MORRISTOWN, Tenn. --- The Tusculum University B men's golf team finished runner-up at the 2025 Walters State / Bill Gardner Fall Preview. The Pioneers posted a two-day score of 605 including Tuesday's final round 297 on the par-72, 7,077-yard Country Club of Morristown.

Host Walters State won the team title with a score of 594. Roane State was third with 608, followed by Cleveland State (638), Walters State B (641), Pellissippi State (659), Northeastern Tech (705) and LeMoyne Owen (775).

Greyson Smith of Walters State won the individual medal with a four-over par score of 75-73=148, one stroke clear of the trio of Ayden Smith (Walters State), Maddox Butler (Walters State) and Travis Gosnell (USC Union), who each finished with 149.

TU's Buster O'Callaghan (72-79=151) and Hayden Shrewsbury (81-70=151) finished tied for sixth place while the duo of Dylan Side (78-74=152) and Lawson Harkey (77-75=152) tied for 12^th. Koltt Bassham rounded out the Tusculum scoring with 82-78=160 to tie for 26^th place.

The tournament is named in honor of former Walters State head coach Bill Gardner. Gardner spent 48 years at Walters State coaching baseball, basketball and golf for the Senators. Gardner is a 1969 Tusculum graduate and is a 1985 inductee to the TU Sports Hall of Fame. He lettered in basketball and baseball as a student-athlete with the Pioneers.

Tusculum is back in action next week when they host the Bob Dibble Memorial at Graysburg Hills Golf Course. The two-day, 54-hole tournament begins with a shotgun start on Monday which will consist of 36 holes, followed by Tuesday's 18-hole final round.

Team Results (Final)

Tusculum Individual Scorers