Sunday, April 21
Eatonton, Ga.
Chattanooga
at
Southern Conference
Braedon Wear
Photo by: Al Chang
PREVIEW: Men’s Golf Takes Flight into Postseason
4/20/2024 1:47:00 PM | Men's Golf
Braedon Wear and the Chattanooga Mocs open postseason play Sunday at the Southern Conference Championships in Georgia’s Lake Country.
STATS/NOTES | SCORING | ABOUT CHATTANOOGA GOLF
EATONTON, Ga.---The Chattanooga Mocs men's golf team is headed to Georgia's Lake Country for the Southern Conference Championships. The event returns to the Oconee Course at the Reynolds Lake Oconee Resort for the 3-day, 54-hole affair.
Six Mocs are in the sprinter with Garrett Engle, John Houk, Samuel Espinosa, Paul Conroy and Braedon Wear joined by alternate Dalton Chuba. The squad is working cross country this week after competing Monday-Wednesday at the Western Intercollegiate in Santa Cruz, Calif.
The starting five is unchanged from last year's runner-up finish.
"The hope, as a coach, is that we peak when it matters...at the conference and beyond in the postseason," Coach Blaine Woodruff said. "We're not far off. We have a great group of guys who work really hard and are completely bought in to what we're doing.
"We've had plenty of highs this season as well as learning experiences. That combo continues to push us forward. We're looking forward to competing and seeing what happens this week."
It's another strong field with three teams – Chattanooga, ETSU and UNCG – in the top 50 in the country.
Scoring is linked above when available.
SoCon Championships
April 21-23 (Sun-Tue) | Eatonton, Ga. | 54 holes (18 per day)
Oconee Course | Par 72 | 7,174 yards
Lineup
Time (ET): Student-Athlete (Avg)
12:45 p.m.: Braedon Wear (72.93)
12:55 p.m.: Paul Conroy (71.81)
1:05 p.m.: Samuel Espinosa (72.00)
1:15 p.m.: John Houk (70.72)
1:25 p.m.: Garrett Engle (72.70).
Alternate: Dalton Chuba (72.93)
Field (Top 100 ranking)
(43) Chattanooga, (20) ETSU, (83) Furman, Mercer, (40) UNCG, Samford, Western Carolina, Wofford
Notes to follow…
History
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EATONTON, Ga.---The Chattanooga Mocs men's golf team is headed to Georgia's Lake Country for the Southern Conference Championships. The event returns to the Oconee Course at the Reynolds Lake Oconee Resort for the 3-day, 54-hole affair.
Six Mocs are in the sprinter with Garrett Engle, John Houk, Samuel Espinosa, Paul Conroy and Braedon Wear joined by alternate Dalton Chuba. The squad is working cross country this week after competing Monday-Wednesday at the Western Intercollegiate in Santa Cruz, Calif.
The starting five is unchanged from last year's runner-up finish.
"The hope, as a coach, is that we peak when it matters...at the conference and beyond in the postseason," Coach Blaine Woodruff said. "We're not far off. We have a great group of guys who work really hard and are completely bought in to what we're doing.
"We've had plenty of highs this season as well as learning experiences. That combo continues to push us forward. We're looking forward to competing and seeing what happens this week."
It's another strong field with three teams – Chattanooga, ETSU and UNCG – in the top 50 in the country.
Scoring is linked above when available.
SoCon Championships
April 21-23 (Sun-Tue) | Eatonton, Ga. | 54 holes (18 per day)
Oconee Course | Par 72 | 7,174 yards
Lineup
Time (ET): Student-Athlete (Avg)
12:45 p.m.: Braedon Wear (72.93)
12:55 p.m.: Paul Conroy (71.81)
1:05 p.m.: Samuel Espinosa (72.00)
1:15 p.m.: John Houk (70.72)
1:25 p.m.: Garrett Engle (72.70).
Alternate: Dalton Chuba (72.93)
Field (Top 100 ranking)
(43) Chattanooga, (20) ETSU, (83) Furman, Mercer, (40) UNCG, Samford, Western Carolina, Wofford
Notes to follow…
- Ranked 43rd (Apr. 19). Houk is top-rated player (72).
- Two medalists in 2023-24: Espinosa (Marquette) & Conroy (Furman) & five runners-up & 10 total top 5s: Espinosa (T1-4-2), Conroy (3-1), Houk (3-T2-T2-2) & Wear (T2).
- Two teams wins - Marquette & Cincinnati. A third win makes this squad just the fifth with three or more wins - 2006-07 (3), 2007-08 (5), 2008-09 (3) & 2022-23 (4) - but the third time doing back-to-back seasons.
- Houk is 19 under for the season, 23 under for his career. No Moc has completed a career under par.
- Houk is 29 under over his last 15 events with a 70.66 scoring average (-0.66/18).
- 19 par or better scores (29 rds). Record is 20 (39) last year. Houk leads with 19. He & Conroy own the single season mark of 23 also set in 2022-23.
- Conroy has 59 career par or better 18s. Needs one to become 3rd in program history with 60: Stephan Jaeger '12 (69) & Jonathan Hodge '09 (64).
- Houk's 23 career starts: 1 win, 8 top 5s, 10 top 10s & 15 top 20s.
- Engle is 1 under over his last nine cards averaging 70.89 strokes per 18.
History
- 6-time SoCon Champions: 1987, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2012, 2013.
- 6-time SoCon Runner-Up: 1978, 1989, 1993, 2014, 2018, 2023.
- Two Medalists: 1978-Donnie Green (221, +5), 2012-Stephan Jaeger 207, -9).
- Conroy is the program scoring leader (71.56) in the event ahead of Wear (71.67) - min. 2 appearances.
- Conroy has two career top 5 at the SoCon Championships. A third ties 2012 U.S. Amateur Champ Steven Fox for most in program history.
- Conroy's four cards in the 60s (all at Oconee) is the program record in the event.
- Conroy is three par or better cards from matching Jaeger's school mark of eight in the event.
- If Conroy shoots par or better for 54 holes, that ties Jaeger's record of three in the event.
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