GREENVILLE, S.C. --- The Chattanooga Mocs men’s golf team is fifth after round one at the Furman Intercollegiate. UTC shot two-over par 290 on the 6,994-yard Furman Golf Course and is 10 shots behind leader Virginia Tech.
Davis Bunn (Knoxville, Tenn.) led the Mocs with a one-under par 71. He had four birdies and an eagle. His eagle came on the 12th hole, his third of the day, holing out with a pitching wedge from 140 yards. Bunn is tied for 10th, three strokes off the lead.
Benni Weilguni (Langenlois, Austria) is a shot behind Bunn at 72. His level par card included a team-high five birdies. Liam Johnston (Dumfries, Scotland) is one off Weilguni’s pace at 73. He posted four straight birdies to turn around a slow start to his day.
Alex Ratliff (Kingsport, Tenn.) rounded out the counting scores with a 74 (+2). Chris Robb (Aberdeenshire, Scotland) had the drop score with a 78. Kory Webb (Knoxville, Tenn.) is playing as an individual and also turned in a 78.
Virginia Tech leads No. 17 UNF by four shots. The Hokies fired an eight-under par 280, while the Ospreys turned in a 284. Winthrop is third at 285 (-3). Four are tied for the individual lead at four-under 68 including Trevor Cone (VT), M.J. Maguire (UNF), J.T. Poston (Western Carolina) and Jake Tucker (Troy).
Saturday’s second round starts at 8 a.m., for the Mocs. Paired again with Furman and Samford, Robb leads off followed by Ratliff (8:10), Johnston (8:20), Weilguni (8:30) and Bunn (8:40). Live scoring is available via the men’s golf schedule page on GoMocs.com and @GoMocsMGLF on twitter for updates.
Furman Intercollegiate
March 22-24 – Furman University Golf Course
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1) Virginia Tech |
280 |
280 (-8) |
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2) No. 17 UNF |
284 |
284 (-4) |
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3) Winthrop |
285 |
285 (-3) |
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4) Western Carolina |
287 |
287 (-1) |
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5) Chattanooga |
290 |
290 (+2) |
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6) Iowa State |
292 |
292 (+4) |
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7) Troy |
293 |
293 (+5) |
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the) Purdue |
293 |
293 (+5) |
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9) Gardner-Webb |
294 |
294 (+6) |
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10) East Tennessee State |
295 |
295 (+7) |
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11) Wofford |
296 |
296 (+8) |
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12) Samford |
297 |
297 (+9) |
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13) Georgia State |
298 |
298 (+10) |
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14) Akron |
302 |
302 (+14) |
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15) Presbyterian |
302 |
304 (+16) |
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16) Francis Marion |
304 |
305 (+17) |
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tie) Furman |
305 |
305 (+17) |
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18) Charleston Southern |
306 |
306 (+18) |
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19) Dartmouth |
307 |
307 (+19) |
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20) Marshall |
310 |
310 (+22) |
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21) Temple |
312 |
312 (+24) |
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Mocs: |
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T10) Davis Bunn |
71 |
71 (-1) |
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T17) Benni Weilguni |
72 |
72 (E) |
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T23) Liam Johnston |
73 |
73 (+1) |
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T36) Alex Ratliff |
74 |
74 (+2) |
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T82) Chris Robb |
78 |
78 (+6) |
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T82) Kory Webb |
78 |
78 (+6) |
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