ROCKY FACE, Ga. - The Scottish duo of Liam Johnston and Chris Robb each carded two-under par 70s as the
Chattanooga Mocs shot 286 as a team Saturday at the Carpet Capital Collegiate.
The two-under-par team round moved UTC into seventh place, just ahead of Auburn and
UNF, with a two-day total of 578.
Johnston is tied for eighth individually with his second
straight 70. His 140, four-under par, is a career-best through 36 holes. Robb
improved six shots over his initial score of 76. He is tied for 30th at two over (146).
Steven Fox is one shot ahead of
Robb, tied for 26th at plus one (145). He shot 74 Saturday, two shots behind Alex
Ratliff’s level-par effort of 72. He is tied for 37th with a
three-over par score of 147. Davis Bunn rounds out the Mocs'
scoring at nine-over par 153.
Texas stole the show shooting 22-under par 266 as a team.
That moved the Longhorns from 11th to first at minus 17. Georgia is second at
562 after today’s 284. LSU, Alabama and Clemson are tied for third at
three-under par (573).
Brandon Stone paced Texas with a nine-under par 63. He’s
in first at 12 under, one shot ahead of first-round leader T.J. Mitchell
(Georgia). Mitchell shot 68 (-4) and is three shots clear of third-place Jordan
Spieth (Texas) at 136 (-8).
For the third straight day, the Mocs are the first team
off of No. 1 in the morning. Bunn is up first at 8 a.m. Sunday, with Ratliff (8:09),
Robb (8:18), Fox (8:27) and Johnston (8:36) to follow. Chattanooga is paired
with Auburn and UNF.