{"id":630854,"date":"2026-04-27T00:42:08","date_gmt":"2026-04-27T00:42:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/630854\/"},"modified":"2026-04-27T00:42:08","modified_gmt":"2026-04-27T00:42:08","slug":"usc-upstate-leads-big-south-mens-golf-championship-after-first-round","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/630854\/","title":{"rendered":"USC Upstate Leads Big South Men’s Golf Championship After First Round"},"content":{"rendered":"

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\t\t\tFRIPP ISLAND, S.C. (www.BigSouthSports.com<\/a>)\u00a0\u2013\u00a0USC Upstate\u00a0posted a team aggregate score of 3-under par 281 and holds a one-shot lead after the first round of the 2026 Big South Men’s Golf Championship on Sunday.\u00a0\u00a0Presbyterian College\u00a0(-2, 282),\u00a0Longwood\u00a0(-1, 283) and Gardner-Webb (-1, 283) also finished under par as a team for second- and third-place, respectively. \u00a0The Championship is being contested at the Ocean Creek Golf Course (par 71, 6,546 yards) on Fripp Island, S.C.
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\nHigh Point and Radford\u00a0entered the clubhouse in fifth place at 3-over-par 287, with Winthrop and Charleston Southern one stroke behind at 288.\u00a0 A total of seven shots separate the eight teams on the leaderboard.\u00a0
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\nIndividually, 13 players carded red numbers during Sunday\u2019s first round, with USC Upstate\u2019s\u00a0Alec Prentice\u00a0in the lead after 18 holes at 5-under 66.\u00a0 He enjoyed a bogey-free day with five birdies and holds a one-stroke lead over Radford’s CJ Peterson (-4).\u00a0 Peterson closed his round with five birdies among his final nine holes and was tops with seven overall birdies on the afternoon.\u00a0 High Point’s Shlok Jain and Longwood’s Matthew Hartley are tied for third at 3-under 68, with three players sharing fifth-place at -2 under 69.\u00a0 Hartley, CSU’s Dewi John and Upstate’s\u00a0Phuthanate Kangwol each had an eagle on their scorecard on Sunday.<\/p>\n

Second round action begins at 8:30am Monday, and individual and team results can be accessed online via Clippd’s Live Scoring<\/a> platform.<\/p>\n

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