SALISBURY, N.C. --- The Tusculum University men's golf team finished fourth at the 2022 Richard Rendleman Invitational which was held at the par-71, 6,757-yard Country Club of Salisbury.

The Pioneers had a 36-hole total of 606 including Tuesday's final round 302.  TU finished seven shots behind tournament winner and host Catawba who fired a 593. The Catawba Indians won the team title by five strokes over runner-up Fayetteville State.

Belmont Abbey B was third with 599, followed by Tusculum, North Greenville (610), Livingstone (612), Mars Hill (635), UVA Wise (646) and Belmont Abbey (647).

Catawba's Riley Smith led wire-to-wire as he carded and even par 70-72=142 to win by two shots over runner up Brendan Kelly of Belmont Abbey (72-72=144).

Tusculum's Thomas Kollberg finished in a five-way tie for fifth place with 71-78=149. Nicholas Taggart was one shot off the top-five as he carded 76-74=150 to move three spots up the leaderboard.

Riley Brown climbed eight positions to 18^th place following 79-75=154. Liam Hermansson advanced five spots to 21^st with 79-76=155, while Blake Williams also finished 21^st with 78-77=155.

The Pioneers will compete at the Walters State Fall Classic, next week (Oct. 10-11) in Morristown, Tennessee.

Team Results

Tusculum Individual Scores