Pioneers rally to 16th place finish at Spring Kickoff Intercollegiate

ST. AUGUSTINE, Fla. --- The Tusculum men's golf team climbed five spots up the leaderboard to finish 16^th at the 2022 Spring Kickoff Intercollegiate which was held this week at the St. Johns Golf & Country Club.

The Pioneers finished with a 54-hole total 930 including scores of 300 and 305 over the final two rounds.

Tusculum's Nicholas Marchese was the top Pioneer on the week as he tied for 43^rd place with his 54-hole score of 230. Marchese finished the suspended second round on Tuesday with 76 and posted a one-over par 73 over the final 18 holes.

TU's Liam Hermansson finished 56^th with 232 including back-to-back rounds of 75 over the final 36 holes. Liam Van Deventer (83-73-80=236) and Riley Brown (80-76-80=236) tied for 75^th, while Dominic Barron Holden rounded out the TU scoring with 82-78-77=237 (T79).

North Georgia claimed the team title as the Nighthawks shot 884 and finished four strokes ahead of runner-up and tournament host Lincoln Memorial (888). Georgia Southwestern finished third with 897, followed by Anderson (900), Flagler (902), Limestone (906), Coker (907), Newberry (907), Lander (913) and Queens (913) to comprise the tournament top-10.

King and Barton tied for 11^th place with 914, followed by Montevallo (924), Wingate (925), Valdosta State (927), Tusculum (930), Erskine (932), Belmont Abbey (937), Lenoir-Rhyne (939), North Greenville (946), Emmanuel (950) and Southern Wesleyan (958) to wrap up the 22-team tournament field.

North Georgia's Evan Thompson won medalist honors as he posted a seven-under par total of 209 to win by four shots over tournament runner-up Reece Coleman of Anderson (73-73-67=213, -3).

Tusculum returns to action next week (Feb. 21-22) for the Saint Leo Invitational in Dade City, Florida.

Tusculum Men's Golf Scoring