LENOIR CITY, Tenn. --- The Tusculum University men's golf team tied for 15^th place at the 2026 Tennessee River Rumble. The Pioneers finished with a 54-hole team aggregate score of 918 including Tuesday's final round 311 on the par-72, 7,099-yard layout at Windriver Golf Club.

Wingate, the fifth-ranked team in NCAA Division II, led the event wire-to-wire as the Bulldogs posted a three-round total of 863 (-1) to win by four strokes over tournament host and 20^th-ranked Lincoln Memorial (867). Ninth-ranked Catawba placed third with 868, while No. 34 USC Beaufort was fourth with 872 and top-ranked Grand Valley State shot 877 to round out the top-five.

Erskine finished sixth with 883, while Lenoir-Rhyne was seventh with 887, No. 11 North Georgia was eighth with 888, followed by Union, Tenn. (891), Carson-Newman (897), Anderson (898), Coker (899), Ferris State (900), Newberry (913), Tusculum (918), King (918), Cedarville (925), and LMU B (925).

Wingate's Lewis Beeden claimed medalist honors with an 11-under par total of 63-73-69=205, winning by three shots over LMU's Harry Dickins (69-67-72=208).

Tusculum's Ed Linley tied for 29^th place with 70-74-79=223, while the duo of Buster O'Callaghan (78-77-76=231) and Harrison Price (76-77-78=231) tied for 67^th. Gavin Sells placed 77^th with 77-78-78=233, while Fraser Laird finished 91^st with 83-78-79=240.

The Pioneers will begin their preparations for next month's South Atlantic Conference Championship which will be held in Greenville, South Carolina at The Preserve at Verdae on Apr. 19-21.

2026 Tennessee River Rumble (Final Results)

Tusculum Individual Scores