The Mocs had no shot.
Furman built a 30-stroke lead over the favored University of Tennessee at Chattanooga going into the final round of the Southern Conference men’s golf tournament and cruised to a 14-shot win over Georgia Southern by shooting 15 under par through three days.
The 32th-ranked Mocs finished a disappointing seventh place after shooting 23 over to end a three-year streak of winning the championship.
“We could have played really good golf and never really threatened Furman,” UTC coach Mark Guhne said. “It was their week to play. Nobody was going to beat them.”
UTC shot 10 over in the final round Tuesday at the Country Club of South Carolina in Florence. The Paladins shot a 1-over 289.