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EATONTON, Ga.---The Chattanooga Mocs men's golf team opened the Linger Longer Invitational with a season-best 5-under 283. Senior Andrew Weathers led the strong start with a 4-under 68.
 
The team is fifth while Weathers is tied for sixth. It was a great team effort with 1-under 71s from Lake Johnson and Etienne Brault along with a 1-over 73 by Luke Long. Oliver Simonsen posted a good drop score with 74.
 
Georgia leads over No. 8 Alabama by five shots. The Bulldogs posted 272 while the Tide came in at 277. Penn State is third at 278 followed by Ohio State with 281, just two ahead of the Mocs. Virginia is sixth at 286.
 
Chattanooga started on the 10th hole. It tallied just six birdies across the five cards turning at 1 over among the eventual counters. The group was 2 over through 10 before playing the par 5 second hole 3 under with an eagle from Weathers and birdie by Johnson.
 
The par 5 sixth was pivotal. Simonsen, Long, Weathers and Johnson recorded birdies with Brault earning an eagle three. It propelled a seven-under run over the final four holes to shoot UTC up the leaderboard.
 
The Mocs 283 is the best round since 10-under 278 in the second round of the 2017 Furman Intercollegiate. It's the top starting card since turning in 283 to begin the 2016 AutoTrader Collegiate.
 
Links to live scoring and pairings are above.
 
LINEUP
T6) Andrew Weathers: 68 (-4)
T20) Lake Johnson: 71 (-1)
T20) Etienne Brault: 71 (-1)
T40) Luke Long: 73 (+1)
T50) Oliver Simonsen: 74 (+2)
 
Complete results linked above.
 
3 NOTES TO KNOW

• Weathers' 68 ties the season-low by a Moc (Phillip Hickam, Luke Long, Lake Johnson). Best for Andrew since the same tally in the second round of the 2014 Bridgestone Golf Collegiate.
• 20th career card with four more birdies for Brault who had a team-high five today.
• Simonsen's drop score of 74 is the lowest for a Moc since the Southern Conference Championships second 18 last year (April 24). Three different student-athletes shared the number (Hickam, Brooks Thomas, Stuart Thomas) as the squad shot 290.

 
DATES/TEE TIMES (EDT) – ADMISSION IS FREE
Monday – Hole 1, 9:20 a.m. (Paired with Ohio State & Virginia)
Tuesday – TBA (Determined by second round result)
 
Live scoring and pairing links are atop this story when available.
 
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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).