stroke behind regional leader and No. 4 UCLA. The Gamecocks shot 10-under par (278) as a team Saturday to beat the Bruins, who were seven under (281). No. 10 Southern California and No. 18 Arizona State, the regional host, shared third place with a final score of 824 (-40). Fellow Southeastern Conference team Vanderbilt caught fire on Saturday, finishing the third round at 21 under to surge into fifth place. It was the first regional title for the Gamecocks, who reached the top 10 in three of the previous four NCAA Regionals. In 1999, South Carolina fell just shy of the East Regional title, finishing second in Barrington, R.I., despite Kyle Thompson s individual victory at the event. The Gamecocks, who entered the tournament as the No. 11 seed, held a slight lead on UCLA for most of the final day, and freshman George Bryan IV s strong finish secured the win. The last player on the course for South Carolina, Bryan eagled No. 17 and sank a 40-foot putt for birdie on No. 18. The Chapin, S.C, product tied for 10th individually with a three-day total of =204 (-12). His tournament total of 204 tied him for fourth place in school history for a three-round individual score and was the best individual performance ever by a Gamecock in regional play. Bryan s 10th-place finish was the best by a Carolina golfer since Thompson won the 2001 NCAA West Regional in Corvalis, Ore. Sophomore Florian Fritsch and junior Mark Anderson tied for 16th on the individual leader board after posting three-day totals of 206 (-10), which tied for the eighth-best three-round effort in school history. Anderson closed with a 70 (-2) on the final 18 holes, while Fritsch carded a 71 (-1) Saturday. Sophomore Mark Silvers III fired a final round 69, and junior Warren Thomas posted a 70 on the final 18 holes. Silvers and Thomas both tied for 43rd with a three-day total score of 211 (-5). I noticed early on that both teams (South Carolina and UCLA) seemed tight, McDonald said. It really helped us that Mark Silvers got off to such a good start. He made a couple of birdies early and made the turn at 32 (four under par). I think when our guys started to see the board and that we had a lead, that really helped. We got a burst of energy on the back nine knowing we had a chance to win. As a team, South Carolina opened with a George Bryan IV NCAA HISTORY Warren Thomas, Mark Silvers III, coach Bill McDonald, Florian Fritsch, Mark Anderson, George Bryan IV, assistant coach Michael Burcin. Team Top 10 Standings 1. South Carolina = UCLA = Southern Cal =824 Arizona State = Vanderbilt = Arizona = Stanford = New Mexico = Wake Forest =839 East Tenn. State =839 Oregon State =839 round of 273 on Thursday before shooting 269 on Friday. Those scores are among the five lowest rounds in school history. The team victory was the first for South Carolina since capturing the title at the 2005 Bank of Tennessee Intercollegiate (Oct ). In 2007, the Gamecocks previous best performance was fourth place on three occasions. I told the team in a meeting a little while ago that this will mean more to them as the years go by, McDonald said of winning the title. It will really mean a lot. To me, it gives our program validity. Instead of just talking about what we want to do, we went out and did it. It will really help from a recruiting and coaching standpoint. The more they win, the more they will believe and expect to play this way. That will develop tradition and have a long-lasting effect. GAMECOCK Four-Straight NCAA Championship Appearances GamecockMGolf 5

