The Tusculum College men's golf team wrapped up play Tuesday at
the two-day Kiawah Island Invitational, hosted at the Cougar Point
Golf Club by USC Aiken.
The Pioneers finished tied for 15th in the field with a 36-hole
team total of 615, following a round of 314 on Tuesday. Conditions
were not favorable for scoring on Tuesday, as North Georgia was the
only team to improve upon its score from Monday.
Junior Warren Cheney was the top finisher for the Pioneers, turning
in a second-round total of 80 and a two-day score of 152 which tied
him for 40th with six other players.
Three of Tusculum's five players finished in a tie for 59th place
with a total of 155. Sophomore Nick Forsberg had the team's low
round on Tuesday with a 76, and was joined at 155 by junior Coleman
Glick who shot 79 and senior Dakota Norton who fired an 81.
Junior Leif Ratliff knocked three strokes off his opening-round
total with a 79 and finished in a tie for 81st place at 161.
11th-ranked North Alabama (580) won the team title by one stroke
over 6th-ranked USC Aiken (581), thanks to a round of 298 that was
one shot better than the Pacers' 299 on Tuesday. Flagler took third
place at 584 while No. 20 Armstrong, which had the lead after day
one, ballooned to 312 and finished tied for fourth with Mount Olive
at 589.
Sixth place went to Erskine (590) followed by Limestone and
16th-ranked Georgia College in a tie for seventh at 591.
Carson-Newman took ninth at 594, with St. Leo and Coker tied for
10th at 597. Newberry (609), 21st-ranked Belmont Abbey (612), King
(613), North Georgia and Tusculum (615) and Georgia Southwestern
(624) rounded out the field.
Conner Godsey of North Alabama was the only player to break 70 in
both rounds, carding consecutive three-under-par scores of 69 to
finish at 138 and win the individual title by four strokes over
Brandon Robinson-Thompson of USC Aiken and Sebastian Andersen of
Mount Olive.
The Pioneers will be home at Link Hills Country Club next Monday
and Tuesday for the Tusculum Fall Classic.
Team Results
Pl. Team Score
1 North Alabama 282-298--580 +4
2 USC Aiken 282-299--581 +5
3 Flagler 284-300--584 +8
4 Mount Olive 284-305--589 +13
Armstrong Atlantic 277-312--589 +13
6 Erskine 291-299--590 +14
7 Limestone 295-296--591 +15
Georgia College 286-305--591 +15
9 Carson Newman 297-297--594 +18
10 St. Leo 294-303--597 +21
Coker 293-304--597 +21
12 Newberry 296-313--609 +33
13 Belmont Abbey 305-307--612 +36
14 King 299-314--613 +37
15 TUSCULUM 301-314--615 +39
North Georgia 313-302--615 +39
17 Georgia Southwestern 304-320--624 +48
Tusculum Individual Scores
Pl. Player Score
T40 Warren Cheney 72-80--152
T59 Dakota Norton 74-81--155
T59 Coleman Glick 76-79--155
T59 Nick Forsberg 79-76--155
T81 Leif Ratliff 82-79--161