Chattanooga Mocs Men's Golf
Tournament Notes – Furman Intercollegiate
Furman University Golf Club – Greenville, S.C. – March 24-26, 2017
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TEAM
- 855 (-9) total is the lowest over 54 holes since 852 (-12) in the 2016 Mobile Sports Authority Intercollegiate.
- 569 (-7) is the lowest 36-hole score of the year.
- 10 under (278) in second round is the lowest score vs. par this season…topped 282 (-6) in the previous tournament (Southern Intercollegiate)…2nd-lowest total behind 275 (-5) at Cleveland Golf Palmetto Intercollegiate.
- Season-high 48 birdies for the event…previous high was 41 in October's AutoTrader.com Collegiate…18 today matches season-best from final 18 at the Turning Stone-Tiger Invite to start the year.
- 288.56 stroke average over the second 18 this year…21 under in four spring events (280.75).
- 11th and 12th par or better team rounds over final 36 holes…7 of 11 spring rounds played par or better.
- 23 double-digit birdie rounds…18 of last 19 rounds include double-figure birds.
- Season-best 24 under on par 5s…have to go back to the 2011 AutoTrader.com Collegiate for a better number (-26).
- 287.56 over the last 16 rounds…11 of the 16 scores have been par or better.
- All eight Mocs entered posted at least one par or better card.
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INDVIDUAL
- Career-best 10-under par total of 206 for
Wes Gosselin…best by a Moc since Stephan Jaeger's school-record 203 (-13) winning the 2012 NCAA Bowling Green Regional.
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Etienne Brault set a new team high with a career-best 15 birdies…Gosselin and
Stuart Thomas was one off his pace with 14…
Andrew Weathers (12) and
Lake Johnson (10) also reach double-figure birdies.
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Brooks Thomas tied for the tournament lead with 40 pars.
- B. Thomas and Gosselin both carded just six bogeys over the three days.
- Gosselin now has 13 par or better 18s this season, five in the 60s…56 career par or better cards passes Derek Rende (54, 2007-10) into third-place in school history behind Web.com Tour pros Jaeger (69, 2009-12) and Jonathan Hodge (64, 2006-09).
- Gosselin lowered his season scoring average to 71.96…only Jaeger (twice) and Hodge (once) have ended sub-72.00 in the school record books.
- Gosselin was under par on the par 4s (-2) and 5s (-8) this week.
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Stuart Thomas and
Lake Johnson ended up just one behind Gosselin on par 5 at 7 under.
- B. Thomas tied his personal-best 18-hole score with a second round 68…it was his team-leading seventh of the season, eighth of his career.
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