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ROSTER CHATTANOOGA, Tenn.---The Chattanooga Mocs men's golf team completes the fall portion of its season at the Bridgestone Golf Collegiate in Greensboro, N.C. The Grandover Resort East Course hosts the 14-team field that features 10 teams ranked in the top 100 (Golfstat) including two in the Top 20 – No. 18 North Carolina and No. 20 Purdue.
Chattanooga is making its fourth appearance in the tourney and has enjoyed strong success at Grandover East. The previous three entries finished second, second and third as a team, while individuals accounted for a win (former All-American Chris Robb, 2012), three top 5s and six top 10s.
"This is a great opportunity for us," coach
Mark Guhne noted. "We've been close throughout the fall to some really strong performances, but have just fallen short. UNCG has a great field assembled and a good finish this week puts us in good shape going into the spring. We are still learning, but we know we are better than our results.
"We need to show that this week."
Freshman
Lake Johnson (77.91) returns to the starting lineup this week. He joins juniors
Wes Gosselin (72.45) and
Brooks Thomas (74.82), along with sophomores
Stuart Thomas (75.18) and
Andrew Weathers (73.38). Junior
Kory Webb (77.82) is playing as an individual.
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2015 Bridgestone Golf CollegiateTournament Field: (86) CHATTANOOGA, Davidson, (89) Georgia State, (80) Iowa State, (39) Kansas State, Mercer, (18) North Carolina, (65) UNCG, (58) Northwestern, (20) Purdue, South Alabama, Utah, (71) VCU, (98) Virginia Tech
Where: Grandover Resort | Greensboro, N.C. | Par 72 | 7,245 yards
When: Oct. 25-26
Format: 54 holes | 36 Sunday/18 Monday
2014 Results: North Carolina won by 12 strokes over Virginia Tech in second. Chattanooga was third behind
Andrew Weathers' tie for fifth finish at -2 (214).
Best Team Finish: 2nd, 2012 & 2013
Team Records: 18: 282, 2012 (2) | 36: 571, 2012 | 54: 865, 2012
Best Individual Finish: 1st, Chris Robb, 207, 2012
Ind. Records: 18: 66, Chris Robb, 2012 (2) | 36: 138, Chris Robb, 2012 | 54: 207, Chris Robb, 2012
A Look Back & a Look AheadLast Time Out: The squad finished sixth at the AutoTrader.com Collegiate.
Andrew Weathers posted his first top 10 of the year tying for 10th at -1.
Next Up: This is the final fall event. The Mocs return to the course Feb. 22-23 at the Mobile Sports Authority Intercollegiate.
Chip Shots- This week's lineup features
Wes Gosselin,
Lake Johnson,
Brooks Thomas,
Stuart Thomas and
Andrew Weathers,
Kory Webb plays as an individual.
- Bridgestone Golf Collegiate History: Year: Team Finish & Scores | Top Individual
2012: 2nd, 289-282-294=865 (+1) | Chris Robb, 1, 72-66-69=207 (-9)
2013: 2nd, 291-286=577 (+1) |
Ewan Scott, T3, 71-71=142 (-2)
2014: 3rd, 298-286-288=872 (+8) |
Andrew Weathers, T5, 71-68-75=214 (-2)
- The Mocs have been traditionally strong at the Bridgestone Golf Collegiate with two runners-up and a third-place showing. Individually, former All-American Chris Robb (2011-14) got his second career win here in 2012 shooting -9. That gives us a win, three top 5s and six top 10s in three visits to Grandover.
- Gosselin just missed a top 10 last year tying for 12th at +2. He fired a final round 68 (-4) to move up 25 spots on the leaderboard.
- Gosselin has finished at E in three of four events and is +7 for the season.
- Weathers tied for fifth last year at -2 shooting 71, 68 and 75 for his 214 total. The 68 is one off his career-low mark of 67 in the first round of his collegiate career at the Carpet Capital Collegiate. His best 36 (-5, 139) and 54-hole scores were at Grandover East last year.
- S. Thomas is averaging 73.70 strokes per 18 over his last 10 cards.
- Last time out, the Mocs were fantastic on par 3 (+3) and 4 holes (+2) at the AutoTrader.com Collegiate. That's an average of 3.06 and 4.02 on those respective holes. The squad entered with averages of 3.10 and 4.21, respectively.
- Indiv. season bests: 18: 69, B. Thomas, VCU Shootout (1)/Weathers, AutoTrader (2)/Gosselin, AutoTrader (3) | 36: 139, Weathers, AutoTrader | 54: 212,
Stuart Thomas, VCU Shootout
- Par or Better Cards (Team 2): Gosselin 6, S. Thomas 4, B. Thomas 3, Weathers 3
- Scoring Avg (Leaders) by Hole Type: Par 3: 3.09 (Gosselin, 3.02) | Par 4: 4.16 (Gosselin, 4.07) | Par 5: 4.98 (B. Thomas, 4.91)
- Scoring Bests (Indiv.) by Hole Type: Par 3: +3, AutoTrader (Gosselin -1, AutoTrader) | Par 4: +2, AutoTrader (Gosselin -2, AutoTrader) | Par 5: -10, VCU Shootout (B. Thomas -5, VCU Shootout)
GoMocs.com is the official website of the Chattanooga Mocs. The Mocs can also be followed on their official Facebook page or on Twitter. Find out how to join the UTC Mocs Club and support more than 300 student-athletes by clicking here.ABOUT CHATTANOOGA GOLFThe Chattanooga Mocs golf program has won six Southern Conference Championships (1987, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2012, 2013) since joining the league in 1977-78. The Mocs have twice been ranked No. 1 in the nation during the falls of 2008 and 2009. It boasts:
- 4 NCAA Championships Appearances: 1993 (Individual-Neil Connolly), 2009, 2012, 2014 (Individual-Chris Robb).
- 3 All-Americans: Jonathan Hodge (2008), Stephan Jaeger (2012) and Chris Robb (2014).
- 1 NCAA Regional Team Tile: 2012 Bowling Green.
- 1 NCAA Regional Medalist: Stephan Jaeger (2012 Bowling Green).
- 2 Top 25 season-ending rankings: 2008 (12) and 2009 (25).
- 1 United States Amateur Champion: Steven Fox (2012).
- 1 Scottish Amateur Champion: Chris Robb (2014).
- 4 Cleveland Golf/Srixon All-America Scholars: Derek Rende (2009, 2010) and Jaeger (2011, 2012).
- 2 SoCon Champions: Donnie Green (1978) and Jaeger (2012).
- 5 SoCon Golfers of the Year: Hodge (2007, 2008) and Jaeger (2010, 2011, 2012).
- 3 SoCon Freshman of the Years – Rende (2007), Jaeger (2009) and
Andrew Weathers (2015).