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PAIRINGS
ROCKY FACE, Ga.---The Chattanooga Mocs men's golf team shot 314 over the opening 18 holes of the prestigious Carpet Capital Collegiate. The Mocs are in 15th with 36 holes remaining over Saturday and Sunday at the Farm.
Senior
Phillip Hickam had the low round on a stingy day from the Tom Fazio layout 75 was followed by
Luke Long's 77 with
A.J. Lintunen,
Will Porter and
Lake Johnson each carding 81. There were just seven birdies on the four counting cards with three coming from Long.
UTC's day started on the treacherous back nine. The group was 12 over at the turn. A couple of early birdies had the team hovering around 15 over with around five holes to play. They dropped nine shots over the final three holes to end up at 314.
Florida is the early leader at 281. The Gators have a one-shot lead over Tennessee in second with Georgia Tech (287) in third. UF's Alejandro Tosti is the individual leader at 6-under 66.
Tomorrow's second round starts on the 10th hole at 8:22 a.m. The Mocs are paired with Troy and Virginia. Admission for the event, just 30 minutes south of downtown Chattanooga, is free.
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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 PGA TOUR Member: Stephan Jaeger (2018).
- 1 United States Amateur Champion: Steven Fox (2012).
- 1 Scottish Amateur Champion: Chris Robb (2014).
- 8 Cleveland Golf/Srixon All-America Scholars: Derek Rende (2009, 2010), Jaeger (2011, 2012), Gosselin (2016, 2017),
Phillip Hickam (2017) and
Stuart Thomas (2017).
- 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).
