GREENEVILLE, Tenn. --- Lincoln Memorial's Jamie Chapman and Connor Froning each fired a four-under par 67 to take the first round lead of the 2012 Tusculum Fall Classic, held at the 6,763-yard, par-71 Link Hills Country Club.

LMU has the first round lead with a one-under par 283 and leads by six shots over Lenoir-Rhyne and nine strokes over Tusculum and UNC Pembroke, who are tied for third with 292. Tennessee Wesleyan is fifth with 294, while Catawba and Walters State are tied for sixth place with 299. Tusculum Black and North Greenville are tied for eight place with 301, followed by Mars Hill (303), USC Lancaster (303) and Spartanburg Methodist (309).

Chapman is the defending medalist of this event as he posted a 34 on his first nine holes and followed with 33 on his inward nine. UNC Pembroke's Parker Houston is in third place with 68 (-3), while John White of Lenoir-Rhyne is in sole possession of fourth place with 69 (-2). Josh Wheeler (Tennessee Wesleyan) and Joshua Hopwood (North Greenville) are tied for fifth place with 71, while there is six-player logjam in seventh place at 72, including Tusculum's Nick York and Dakota Norton. Representing TC Black in seventh place are Derek Cantrell and Leif Ratliff, while Zane Price (Spartanburg Methodist) and Zach Burket (Lenoir-Rhyne) round out the scoring in the top 10.

Tusculum's Nick Forsberg is tied for 13th place with 73, while Coleman Glick (75) and Warren Cheney (77) are tied for 30th and 45th, respectively.

TC senior David Talley posted a 76 for Tusculum Black and is tied for 38th place, while freshman Samuel Davis finished with an 81 and is in 59th place.

There is also a women's tournament being held in conjunction with the TC Fall Classic as the daily aggregate scores for programs with both a men and women's teams participating in the event. LMU leads the combined championship with 591, eight shots better than Tusculum and UNC Pembroke, who each have a combined tally of 603 and are tied for second. Catawba is fourth with 622, followed by North Greenville, Mars Hill and Spartanburg Methodist.

The final round will be held at Link Hills Country Club, beginning with tee times starting at 8:20 a.m.

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Tusculum Fall Classic (Men)
Link Hills CC Greenville, TN
Dates: 09/24 - 09/25 (Today:09-24-2012)
Par: 71
Yardage: 6763

Fin. School Scores
1 Lincoln Memorial U. 283 -1
2 Lenoir-Rhyne 289 +5
3 Tusculum College 292 +8
UNC Pembroke 292 +8
5 Tennessee Wesleyan 294 +10
6 Walters State CC 299 +15
Catawba College 299 +15
8 North Greenville U. 301 +17
Tusculum Black 301 +17
10 USC Lancaster CC 303 +19
Mars Hill College 303 +19
12 SpartanburgMthdst CC 309 +25

Tusculum Fall Classic (Men)
* Individual Link Hills CC Greenville, TN
Dates: 09/24 - 09/25 (Today:09-24-2012)
Par: 71
Yardage: 6763

Fin. Name School Scores
1 Jamie Chapman LMU 33- 34 67 -4
Connor Froning LMU 35- 32 67 -4
3 Parker Houston UNCP 35- 33 68 -3
4 John White Len.-Rhyne 35- 34 69 -2
5 Josh Wheeler TWC 34- 37 71 E
Joshua Hopwood NGreenvil. 33- 38 71 E
7 Nick York Tusculum 36- 36 72 +1
Zach Burket Len.-Rhyne 38- 34 72 +1
Zane Price SprtbgMeth 37- 35 72 +1
Leif Ratliff TC Black 38- 34 72 +1
Derek Cantrell TC Black 34- 38 72 +1
Dakota Norton Tusculum 33- 39 72 +1
13 Matt Hardman Catawba 36- 37 73 +2
Andrew Hall WltrsStCC 36- 37 73 +2
Nick Forsberg Tusculum 39- 34 73 +2
Tyler Rutherford Catawba 35- 38 73 +2
Matthew Meetze SprtbgMeth 34- 39 73 +2
Rand Wasson LMU 35- 38 73 +2
Kendall Dunn UNCP 37- 36 73 +2
Tyler Reynolds TWC 36- 37 73 +2
*Taylor Dreps LMU 36- 37 73 +2
22 Dylan Payne Mars Hill 37- 37 74 +3
Brad Hawkins WltrsStCC 33- 41 74 +3
Dalton Olawsky SCLancast 36- 38 74 +3
Drew Alford Len.-Rhyne 37- 37 74 +3
David Donovan Len.-Rhyne 37- 37 74 +3
Blake Lybrand SCLancast 35- 39 74 +3
*Ryne Thompson WltrsStCC 37- 37 74 +3
*Drew Daniels SCLancast 38- 36 74 +3
30 Danny Dippel NGreenvil. 39- 36 75 +4
Ian Locklear UNCP 37- 38 75 +4
Marshall Ritchie Catawba 35- 40 75 +4
Chase Dembisky Mars Hill 38- 37 75 +4
Cody Godfrey TWC 38- 37 75 +4
Seth Sayler Mars Hill 38- 37 75 +4
Coleman Glick Tusculum 37- 38 75 +4
Keoni Vidrine TWC 37- 38 75 +4
38 David Talley TC Black 38- 38 76 +5
Braden Galyon LMU 38- 38 76 +5
Michael Mullmann UNCP 38- 38 76 +5
Tucker MacDonald NGreenvil. 38- 38 76 +5
McKeehanon Rue TWC 40- 36 76 +5
Jack Gillespie WltrsStCC 36- 40 76 +5
Cody Johnson WltrsStCC 36- 40 76 +5
45 Chandler McDonald SCLancast 38- 39 77 +6
Will Wright WltrsStCC 38- 39 77 +6
Warren Cheney Tusculum 36- 41 77 +6
*Lewis Adams UNCP 39- 38 77 +6
49 Dalton Bradley SCLancast 38- 40 78 +7
Richard A. Hoskins LMU 40- 38 78 +7
Sam Stephenson UNCP 39- 39 78 +7
Logan Ellis Catawba 42- 36 78 +7
Matthew Moore SCLancast 40- 38 78 +7
*Aaron Abts UNCP 40- 38 78 +7
55 Sam Goodnight NGreenvil. 39- 40 79 +8
Mason Light Mars Hill 41- 38 79 +8
Luke Harper Mars Hill 37- 42 79 +8
58 Brian Donaldson Catawba 39- 41 80 +9
59 Preston Johnson SprtbgMeth 42- 39 81 +10
Samuel Davis TC Black 43- 38 81 +10
Jacob Harris NGreenvil. 40- 41 81 +10
Mike Dane Len.-Rhyne 42- 39 81 +10
63 Cody Frye SprtbgMeth 42- 41 83 +12
Garris Killingsworth SprtbgMeth 42- 41 83 +12

2012 Tusculum Fall Classic Combined Results
Pl. Team MTOT WTOT TOTAL
1 Lincoln Memorial 283 308 591
2 Tusculum 292 311 603
UNC Pembroke 292 311 603
4 Catawba 299 323 622
5 North Greenville 301 325 626
6 Mars Hill 303 381 684
7 Spartanburg Methodist 309 377 686