CHATTANOOGA, Tenn.---The Chattanooga Mocs men's golf team
is back on the tee Friday for the Brickyard Collegiate Classic. It is a 54-hole
event played October 5-7 at the Brickyard at Riverside in Macon, Ga.
The tourney lineup includes juniors Davis Bunn
(Knoxville, Tenn.), Chris Robb (Aberdeenshire, Scotland) and Benni Weilguni
(Langenlois, Austria), sophomore Liam Johnston (Dumfries, Scotland) and
freshman Michael Monroe (Franklin, Tenn.). Weilguni and Monroe are making their
season debuts.
Robb and Johnston are tied for the team lead averaging
72.67 strokes per round. They have each led the Mocs in the opening two
tournaments. Johnston tied for 11th at the Carpet Capital Collegiate in the
opener, while Robb tied for 30th at the PING/Golfweek Preview.
A familiar face is out of the lineup for the first time
in his collegiate career. Senior Steven Fox (Hendersonville, Tenn.), the 2012
U.S. Amateur Champion, is in Turkey representing the USA at the World Team
Amateur Championship.
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tournament site. Tee times are posted there based on availability. The link is
also available at GoMocs.com on the men's golf schedule page.
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tournament.
2012 PING/Golfweek Preview - Sept. 23-25
TOURNAMENT FIELD
Air Force, Augusta State, College of Charleston, CHATTANOOGA, Colorado State, Georgia, Georgia State, Georgia Tech,
Kansas, Mercer, North Florida, Oklahoma, Princeton, USF & Virginia Tech
TOURNAMENT INFO
Dates: Oct. 5-7
Location: Macon, Ga.
Format: 54 Holes - 18 per day
Course: Brickyard at Riverside (Par 72/Yardage 7,128)
No. of Teams: 15
2011 Champion: Georgia Tech (280-285-283=848, -16)
Medalist: Brooks Koepka, Florida State (66-70-69=205, -11)
LINEUP
HEAD COACH
MARK GUHNE (Chattanooga '84) is in his eighth year as a head coach, all
at Chattanooga. The Mocs have won 16
team titles under his watch, including four SoCon titles and one NCAA Regional.
He has been named SoCon Coach of the Year four times (2006, 2007, 2008 &
2012) and PING East Region Coach of the Year once (2009). He has coached 12 medalists and one U.S.
Amateur Champ (2012 - Steven Fox).
LAST TIME OUT
UTC squared off against possibly the toughest field in college golf in
2012-13 finishing 15th at the PING/Golfweek Preview. Fourteen of the 15 teams
(including Chattanooga at No. 24) ranked in Golfweek's preseason top 25. Chris
Robb (Aberdeenshire, Scotland) led the team tying for 30th shooting 68, 74 and
74 (216, +6) at the Capital City Club, the 2013 NCAA Championship venue.
UP NEXT
The Mocs return to the AutoTrader.com Collegiate Classic Oct. 15-16 at
Berkeley Hills Country Club in Duluth, Ga. This is the team's second straight
entry in the event finishing second in 2011.
NOTES
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Chattanooga is without the services of U.S. Amateur Champion Steven Fox
(Hendersonville, Tenn.) this weekend. He is in Antalya, Turkey for the 2012
World Team Amateur. Fox is joined on the team by Chris Williams (Washington)
and Justin Thomas (Alabama). The event is October 4-7 at Antalya (PGA Sultan
Course) and Cornelia Golf Clubs.
- UTC is making its fifth
appearance in the Brickyard Collegiate Classic. The best finish was tied for
second with Clemson in 2009 ending up ahead of Georgia, LSU, Florida State and
Georgia Tech among others.
- Brickyard Collegiate history
for Mocs:
| |
Place
|
Team Scores
|
Low Ind.
|
|
2008
|
11
|
294-296-296=886 +46
|
T13, Hodge/Rickett, 217 (+7)
|
|
2009
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T2
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291-285=576 E
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T10, Fredrik Qvicker, 142 (-2)
|
|
2010
|
6
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292-291-289=872 +8
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T8, Steven Fox, 213 (-3)
|
|
2011
|
6
|
296-298-291=885 +21
|
4, Stephan Jaeger, 210 (-6)
|
- Third straight event with
Georgia and Georgia Tech in the field.
- Opening two events at Carpet
Capital Collegiate and PING/Golfweek Preview were two of the toughest fields in
collegiate golf this season. Both featured last year's NCAA Championship
Finalists, Texas and Alabama. The Preview had 14 of 15 teams ranked in Golfweek's
preseason top 25 including UTC at No. 24.
- Doesn't get much easier at the
Brickyard. Including the Mocs, six teams in this year's field reached the 2012
NCAA Championship (Georgia, Georgia Tech, North Florida, Oklahoma &
Virginia Tech). Two-time National Champion Augusta State leads a group of four
more (Colorado State, Mercer Ind., USF Ind.) that competed in regionals.
- Junior Benni Weilguni
(Langenlois, Austria) and freshman Michael Monroe (Franklin, Tenn.) are making
their 2012-13 debuts at the Brickyard.
- Monroe and Liam Johnston
(Dumfries, Scotland) are getting their first look at the Brickyard at
Riverside. It is the second Brickyard Collegiate for Davis Bunn (Knoxville,
Tenn.) and third each for Chris Robb (Aberdeenshire, Scotland) and Weilguni.
- Bunn tied for 21st at two-over
par 218 in his 2010 appearance. His career high of 13 birdies came in that
event including five in round two which ties his high for a round. The 218 is
tied for his low 54-hole total.
- Johnston got the season off to
a good start at the Carpet Capital with back-to-back rounds of two-under par
70. That tied his career best in the final round of the 2012 Seahawk
Intercollegiate.
- Set new career high with six
birdies in opening round besting five at the Seahawk and again in the opening
round of NCAA Championship at Riviera. His total of 12 for the tourney is a new
high as well (9 - 2011 AutoTrader.com Collegiate).
- Robb posted his sixth career round in the 60's with his 68 (-2) at the
PING/Golfweek Preview. His next par or better round will be No. 20.
- Robb is three shy (197) of 200
career birdies. He has posted 772 pars in his two-plus seasons.
- Wins at the Carpet Capital
included three teams ranked in the top 12 at the end of the previous season.
Auburn (by 15 strokes) was No. 8 in 2011-12, while North Florida (4) was No. 10
and Georgia Tech (9) 11th. The Mocs went 3-3 against the SEC, beating the
Tigers, Tennessee and South Carolina, and 2-2 against the ACC topping Tech and
North Carolina.
- U.S. Amateur Champion Steven
Fox (Hendersonville, Tenn.) got his season off to a good start with a one-under
par 71 to open the Carpet Capital. It was the 37th par or better round of his
career. He recorded his 300th career birdie and 1100th par during the event.
- The Mocs return four of five
starters from last year's NCAA Bowling Green Regional Champion along with two
letterwinners and three strong freshmen from the state of Tennessee. Fox
headlines the group that includes senior Ratliff, juniors Davis Bunn (Knoxville,
Tenn.), Robb and Benni Weilguni (Langenlois, Austria) and sophomore Johnston.
First team All-American and four-time PING All-East Region performer Stephan
Jaeger (Munich, Germany) graduated.
- Fox had the big win of the 2012
summer circuit for the Mocs, but he was not alone. Johnston and Robb each won
in their native Scotland. Johnston captured the Tennant Cup at Glasgow Gailes
and Killermont in June. He shot 68-62 over the final 36 holes for a one-shot
win. Robb won the North East Open at Newmachar Golf Club. He shot six-under to
win by five over former Walker Cupper Graham Gordon.
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