University of Tennessee at Chattanooga golfer Oliver Simonsen from Baylor School continued his late-summer and fall hot streak Tuesday by advancing from the first stage of qualifying for next week’s PGA Tour event on Sea Island, Georgia. With a 20-foot birdie on his last hole at the Chateau Elan course in Braselton, Georgia, Simonsen shot a 1-under-par 71 and earned one of the seven spots for Monday qualifying at Georgia’s Brunswick Country Club for The RSM Classic. He was the only amateur to advance from the field of 82.
* The Bryan College men’s golf team won the Hiwassee Fall Invitational by one stroke over Pikeville (Kentucky), 611 to 612, in the six-team event played Monday and Tuesday at Oak Ridge Country Club. Columbia International was third at 613. Bryan’s Andres Arteaga tied for third individually at 4-over 148 with fellow Lions Peter Brown and Kevin Knudsen eighth and ninth at 152 and 153. Zach Belvin tied for 15th at 158. Hiwassee’s Andrew Susong and Peyton Holland, playing as individuals, tied for 17th at 159 and 22nd at 165.
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* A championship win over a teammate helped UTC sophomore Fabian Gutierrez be chosen the 2018-19 season’s first Southern Conference wrestler of the week. Gutierrez won the 125-pound open division of the Hokie Open in Virginia with four victories, including a pin of the Mocs’ all-conference Alonzo Allen in the weight-class final. His previous wins were over wrestlers from Campbell, Indiana and North Carolina. UTC hosts 21st-ranked UNC at 2 p.m. Sunday in Maclellan Gym.
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