Men’s Golf Tied For Seventh After Day One At Wofford Invitational

Sunday, April 12

Spartanburg, SC

All Day

Mercer University

Round 1

Men’s Golf Tied For Seventh After Day One At Wofford Invitational

4/12/2026 7:00:00 PM | Men's Golf

By: Rylee Bamberger, Rylee.m.bamberger@live.mercer.edu

SPARTANBURG, S.C. – The Mercer Bears drained 14 birdie putts and carded two eagles in the first round of the Wofford Invitational and day one of the 54-hole event tied for seventh of 13 teams at the Country Club of Spartanburg.

"The first half of the day we played pretty well and made some birdie putts," said head coach Jason Payne. "On the back half of the round, we had a few miscues that cost us and moved us down the leaderboard. There's still 36 holes to go and plenty of chances to grind out a win."

The Bears opened their rounds on Hole 10 in Spartanburg, South Carolina, and carded a combined eight birdies and two eagles on the back nine. On the front nine, Mercer littered the scorecard with 11 bogeys and one double bogey and ended the round three over par as a unit.

Henry Robards led the way for the orange and black and ended the opening round tied for 18th individually. The sophomore from Ponte Vedra Beach, Florida, birdied six of his first eleven holes and leads the field in total birdies.

Notable Stats:

As a team, Mercer has the fourth-best scoring average across all Par 5s (4.47)
As a team, Mercer has the second-most eagles (2) and fourth-most pars (52)
Henry Robards has the fourth-lowest scoring average across Par 4s (3.82)
Henry Robards has the most birdies of 88 individuals (7)
Nathan Trodd and Albin Ekvall are tied for the second-most eagles with one apiece
Alvin Ekvall has the sixth-most pars of 88 competitors (13)

Round two for the Wofford Invitational is scheduled to begin at 8:30 a.m. EST in Spartanburg, South Carolina. You can follow along with live scoring here.

TEAM LEADERBOARD
Pos.	Team	+/-	Rd 1	Rd 2	Rd 3	Total
1	Western Carolina	-8	276	-	-	276
T2	#49 South Florida	-5	279	-	-	279
T2	Winthrop	-5	279	-	-	279
4	#19 USC-Aiken	-4	280	-	-	280
5	Radford	E	284	-	-	284
6	Longwood	+2	286	-	-	286
T7	Mercer	+3	287	-	-	287
T7	Wofford	+3	287	-	-	287
9	High Point	+5	289	-	-	289
10	Samford	+7	291	-	-	291
11	USC Upstate	+13	297	-	-	297
T12	Providence	+15	299	-	-	299
T12	Francis Marion	+15	299	-	-	299
MERCER INDIVIDUAL SCORES
T49	Phillips Swift (1)	+3	74	-	-	74
T27	Albin Ekvall (2)	E	71	-	-	71
T18	Henry Robards (3)	-1	70	-	-	70
T39	Nathan Trodd (4)	+2	73	-	-	73
T39	Josemaria Gutierrez (5)	+2	73	-	-	73
T62	Cole Hanson (IND.)	+4	75	-	-	75