PAWLEYS ISLAND, S.C. --- The Tusculum University men's golf team is in sixth place following day one action of the 2026 Spring Bulldog Clash, hosted by Barton College. The two-day, 54-hole tournament is being held at the par-70, 6,317-yard Caledonia Golf & Fish Club.
The Pioneers completed their two rounds with a 36-hole score of 293-292=585.
Lenoir-Rhyne has the 36-hole lead at 578 and has a one-shot lead over second place King (579). USC Aiken is third with 580, followed by Erskine (582), Coker (583), Tusculum (585), Newberry (586), Barton (586), Arkansas-Fort Smith (589) and a two-way tie 10th between Southern Wesleyan (591) and Chowan (591).
Union (Tenn.) is 12th with 593, followed by Rogers State (598), Cedarville (598), East Central (599), Belmont Abbey (603), North Greenville (604), Fayetteville State (612), Ferrum (614) and Montana State-Billings (617).
The Tusculum trio of Joe Stevenson, Buster O'Callaghan and Gavin Sells are tied for 16th place with a two-round score of 146 (+6). Stevenson opened with a 75 and followed with a 71. O'Callaghan posted an even-par 70 to start his tournament and tallied a 76 at the end of the day on Monday. Sells posted back-to-back rounds of 73 for his 146.
George Evans is tied for 27th place with 77-72=149 (+9) and Marinus Jeebe is 67th with 75-77=152 (+12).
The final 18 holes will be contested on Tuesday.
Team Results (36-Holes)
|
Pl |
Team |
1st |
2nd |
Total |
|
1 |
Lenoir-Rhyne |
288 |
290 |
578 |
|
2 |
King |
295 |
284 |
579 |
|
3 |
USC Aiken |
293 |
287 |
580 |
|
4 |
Erskine |
294 |
288 |
582 |
|
5 |
Coker |
295 |
288 |
583 |
|
6 |
TUSCULUM |
293 |
292 |
585 |
|
T7 |
Newberry |
301 |
286 |
586 |
|
T7 |
Barton |
301 |
285 |
586 |
|
9 |
Arkansas-Fort Smith |
299 |
290 |
589 |
|
T10 |
Southern Wesleyan |
302 |
289 |
591 |
|
T10 |
Chowan |
301 |
290 |
591 |
|
12 |
Union (Tenn.) |
302 |
291 |
593 |
|
T13 |
Rogers State |
303 |
295 |
598 |
|
T13 |
Cedarville |
312 |
286 |
598 |
|
15 |
East Central |
307 |
292 |
599 |
|
16 |
Belmont Abbey |
306 |
297 |
603 |
|
17 |
North Greenville |
305 |
299 |
604 |
|
18 |
Fayetteville State |
304 |
308 |
612 |
|
19 |
Ferrum |
313 |
301 |
614 |
|
20 |
Montana St.-Billings |
313 |
304 |
617 |
Tusculum Individual Scores
|
Pl |
Player |
1st |
2nd |
Total |
|
T16 |
75 |
71 |
146 |
|
|
T16 |
70 |
76 |
146 |
|
|
T16 |
73 |
73 |
146 |
|
|
T27 |
77 |
72 |
149 |
|
|
T67 |
Marinus Jebbe |
75 |
77 |
152 |