HICKORY, N.C. — The Tusculum University men’s golf team fired a final round 297 as the Pioneers finished sixth at the Lenoir-Rhyne Fall Invitational, which was held at the 6,628-yard, par-72 Lake Hickory Country Club.
Tusculum recorded a 54-hole total 904 to place sixth in the 16-team tournament field.
Host Lenoir-Rhyne captured the team title as the Bears finished with 875 to win by seven shots over runner-up Rollins (882).
Tusculum senior Blake Williams was the low Pioneer of the tournament as he finished with a three-round score of 222 to tie for 14th place which included a final round 72 on Tuesday.
TU’s Hunter Hartman was 27th with 71-78-78=227, while Liam van Deventer was tied for 30th with 72-83-74=229. Buster O’Callaghan (83-77-75=235) and Harrison Price (83-76-76=235) tied for 52nd place for the Pioneers.
LR’s Holt Allison captured medalist honors as he shot a three-under par 69-74-70=213, winning by a single stroke over King’s Asmund Noran with 73-70-71=214 (-2).
King finished third in the team competition with 889, St. Thomas Aquinas was fourth with 891 and North Greenville rounded out the top-five with 893. Tusculum was sixth with 904, followed by Glenville State (911), Charleston, W.Va. (912), Fayetteville State (919), Lenoir-Rhyne B (923), Chowan (928), Sandhills Community College (930), Wilmington (934), Limestone, B (941), Ferrum (970) and The Apprentice School (1020).
Tusculum returns to action next weekend as the Pioneers compete next week (Oct. 28-29) at the Bill Crabtree Invitational in Owensboro, Kentucky.
Team Results
Pl | Team |
1st |
2nd |
3rd |
Total |
1 | Lenoir-Rhyne A |
288 |
294 |
293 |
875 |
2 | Rollins |
298 |
299 |
285 |
882 |
3 | King |
305 |
295 |
289 |
889 |
4 | St. Thomas Aquinas |
303 |
303 |
285 |
891 |
5 | North Greenville |
295 |
292 |
306 |
893 |
6 | TUSCULUM |
302 |
305 |
297 |
904 |
7 | Glenville St. |
311 |
295 |
305 |
911 |
8 | Charleston (W.Va.) |
304 |
319 |
289 |
912 |
9 | Fayetteville St. |
311 |
307 |
301 |
919 |
10 | Lenoir-Rhyne B |
299 |
311 |
313 |
923 |
11 | Chowan |
307 |
313 |
308 |
928 |
12 | Sandhills CC |
324 |
318 |
288 |
930 |
13 | Wilmington |
316 |
319 |
299 |
934 |
14 | Limestone B |
330 |
312 |
299 |
941 |
15 | Ferrum |
319 |
324 |
327 |
970 |
16 | The Apprentice |
353 |
340 |
327 |
1020 |
Tusculum Individual Scorers
Pl | Player |
1st |
2nd |
3rd |
Total |
T14 | Blake Williams |
76 |
74 |
72 |
222 |
27 | Hunter Hartman |
71 |
78 |
78 |
227 |
T30 | Liam van Deventer |
72 |
83 |
74 |
229 |
T52 | Buster O’Callaghan |
83 |
77 |
75 |
235 |
T52 | Harrison Price |
83 |
76 |
76 |
235 |