ST. AUGUSTINE, Fla. --- Tusculum University freshman Dominic Barron Holden posted a 54-hole total 219 to finish tied for 24^th place at the 2021 Spring Kickoff Intercollegiate. The two-day, 19-team event was held at par-72, 7136-yard St. Johns Country Club.

The Pioneers finished the tournament with a team total 903 to finish 16^th in the field of some of the top NCAA Division II program in the country. TU completed its second round on Tuesday by posting 310, but rebounded in the final 18 holes with a 299.

Holden led the Pioneers in his first collegiate tournament as he posted 70-75-74=219 to tie for the 15^th-lowest 54-hole score in Tusculum history. He finished with the lowest TU score in two of the three rounds this week.

Lincoln Memorial led wire-to-wire to win by 13 strokes as the Railsplitters carded a 27-under par team score of 837.  West Florida finished runner-up with a 14-under par total 850.  Limestone and Anderson were tied for third place with 866, followed by Lander (868), North Greenville (870), Wingate (875), Young Harris (876), Barton (876) and Georgia Southwestern (879) to comprise the top-10.

Flagler was 11^th with 880, followed by Belmont Abbey (881), Newberry (884), Queens (892), Georgia College (899), Tusculum (903), King (904), Christian Brothers (916) and Emmanuel (926).

TU rookie Liam Van Deventer finished second on the team with his 76-74-74=224 to tie for 54^th place. Junior Mark Healy finished 85^th with 76-79-77=232, rookie Isak Holter placed 93^rd with 80-82-74=236 and senior John Bennett rounded out the scoring with 72-88-77=237 (95^th).

North Greenville's Austin Duncan claimed medalist honors with his 13-under par total 203 to win by four shots over runner-up Gage Carnes of Limestone (207, -9).

Tusculum returns to action Mar. 8-9 as the Pioneers compete at the CBU Buccaneer Invitational in Memphis, Tennessee.

Team Results

Tusculum Individual Scores