ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. — University of Tennessee at Chattanooga senior golfer Stephan Jaeger shot even-par 72 Saturday and maintained the lead in the prestigious New Year’s Invitational tournament at St. Petersburg Country Club.
Jaeger, a former Baylor School standout from Germany, has a 54-hole total of 10-under 210, one stroke better than second-place Garland Green of Virginia Tech going into today’s final round.
Jay Vandeventer, a Baylor alumnus who went on to the University of Tennessee, is tied for 23rd at 217 after a 74 Saturday, and former McMinn County and UTC golfer McKeehanon Rue, now at Lee University, is at 223 after a 75.
This is the 86th New Year’s Invitational, which is the oldest continuously running invitational tournament in the Southeast and one of the oldest in the United States. This year’s field includes golfers from throughout the U.S. as well as from Canada, the United Kingdom, Germany, Finland, Colombia, Japan and China.