ORANGEBURG, S.C. --- The Tusculum University men's golf team carded an opening round 303 and are tied for ninth place at the 2024 South Atlantic Conference Championship. The three-day, 54-hole tournament is being held at the Orangeburg Country Club and hosted by Newberry College.

There is a logjam atop the team leaderboard with just two strokes separating the top-five. Lenoir-Rhyne and Coker are tied for first at 288, Wingate is third with 289 while Anderson and Carson-Newman are tied for fourth at 290. Lincoln Memorial is sixth with 295 followed by Newberry (298), Newberry (301), Tusculum (303), Catawba (303), UVA Wise (326), Emory & Henry (336) and Mars Hill (344).

Coker's Caleb Tidd shot a two-under par 68 and has the first round lead. Anderson's Simon Wright is the only other player to shoot in red numbers as he is in second place with a one-under par 69.

Tusculum senior Dominic Barron Holden is five shots out of the lead after his opening 73 which puts him in a six-way tie for 14^th place. Sophomore Cole Haygood is tied for 27^th after his 75 and senior Blake Williams posted a 77 and is tied for 36^th. Freshman Morgan Cain shot 78 and is in 41^st place while senior Isak Holter carded an 82 and is tied for 53^rd.

Monday's second round will begin with tee times scheduled to start at 8:30 a.m. on the par-70, 7,032-yard layout. The Pioneers will be paired with UVA Wise with their tee times running from 9:20 – 10:00 a.m.

2024 SAC Men's Golf Championship (thru 1^st Round)

Tusculum Individual Scores