DANIEL ISLAND, S.C. --- The Chattanooga Mocs fired a two-under par 286 to vault into first place of the Southern Conference Championship at Ralston Creek Course. UTC leads by nine, while senior Stephan Jaeger (Munich, Germany) holds a four-stroke margin for medalist honors.

All four counting cards were par or better today for the Mocs. Chris Robb (Aberdeenshire, Scotland) and Benni Weilguni (Langenlois, Austria) led the way with one-under par 71's. Jaeger and Liam Johnston (Dumfries, Scotland) each had even-par 72's. Steven Fox (Hendersonville, Tenn.) had the drop score with a 74.

It was a very consistent round for UTC with 62 of 72 counting holes registered as a birdie or par. Chattanooga had 12 birdies and 50 pars.

Jaeger, a candidate for the Ben Hogan Award, maintains a four-shot lead. He is joined in the top 10 by Robb, tied for seventh at plus three. Fox and Johnston are tied for 14th at five over, while Weilguni comes in tied for 26th at plus seven.

Chattanooga leads Samford in second by nine. Georgia Southern is in third at 591, 11 strokes off the pace. UTC's 286 was the low round of the day by 10 ahead of Samford's 296.

The Mocs final round starts Tuesday at 9:50 a.m., off the No. 1 tee. Weilguni leads off followed by Johnston (10:00), Fox (10:10), Robb (10:20) and Jaeger (10:30). Live scoring can be accessed on GoMocs.com on the men's golf schedule page.

Southern Conference Championship
April 15-17, 2012 • Ralston Creek Course • Daniel Island, S.C.

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