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PREVIEW: Men’s Golf Open Spring in Ponte Vedra Beach

Braedon Wear

Braedon Wear and the Chattanooga Mocs take aim at historic club to begin the spring campaign.

STATS/NOTES | SCORING | PAIRINGS | ABOUT CHATTANOOGA GOLF  
 
CHATTANOOGA---The Chattanooga Mocs men's golf team looks to build on a successful fall beginning the spring portion of the schedule this weekend at the Hayt Collegiate. The 2-day, 54-hole event is played at Sawgrass Country Club, the historic home of the PGA Tour's Tournament Players Championship.
 
The Mocs approach the season's turn with a lot of optimism. Two team wins and an individual one (Paul Conroy) will do that for a squad. The initial lineup of 2023 includes Conroy, Braedon Wear, Samuel Espinosa, Garrett Engle and John Houk.
 
Play starts on the 10th tee Sunday morning for Mocs on a 36-hole day. The good guys start at 7:45 a.m., weather permitting, and are joined by UCF, Furman and a collection of individuals. Scoring and pairings are linked above when available.
 
The Hayt Collegiate
Feb. 5-6 (Sun-Mon) | Ponte Vedra Beach, Fla.
 
Keep an eye on…
  • The team score is 32 under for the campaign. No Mocs squad completed an under-par season. Closest was 9 over in 2007-08.
  • 3 Mocs are par or better so far: Espinosa (-20), Conroy (-11) & John Houk (E). Only three such seasons in program history - Jonathan Hodge '09 (-9, 2007-08) & Jaeger (-1, 2010-11 & -22, '11-12).
  • 20 rounds in the 60s by Mocs this season led by Espinosa with six. That's three more than last year's squad had all year.
  • The low card in the Mocs last visit to Sawgrass Country Club was All-American Jonathan Hodge's 73 in the final round in 2009. The venerable course allowed just one card in the 60s (68-James Byrne, Arizona State) and only 25 of a possible 249 cards (10%) signed at par or better throughout the field.
 
Lineup
Samuel Espinosa: 70.07 – 8:05 a.m.
Paul Conroy: 70.67 – 8:25 a.m.
John Houk: 71.40 – 7:45 a.m.
Braedon Wear: 72.42 – 8:15 a.m.
Garrett Engle: 74.00 – 7:55 a.m.
 
Course
Sawgrass C.C. | Par 72 | 6,966 yards
 
Field
(63) Chattanooga, (17) Alabama, UAB, (39) Arkansas, (86) UCF, Coastal Carolina, (60) Florida Gulf Coast, (58) Furman, Jacksonville, Jacksonville St., LA Tech, (42) UNF, North Texas, (2) Vanderbilt
 
History
2009: 13th, 303-318-307=927 | T24, Stephan Jaeger, 78-76-74=228
 
Live Scoring
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