Sunday, March 18
Eatonton, Ga.
University of Tennessee at Chattanooga
vs
Linger Longer Invitational - Round 1
Freshman Oliver Simonsen.
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Men’s Golf Returns to Tee Sunday at Linger Longer
3/17/2018 1:50:00 PM | Men's Golf
Oliver Simonsen and the Chattanooga Mocs head back to Georgia for the always tough Linger Longer Invitational.
SCORING | PAIRINGS | STATS/NOTES
CHATTANOOGA---The Chattanooga Mocs are back in action Sunday at the Linger Longer Invitational. The three-day, 54-hole event is played on the Great Waters Course at Reynolds Lake Oconee in Eatonton, Ga.
The Mocs are coming off a sixth-place finish at the one-day, 36-hole Southern Intercollegiate in Athens, Ga. Lake Johnson and Etienne Brault paced the effort shooting 147 and 148, respectively. Included among the many wins for UTC was Iowa along with Southern Conference rivals Wofford and Western Carolina.
Johnson and Brault remain in the lineup as does Luke Long and Andrew Weathers. Oliver Simonsen, Long and Weathers made this week's group through a qualifying tournament this week.
They'll look to get off to a better start this weekend. Chattanooga's first 18 average is 302.00, 291.69 in the latter rounds. In the seven years the tournament has called Great Waters home, teams finished par or better 28 times.
Links to live scoring and pairings are available above along with stats and notes. Here's a look at the lineup along with a few extra tidbits for the day.
LINEUP
Luke Long (So., 73.35), Lake Johnson (Jr., 73.80), Etienne Brault (Jr., 74.47), Andrew Weathers (Sr., 74.57) & Oliver Simonsen (Fr., 75.86)
3 NOTES TO KNOW
FIELD
Chattanooga, Akron, (8) Alabama, Augusta, (88) Charlotte, (99) Cincinnati, (61) Georgia, (53) Kennesaw State, (75) Michigan, (56) Middle Tennessee, UNCG, (78) Ohio State, (45) Penn State. Troy, (44) Virginia
COURSE
Great Waters Course at Reynolds Lake Oconee - Par 72 - 7,073 yards
DATES/TEE TIMES (EDT) – ADMISSION IS FREE
Sunday – March 18 – 8:30 a.m. – Pairing: TBA
Monday – March 19 – 8:30 a.m. – Pairing: Determined by previous round result
Tuesday – March 20 – 8:30 a.m. – Pairing: Determined by previous round result
Live scoring and pairing links are at atop this story when available.
HISTORY
*2006: 3rd of 13 | 297-289-290=876, +12 | T3, Bryce Ledford, 72-69-72=213, -3
*2007: 4th of 15 | 288-282-293=863, -1 | T8, Jonathan Hodge, 69-68-75=212, -4
*2008: 3rd of 14 | 278-298-292=868, +4 | T6, J.T. Clendenin, 66-72-77=215, -1
2011: 2nd of 13 | 284-289-291=864, E | T4, Stephan Jaeger, 69-69-73=211, -5
2012: 3rd of 12 | 289-288-293=870, +6 | 3, Stephan Jaeger, 68-74-68=210, -6
2014: 8th of 15 | 283-289-306=878, +14 | T13, Liam Johnston, 68-75-72=215, -1
2015: 14th of 15 | 296-291-294=881, +17 | T30, Liam Johnston, 74-73-79=217, +1
*Not played at Great Waters Course
DEFENDING CHAMPS
Team: Baylor, 274-276-281=831, -33
Medalist: Greyson Sigg, Georgia, 67-65-68=200, -16
TEAM LEADERS
Scoring Average: Luke Long: 73.35
Par 3: Oliver Simonsen, 3.05
Par 4: Lake Johnson, 4.12
Par 5: Etienne Brault, 4.69
Eagles/18: Brault, 0.24
Birdies/18: Long, 3.55
Pars/18: Phillip Hickam, 11.20
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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).
