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DULUTH, Ga.---The Chattanooga Mocs men's golf team shot its best 54-hole score of the season finishing sixth at the AutoTrader.com Collegiate. The 5-under 859 bettered last week's 863 at the Firestone Invitational.
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It was powered by a 286 in today's final round.
Etienne Brault turned in the best round of the season with a 6-under 66.
Will Porter added even-par 72, while
Lake Johnson and
Wes Gosselin posted 73 and 74, respectively.
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"We've really tried to relax and have fun again on the golf course," coach
Mark Guhne said. "I think we were so tight and had our minds going so many different ways on the course that we needed to get back to having fun, and it looks like we did based on the scorecards."
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Brault tied for ninth for his first collegiate top 10 at 4 under.
Brooks Thomas tied for 21 at E, with Gosselin just behind at +1. Porter finished at +4 in just his second start, while Johnson was two more back at +6.
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Stuart Thomas nearly matched Brault playing as an individual. He turned in three par or better cards tying for 13th at -2.
Phillip Hickam shot 231.
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Ole Miss ran away with the team title shooting 831. Lipscomb was second with an 846, while Troy ended up third at 847. The Rebels' Braden Thornberry was medalist at 18 under.
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"We beat some good teams," Guhne added. "I really liked what we got from E and Will. They give us so much depth in the lineup. E has worked really hard on the right things the last few weeks and it showed in a big way."
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That ends the fall schedule for the Mocs. They return to the tee in February at the Mobile Sports Authority Intercollegiate.
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ABOUT CHATTANOOGA GOLF
The 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 Regionals Team Title: 2012 Bowling Green.
- 1 NCAA Regionals Medalist: Stephan Jaeger (2012 Bowling Green).
- 8 NCAA Regionals Team Appearances: 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014
- 3 NCAA Regionals Individual Appearances: Neil Connolly (1992, 1993) and
Wes Gosselin (2016).
- 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).
- 5 Cleveland Golf/Srixon All-America Scholars: Derek Rende (2009, 2010), Jaeger (2011, 2012) and Gosselin (2016).
- 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).