Tournament 11: SoCon Championships
Dates: April 20-22 |
Format: 18 per day
Host: SoCon |
Location: Lake Oconee Village, Ga.
Course: Oconee Course |
Par: 72 |
Yards: 7,393
Field:
(67) Chattanooga, (90) ETSU, (57) Furman, Mercer, (85) UNCG, Samford, W. Carolina & Wofford
Resources:
Stats/Notes |
About Chattanooga Golf
First Look: The Chattanooga Mocs are back on the tee Sunday for the Southern Conference Championships. This year's title tilt returns to Reynolds Lake Oconee's Oconee Course in Lake Oconee Village, Ga. It's a 3-day, 54-hole affair.
Seniors
Garrett Engle and
Braedon Wear headline the card with sophomore
Camden Braidech, senior
Dalton Chuba and freshman
Ethan Whitaker filling out the lineup. Senior
Carson Johnson is in the van as well as an alternate.
Play begins Sunday and ends Tuesday with 18 holes per day. Live scoring is available at the link below.
First Thought: "It was a really tough week for us. We were competitively sloppy after not playing in an event for a month. It's going to sound crazy, but we actually did a lot of good things and knocked the rust off. These guys are resilient, so I know they'll be ready to bounce back at conference." –
Coach Blaine Woodruff on pivoting into the postseason
How to Follow
Scoring:
Scoreboard
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Lineup
Garrett Engle: 73.04
Braedon Wear: 73.23
Camden Braidech: 72.53
Dalton Chuba: 74.76
Ethan Whitaker: 74.40
(Alternate)
Carson Johnson: 75.33
What to Know
- 47th SoCon Championships appearance. Six titles (1987, 2007-09, 2012-13) and two medalists (Donnie Green-1978/Stephan Jaeger-2012).
- Runner-up the last two seasons. 53 under over that span at Oconee Course with a 25 under performance coming in 2023 and 28 under a year ago.
- 5th straight year at the Oconee Course. 17 under with a 286.58 scoring average (-1.42 vs par).
- 4th visit to Oconee for Braedon Wear and third for Garrett Engle. Average scores: Wear (72.33/best finish: T5-2023). Engle (73.0/T11-2023).
- Wear's SoCon scoring average is 8th all-time in program history while Engle is 12th.
- Wear needs three par or better cards to tie Jaeger '12 for most in school history at the SoCon with eight.
- An individual win for Camden Braidech would be his third this year. That would tie Jonathan Hodge '09 (2007-08) and Stephan Jaeger '12 (2009-12) for the school record for wins in a single season.
- An individual win for Engle, Wear or Ethan Whitaker would be their second of the campaign. It would mark the first time in program history with two or more multiple winners in a season.
- A team win makes it No. 4 in 2024-25 which would tie the 2007-08 and 2022-23 squads for most wins in a season.
Mocs is SoCon Championships
Champions (6)
1987: Charlotte, N.C. | 309-299-317=925 (+61)
2007: Florence, S.C. | 293-80-291=864 (E)
2008: Florence, S.C. | 290-281-294=865 (+1)
2009: Florence, S.C. | 279-287-286-852 (-12)
2012: Daniel Isl., S.C. | 294-286--281=861 (-3)
2013: Daniel Isl., S.C. | 298-290-296=884 (+20)
Runners-up (7)
1978: Florence, S.C. | 388-388-365=1161
1989: Charlotte, N.C. | 298-293-298=889 (+25)
1993: Charlotte, N.C. | 301-302-300=903 (+39)
2014: Pinehurst, N.C. | 297-284-293=874 (+10)
2018: Pinehurst, N.C. | 290-304-293=887 (+23)
2023: Eatonton, Ga. | 277-279-283=839 (-25)
2024: Eatonton, Ga. | 284-274-278=836 (-28)
Medalists (2)
1978: Donnie Green | 74-73-74=221 (+5)
2012: Stephan Jaeger | 66-72-69=207 (-9)
Next Up
April 30: NCAA Golf Selection Show | Golf Channel | 1 p.m.
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