Pioneers finish 13th at Copperhead Championship

Pioneers finish 13th at Copperhead Championship

INNISBROOK, Fla. --- The Tusculum University men's golf team finished 13th at the 2022 Copperhead Championship. The two-day, 54-hole tournament was held at the par-71, 7,209-yard Innisbrook Resort – Copperhead Course.

The Pioneers finished with a three-round score of 916, which includes Tuesday's 298 in the final round.

Lee University overcame host West Florida to win the team title with 853 including a 283 on the final 18 holes to win by two shots.  West Florida was second with 855, followed by Tampa in third with 862 and the duo of North Georgia and Saint Leo tied for fourth with 871. Limestone, Nova Southeastern and Colorado State-Pueblo each finished with 874 to tie for sixth place. Lincoln Memorial was ninth with 876, followed by Lander (888), Flagler (891), Lynn (898) and Tusculum.

CSU-Pueblo's Matt Millar captured medalist honors by defeating Felipe Garces Garzon on the first playoff hole. Garzon and Millar were tied after the 54 holes with 207 as both fired identical scores of even-par 71 on Tuesday.

Tusculum's Riley Brown was the top Pioneer as he shot 76-73-76=225 to tie for 48th. Thomas Kollberg was 53rd with 226. Nicholas Taggart totaled 80-74-77=231 to finish 59th. Liam Hermansson climbed five spots up the leaderboard with 239 including a 72 in the final round. Lawson Harkey rounded out the TU scoring with 82-80-80=242 (72nd).

Tusculum returns to action next week (Oct. 24-25) as they travel to Carrollton, Georgia for the Matt Dyas Invitational. TU is the defending champion of this event.

 

Team Results

Pl

Team

1st

2nd

3rd

Total

1

Lee

283

287

283

853

2

West Florida

283

284

288

855

3

Tampa

289

283

290

862

T4

North Georgia

289

280

282

871

T4

Saint Leo

293

287

291

871

T6

Limestone

292

284

298

874

T6

Nova Southeastern

296

290

288

874

T6

Colorado St.-Pueblo

301

287

286

874

9

Lincoln Memorial

295

290

291

876

10

Lander

300

299

289

888

11

Flagler

301

289

301

891

12

Lynn

306

299

293

898

13

TUSCULUM

315

303

298

916

 

Tusculum Individual Scores

Pl

Player

1st

2nd

3rd

Total

T48

Riley Brown

76

73

76

225

T53

Thomas Kollberg

77

76

73

226

T59

Nicholas Taggart

80

74

77

231

68

Liam Hermansson

82

85

72

239

72

Lawson Harkey

82

80

80

242