TAZEWELL, Tenn. --- The Tusculum Pioneers carded a 54-hole score of 917 and finished in 11th place at the 2021 South Atlantic Conference Men's Golf Championship. The two-day, 54-hole championship was held at Woodlake Golf Club and hosted by Lincoln Memorial.
Tusculum finished the tournament with a final round 308 and wrap up the spring season.
Lincoln Memorial led wire-to-wire as the Railsplitters posed a 17-under par total of 847 and finished 13 strokes ahead of runner-up Limestone (860), who was playing in its inaugural SAC Championship. LMU lapped the tournament field shooting 286 on the final day.
LMU's Dan Bradbury established a new conference and tournament record with his 20-under par total of 196. His 54-hole score breaks the previous SAC record of 200, carded by former Tusculum All-American Brad Hawkins at the 2015 State Farm Intercollegiate, which was also played at Woodlake.
Bradbury posted rounds of 64-67-65=196 and finished 10 shots clear of runner-up and LMU teammate Luke Harries (67-70-69=206).
Queens University of Charlotte finished third with 862, followed by Carson-Newman (863), Newberry (869), Wingate (886), Catawba (888), Coker (894), Lenoir-Rhyne (899), Anderson (902), Tusculum (917), UVA Wise (983) and Mars Hill (1041).
The Tusculum freshman duo of Liam van Deventer and Dominic Barron Holden tied for 35th place with a 54-hole total 226. Van Deventer posted the low round of the day for the Black & Orange with his one-over par 73.
Junior Nicholas Marchese tied for 42nd with 78-72-79=229, rookie Isak Holter finished 53rd with 82-77-78=237 and junior Kyle Engelbert rounded out the TU scoring with 81-81-79=241 (54th).
Holden finished his inaugural Tusculum campaign with a 73.59 stroke average, which is a new TU freshman record and ninth lowest seasonal average in school history.
South Atlantic Conference Men's Golf Championship
Team Results
Pl |
Team |
1st |
2nd |
3rd |
TOT |
1 |
Lincoln Memorial |
274 |
287 |
286 |
847 |
2 |
Limestone |
284 |
285 |
291 |
860 |
3 |
Queens |
283 |
282 |
297 |
862 |
4 |
Carson-Newman |
282 |
291 |
290 |
863 |
5 |
Newberry |
302 |
285 |
282 |
869 |
6 |
Wingate |
296 |
294 |
296 |
886 |
7 |
Catawba |
299 |
303 |
286 |
888 |
8 |
Coker |
298 |
300 |
296 |
894 |
9 |
Lenoir-Rhyne |
294 |
300 |
305 |
899 |
9 |
Anderson |
305 |
297 |
300 |
902 |
11 |
TUSCULUM |
312 |
297 |
308 |
917 |
12 |
UVA Wise |
324 |
328 |
331 |
983 |
13 |
Mars Hill |
337 |
344 |
360 |
1041 |
Tusculum Individual Scorers
Pl |
Player |
1st |
2nd |
3rd |
TOT |
T35 |
78 |
75 |
73 |
226 |
|
T35 |
75 |
73 |
78 |
226 |
|
T42 |
78 |
72 |
79 |
229 |
|
53 |
82 |
77 |
78 |
237 |
|
54 |
81 |
81 |
79 |
241 |