6 NCAA REGIONAL HISTORY 1989 East Regional - 9th of 19 The Long Bay Club May North Myrtle Beach, S.C = East Regional - 8th of 23 Melrose Golf Course May Daufuskie Island, S.C = West Regional - 5th of 27 Trysting Tree Golf Club May Corvallis, Ore =880 Bruce Bolina =221 T-18th Rick Williams =224 T-29th Jeff Hull =226 T-37th Brett Quigley =228 T-42nd Jerome Andrews =242 92nd 1991 East Regional - 11th of 23 Yale University Golf Club May New Haven, Conn =888 Brett Quigley =215 T-12th Robert Dargan =218 T-20th Carl Paulson =227 T-76th Daniel Seawell =231 T-93rd Michael Christie =233 T-96th 1992 East Regional - 9th of 22 Seven Oaks Golf Course May Hamilton, N.Y =895 Michael Christie =221 T-20th Carl Paulson =225 T-37th Morgan Beam =226 T-41st Daniel Seawell =223 T-56th Chad Mason =235 T-92nd 1993 East Regional - 14th of 22 Birdwood Golf Course May Charlottesville, Va =889 David Seawell =219 T-27th Brett Pendergast =220 T-37th Carl Paulson =224 T-60th Chad Mason =229 T-85th Joey Denton =229 T-85th 1996 East Regional - 6th of 23 Concord Resort Course May Kiamesha Lake, N.Y =902 Jake Kransteuber =222 T-8th Stewart Ginn =224 T-22nd David Seawell =226 T-26th Matt Filipowicz =230 T-48th Brad McFadden =235 T-72nd 1997 East Regional - 9th of 23 Cascades Course at the Homestead May Hot Springs, Va =895 Eric Ecker =220 T-19th Jake Kransteuber =222 T-24th Brent Roof =225 T-42nd Mark Catalano =225 T-42nd Stewart Ginn =235 T-94th Jake Kransteuber =210 T-7th Mark Catalano =216 T-26th Eric Ecker =218 T-35th Kyle Thompson =220 T-48th Brent Roof =228 T-85th 1999 East Regional - 2nd of 23 Rhode Island Country Club May Barrington, R.I =854 Kyle Thompson =208 1st Mark Catalano =215 T-12th John Bloomfield =215 T-12th Eric Ecker =217 T-24th Daniel Brunson =227 T-87th 2000 East Regional - 12th of 27 Glenmaura National Golf Club May Moosic, Pa =898 Kyle Thompson =219 T-10th John Bloomfield =224 T-31st Scott Feaster =225 T-34rd Eric Ecker =230 T-66th Michael Maness = th Kyle Thompson =208 T-1st Brent Delahoussaye =219 T-19th Nash Elliot =225 T-61st John Bloomfield =229 T-92nd Ernie Rose =235 T-117th 2002 East Regional - 25th of 27 Ansley Golf Club - Settindown Creek May Roswell, Ga =938 Alex Hamilton =233 T-84th Martin Rominger =234 T-87th Jonathan Jackson =235 T-93rd Nash Elliot =243 T-123rd Matt Robinson =243 T-123rd 2003 East Regional - T-7th of 30 Auburn University Club May Auburn, Ala =873 Eirik Johansen =214 T-18th Martin Rominger =215 T-25th West Streib =221 T-47th Alex Hamilton =223 T-58th Nash Elliot =237 T-119th Kyle Thompson, who is currently playing on the Web. com Tour, won NCAA Regional individual medalist titles in 1999 and GAMECOCK Four-Straight NCAA Championship Appearances GamecockMGolf 6

