LOUDON, Tenn. --- The Tusculum University men's golf team posted a first round score of 301 and were in 13th place at the conclusion of the first 18 holes of play of the 2022 Tennessee River Rumble. The two-day, 54-hole tournament is being held at the Wind River Golf Course and hosted by Lincoln Memorial University.
Due to a frost delay in getting the first round started, Monday's second round was suspended due to darkness with four holes remaining for most competitors. The second round will resume on Tuesday at 9 a.m., followed by the final round of the 54-hole tournament.
North Georgia and Belmont Abbey shared the first round lead after posting team scores of 285 (-3). Host LMU is third with 286, followed by Queens (289), USC Aiken (293), Lee (294), Walters State (297), King (297), Coker (298) and Carson-Newman (298) to comprise the top-10.
Erskine and LMU B are tied for 11th place with 300, followed by Tusculum (301), Lenoir-Rhyne (302), Wingate (304), North Greenville (307), Newberry (310), Anderson (316) and Young Harris (327) to wrap up the 19-team field.
Liam van Deventer and Thomas Kollberg each shot 74 in their opening rounds, while Nick Marchese carded a 76. Dominic Barron Holden and Liam Hermansson both fired 77 to start the tournament.
North Georgia's Stephen Kinsel posted the low round of the morning session as he shot an eight-under par 64 on the 6,986-yard, par-72 layout.
