TAZEWELL, Tenn. - The final round of the State Farm Intercollegiate, hosted by Lincoln Memorial at the 6,771 yard, par 72 Woodlake Golf Club has been rained out.
The tournament, originally slated for 54 holes, with 36 on Monday, saw host Lincoln Memorial (278-288=566) capture the 12-team event - its second consecutive title - by four shots over second-place Carson-Newman (281-289=570), while Dalton State (287-285=572) was two strokes further back. Tusculum (291-287=578), Lenoir-Rhyne (294-297=591) finished fourth and fifth, respectively, with Lincoln Memorial (B) (293-303=596) in sixth.
Mars Hill (299-300=599) held the seventh spot, while Lincoln Memorial (D) (302-298=600) was eighth, with Anderson (305-299=604) and Catawba (303-301=604) sharing ninth. Lincoln Memorial (C) (301-306=607) and Walters State (310-299=609) rounded out the field.
LMU's Braden Galyon (64-70=134) took home individual medalist honors by two shots over Tusculum's Brad Hawkins (69-67=136). Dalton State's Sean Elliott (67-70=137) and Carson-Newman's Andrew Hall (68-69=137) tied for third.
Anderson's Alex Merriman's two-round 148 marked the freshman's
best effort of the young season and placed him 23rd, while fellow
freshman Forrest Fowler (74-76=150) finished in a tie for 36th.
Junior David Wachter (76-75=151) was one stroke further back to tie
for 38th, with sophomore Payton Whitlock carding a two round 155
and shared 49th. Sophomore Rob Warren (81-79=160) rounded out the
Trojan contingent in a tie for 62nd.
Following a two-week layoff, the Trojans return to the links at the
Illinois Springfield Island Getaway at the Wyndham Grand Rio Mar in
Puerto Rico.
