BRISTOL, Tenn. --- Tusculum University's Thomas Kollberg carded a one-under par round of 69 and shares the first day lead at the 2022 King University Invitational on Monday. The two-day, 36-hole event is being conducted at the par 70, 6,483-yard Golf Club of Bristol.

The Pioneers are in second place in the team competition as TU shot 287 and is five shots behind first round leader Indiana (Pa.) who tallied 282.

Kollberg shot an even par 35 on his outward nine holes including a birdie on the par-3 third hole. He birdied back-to-back holes on No. 13 and No. 14 before posting bogey on the 18^th to slip in to a tie for first with Kritipas Ratanaprasar of host King.

Five players are locked in a tie for third place with an even par 70 including Tusculum freshman Nicholas Taggart, who was making his collegiate debut on Monday. Taggart jumped out to blistering pace with five birdies through his first 13 holes. But a tough stretch of bogeys on each of the last four holes has the TU rookie one shot behind the leaders.

Liam Hermansson and Riley Brown are tied for 24^th place with 74, while Blake Williams shot 79 and is tied for 48^th place.

Emory & Henry is in third place with 288, followed by King (289), Erskine B (292), King B (294), Erskine C (297), Emmanuel (303), North Greenville (305), Roane State (307) and UVA Wise (308).

The final round will be played on Tuesday at the Golf Club of Bristol. Tusculum finished runner-up at last year's tournament.

Team Results

Tusculum Individual Scores