Watkinsville, GA --- The log jam at the Mill was relieved as the golf course conditions became dry and firm during the final round Sunday at the 71st L&J Georgia Open Presented by Philip Jones and EHDH. Former Forme Tour player Austin Morrison of St. Simons Island played consistent golf over the final 18-holes firing a 2-under par 70 to finish the championship at 13-under … [Read more...]
Three Jackets Named Golf All-America Scholars
Norman, Okla. – Georgia Tech’s Bartley Forrester, Christo Lamprecht and Ross Steelman have been named Srixon/Cleveland Golf All-America Scholars for NCAA Division I by the Golf Coaches Association of America. A total of 440 NCAA Division I student-athletes from 157 schools earned the honor for 2021-22. To be eligible for Srixon/Cleveland Golf All-America Scholar nomination, … [Read more...]
West Pines Classic Results
ATLANTA, GA --- J.P. Griffin, PGA Assistant Professional at Capital City Club in Brookhaven fired a final round of 2-under par 69 to win the third edition of the West Pines Classic supported by the City of Douglasville, WealthWise Marketing and Ahead contested at the City of Douglasville’s West Pines Golf Club. The 31-year-old Griffin finished with a two-day total of 8-under … [Read more...]
Craig, Don, Holper Earn All-American Scholar Honors
ATHENS, Ga. — Georgia’s Caroline Craig, Caterina Don and Isabella Holpfer have been named All-American scholars by the Women’s Golf Coaches Assoication (WGCA). The criteria for selection to the All-American Scholar Team is among the most stringent in all of college athletics, with a minimum GPA of 3.50 required. Since its inception in 1986, 24 Georgia golfers have now received … [Read more...]
Milton Martin Honda Classic Results
Gainesville, GA --- Amateur Hunter Clay of Woodstock held strong down the stretch to beat a trio of Georgia PGA Professionals in the 5th Annual Milton Martin Classic. With rounds of 69-69 6-under par, Clay, the Reinhardt University rising senior edged Tim Weinhart of Heritage Golf Links, Jacob Tilton of Ansley Golf Club and J.P. Griffin of Capital City Club by one … [Read more...]
Aidan Kramer Wins Rice Planters Amateur
Mt. Pleasant, S.C. – After an 18-hole final-round battle Friday that left Georgia Tech teammates tied for first place at 11-under-par 205, Aidan Kramer outlasted Andy Mao in a sudden-death playoff to win the 50th Rice Planters Amateur at Snee Farm Country Club. Kramer name joins former Yellow Jacket All-Americans Nacho Gervas (1987) and Stewart Cink (1993) on the R.P. Horne … [Read more...]
Georgia PGA Match Play Championship Results
Atlanta, GA ---Assistant PGA Professional, Jin Chung of Château Élan Golf Club, played 97 holes over three days in blistering heat to capture the title today in the Georgia PGA Match Play Championship presented by Sweetens Cove Fine Bourbons, E-Z-GO, & Global Golf Sales, which was conducted at Atlanta Country Club in Marietta. The 2021 National Assistant PGA Professional … [Read more...]
Forrester, Lamprecht Named to All-ACC Academic Golf Team
Greensboro, N.C. – Georgia Tech’s Bartley Forrester and Christo Lamprecht have been named to the 2021-22 All-Atlantic Coast Conference Academic Golf Team, announced Thursday by the conference office. Forrester, a junior from Gainesville, Ga., and Lamprecht, a sophomore from George, South Africa, both major in business administration and made the ACC All-Academic team for the … [Read more...]
Tech Finishes Tied for 12th at NCAA Golf
Scottsdale, Ariz. – Bartley Forrester birdied three of his last four holes to shoot 2-under-par 68 Monday, tying for 15th place at the NCAA Men’s Golf Championship, while Georgia Tech posted a final round of 294 (+14) and tied for 12th place on the team leaderboard. Forrester, whose birdie putt at 18 Sunday lifted the Yellow Jackets over the cut line to make Monday’s final … [Read more...]