CHUCKEY, Tenn. --- Tusculum University's Dominic Barron Holden remains in the hunt for medalist honors at the 2022 South Atlantic Conference Men's Golf Championship. The three-day, 54-hole tournament is being held at the par-72, 6,860-yard Graysburg Hills Golf Course.
The Pioneers carded a second round 297 on Monday to give them a 36-hole score of 580 as the Black & Orange dropped four spots on the leaderboard and are seventh heading into Tuesday's final round.
Holden is in a three-way for third place with a seven-under par total 137 including Monday's 71. He is four shots off the pace set by tournament co-leaders Ollie Smith and Drake Wilcox, both of Queens University of Charlotte. The duo has posted identical scores on the first two days of competition with 67-66=133 (-11).
Queens is dominating the team portion of the championship as well with the Royals posting 36-hole score of 551 which is a remarkable 25-under par and is on pace in shattering the conference record book. Queens has a 14-stroke lead over defending SAC Champion Lincoln Memorial. The Royals followed Sunday's opening round 277 with 274. The Railsplitters are the No. 3 ranked team in the nation and shot 567 including Monday's second round 285.
Newberry is third with 571, while Limestone and Lenoir-Rhyne are tied for fourth place with 572. Carson-Newman, the No. 2 ranked team in the nation, is sixth in the SAC Championship with back-to-back rounds of even par 288 for 576.
Tusculum is seventh with 580, followed by Coker (581), Anderson (593), Wingate (596), Catawba (599), UVA Wise (610) and Mars Hill (649).
Holden's round included five birdies, four bogeys and nine pars as he posted his second sub-par round of the championship.
TU freshman Liam Hermansson is tied for 17th place with 72-73=145. In Monday's 73, he finished with five birdies, six bogeys and seven pars. Junior Thomas Kollberg is tied for 40th place with 73-77=150, Liam van Deventer is 45th with 75-76=151 and senior Nicholas Marchese has shot 72-80=152 and is 49th.
Tee times for Tuesday's final round will begin at 8:30 a.m. utilizing both the first holes on Knobs and Fodder Stack nines. TU tee times will being at 10:10 a.m. on the first hole of Fodder Stack.
2022 SAC Men's Golf Championship
Pl |
Team |
1st |
2nd |
Total |
1 |
Queens |
277 |
274 |
551 |
2 |
Lincoln Memorial |
282 |
285 |
567 |
3 |
Newberry |
283 |
288 |
571 |
T4 |
Limestone |
286 |
286 |
572 |
T4 |
Lenoir-Rhyne |
291 |
281 |
572 |
6 |
Carson-Newman |
288 |
288 |
576 |
7 |
TUSCULUM |
283 |
297 |
580 |
8 |
Coker |
287 |
294 |
581 |
9 |
Anderson |
297 |
296 |
593 |
10 |
Wingate |
300 |
296 |
596 |
11 |
Catawba |
298 |
301 |
599 |
12 |
UVA Wise |
309 |
301 |
610 |
13 |
Mars Hill |
328 |
321 |
649 |
Tusculum Individual Scores
Pl |
Player |
1st |
2nd |
Total |
T3 |
66 |
71 |
137 |
|
T17 |
72 |
73 |
145 |
|
T40 |
73 |
77 |
150 |
|
T45 |
75 |
76 |
151 |
|
T49 |
72 |
80 |
152 |