7 NCAA REGIONAL HISTORY 2004 East Regional - 17th of 30 Yale Golf Course May New Haven, Conn = East Regional - 8th of 13 The Course at Yale May New Haven, Conn = Bremerton Regional - 2nd of 14 Gold Mountain Golf Club May Bremerton, Wash =845 Martin Rominger =219 T-31st Jake Thompson =224 T-66th Eirik Johansen =228 T-85th Alex Hamilton =229 T-90th Robert Svensson =229 T-90th 2005 West Regional - T-10th of 27 Stanford Golf Club May Stanford, Calif =864 Alex Hamilton =212 T-12th Mark Anderson =217 T-39th Eirik Johansen =217 T-39th West Streib =224 T-80th Robert Svensson =229 T-111th 2006 East Regional - 9th of 27 Lake Nona Golf Club May Orlando, Fla =881 Eirik Johansen =220 T-22nd Allen Koon =220 T-22nd Mark Anderson =222 T-36th Florian Fritsch =222 T-36th Warren Thomas =233 T-110th 2007 West Regional - 1st of 27 ASU Karsten Golf Course May Tempe, Ariz =820 George Bryan IV =204 T-10th Mark Anderson =206 T-18th Florian Fritsch =206 T-18th Mark Silvers III =211 T-43rd Warren Thomas =211 T-43rd 2008 East Regional - 16th of 27 Council Fire Golf Club May Chattanooga, Tenn =859 Warren Thomas =209 T-17th Mark Silvers III =214 T-47th Mark Anderson =215 T-58th George Bryan IV =223 T-113th Patrick Cunning = rd 2009 Southeast Regional - T-2nd of 14 RedTail Golf Club May Sorrento, Fla =829 (-23) Mark Silvers III =207 T-10th George Bryan IV =208 T-14th Wesley Bryan =208 T-14th Sam Braver =212 T-33rd Patrick Rada =215 T-44th George Bryan IV =207 T-6th Wesley Bryan =207 T-6th Paul Woodbury =208 T-8th Clint Tolleson =226 T-63rd Patrick Rada =242 75th 2012 Southwest Regional - 8th of 14 Jimmie Austin OU Golf Course May Norman, Okla =895 Wesley Bryan =221 T-18th Caleb Sturgeon =226 T-35th Will Murphy =229 T-48th Sean Kelly =229 T-48th Dykes Harbin =230 T-52nd 2013 Columbus Regional - T-2nd of 13 Ohio State University Golf Club May Columbus, Ohio =872 Matt NeSmith =214 T-2nd Will Starke =217 T-9th Caleb Sturgeon =222 T-25th Dykes Harbin =225 T-43rd Sean Kelly =226 T-48th 2014 Eugene Regional - 5th of 13 Eugene Country Club May Eugene, Ore =880 Will Starke =217 T-16th Caleb Sturgeon =220 T-22nd Ben Dietrich =220 T-22nd Matt NeSmith =223 T-36th Will Murphy =230 58th Matt NeSmith =210 T-7th Will Starke =212 T-10th Sean Kelly =214 T-20th Will Murphy =217 T-28th Caleb Sturgeon =219 T-33rd 2016 Tuscaloosa Regional - 2nd of 13 Ol Colony Golf Complex May Tuscaloosa, Ala =852 Matt NeSmith =208 2nd Keenan Huskey =214 9th Sean Kelly =215 T-10th Will Starke =218 20th Scott Stevens =221 T-30th After winning the Atlantic Coast Conference title, the 1964 Gamecocks became the first team in school history to play in the NCAA Championship. GAMECOCK Four-Straight NCAA Championship Appearances GamecockMGolf 7

8 NCAA CHAMPIONSHIP HISTORY T-34th Broadmoor Colorado Springs, Colo. 642 Complete Results Unavailable th of 21 Oregon Country Club May Eugene, Ore =1201 Mike Holland =287 T-10th Steve Liebler =302 T-78th Tim Baker =303 T-108th Darrell Welker =310 T-144th Dirk Maust =323 T-178th th of 21 Bear Creek Golf World May Houston, Texas =1170 Fred Wadsworth =285 T-9th Webb Heintzelman =296 T-60th Greg Sweatt =296 T-60th Bob Hughes =297 T-67th Greg McBride =308 95th T-8th of 30 North Ranch Country Club May Thousand Oaks, Calif =1186 Jeff Hull =291 13th Rick Williams =296 31st Brett Quigley =298 43rd Ron Hrubala =304 65th Robert Dargan =307 75th T-18th of 29 Oak Tree Country Club - East June 7-10 Edmond, Okla =593 Bruce Bulina 74-71=145 MC Jeff Hull 74-75=149 MC Rick Williams 70-82=152 MC Morgan Beam 80-77=157 MC Jerome Andrews 71-86=157 MC th of 30 Poppy Hills Golf Course May Pebble Beach, Calif =1200 Robert Dargan =298 T-37th Brett Quigley =299 T-40th Carl Paulson =302 T-64th Daniel Seawell =306 T-91st Michael Christie =312 T-127th th of 30 UNM Championship Course May Albuquerque, N.M =595 Michael Christie 74-71=145 MC Carl Paulson 75-73=148 MC