CHATTANOOGA---The Chattanooga Mocs are back in action Sunday at the Linger Longer Invitational. The three-day, 54-hole event is played on the Great Waters Course at Reynolds Lake Oconee in Eatonton, Ga.
The Mocs are coming off a sixth-place finish at the one-day, 36-hole Southern Intercollegiate in Athens, Ga. Lake Johnson and Etienne Brault paced the effort shooting 147 and 148, respectively. Included among the many wins for UTC was Iowa along with Southern Conference rivals Wofford and Western Carolina.
Johnson and Brault remain in the lineup as does Luke Long and Andrew Weathers. Oliver Simonsen, Long and Weathers made this week's group through a qualifying tournament this week.
They'll look to get off to a better start this weekend. Chattanooga's first 18 average is 302.00, 291.69 in the latter rounds. In the seven years the tournament has called Great Waters home, teams finished par or better 28 times.
Links to live scoring and pairings are available above along with stats and notes. Here's a look at the lineup along with a few extra tidbits for the day.
LINEUP
Luke Long (So., 73.35), Lake Johnson (Jr., 73.80), Etienne Brault (Jr., 74.47), Andrew Weathers (Sr., 74.57) & Oliver Simonsen (Fr., 75.86)
3 NOTES TO KNOW
- The Linger Longer features another strong field (15 teams) listed below. There is one top 10 team along with 10 total among the top 100 in the nation.
- This is the Mocs eighth entry in the event. They've finished in the top 3 four times including runners-up in 2011. That was particularly memorable with wins over No. 13 Georgia and No. 15 Stanford.
- There are six Power 5 conference schools in the tourney providing an opportunity to build on the four such wins on the season (Iowa, Kansas State, Rutgers & Virginia).
FIELD
Chattanooga, Akron, (8) Alabama, Augusta, (88) Charlotte, (99) Cincinnati, (61) Georgia, (53) Kennesaw State, (75) Michigan, (56) Middle Tennessee, UNCG, (78) Ohio State, (45) Penn State. Troy, (44) Virginia
COURSE
Great Waters Course at Reynolds Lake Oconee - Par 72 - 7,073 yards
DATES/TEE TIMES (EDT) – ADMISSION IS FREE
Sunday – March 18 – 8:30 a.m. – Pairing: TBA
Monday – March 19 – 8:30 a.m. – Pairing: Determined by previous round result
Tuesday – March 20 – 8:30 a.m. – Pairing: Determined by previous round result
Live scoring and pairing links are at atop this story when available.
HISTORY
*2006: 3rd of 13 | 297-289-290=876, +12 | T3, Bryce Ledford, 72-69-72=213, -3
*2007: 4th of 15 | 288-282-293=863, -1 | T8, Jonathan Hodge, 69-68-75=212, -4
*2008: 3rd of 14 | 278-298-292=868, +4 | T6, J.T. Clendenin, 66-72-77=215, -1
2011: 2nd of 13 | 284-289-291=864, E | T4, Stephan Jaeger, 69-69-73=211, -5
2012: 3rd of 12 | 289-288-293=870, +6 | 3, Stephan Jaeger, 68-74-68=210, -6
2014: 8th of 15 | 283-289-306=878, +14 | T13, Liam Johnston, 68-75-72=215, -1
2015: 14th of 15 | 296-291-294=881, +17 | T30, Liam Johnston, 74-73-79=217, +1
*Not played at Great Waters Course
DEFENDING CHAMPS
Team: Baylor, 274-276-281=831, -33
Medalist: Greyson Sigg, Georgia, 67-65-68=200, -16
TEAM LEADERS
Scoring Average: Luke Long: 73.35
Par 3: Oliver Simonsen, 3.05
Par 4: Lake Johnson, 4.12
Par 5: Etienne Brault, 4.69
Eagles/18: Brault, 0.24
Birdies/18: Long, 3.55
Pars/18: Phillip Hickam, 11.20
GoMocs.com is the official website of the Chattanooga Mocs. Buy officially licensed gear in our online store. 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 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).
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