Jones Leads Pioneers at Tusculum College

GREENEVILLE, Tenn. --- The Tusculum College men's golf team shot a school record 276 on Sunday as the Pioneers rallied from a 12-shot deficit to claim the 2015 Tusculum Invitational.  The two-day, 36-hole tournament was being held at the par-71, 6,733-yard Link Hills Country Club.

Four Pioneers shot below par in Sunday's final round as TC finished with a two-day score of 569 (+1) to win by four shots over runner-up Young Harris College and capture its seventh Tusculum Invitational crown and third in the last five years.

Tusculum entered Sunday's final round in fourth place and a dozen shots behind first day leader Young Harris.  TC leapfrogged the Mountain Lions as well as two-time defending Invitational champion Lincoln Memorial University and Tiffin University to claim the trophy.

Junior Nick Forsberg led the Pioneers with a new career-low 70-69=139 (-3) to finish runner-up in the tournament and one shot behind tournament medalist Eli Crumley of Young Harris 70-68=138 (-4).

Connor Jones led the Pioneers with back to back 75's to finish in a tie for 34th. The team struggled in their first event back this Spring and hope to rebound next week at a home match against Wayne State University from Michigan. "The team never found their groove this week, we need to evaluate the event and start fresh next week." says Coach Kyle Owings.

LMU finished third with 575, followed by Tiffin (577), Mars Hill University (580), Milligan College (585), Brevard College (591), Tennessee Wesleyan College (593), Anderson University (599) and Marian University (605) and Shorter University (605) to round out the top-10.

Mars Hill B finished 12th with 607, followed by Lincoln Memorial B (610), Spartanburg Methodist College (619), Walters State College (624), Bluefield State College (633), University of Virginia's College at Wise (638) and Urbana University (659).