The wind was up and the targets were unforgiving, but Team Remington found its way to the podium anyway.
Brandon Powell posted a Main Event runner-up finish with 180 out of 200 targets at the 2026 Gator Cup, held March 24-29 at Back Woods Quail Club in Georgetown, South Carolina. The tournament, widely regarded as one of the biggest and best sporting clays events in the country, drew 764 shooters to Rick Hemingway’s iconic Lowcountry facility—a venue that has previously hosted the NSCA U.S. Open and multiple Winchester Championship Tour stops.
South Carolina native Turner Parcell wasn't far behind on the leaderboard. The University of South Carolina student finished third in the Main Event High Over All field of 614 shooters, shattering 176 of 200 targets despite windy conditions that tested every competitor on the grounds.
But Parcell’s best work may have come two days earlier. On Friday, he won the Remington-sponsored Prelim event outright with 95 out of 100, besting a field of 316 shooters by a three-target margin. He added a second-place finish in Super Sporting with 98 out of 100 against 541 competitors, giving him three podium finishes across three different events for the week.
Powell added a third-place finish in FITASC with 94 out of 100, while teammate Braxton Oliver took third in the Federal Ammunition-sponsored Friday Prelim at 93 out of 100.
In the Veteran category, Wendell Cherry put together one of the more quietly impressive weeks of any Team Remington shooter. Cherry won the Veteran title in the Thursday Prelim with 93 out of 100 and finished as Veteran runner-up in both the Main Event (168/200) and Five-Stand (91/100).
The payouts reflected the depth of the Remington showing. Parcell left Georgetown with $4,200, while Powell walked away with $5,200. The Gator Cup’s guaranteed payout structure is one of the draws for top competitors: $5,000 for Main Event High Overall, $3,500 for runner-up and class payouts across five places in every division.
The 200-bird Main Event, contested Saturday and Sunday across two courses and 16 stations, was the centerpiece of a week that also included FITASC, Five-Stand, Sub-Gauge Sporting, Super Sporting and multiple preliminary events. Back Woods Quail Club, a former Georgetown County farm that Hemingway transformed into one of the premier clay target destinations in the Southeast, continues to deliver one of the NSCA calendar’s most anticipated annual stops.
Full results from the 2026 Gator Cup are available at the Score Chaser website.
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