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\nThe Chattanooga Mocs men’s golf team opened NCAA Championships play with a 6-over 294 at Omni La Costa Resort and Spa. That puts the Scenic City lads in a tie for 18th with Louisville. The Mocs are just two behind #16 Oklahoma, #18 Tennessee and #23 Georgia in 15th, while clearing the 20th-place duo of No. 5 Oklahoma State and Arkansas State by one.
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\nUCLA has the early lead with an 8-under 280. That’s four ahead of No. 1 Auburn in second with No. 14 Pepperdine another stroke back in third. Camden Braidech<\/a> led the Mocs with an even-par 72. The counting cards were completed by triple 74s by Ward Harris<\/a>, Ethan Whitaker<\/a> and Griffin Law<\/a>. Evan Rogers<\/a> had the drop with 76.
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\n“The guys got on to a good start, which is nice. Especially in this setting, and it being new for all of them, I thought from the very beginning they were pretty settled and confident, which is good. I just think we putted really poorly today. I think the rest of it was actually pretty good and we ended up sixth in the morning wave. That was with a lot of sloppy three putts. We’re not far off, just go clean up a couple things and get ready for tomorrow afternoon.” \u2013 Coach Blaine Woodruff<\/a>
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\nTourney 12: NCAA Championships
\nDates: May 29-June 3 | Format: 18\/day + Match Play | Host: Texas
\nCourse: Omni La Costa Spa & Resort | Carlsbad, Calif | Par 72 | 7,528 yds
\n1) #30 UCLA: 280 (-8)
\n2) #1 Auburn: 284 (-4)
\n3) #14 Pepperdine: 285 (-3)
\nT4) #29 Duke: 286 (-2)
\nT4) #42 San Diego: 286 (-2)
\nT6) #3 Texas: 287 (-1)
\nT6) #12 Arizona: 287 (-1)
\nT6) #10 North Carolina: 287 (-1)
\nT6) #11 Vanderbilt: 287 (-1)
\nT10) #4 Virginia: 288 (E)
\nT10) #6 Arkansas: 288 (E)
\nT12) #2 Florida: 291 (+3)
\nT12) #13 Arizona State: 291 (+3)
\nT12) #15 Stanford: 291 (+3)
\nT15) #23 Georgia: 292 (+4)
\nT15) #18 Tennessee: 292 (+4)
\nT15) #16 Oklahoma: 292 (+4)
\nT18) Chattanooga: 294 (+6)
\nT18) #33 Louisville: 294 (+6)
\nT20) #5 Oklahoma State: 295 (+7)
\nT20) #39 Arkansas State: 295 (+7)
\nT22) #40 Purdue: 296 (+8)
\nT22) #22 BYU: 296 (+8)
\n24) #28 USC: 297 (+9)
\n25) #37 Mississippi State: 298 (+10)
\n26) #20 Texas A&M: 299 (+11)
\n27) Memphis: 301 (+13)
\nT28) #7 LSU: 303 (+15)
\nT28) #9 Ole Miss: 303 (+15)
\n30) #26 Florida State: 307 (+19)
\nMocs in the Field:
\nT35) Camden Braidech<\/a>: 72 (E)
\nT74) Griffin Law<\/a>: 74 (+2)
\nT74) Ethan Whitaker<\/a>: 74 (+2)
\nT74) Ward Harris<\/a>: 74 (+2)
\nT100) Evan Rogers<\/a>: 76 (+4)
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\nBreakdown<\/p>\n
\n\tChattanooga played the opening 9 (holes 10-18) at 1 under. That grew to 3 under of Law and Braidech birdied 10.
\n\tThe Mocs were 1 under through 13 holes before playing 7 over on the final five with a birdie and eight bogeys.
\n\tThe counting cards accumulated 17 birdies with a high five each from Braidech and Law.
\n\tLaw turned at 3 over but played his final nine at 1 under with four of his five birdies on that side (holes 1-9). His four birdies on the side doubled the rest of the counters (2).
\n\tThe Mocs were even on the par 3s, 3 over on the par 4s and 3 over on the par 5s.
\n\tTomorrow’s second round sees the field flip in waves. Chattanooga moves to the afternoon wave with a 4:40 p.m. (ET) opening on No. 1 led by Law. He’s followed by Whitaker (4:51), Harris (5:02), Rogers (5:13) and Braidech (5:24). The squad is once again paired with San Diego and Memphis.
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