Daniel Seawell 77-77=154 MC Morgan Beam 80-77=157 MC Chad Mason 71-86=157 MC nd of 30 The Honors Course May 29-June 1 Chattanooga, Tenn Brad McFadden 77-76=153 MC Jake Kransteuber 76-77=153 MC David Seawell 78-77=155 MC Stewart Ginn 77-79=159 MC Matt Filipowicz 83-78=161 MC st of 30 Conway Farms Golf Club May Lake Forest, Ill Jake Kransteuber 72-72=144 MC Eric Ecker 70-75=145 MC Christoffer Ekebergh 75-77=152 MC Mark Catalano 74-78=152 MC Brent Roof 76-77=153 MC th of 30 UNM Championship Course May Albuquerque, N.M =1149 Jake Kransteuber =285 T-29th Mark Catalano =288 T-37th Eric Ecker =290 T-40th Brent Roof =292 T-60th Kyle Thompson =294 T-70th th of 30 Hazeltine National Golf Course June 2-5 Chasta, Minn =615 John Bloomfield =315 T-74th Eric Ecker 76-78=154 MC Mark Catalano 78-78=156 MC Daniel Brunson 83-75=158 MC Kyle Thompson 80-81=161 MC th of 30 Duke University Golf Club May 30-June 2 Durham, N.C =593 Ernie Rose 74-72=146 MC Kyle Thompson 72-74=146 MC Brent Delahoussaye 75-74=149 MC John Bloomfield 74-78=152 MC Nash Elliot 75-79=154 MC th of 30 Karsten Creek Golf Club May Stillwater, Okla =955 Eirik Johansen =229 MC Alex Hamilton =231 MC Nash Elliot =231 MC Martin Rominger =241 MC West Streib =260 MC nd of 30 Crosswater Golf Club May 31-June 2 Sunriver, Ore =886 Florian Fritsch =216 MC Allen Koon =223 MC Eirik Johansen =223 MC Mark Anderson =227 MC Warren Thomas =231 MC T-11th of 30 Golden Horseshoe Golf Club May 30-June 2 Williamsburg, Va =1136 Mark Silvers III =281 T-22nd George Bryan IV =286 T-42nd Warren Thomas =290 T-57th Mark Anderson =290 T-57th Florian Fritsch =293 T-68th th of 30 Inverness Club May Toledo, Ohio =885 Mark Silvers III =215 T-18th Wesley Bryan =219 T-35th George Bryan IV =225 T-89th Patrick Rada =230 T-127th Sam Braver =234 T-143rd T-27th of 30 Capital City Club Crabapple Course May Milton, Ga =868 Matt NeSmith =211 T-38th Dykes Harbin =219 T-116th Will Starke =219 T-116th Caleb Sturgeon =220 T-128th Sean Kelly =223 T-144th th of 30 Prairie Dunes Country Club May Hutchinson, Kan =846 Will Murphy =208 T-15th Caleb Sturgeon =210 T-29th Will Starke =214 T-55th Ben Dietrich =220 T-109th Matt NeSmith =228 T-141st of 30 The Concession Golf Club May 29-June 3 Bradenton, Fla =1187 Will Starke =289 T-16th Matt NeSmith =297 T-45th Sean Kelly =298 T-49th Caleb Sturgeon =306 T-71st Will Murphy =320 83rd Individual Gamecocks in NCAA Championships May 28-31, 1980 OSU Golf Course Columbus, Ohio Steve Liebler =234 MC June 1-5, 1994 Stonebridge McKinney, Texas David Seawell 75-75=150 MC May 31-June 3, 1995 Scarlet Course Columbus, Ohio David Seawell 78-73=151 MC GAMECOCK Four-Straight NCAA Championship Appearances GamecockMGolf 8

9 NCAA CHAMPIONSHIP HISTORY of 30 Eugene Country Club May Eugene, Ore =1,142 Stroke Play Will Starke =284 T-13th Sean Kelly =289 T-40th Matt NeSmith =290 T-45th Keenan Huskey =291 T-51st Scott Stevens =295 T-71st Match Play Quarterfinals 1. Thomas Detry (Illinois) def. Keenan Huskey (SC) 2&1 2. Edoardo Lipparelli (Illinois) def. Matt NeSmith (SC) 1-up 3. Scott Stevens (SC) def. Dylan Meyer (Illinois) 4&3 4. Nick Hardy (Illinois) def. Sean Kelly (SC) 2&1 5. Charlie Danielson (Illinois) def. Will Starke (SC) 1-up* *Match stopped after 15 holes when Illinois had clinched their third point South Carolina finished second at the Tuscaloosa Regional last season after top- 10 finishes by Matt