LOUDON, Tenn. --- The Tusculum men's golf team fired an opening day score of 318 and is in 12^th place at the Tennessee River Rumble on Tuesday.  The two-day, 36-hole tournament is being held at the par-72, 7,119-yard Tennessee National Golf Club and hosted by Lincoln Memorial.

The Pioneers are 18 shots behind first round leader King as the Tornado shot 300 and lead by two shots over Wingate and are three clear of third-place Brevard.  Young Harris is fourth with 304, LMU is fifth with 308 and Belmont Abbey is sixth with 309.  Catawba and Hillsdale each fired 310 and are tied for seventh, while Mars Hill and Carson-Newman both shot 311 and are tied for ninth place.  Lenoir-Rhyne is 11^th with 317, followed by Tusculum, Walters State 9319), Belmont Abbey B (321), LMU B (327) and Belmont Abbey C (341).

Tusculum senior Brandon Alexander led the Pioneers with his four-over par 76 as he is five shots out of the lead, currently held by Liam Purslowe of Hillsdale who posted the only red figure of the day with his one-under par 71.  Purslowe leads by two shots with six players tied for second place at 73.

TC rookie Matthew Kowalski is tied for 42^nd place with his 79.  Freshman Bennett Noe shot 81 and is tied for 55^th place while senior David Whinery is tied for 61^st with his 82.  Tusculum's Carter Simon is tied for 84^th place with 90.

The final round will be played on Tuesday.  This is the regular season finale and the final tune-up for this weekend's South Atlantic Conference Championship which will begin on Sunday in Anderson, South Carolina.

Team Results

Tusculum Individual Scores