SALISBURY, N.C. --- The Tusculum men's golf team posted a two-day score of 605 to finish fifth at the 2018 Richard Rendleman Invitational. The 36-hole championship was held at the par-71, 6,690-yard Country Club of Salisbury and was hosted by Catawba College.
Pioneers completed the tournament with a team score of 306 during Tuesday's final round which was played in rainy conditions.
Wingate made a furious charge in the final round to post a one-under par total of 283 to shoot 575 and win by nine shots over runner-ups Lenoir-Rhyne (584) and Catawba (584). Georgia College finished fourth with 589 while Tusculum was fifth with 605. Queens B carded a 610, followed by Averett (616), Catawba B (626), Pfeiffer (629), Belmont Abbey B (634), Brevard (642), Wingate B (646), Livingstone (648), Chowan (664), Pfeiffer B (668), William Peace (670) and Belmont Abbey C (WD).
Tusculum's Anthony Bolden finished with a two-day tally of 69-77=146 to tie for 11th place. David Whinery made one of the biggest moves up the leaderboard as he posted the second lowest round of the day with his one-under par 70 to finish in a tie for 15th place at 148. Brandon Alexander tallied a top-20 finish as he posted 75-76=151 to tie for 18th. Liam Sweeney finished tied for 42nd place with 77-83=160, while Bennett Noe wrapped up the Tusculum scoring with his 87-88=175 (T82nd). Matthew Kowalski finished 75th with 87-84=171, playing as an individual competitor.
Lenoir-Rhyne's Jordan Vogler led wire-to-wire to capture the individual medal with a two-day score of 66-72=138 (-4). Vogler won by three shots over teammate Brad Robinson (68-73=141) and Wingate's Charles Joubert (70-71=141). Catawba's Trey Burton finished fourth with 70-72=142, while Georgia College's Justin Connelly (72-71=143) placed fifth to comprise the All-Tournament Team.
The Pioneers travel to Leland, North Carolina this Sunday and Monday for the Cape Fear Intercollegiate.
Team Results
|
Pl |
Team |
1st |
2nd |
TOT |
|
1 |
Wingate |
292 |
283 |
575 |
|
2 |
Lenoir-Rhyne |
286 |
298 |
584 |
|
|
Catawba |
287 |
297 |
584 |
|
4 |
Georgia College |
290 |
299 |
589 |
|
5 |
TUSCULUM |
299 |
306 |
605 |
|
6 |
Queens B |
314 |
296 |
610 |
|
7 |
Averett |
303 |
313 |
616 |
|
8 |
Catawba B |
315 |
311 |
626 |
|
9 |
Pfeiffer |
328 |
301 |
629 |
|
10 |
Belmont Abbey B |
316 |
318 |
634 |
|
11 |
Brevard |
318 |
324 |
642 |
|
12 |
Wingate B |
324 |
322 |
646 |
|
13 |
Livingstone |
319 |
329 |
648 |
|
14 |
Chowan |
338 |
326 |
664 |
|
15 |
Pfeiffer B |
324 |
344 |
668 |
|
16 |
William Peace |
336 |
334 |
670 |
|
17 |
Belmont Abbey C |
344 |
DNS |
DNS |
Tusculum Individual Scores
|
Pl |
Player |
1st |
2nd |
TOT |
|
T11 |
69 |
77 |
146 |
|
|
T15 |
78 |
70 |
158 |
|
|
T18 |
75 |
76 |
151 |
|
|
T42 |
77 |
83 |
160 |
|
|
75 |
87 |
84 |
171 |
|
|
T82 |
87 |
88 |
175 |
* playing as an individual competitor