NeSmith (2nd), Keenan Huskey (9th) and Sean Kelly (T-10th). All five SEC schools in the 13-team field finished in the top five to advance to the NCAA Championship in Eugene, Ore. All-American Will Starke helped guide the Gamecocks to match play for the first time ever at the NCAA Championship last season. He finished T-13th, and his final round 66 (-4) was tied for the lowest round in the field. Fred Wadsworth tallied the best finish in program history at the NCAA Championship after placing T-9th in 1984 at Bear Creek Golf World in Houston, Texas. Wadsworth shot 285 with a pair of 69s in the first and second rounds. Bill McDonald has led one of the most successful runs in program history, helping guide the Gamecocks to 10 NCAA appearances in the last 11 seasons with one regional title (2007) and six trips to the NCAA Championship. McDonald has the most tournament wins in school history with 19. GAMECOCK Four-Straight NCAA Championship Appearances GamecockMGolf 9

10 TOURNAMENT-BY-TOURNAMENT RESULTS September 9-11, 2016 Carpet Capital Collegiate The Farm Golf Club (Rocky Face, Ga.) Par 72 7,012 Yards =875 (+11) 10th of Virginia = Auburn = Clemson = LSU = T-5. Georgia Tech = T-5. Florida = Tennessee = Kennesaw State = Alabama = South Carolina = North Florida = Dalton State = Chattanooga = Memphis = Keenan Huskey = T-38. Scott Stevens = T-38. *Jamie Wilson = T-49. Ben Dietrich = T-60. Ryan Stachler = T-68. Will Miles = *Played as an individual September 23-25, 2016 Maui Jim Intercollegiate Mirabel Golf Club (Scottsdale, Ariz.) Par 71 7,147 Yards =839 (-13) 5th of LSU = Baylor = Kent State = Kansas = South Carolina = Georgia Tech = Houston = California = Augusta = South Florida = UAB = Georgia State = Chattanooga = Notre Dame = Grand Canyon = Hawaii = Scott Stevens = T-16. Keenan Huskey = T-34. Ben Dietrich = T-44. Will Miles = T-71. Ryan Stachler = *Jamie Wilson = *Played as an individual October 22-23, 2016 Camden Collegiate Invitational Camden Country Club (Camden, S.C.) Par 70 6,455 Yards =859 (+19) 2nd of James Madison = South Carolina = Wofford = USC Aiken = T-5. Harvard = T-5. Gardner-Webb = T-7. Charleston Southern = T-7. Furman = USC Upstate = Dartmouth = Francis Marion = Presbyterian = High Point = Xavier = Keenan Huskey = T-6. Scott Stevens = T-6. *Will Miles = T-17. Ben Dietrich = T-17. Ryan Stachler = T-34. *Caleb Proveaux = T-48. Alex Handy *Played as an individual November 4-6, 2016 Ka anapali Collegiate Classic Royal Ka anapali Course (Lahaina, Maui, Hawaii) Par 71 6,700 Yards =840 (-12) 5th of Clemson = Georgia = LSU = Oklahoma = South Carolina = Kansas = North Florida = T-8. Georgia State = T-8. UC-Santa Barbara = Loyola Marymount = T-11. Minnesota = T-11. Gonzaga = Houston = UNC-Wilmington = UT-San Antonio = Long Beach State = T-17. Sacramento State = T-17. Boise State = T-19. Ball State = T-19. Hawaii = T-19. CSU-Northridge = Cal State Fullerton = Bowling Green State = Hawaii-Hilo = T-6. T-19. T-30. T-88. T-88. Scott Stevens = Keenan Huskey = Ben Dietrich = E Will Miles = Ryan Stachler = GAMECOCK Four-Straight NCAA Championship Appearances GamecockMGolf 10

