Tuesday, October 23, 2007

                      

TUSCULUM MEN'S GOLF SHOOTS 284 ON FINAL DAY TO FINISH THIRD AT LMU INVITATIONAL

 

                TAZEWELL, Tenn. --- The Tusculum College men's golf team fired a final round 284 to finish with 581 and tied for third place at the Lincoln Memorial University Fall Invitational, held this week at Woodlake Golf Course.

 

                Tusculum's Chase Carroll fired a two-under par 70 to lead the Pioneers on Tuesday.  Chris Wynne posted back-to-back 71s to shoot 142 and finish tied for 10th place.  Jake Scheffers carded 145, including Tuesday's 70 to finish 13th.  Lawson George posted 75-73=148 to tie for 21st place, while Matt McIntyre shot 76-74=150 to tie for 31st.  Darren Christie posted consecutive rounds of 77 to shoot 154 and finish 44th, playing as an individual.

 

                Host Lincoln Memorial captured the team title with 567, five shots ahead of second-place Shorter (572).  Tusculum and Wingate tied for third place with 581, followed by North Greenville (585), Anderson (587), Catawba (590), Tiffin (592), Walters State (594), Brevard (598), LMU Blue (613) and LMU Gray (703).

 

                Shorter's Alex Lantz won the individual title with 67-68=135 (-9), two shots better than Adam Sheriff of Anderson as he shot 137, including a course record 64 in the final round.

 

                Tusculum will be in action again Feb. 4-5 when they compete at the Outback Steakhouse Invitational in Panama City, Fla.

 

- TC -

 

LMU Fall Invitational
Woodlake Golf Course
Tazewell, TN
Dates: 10/22-10/23, 2007
Par 72, 6771 yards, Slope 127, Rating 72.1
 
Fin.  Top 20 teams                     Scores    Total    Par 
   1  Lincoln Memorial...............  272  295    567     -9
   2  Shorter........................  290  282    572     -4
t  3  Tusculum.......................  297  284    581     +5
t  3  Wingate........................  293  288    581     +5
   5  North Greenville...............  286  299    585     +9
   6  Anderson.......................  293  294    587    +11
   7  Catawba........................  305  285    590    +14
   8  Tiffin.........................  290  302    592    +16
   9  Walters State..................  293  301    594    +18
  10  Brevard........................  298  300    598    +22
  11  LMU Blue.......................  301  312    613    +37
  12  LMU Gray.......................  351  352    703   +127
 
 
Fin.  Top 20 Players        Team                              Scores   Total    Par 
   1  Alex Lantz........... Shorter........................   67   68    135     -9
   2  Adam Sheriff......... Anderson.......................   73   64    137     -7
   3  Joaquin Correnti..... Shorter........................   71   67    138     -6
   4  Josh Collins......... Lincoln Memorial...............   66   73    139     -5
t  5  Cory Bartlett........ Lincoln Memorial...............   65   75    140     -4
t  5  Jeremy Cason......... Walters State..................   69   71    140     -4
t  5  Bleu George.......... Tiffin.........................   68   72    140     -4
t  5  Kevin Robertson...... Wingate........................   69   71    140     -4
t  5  Allen Tuttle......... Catawba........................   71   69    140     -4
t 10  Brad Greenside....... Lincoln Memorial...............   69   73    142     -2
t 10  Chris Wynne.......... Tusculum.......................   71   71    142     -2
  12  Nathan Irvin......... North Greenville...............   69   74    143     -1
  13  Jacob Scheffers...... Tusculum.......................   75   70    145     +1
t 14  Kyle Glenn........... Tiffin.........................   75   71    146     +2
t 14  Corey Talley......... Lincoln Memorial...............   72   74    146     +2
t 16  Andrew Beck.......... North Greenville...............   73   74    147     +3
t 16  Brad Caldwell........ North Greenville...............   70   77    147     +3
t 16  Jonathan Clapp....... Catawba........................   78   69    147     +3
t 16  David Martinez....... Brevard........................   74   73    147     +3
t 16  Kenny Shockley....... Anderson.......................   75   72    147     +3
 
The 64 by Anderson College's Adam Sheriff is a new Woodlake Golf Course record.
 
Tusculum Individual Scores
t-10  Chris Wynne         71-71=142
13    Jacob Scheffers     75-70=145
t-21  Lawson George                75-73=148
t-31  Matt McIntyre                76-74=150
44    Darren Christie*    77-77=154
--    Chase Carroll                DQ-70
* Playing as an individual