TEAM RESULTS | INDIVIDUAL RESULTS | COMBO RESULTS
GREENWOOD, S.C. --- The Tusculum University men's golf team fired a two-under par 286 in the final round to climb four spots with a 54-hole total 887 and finish 11th at the Bearcat Classic. Three three-day, 22-team tournament was held the par-72, 6,800-yard Greenwood Country Club and hosted by Lander University.
Tusculum's 286 was tied for the second-lowest score on Tuesday only surpassed by tournament champion Barton, who fired a 12-under par 276 to finish with a three-round score of 854 (-10). The Bulldogs won by 12 strokes ahead of co-runner-ups Lander and Carson-Newman who each carded 866.
Barton's Bryson Boyette was the tournament medalist with 70-69-67=206, three shots better than individual runner-up Linus Jonsson of Lander who fired 70-69-70=209.
TU's 887 total is the third-lowest 54-hole score this season by the Pioneers and the ninth-lowest in program history.
Tusculum's Dominic Barron Holden posted an even par total 216 including Tuesday's final round 73 as he finished tied for 12th place. Holden's 216 is tied for the 11th lowest individual three round tally in the TU record book.
TU's Nicholas Marchese matches Boyette with the lowest score of the day with his five-under par 67 which was a career-best and tied for the 11th-lowest round in program history. He finished the event with a two-over par total of 218 to tie for 19th place.
Liam van Deventer also shot in red numbers on Tuesday with his two-under par 70 to complete his tournament with a 54-hole score of 225 (T49). Thomas Kollberg wrapped up his first tournament with the Pioneers with 80-73-78=231 and placed 82nd while Isak Holter finished 86 with 80-76-76=232.
Erskine finished fourth in the team race with 871, followed by Clayton State (874), Belmont Abbey (878), West Georgia (878), North Georgia (880), Queens (881), Newberry (882), Tusculum (887), Coker (889), Lander B (890), Lenoir-Rhyne (891), Georgia College (898), Anderson (903), North Greenville (904), King (905), Wingate (906), Southern Wesleyan (920), Catawba (922) and Emmanuel (925).
This year's Bearcat Classic field included six programs ranked in the latest Golf Coaches Association of American NCAA Division II Top-25 Poll including: No. 6 Carson-Newman, No. 11 West Georgia, No. 12 North Georgia, No. 19 Belmont Abbey, No. 21 Erskine and No. 22 Lander.
The Pioneers return to action on Mar. 21-22 when they host the 28th annual Tusculum Invitational at Graysburg Hills Golf Club in Chuckey, Tennessee.
