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Tournament 7: Bentwater Intercollegiate
Dates: Feb. 10-11 | Format: 36/18 | Host: Sam Houston
Course: Miller Course at Bentwater; Par 71; 6,809 yds | Location: Montgomery, Texas
Field: Chattanooga, Abilene Christian, Central Arkansas, East Texas A&M, Houston Christian, Incarnate Word, Prairie View A&M, Sam Houston, SE Louisiana, Stephen F. Austin, Tarleton State, UT Arlington, Texas Southern
 
Quick Recap: The Chattanooga Mocs captured the eighth win of the Blaine Woodruff Era with a stunning 10-shot comeback capturing the Bentwater Intercollegiate. The Mocs shot 1-over 285 to bypass 36-hole leader Sam Houston, Abilene Christian and Central Arkansas for the title. Braedon Wear led the way with 69 in extremely wet conditions at the Miller Course as Ethan Whitaker added 70. Garrett Engle shot 72, while Camden Braidech completed the team score with 74. Wear and Whitaker shared medalist honors at 5-under 208.
 
It's the second win of the season. The Mocs claimed the Qubein Cup crown in the fall in another sweep with medalist Camden Braidech.
 
First Thought: "Really proud of the guys for the fight they showed after that first 18. The weather was awful to start today's round, and that's really where we made our final push. Our guys embraced the conditions, and the adversity and fed off each other. We still have a lot we need to clean up, but we couldn't be more proud of these guys and all they did this week. They earned this win!" – Coach Blaine Woodruff
 
Resources: Scoreboard
 
Lineup
1st of 13: 292-273-285=850 (-2)
T1) Ethan Whitaker: 71-67-70=208 (-5)
T1) Braedon Wear: 71-68-69=208 (-5)
T23) Aidan Cohl: 77-66-76=219 (+6)
T35) Camden Braidech: 75-72-74=221 (+8)
T35) Garrett Engle: 75-74-72=221 (+8)
 
What to Know

• Trailed Sam Houston by 14 after round 1 and 10 heading into today's final round.
• Wear's 69 was the only round in the 60s today. There were nine in round one and 14 in round two on Monday.
• Wear (-2) and Whitaker (-1) were two of just three in the field to play under par over the final 18 (70-Alex Malanga, Sam Houston).
• 1st time in school history with teammates sharing medalist honors.
• Third straight year with multiple medalists in a season: 2022-23 (Paul Conroy/John Houk) & 2023-24 (Conroy/Sam Espinosa).
• Fifth straight season with a team win, third consecutive with two or more: 2022-23 (4), 2023-24 (2) & 2024-25 (2).
• Wear is the 10th Moc with multiple wins on his collegiate resume. Held off Conroy in winning the 2021 J.T. Poston Invite with a 10-under 203.
• Wear's wins have come on par 71 courses.
• Eighth team win in 33 tournaments under Coach Blaine Woodruff. Second time winning outside the Eastern time zone (2023 Erin Hills Int.).
• Sixth time with an individual win for Woodruff. Six different Mocs claim wins in that stretch with Conroy holding two.
• Comeback from 4th place position to start the day matches last year's revival at Marquette's Erin Hills Intercollegiate. Trailed Purdue by seven to start that day.
• Whitaker's hole in one to start his day was the program's first since Conroy in his final round charge winning the 2022 Wolfpack Intercollegiate.
• Whitaker led the event in eagles (2), while Wear tied for the lead in birdies (12) & par 4 scoring (3.89, -3).
• Engle and Wear have started seven of Woodruff's eight wins. Wear was a starter for all eight.

 
Tournament History
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Next Up
March 2-3: Colleton River Intercollegiate | Colleton River Club | Bluffton, S.C. (Michigan State)
 
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