Posted: Mar 08, 2009
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GREENEVILLE, Tenn. --- Chase Carroll
and Lawson George tied for second and Tusculum College
finished third at the 16th annual Tusculum Men's Golf
Invitational at Link Hills Country Club on Sunday.Coker College combined to shoot an invitational-record score of 275 on Sunday at Link Hills Country Club to win the 16th annual Tusculum Men's Golf Invitational with a two-day score of 564, breaking the 36-hole invitational record by 15 strokes.
A total of four teams posted a two-day score lower than the previous Invitational 36-hole record of 579, set by Tusculum at the 2006 event. Coker finished the weekend with a four-under-par score of 564 as Christopher Marsh captured the individual title for the Cobras with a two-day total of 138 (-4). Coker's Jimmy Gillam had the low round of the day with a 66, tying the 18-hole individual invitational record.
Limestone College, the overall leader after day one, finished second with a two-day score of 570. Tusculum (574), Grand Valley State University (577) and Lincoln Memorial University (580) rounded out the top five. Spartanburg Methodist (593) finished sixth, followed by Brevard (594), Walters State (596), Mars Hill (596), Montevallo (600), Lenior-Rhyne (609), Tusculum Black (612), Tri-County (615), Tiffin (622), and USC Lancaster (630).
Tusculum's Chase Carroll shot a 72 (+1) on Sunday to finish the invitational in a four-way tie for second place with a two-day total of 140. Lawson George posted a second round score of 70 (-1) to finish the weekend tied with Carroll for second. Will Loggins (146) finished tied for 20th, while Darren Christie (148) and Jake Scheffers (160) finished tied for 29th and 67th, respectively.
Glenn Vicary (147) posted a Sunday score of 72 for Tusculum Black to finish the weekend tied for 25th. Houston White (152) finished tied for 46th, while Matt McIntyre (156), Justin Harvey (157), and Josh Pridemore (163) finished 58th, 61st, and 76th, respectively.
The Pioneers return to the course Mar. 16-17 at the Chick-Fil-A Invitational, hosted by Lenoir-Rhyne, in Hickory, N.C.
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