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CHATTANOOGA---The Chattanooga Mocs finished seventh at the Steelwood Collegiate in Loxley, Ala., Sunday afternoon. The Mocs final round 292 gave the squad a 54-hole total of 862, 2 under at Steelwood Country Club.
 
Braedon Wear led a consistent final day for the group with even-par 72. Garrett Engle and Camden Braidech matched with 73s ahead of a pair of 74s from Carson Johnson and Ethan Whitaker.
 
Johnson turned in his best collegiate effort leading the squad with 2-under 214. That tied for 24th, one ahead of Engle's 215 with Whitaker lurking another stroke behind at level-par 216. Wear was next at 218 as Braidech finished with 222.
 
"We showed spurts of really impressive golf," Coach Blaine Woodruff said. "Carson had a solid finish, his best as a Moc I believe. The talent is there. We do the hard stuff well, but we just need to do simple better.
 
"I feel like we learned a lot as a group this fall, especially our younger guys. We will sit down and come up with a development plan for each guy. They'll all be competing in stuff over the winter, and we will be ready to go late January in California."
 
No. 12 Illinois earned a 2-shot win over Kennesaw State for the team title. Kansas State's Nick Mason cruised to the individual win with 17-under 199.
 
The Mocs return to the tee in January traveling to southern California for the Southwestern Invitational at Sherwood Country Club.
 
Tournament 4: Steelwood Collegiate
Dates: Oct. 26-27 | Format: 36/18 | Host: South Alabama
Course: Steelwood CC; Par 72; TBA yards | Location: Loxley, Ala.
Field: Chattanooga, Clemson, East Carolina, Illinois, Kansas State, Kennesaw State, Kentucky, LA Tech, Memphis, Nebraska, Rice, South Alabama, Troy, Virginia Tech
Live Scoring: Scoreboard
 
Scores
1) #12 Illinois: 276-283-275=834 (-30)
2) Kennesaw State: 282-281-273=836 (-28)
3) Kansas State: 283-279-284=846 (-18)
4) Rice: 286-279-285=850 (-14)
5) Memphis: 276-292-285=853 (-11)
6) Clemson: 281-296-278=855 (-9)
7) Chattanooga: 289-281-292=862 (-2)
8) Kentucky: 294-281-289=864 (E)
9) Troy: 287-289-290=866 (+2)
10) South Alabama: 290-292-285=867 (+3)
11) LA Tech: 290-286-293=869 (+5)
tie) Nebraska: 295-285-289=869 (+5)
13) East Carolina: 293-290-291=874 (+10)
14) Virginia Tech: 291-294-295=880 (+16)
 
T24) Carson Johnson: 69-71-74=214 (-2)
T28) Garrett Engle: 74-68-73=215 (-1)
T33) Ethan Whitaker: 72-70-74=216 (E)
T41) Braedon Wear: 74-72-72=218 (+2)
T53) Camden Braidech: 76-73-73=222 (+6)
 
Notes

• Completed the fall with one team and one individual win (Camden Braidech) with both coming the last time out at the Qubein Cup.
• 2-under 862 is first par or better total of 2024-25.
• Career low 54-hole totals for Carson Johnson (-2, 214) and Ethan Whitaker (E, 216).
• 74.33 average drop score is the lowest since 73.00 (219) at the 2023 Southern Conference Championships.

 
Next Up
Jan. 27-29: Southwestern Invitational | Sherwood CC | Westlake Village, Calif. (Pepperdine)
 
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