Pioneers finish 13th at Copperhead Championship

INNISBROOK, Fla. --- The Tusculum University men's golf team finished 13^th 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 48^th. Thomas Kollberg was 53^rd with 226. Nicholas Taggart totaled 80-74-77=231 to finish 59^th. 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 (72^nd).

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