11 TOURNAMENT-BY-TOURNAMENT RESULTS February 17-19, 2017 All-American Intercollegiate Golf Club of Houston (Humble, Texas) Par 72 7,096 Yards =859 (-5) 4th of Baylor = Vanderbilt = Houston = South Carolina = Auburn = Rice = Southeastern Louisiana = McNeese State = UT-San Antonio = Charlotte = T-11. SMU = T-11. Louisiana Tech = Wisconsin = Sam Houston State = Lamar = Nex Mexico State = Samford = Houston Baptist = T-2. Scott Stevens = T-25. Keenan Huskey = E T-32. Caleb Proveaux = T-32. Jamie Wilson = T-85. Ben Dietrich = March 6-7, 2017 Palmetto Intercollegiate Palmetto Golf Club (Aiken, S.C.) Par 70 6,617 Yards =845 (+5) 3rd of Clemson = Virginia = South Carolina = Augusta = East Carolina = Georgia Southern = Liberty = Coastal Carolina = USC-Aiken = Chattanooga = Furman = Akron = Wofford = Presbyterian = Francis Marion = Charleston Southern = Temple = USC-Upstate = T-4. Keenan Huskey = T-9. Ryan Stachler = T-23. Scott Stevens = T-30. Caleb Proveaux = T-36. Jamie Wilson = March 11-12, 2017 General Hackler Championship The Dunes Golf & Beach Club (Myrtle Beach, S.C.) Par 72 7,233 Yards =584 (+8) 4th of Wake Forest = Kent State = LSU = South Carolina = Virginia Tech = East Carolina = T-7. North Florida = T-7. Kentucky = T-9. East Tennessee State = T-9. South Alabama = Iowa State = Coastal Carolina = Virginia = Charleston Southern = NC State = T-4. Keenan Huskey = T-9. Ryan Stachler = T-23. Jamie Wilson = T-30. Caleb Proveaux = T-64. Scott Stevens = March 19-21, 2017 Valspar Collegiate Invitational Floridian National Golf Club (Palm City, Fla.) Par 71 7,114 Yards =874 (+22) 8th of Wake Forest = Georgia Tech = Oklahoma State =279= T-4. Texas = T-4. LSU = Texas A&M = North Texas = South Carolina = Houston = T-10. Florida State = T-10. Arkansas = Minnesota = South Florida = Memphis = T-2. Scott Stevens = T-10. Keenan Huskey = T-29. Jamie Wilson = Ryan Stachler = Caleb Proveaux...78-DQ-74= GAMECOCK Four-Straight NCAA Championship Appearances GamecockMGolf 11

12 TOURNAMENT-BY-TOURNAMENT RESULTS March 26-28, 2017 Hootie At Bulls Bay Intercollegiate Bulls Bay Golf Club (Awendaw, S.C.) Par 72 7,363 Yards =844 (-20) 1st of South Carolina = Ole Miss = N.C. State = Auburn = Georgia State = Kentucky = Purdue = Missouri = Kansas = Virginia = E T-11. College of Charleston = T-11. Houston = Richmond = Charleston Southern = Wisconsin = Keenan Huskey = T-5. Jamie Wilson = T-17. Scott Stevens = T-17. *Will Miles = T-30. Ryan Stachler = T-71. Ben Dietrich = *Played as an individual April 8-9, 2017 Irish Creek Intercollegiate The Club At Irish Creek (Kannapolis, N.C.) Par 71 7,099 Yards =865 (+13) 10th of North Florida = Wake Forest = Florida State = Kennesaw State = North Carolina = UNC-Greensboro = James Madison = Charlotte = Appalachian State = South Carolina = Ohio State = VCU = Akron = Dartmouth = Davidson = Dayton = T-10. Scott Stevens = T-31. Jamie Wilson = T-38. *Caleb Proveaux = T-47. Keenan Huskey = T-60. Ryan Stachler = T-68. Will Miles = *Played as an individual April 21-24, 2017 SEC Championship Sea Island Golf Club (St. Simons Island, Ga.) Par 70 6,898 Yards =849 (+9) 5th of 14) 1. Vanderbilt = Texas A&M = LSU = Florida = South Carolina = Alabama = T-7. Ole Miss = T-7. Missouri = T-9. Georgia = T-9. Auburn = Kentucky = Arkansas = Tennessee = Mississippi State = T-9. Keenan Huskey = T-16. Jamie Wilson = T-23. Scott Stevens = T-53. Will Miles = T-64. Ryan Stachler = GAMECOCK Four-Straight NCAA Championship Appearances GamecockMGolf 12

