Overview
The Chattanooga Mocs men's golf team turns its eye to the postseason with the Southern Conference Championships this week in Columbia, S.C. The 8-team field takes on Solina Golf Club beginning Monday with 18 holes per day with the final round on Wednesday.
Quotable
"We're excited for another opportunity to compete this week. It's our goal to control what we can control for 54 holes and see what happens." –
Coach Blaine Woodruff on this week's event
Tourney 11: Southern Con Championships
Dates: April 27-29 |
Format: 18/day |
Host: SoCon
Course: Solina GC | Columbia, S.C. | Par 71 | 6,766 yds
Field: (67) Chattanooga, (81) ETSU, Furman, Mercer, UNCG, Samford, Western Carolina & Wofford
Resources:
Stats/Notes |
Scoring
Lineup
- Camden Braidech, Jr., 72.83
8 under over his last 12 rounds.
- Evan Rogers, Fr., 72.26
Coming off a win (Racer Intercollegiate) & top 10 (Western Intercollegiate)
- Ethan Whitaker, So., 72,96
Leads the Mocs in par of better 18s with 13.
- Ward Harris, So., 71.56
10 under over last 16 rounds
- Griffin Law, Fr., 73.44
1 of 2 Mocs (Rogers) to start all 9 events.
- Thad Whitfield, So., 74.73
Tied for the 2nd low round at Pasatiempo last time out.
Notes
- 6-time champions: 1987, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2012, 2013. 48th time playing in the event.
- 2-time medalists: Donnie Green (1978), Stephan Jaeger (2012).
- 296.22 stroke average three events. Cut that by 7-plus shots to current 288.41 by averaging 284.50 over the last six. The last three alone? 280.89.
- A win would be the team's second this season and 10th multi-win campaign: 1987, 2001, 2007 (3), 2008 (5), 2009 (3), 2012, 2023 (4), 2024 and 2025 (3). The second win was the SoCon title in 1987 and the first in 2012 prior to the NCAA Regionals win in Bowling Green.
- 33 under over last 11 team cards (-3.0/rd). Average with top four counters over that span? 281.73. School-record run of 10 straight par or better team scores ended in final round at Pasatiempo (+6).
- Rogers has four straight par or better finishes and is 14 under over those 12 rounds (70.33). John Houk '24 had an 8-tourney run in 2023-24.
- Four top 10s for Rogers. Most by a freshman since former All-American Jonathan Hodge (5, 2005-06): 1-Racer Inter.; T5-Visit Knoxville; T7-Western & T10-Colleton River.
- Braidech is a 2-time collegiate winner (2024 Qubein Cup/2025 Donald Ross Coll.). Looking to become the fourth Moc with a trio of trophies: Jaeger (4), Bryce Ledford '07 (3) & Jonathan Hodge '09 (3).
- Whitaker (2025 Bentwater Int.) & Rogers (2026 Racer Int.) are aiming to be the 12th multiple medalist.
- Since Coach Blaine Woodruff's arrival in the summer of 2022, Chattanooga boasts 10 wins and eight medalists with eight different Mocs claiming a win.
- 20-shot win in Paducah was the largest since 23 at the 2025 Babygrande Golf Donald Ross Collegiate. Third win under Woodruff of 20+ strokes (30-2023 Wofford Intercollegiate).
- Rounds in the 60s (23): Rogers 6, Harris 5, Braidech 4, Whitaker 3, Law 2, Whitfield 2, Brummitt 1.
- Par or Better Cards (61): Whitaker 13, Rogers 13, Harris 12, Braidech 11, Law 9, Whitfield 2, Brummitt 1.
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