GREENEVILLE, Tenn. --- The Lincoln Memorial men's golf team shot a two-day 569 to edge host Tusculum by a single shot to win the 2011 Tusculum Fall Classic. The two-day, 36-hole tournament was held at the par 71, 6,763-yard Link Hills Country Club.

Jamie Chapman led the second-day charge for the Railsplitters as he tied three tournament records to claim medalist honors. Chapman posted an eight-under par 134, including a final round 66 on Tuesday. The 134 matches the tournament record set originally by Tusculum All-American Chase Carroll in 2006. The 66 ties the 18-hole score set on three occasions, while also matching the score set by Limestone's Phillip Rogers in last year's event.

Tusculum finished second with 570, including a final round 287. Tennessee Wesleyan placed third with 574, followed by Coker (577), Catawba (578), Lenoir-Rhyne (579), North Greenville (587), Brevard (590), Spartanburg Methodist (590), Mars Hill (592), Limestone (593) and Walters State (596).

Tennessee Wesleyan's Wesley Farris finished as runner-up with a four-under par 70-68=138. North Greenville's Josh O'Neal placed third with 72-67=139, while LMU's Eric Kennedy finished fourth with 70-71=141. Four players tied for fifth place at 142, including: Brad Cline (Catawba), Tom Rennie (Brevard), Mike Opsitnick (Catawba) and Christopher Fuga (Coker). Cline claimed the fifth and final spot on the All-Tournament via a playoff.

Tusculum's David Talley and Nick York both tied for 12th place with two-round scores of 144. Talley moved up the leaderboard with his final round 68 (-3). The trio of Derek Cantrell, Dakota Norton and Warren Cheney all tied for 17th place with 145.

Tusculum senior Justin Harvey made the biggest move of the day as he tied for ninth place with 143, including a final-round 67 (-4), playing as an individual competitor. Also playing as individuals are TC's Leif Ratliff as he tied for 39th place with 149, while Coleman Glick shot 151 to finish 46th.

Lincoln Memorial claimed the combined championship of the Tusculum Fall Classic for a second straight year. Coupled with the LMU women's score of 623, the Railsplitters posted a combined tally of 1192, to edge Tusculum by six strokes (1198). Catawba was third with 1225, followed by Lenoir-Rhyne (1242), Coker (1255), Limestone (1257), North Greenville (1271), Mars Hill (1306), Spartanburg Methodist (1315) and Brevard (1319).

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FINAL RESULTS Tusculum Fall Classic (Men)
* Individual Link Hills CC Greenville, TN
Dates: 09/26 - 09/27 (Today:09-27-2011)
Par: 71
Yardage: 6763

Fin. Name School Scores
1 Jamie Chapman LMU 68 66 134 -8
2 Wesley Farris TWC 70 68 138 -4
3 Josh O'Neal NGreenvil. 72 67 139 -3
4 Eric Kennedy LMU 70 71 141 -1
5 Brad Cline Catawba 70 72 142 E
Tom Rennie Brevard Co 70 72 142 E
Mike Opsitnick Catawba 73 69 142 E
Christopher Fuga Coker 73 69 142 E
9 Joshua Cornett LMU 72 71 143 +1
Sam Pressley Len.-Rhyne 72 71 143 +1
*Justin Harvey Tusculum 76 67 143 +1
12 David Talley Tusculum 76 68 144 +2
Cody Robertson Limestone 75 69 144 +2
Zach Burkett Len.-Rhyne 73 71 144 +2
Andrew McCullough SprtbgMeth 71 73 144 +2
Nick York Tusculum 68 76 144 +2
17 Derek Cantrell Tusculum 68 77 145 +3
Brandon Squier Len.-Rhyne 73 72 145 +3
Dakota Norton Tusculum 74 71 145 +3
Cody Godfrey TWC 67 78 145 +3
Warren Cheney Tusculum 73 72 145 +3
Zach Briggs WltrsStJC 71 74 145 +3
23 Kim Koivu Brevard Co 74 72 146 +4
Matt Hardman Catawba 76 70 146 +4
Josh Clay Coker 72 74 146 +4
*Tyler Davis LMU 70 76 146 +4
27 Jake Murphy Coker 75 72 147 +5
Chase Lippard Mars Hill 75 72 147 +5
Will Farrell Mars Hill 73 74 147 +5
Dylan Payne Mars Hill 75 72 147 +5
Tyler Hughes TWC 73 74 147 +5
32 Michael Alread TWC 78 70 148 +6
John White Len.-Rhyne 75 73 148 +6
Harrison Buddin Limestone 74 74 148 +6
Chancen Blackwood NGreenvil. 75 73 148 +6
Ryan Cox WltrsStJC 75 73 148 +6
Michael Stamper Brevard Co 73 75 148 +6
Chris Finke SprtbgMeth 72 76 148 +6
39 Jarrod Phelps SprtbgMeth 74 75 149 +7
*Leif Ratliff Tusculum 75 74 149 +7
41 Tucker MacDonald NGreenvil. 76 74 150 +8
Sam Goodnight NGreenvil. 77 73 150 +8
Grayson Hiott SprtbgMeth 74 76 150 +8
Jeremy Kilgore Catawba 73 77 150 +8
*Matt Poff Tusculum 75 75 150 +8
46 Rafael Jackson WltrsStJC 75 76 151 +9
Luke Harper Mars Hill 75 76 151 +9
David Glenister Len.-Rhyne 74 77 151 +9
*Matthew Chambers WltrsStJC 76 75 151 +9
*Mason Light Mars Hill 73 78 151 +9
*Coleman Glick Tusculum 76 75 151 +9
52 John Gillepsie WltrsStJC 75 77 152 +10
Luke Coates Coker 81 71 152 +10
Keoni Vidrine TWC 76 76 152 +10
Ryan Cisler Limestone 79 73 152 +10
James Anderson SprtbgMeth 77 75 152 +10
Matt Kreider Coker 71 81 152 +10
David Lee LMU 78 74 152 +10
59 Cody Clepper Limestone 74 80 154 +12
TJ Hoard Brevard Co 78 76 154 +12
Brian Donaldson Catawba 79 75 154 +12
*Josh Hopwood NGreenvil. 81 73 154 +12
63 Braden Gaylor LMU 77 79 156 +14
Patrick Brown Limestone 81 75 156 +14
65 Seth Sayler Mars Hill 81 77 158 +16
66 Austin Green NGreenvil. 80 81 161 +19
67 Josh Hendricks WltrsStJC 86 78 164 +22

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Tusculum Fall Classic Combined Final Results
Pl. School Men Women Total
1 Lincoln Memorial 569 623 1192
2 Tusculum 570 628 1198
3 Catawba 578 647 1225
4 Lenoir-Rhyne 579 663 1242
5 Coker 577 678 1255
6 Limestone 593 664 1257
7 North Greenville 587 684 1271
8 Mars Hill 592 714 1306
9 Spartanburg Methodist 590 725 1315
10 Brevard 590 729 1319