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Smith records third straight top-10 showing, Pioneers finish 12th at State Farm Intercollegiate

Smith records third straight top-10 showing, Pioneers finish 12th at State Farm Intercollegiate

TAZEWELL, Tenn. --- Tusculum College senior Taylor Smith posted a three-round score of 214 to finish tied for sixth place at the 2016 State Farm Intercollegiate.  The Pioneers shot a final day score of 305 for a tournament tally of 903 to finish in the 12th place in the 15-team field.

The two-day, 54-hole tournament was held at Woodlake Golf Club and hosted by Lincoln Memorial University.  The host Railsplitters shot 855 and won the event by 16 shots over runner-up Carson-Newman University (871).  Lenoir-Rhyne University was third with 874, while Brevard College (878) and Anderson University (887) rounded out the top-five.

LMU Blue and Barton College tied for sixth place with 888, followed by Walters State College (892), Coker College (895), Southern Wesleyan University (896), Catawba College (897), Tusculum (903), Mars Hill University (918), Brevard B (920) and LMU Gray (953).

Weston Bell of Anderson won medalist honors finishing with 210, including a final round 69 (-3) on Tuesday.  Bell won by two shots over runner-ups George Duncan (LMU) and Brad Robinson (Lenoir-Rhyne).

Smith's finished with a one-over par round of 73 to snap his streak of consecutive rounds under par at six in a row.  Smith's sixth place finish marked his third straight top-10 performance.

TC senior Cameron Dugger tied for 43rd place with 77-73-79=229, while David Whinery tied for 52nd with 75-77-79=231.  Anthony Bolden shot 88-76-74=238 to tie for 68th place, while senior Chris Hutson rounded out the team scoring with 79-79-84=242 to tie for 71st.  Senior Preston Tucker tied for 62nd place with 76-81-78=235, playing as an individual competitor.

Tusculum returns to action next week (Oct. 17-18) as they travel to Morristown, Tennessee for the Walters State Classic.

Team Results

Pl

Team

1st

2nd

3rd

TOT

1

Lincoln Memorial

292

277

286

855

2

Carson-Newman

281

298

292

871

3

Lenoir-Rhyne

294

283

297

874

4

Brevard

289

295

294

878

5

Anderson

300

292

295

887

6

Barton

308

284

296

888

 

LMU Blue

298

297

293

888

8

Walters State

304

288

300

892

9

Coker

301

303

291

895

10

Southern Wesleyan

292

295

309

896

11

Catawba

304

299

294

897

12

TUSCULUM

302

296

305

903

13

Mars Hill

307

302

309

918

14

Brevard B

320

301

299

920

15

LMU Gray

311

325

317

953

 

Tusculum Individual Scores

Pl

Player

1st

2nd

3rd

TOT

T6

Taylor Smith

71

70

73

214

T43

Cameron Dugger

77

73

79

229

T52

David Whinery

75

77

79

231

T62

Preston Tucker*

76

81

78

235

T68

Anthony Bolden

88

76

74

238

T71

Chris Hutson

79

79

84

242

* played as an individual competitor

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