Georgia turned Council Fire Golf Club into its own private playground by claiming the NCAA East Regional on Saturday with a three-round total of 41-under-par 811.

Georgia’s Russell Henley and Zach Sucher of UAB surely enjoyed the grounds as they tied for medalist honors at 13-under 200.

But the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga played as if it barely recognized its home course. UTC shot 6 over par in the final round and failed to advance to the NCAA championship tournament.

The Mocs began the third round — which started after a 2 1/2-hour fog delay — tied for eighth and knew they needed to finish in the top 10 to move on.

Staff Photo by D. Patrick Harding -- Hudson Swafford and his Georgia teammates shot 41 under par in romping to the NCAA East Regional title.

They tied for 12th with only junior Jonathan Hodge shooting under par Saturday with a 2-under 69.

“I don’t know what happened,” UTC coach Mark Guhne said. “We made some very bad bogeys at some very bad times.”

Sophomore Fredrik Qvicker shot a 72 and juniors Ben Rickett and Derek Rende shot 74 and 75 for the final counting score.

“This is total disappointment,” Rende said. “We’ve been beating most of these teams all year. We didn’t play well at all.”

The Bulldogs played like a team of five Tiger Woodses. They may have been able to advance with only 3-irons in their bags.

UGA shot 19 under in the first round, 12 under in the second and 10 under Saturday. They won the regional by 21 shots over Augusta State.

UC-Irvine finished third at 16 under, Mississippi State was fourth at 14 under and Sucher helped UAB finish fifth at 13 under.

“All of these guys were playing for individual goals with both Russell and Hudson (Swafford) trying to with the individual title,” UGA coach Chris Haack said. “They were seeing how low they could take it.”

Augusta State’s Joel Sjoholm and Virginia Tech’s Jurrian van der Vaart qualified for the NCAA Championship as individuals with the two best scores on teams not advancing.

Henley earned his share of the medalist crown with a 5-under 66 on a beautiful afternoon. The freshman had six birdies and a bogey on No. 17.

“I feel like I can play with anybody on this level,” said Henley, who medaled for the first time. “I can’t wait to get to nationals and play a harder course against more good competition.”

Even though they’re medalists, Henley and Sucher will not receive medals, a trophy or even a plaque.

“I can’t believe that,” said Sucher, who shot a 62 in the second round. “I would have liked to have won (outright), but I three-putted my last hole.

“If you would have given me co-medalist before the tournament, I would have taken it.”