The UTC men’s golf finishes up its fall slate with the Hummingbird Intercollegiate at the Country Club of Sapphire Valley in Sapphire, N.C., Monday through Tuesday. The event, hosted by Southern Conference rival Western Carolina, is the fifth and final one on the Mocs’ fall slate.
Chattanooga is looking to improve on a seventh-place finish at the Aldila Scenic City Invitational which it co-hosted with Middle Tennessee. The 24th-ranked Mocs are looking to head into the winter months on a high note.
Sophomore Stephan Jaeger continues to lead Chattanooga averaging 72.1 strokes per round. He is ranked 34th nationally in the Golfweek/Sagarin Ratings Index. He is joined in the top 100 by teammate Fredrik Qvicker who is No. 74. Qvicker has three top 20 finishes in four events and is averaging 73.1 shots per round.
For the second straight event, the Mocs are traveling all eight student-athletes. This week, however, the lineup changes slightly with redshirt freshman Simon Forsslund in the lineup for J.T. Clendenin. Clendenin joins true freshman Alex Ratliff and senior Tripp Harris playing as individuals. Derek Rende and Steven Fox join Jaeger, Qvicker and Forsslund in the team lineup.
WHO: Simon Forsslund. The redshirt freshman from Sweden is making his first appearance in the lineup for the Mocs. He has played as an individual in two events this season.
WHAT: Hummingbird Intercollegiate – 36 holes (18 per day)
WHEN: Monday, Nov. 2 through Tuesday, Nov. 3
WHERE: Country Club of Sapphire Valley. Par 71 – 6,767 yards. Live scoring can be accessed at GoMocs.com (http://www.gomocs.com/SportSelect.dbml?DB_OEM_ID=17700&KEY=&SPID=10583&SPSID=88711).
HOW: This week is the final of five fall events for the Mocs. The team has played with mixed results with second-place finishes at the Carpet Capital Collegiate and Brickyard Collegiate Classics with disappointing results at the PING/Golfweek Invitational (14th of 15) and Aldila Scenic City Invitational (7th of 17).
QUOTABLE: “I’m glad we have this event on the schedule. I’d hate to go into the winter with our last round being the final one at the Scenic City. This is a great opportunity to go into the winter on a high note.” – Head Coach Mark Guhne
LINEUP (Scoring Avg.): Stephan Jaeger (72.1), Fredrik Qvicker (73.1), Derek Rende (74.1), Steven Fox (75.5), Simon Forsslund (77.8)
FIELD: Akron, Appalachian State, CHATTANOOGA, College of Charleston, East Carolina, Elon, Gardner-Webb, Francis Marion, Furman, High Point, Mercer, Radford, Samford, Vanderbilt, Western Carolina, Wofford, Kentucky, Winthrop
FIELD WITH RANKINGS(Golfstat/Golfweek): CHATTANOOGA (30/24), Vanderbilt (53/49), Furman (62/76), Wofford (89/83), East Carolina (92/82), Gardner-Webb (N/A/111), Kentucky (114/110), Akron (115/116), Appalachian State (148/153), Western Carolina (153/161), Mercer (156/146), Francis Marion (170/165), Radford (183/166), Elon (184/173), College of Charleston (187/186), Winthrop (207/205), High Point (215/232), Samford (225/231)