Tuesday, March 7, 2006

TUSCULUM MEN SHOOT 593 TO FINISH THIRD AT RENDLEMAN

SALISBURY, N.C. --- The Tusculum College men’s golf team carded a two-day 593 to finish third at the 2006 Richard Rendleman Invitational at the par 71 Country Club of Salisbury.

The Pioneers tied for the lowest round of the day with 294 and finish seven shots behind tournament winner Pfeiffer.

Sasha Catron and Chase Carroll led the Tusculum surge tying for eighth place with 146. Carroll fired an even par 71 on Tuesday, while Chris Wynne and Nick Kinzer each posted final round 74’s. Wynne posted a two-round 150 to tie for 19^th, while Kinzer finished 25^th at 151. Luke Miller rounded out the scoring for Tusculum with 158.

UNC Pembroke placed fourth, while Newberry and Presbyterian tied fir fifth with 602. Grand Valley State shot 604 to finish eighth, followed by Queens (608), host Catawba (611), Clayton State (611), Charleston (613), Lenoir-Rhyne (616), Barton (622), Wingate (623), Laval (627), North Greenville (630) and Mars Hill (630).

Tusculum returns to action Mar. 20-21 at the Lenoir-Rhyne Intercollegiate.

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Team Results
Pl.	Team	1^st	2^nd	TOT
1	Pfeiffer	290	296	586
2	Belmont Abbey	294	294	588
3	TUSCULUM	299	294	593
4	UNC Pembroke	301	298	599
5	Newberry	305	297	602
	Presbyterian	301	301	602
7	Grand Valley St.	303	301	604
8	Queens (N.C.)	299	309	608
9	Catawba	303	308	611
	Clayton State	303	308	611
11	Charleston (W.Va.)	303	310	613
12	Lenoir-Rhyne	312	304	616
13	Barton	307	315	622
14	Wingate	310	313	623
15	Laval University- PQ	313	314	627
16	North Greenville	311	319	630
	Mars Hill	314	316	630

Tusculum Individual Scores
Pl.	Player	1^st	2^nd	TOT
T8	Sasha Catron	71	75	146
T8	Chase Carroll	75	71	146
T19	Chris Wynne	76	74	150
T25	Nick Kinzer	77	74	151
T60	Luke Miller	79	79	158