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ABOUT CHATTANOOGA GOLF
CHATTANOOGA---The Chattanooga Mocs men's golf team heads back to the tee this week at Auburn's Tiger Invitational presented by Jason Dufner. The three-day, 54-hole, event begins Sunday and ends Tuesday with 18 holes per day at the Grand National Lake Course in Opelika, Ala.
The Mocs look to build on their last round from the spring's first event at Martin Downs in Florida. The squad shot its lowest tally vs. par on the campaign with a 9-under 279.
The group is led by sophomore
Oliver Simonsen whose current 70.83 scoring average is the best in school history. He's joined by
Connor Nolan,
Leon Bader,
Lake Johnson and
Etienne Brault. Johnson has fond memories of the Grand National Lake Course finishing third a year ago at 3 under.
Simonsen, Nolan and Bader earned their lineup spots are performance-based from Martin Downs. Johnson and Brault captured the final two spots in qualifying. It was a hotly-contested 36 holes with Brault and Johnson emerging from Council Fire and Black Creek Golf Clubs with 5-under totals. They topped
Dominic Jones in a playoff for the final two spots. Johnson (65) and Jones (67) were spectacular on the final day to match Brault.
A tough tourney field awaits the quintet. There are three top 25 programs – No. 6 SMU, No. 10 Auburn and No. 21 Arkansas State – and six total top 100 with several others lurking to enter that level with strong finishes on the par 72, 7,289-yard tract.
Tee times and scores, when available, can be accessed at the live scoring link above.
LINEUP
Starters:
Oliver Simonsen (70.83),
Connor Nolan (74.17),
Lake Johnson (74.56),
Etienne Brault (75.00) &
Leon Bader (75.00).
Individuals: N/A.
3 NOTES TO KNOW
- Four different pairs of Mocs carded 60s in a round: Oliver Simonsen (64)/Will Porter (66), Memphis Rd1; Simonsen (63)/Alex Cobb (69), Memphis Rd3; Simonsen (66)/Etienne Brault (66), Hummingbird Rd1; Dominic Jones (67)/Leon Bader (69), UNCG Martin Downs Rd3.
- Simonsen is 18 under for the year. Only two Mocs - Stephan Jaeger '12 and Jonathan Hodge '09 managed par or better for a season. Jaeger was 22 under in 2011-12 and -1 in 2010-11, while Hodge went 9 under in 2007-08.
- 9 under 279 in the final round at Martin Downs is the 17th time the program recorded 9 under or better. It tied for the 12th-best score vs. Par on the ledger. The squad's 277 (-7) at the Hummingbird in October tied for the eighth-best total.
FIELD
Chattanooga, (21) Arkansas St., (10) Auburn, Austin Peay, Florida Atlantic, Georgia St., (68) Kennesaw St., Lipscomb, ULM, Mercer, (58) Missouri, (85) UNCW, S. Alabama, (6) SMU, Western Kentucky
COURSE
Grand National Lake Course – Opelika, Ala. – Par 72 – 7,289 yards
DATES/TEE TIMES (EDT)
Sunday: 9:40 a.m. (Hole No. 1 paired with Florida Atlantic & Georgia State)
Monday: TBA (Click pairings link above for details)
Tuesday: TBA (Click pairings link above for details)
HISTORY
2013: 5th of 15 | 298-301-302=901 | T3, Benni Weilguni, 73-72-73=218 (+2)
2015: 12th of 16 | 304-299-296=899 | T33, Ewan Scott, 73-72-77=222 (+6)
2018: 10th of 17 | 302-289-288=879 | 3,
Lake Johnson, 72-69-72=213 (-3)
DEFENDING CHAMPS
Team: Auburn, 281-283-275=839 (-25)
Medalist: David Kocher, Maryland, 67-69-69=205 (-11)
TEAM LEADERS
Scoring Average:
Oliver Simonsen, 70.83
Par 3:
Will Porter, 3.14
Par 4: Simonsen, 4.01
Par 5: Simonsen, 4.57
Eagles/18: Simonsen, 0.28/18
Birdies/18: Simonsen, 4.00
Pars/18:
Lake Johnson, 10.94
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