Pioneers finish 10th at Bearcat Classic

Pioneers finish 10th at Bearcat Classic

GREENWOOD, S.C. --- The Tusculum University men's golf team carded a 54-hole total 859 and finished 10th at the 2024 Bearcat Classic, which was held at the par-72, 6,800-yard Greenwood Country Club.

The Pioneers posted rounds of 282, 291 and a final round 286 as the five-under par 859 total is the second-best 54-hole score in school history.

Grand Valley State (No. 4 in NCAA II) and host Lander (No. 12 in NCAA II) each posted a sizzling 36-under par total 828. Grand Valley claimed the team tournament title in a playoff.

Flagler was third with 836, followed by 21st-ranked Barton (838), Wingate (843), Findlay (846), Lenoir-Rhyne (851), Belmont Abbey (852), Limestone (855) and Tusculum (859) to round out the top-10. West Georgia finished 11th with 860, followed by Indianapolis (864), King (870), Anderson (874), Erskine (876), Newberry (877), Emmanuel (882), Georgia College (898), Young Harris (900) and North Greenville (907).

Grand Valley's Drew Coble captured medalist honors with a 13-under par total of 203 including 67 on Tuesday. Coble won by one shot over runner-up Linus Jonsson of Lander (67-69-68=204).

Tusculum senior Blake Williams led the Pioneers with his six-under par score of 210 which included a one-under 71 in the final round. His 210 tally is a career-low and tied for the eighth-best 54-hole total in the TU record book.

Dominic Barron Holden finished 31st with 69-70-74=213 (-3), Isak Holter placed 57th with 73-77-69=219, Morgan Cain tied for 63rd with 77-72-72=221 and Marinus Jeebe finished 99th with 73-80-77=230.

The Pioneers return to action in two weeks (Mar. 18-19) when they travel to the Hargett Memorial in Monroe, North Carolina.

 

Team Results

Pl

Team (NCAA II ranking)

1st

2nd

3rd

Total

T1

Grand Valley St. (4th)

283

274

271

828

T1

Lander (12th)

278

279

271

828

3

Flagler (RV)

272

280

284

836

4

Barton (21st)

279

276

283

838

5

Wingate

286

278

279

843

6

Findlay

293

279

274

846

7

Lenoir-Rhyne (RV)

293

276

282

851

8

Belmont Abbey

289

281

282

852

9

Limestone

287

282

286

855

10

TUSCULUM

282

291

286

859

11

West Georgia (RV)

295

280

285

860

12

Indianapolis (RV)

293

294

277

864

13

King

292

288

280

870

14

Anderson

291

289

294

874

15

Erskine

301

291

284

876

16

Newberry (RV)

290

293

294

877

17

Emmanuel

299

291

292

882

18

Georgia College

298

301

299

898

19

Young Harris

301

294

305

900

20

North Greenville

312

294

301

907

 

 

Tusculum Individual Scores

Pl

Player

1st

2nd

3rd

Total

T15

Blake Williams

67

72

71

210

31

Dominic Barron Holden

69

70

74

213

T57

Isak Holter

73

77

69

219

T63

Morgan Cain

77

72

72

221

T99

Marinus Jeebe

73

80

77

230