Railsplitter Golf Finishes Fifth At Tusculum Fall Classic

September 28, 2010

Box Score

GREENEVILLE, TN -- LMU's Eric Kennedy tied for first after 36 holes, but Limestone's Phillip Rogers won the tiebreaker and captured the medalist honors in the Tusculum Fall Classic. As a team LMU finished in fifth place with 576, which was 17 strokes behind tournament champion Limestone and 13 behind tournament host and fellow South Atlantic Conference member Tusculum College.

Kennedy's (68-69=137) second place finish marks the fourth time the junior has finished in the top two in a tournament. Senior Cory Talley finished tied for eighteenth with 72-71=143, while fellow senior Cory Bartlett finished tied for 24th with 70-75=145. Dusty Louth finished tied for 45th with 76-75=151 and Kyle Warwick finished tied for 57th with 79-77=156.

LMU finished two strokes behind the Newberry B Team (574). Fellow SAC member Catawba finished tied for seventh with 579 while Wingate finished ninth with 580. Lenoir-Rhyne finished 10th with 588 and Mars Hill came in at twelfth with 620.

The Railsplitters will next hit the links at the Myrtle Beach Intercollegiate Oct. 4-5.

Fin.   School                            Scores  
1     Limestone                         285  274    559        -9
2     Tusculum                          284  279    563        -5
3     Walters State                    289  284    573        +5
4     Newberry B                     290  284    574        +6
5     Lincoln Memorial              286  290    576        +8 
6     North Greenville               282  296    578       +10
7     Tennessee Wesleyan         290  289    579       +11
       Catawba                           291  288    579       +11
9     Wingate                            291  289    580       +12
10   Lenoir-Rhyne                    295  293    588       +20
11   Spartanburg Methodist      306  301    607       +39 
12   Mars Hill                           314  306    620       +52