The Wolfpack men’s golf team finished in a tie for third place out of 18 teams at the Cleveland Golf Palmetto Intercollegiate tournament in Aiken, S.C. The finish is the Pack’s second consecutive top-three finish at the competition.
State entered the competition riding high off a first-place finish at the USF Invitational, where Choi took first place to pick up his fourth individual win of the school year.
It finished the final round with a score of 13-over 293 and tied with Clemson at 24-over 864 for the event. Augusta State won the team tournament, 16-over 856. South Carolina finished one stroke ahead of State to take second place at 863.
State was tied for the first-round lead with Augusta State. The Pack was one stroke behind the then-leader South Carolina on the second day of competition.
Choi finished tied for sixth place individually with a score of six-over 212.
The University of South Carolina at Aiken’s Matt Akins won the individual competition at four-under 206. Max McLauglin followed him with a score of two-under 208.
Senior Mitch Sutton matched Choi with a team best score of 71 on Tuesday. Sutton tied for 12th with a score of six-over 216.
Freshman Chad Cox got his first swings of the season in South Carolina. He tied for 17th, scoring eight-over 218.
Junior Logan Harrell and sophomore James Chapman tied for 27th and 32nd with scores of 12-over and 13-over, respectively.
The Pack will return to the Palmetto state for its next competition at the Hootie at the Bull’s Bay Intercollegiate in Awandaw.