13 INDIVIDUAL TOURNAMENT SUMMARIES CONNOR CHESKY Has not competed BEN DIETRICH Carpet Capital Collegiate (Sept. 9-11) = T-49 Maui Jim Intercollegiate (Sept ) = T-34 Camden Collegiate Invitational (Oct ) = T-17 Ka anapali Collegiate Classic (Nov. 4-6) =213 E T-30 All-American Intercollegiate (Feb ) = T-86 *General Hackler Championship (March 11-12) XX= Hootie At Bulls Bay Intercollegiate (March 26-28) = T-71 ALEX HANDY Camden Collegiate Invitational (Oct ) = T-48 KEENAN HUSKEY Carpet Capital Collegiate (Sept. 9-11) = Maui Jim Intercollegiate (Sept ) =210-3 T-16 Camden Collegiate Invitational (Oct ) =205-5 T-1 Ka anapali Collegiate Classic (Nov. 4-6) =210-3 T-19 All-American Intercollegiate (Feb ) =216 E T-25 Palmetto Intercollegiate (March 6-7) =208-2 T-4 General Hackler Championship (March 11-12) XX=142-2 T-5 Valspar Collegiate Invitational (March 19-21) = T-10 Hootie At Bulls Bay Intercollegiate (March 26-28) = Irish Creek Intercollegiate (April 8-9) = T-47 SEC Championship (April 21-24) =207-3 T-9 WILL MILES Carpet Capital Collegiate (Sept. 9-11) = T-68 Maui Jim Intercollegiate (Sept ) = T-44 *Camden Collegiate Invitational (Oct ) = T-6 Ka anapali Collegiate Classic (Nov. 4-6) = T-88 *Hootie At Bulls Bay Intercollegiate (March 26-28) =215-1 T-17 Irish Creek Intercollegiate (April 8-9) = T-68 SEC Championship (April 21-24) = T-53 RYAN STACHLER Carpet Capital Collegiate (Sept. 9-11) = T-60 Maui Jim Intercollegiate (Sept ) = T-71 Camden Collegiate Invitational (Oct ) = T-17 Ka anapali Collegiate Classic (Nov. 4-6) = T-88 Palmetto Intercollegiate (March 6-7) = T-9 General Hackler Championship (March 11-12) XX=143-1 T-7 Valspar Collegiate Invitational (March 19-21) = Hootie At Bulls Bay Intercollegiate (March 26-28) = T-30 Irish Creek Intercollegiate (April 8-9) = T-60 SEC Championship (April 21-24) = T-64 SCOTT STEVENS Carpet Capital Collegiate (Sept. 9-11) = T-38 Maui Jim Intercollegiate (Sept ) = Camden Collegiate Invitational (Oct ) = T-6 Ka anapali Collegiate Classic (Nov. 4-6) = T-6 All-American Intercollegiate (Feb ) =209-7 T-2 Palmetto Intercollegiate (March 6-7) = T-23 General Hackler Championship (March 11-12) XX= T-64 Valspar Collegiate Invitational (March 19-21) =212-1 T-2 Hootie At Bulls Bay Intercollegiate (March 26-28) =215-1 T-17 Irish Creek Intercollegiate (April 8-9) =211-2 T-10 SEC Championship (April 21-24) = T-23 JAMIE WILSON *Carpet Capital Collegiate (Sept. 9-11) = T-38 *Maui Jim Intercollegiate (Sept ) = All-American Intercollegiate (Feb ) = T-32 Palmetto Intercollegiate (March 6-7) = T-36 General Hackler Championship (March 11-12) XX= T-54 Valspar Collegiate Invitational (March 19-21) = T-29 Hootie At Bulls Bay Intercollegiate (March 26-28) =209-7 T-5 Irish Creek Intercollegiate (April 8-9) = T-31 SEC Championship (April 21-24) = T-16 *Played as an individual CALEB PROVEAUX *Camden Collegiate Invitational (Oct ) = T-34 All-American Intercollegiate (Feb ) = T-32 Palmetto Intercollegiate (March 6-7) = T-30 General Hackler Championship (March 11-12) XX= T-54 Valspar Collegiate Invitational (March 19-21) 78-DQ-74= *Irish Creek Intercollegiate (April 8-9) = T-38 MISCELLANEOUS STATISTICS Name Lineup Count Pct. Fall Avg. Spring Avg. Rd. 1 Avg. Rd. 2 Avg. Rd. 3 Avg. Par 3 Avg. Par 4 Avg. Par 5 Avg. 60s Connor Chesky Ben Dietrich 6 13/ % Alex Handy 1 1/ % Keenan Huskey 11 31/ % Will Miles 5 10/ % Caleb Proveaux 4 8/ % Ryan Stachler 10 19/ % Scott Stevens 11 27/ % Jamie Wilson 7 19/ % GAMECOCK Four-Straight NCAA Championship Appearances GamecockMGolf 13