TAZEWELL, Tenn. --- The Tusculum Pioneers carded a 54-hole score of 917 and finished in 11^th place at the 2021 South Atlantic Conference Men's Golf Championship. The two-day, 54-hole championship was held at Woodlake Golf Club and hosted by Lincoln Memorial.

Tusculum finished the tournament with a final round 308 and wrap up the spring season.

Lincoln Memorial led wire-to-wire as the Railsplitters posed a 17-under par total of 847 and finished 13 strokes ahead of runner-up Limestone (860), who was playing in its inaugural SAC Championship. LMU lapped the tournament field shooting 286 on the final day.

LMU's Dan Bradbury established a new conference and tournament record with his 20-under par total of 196. His 54-hole score breaks the previous SAC record of 200, carded by former Tusculum All-American Brad Hawkins at the 2015 State Farm Intercollegiate, which was also played at Woodlake.

Bradbury posted rounds of 64-67-65=196 and finished 10 shots clear of runner-up and LMU teammate Luke Harries (67-70-69=206).

Queens University of Charlotte finished third with 862, followed by Carson-Newman (863), Newberry (869), Wingate (886), Catawba (888), Coker (894), Lenoir-Rhyne (899), Anderson (902), Tusculum (917), UVA Wise (983) and Mars Hill (1041).

The Tusculum freshman duo of Liam van Deventer and Dominic Barron Holden tied for 35^th place with a 54-hole total 226. Van Deventer posted the low round of the day for the Black & Orange with his one-over par 73.

Junior Nicholas Marchese tied for 42^nd with 78-72-79=229, rookie Isak Holter finished 53^rd with 82-77-78=237 and junior Kyle Engelbert rounded out the TU scoring with 81-81-79=241 (54^th).

Holden finished his inaugural Tusculum campaign with a 73.59 stroke average, which is a new TU freshman record and ninth lowest seasonal average in school history.

South Atlantic Conference Men's Golf Championship

Team Results

Tusculum Individual Scorers