ATLANTA – As the TOUR Championship further elevates the experience at the PGA TOUR’s season finale event, tournament officials today announced the additions of The Centennial Cabins and The Chattahoochee Club to its comprehensive corporate hospitality program for the 2024 event. The full-scale renovation of East Lake Golf Club is well underway to return the course to its … [Read more...]
All-Americans Headline Bulldogs’ Recruiting Class
ATHENS — The Georgia women’s golf team has signed four highly rated prospects to join the Bulldogs for the 2024-25 season – three prep prospects and a junior college transfer. The signees who will be freshmen in 2024-25 include two-time AJGA All-American Siuue Wu, her twin sisters Tsamue and Zixin (Candice) Lou. Angelica Holman, a first-team junior college All-American last … [Read more...]
Chris Kirk named recipient of the PGA TOUR Courage Award
PONTE VEDRA BEACH, Florida – The PGA TOUR announced today that Chris Kirk has been named the recipient of the PGA TOUR Courage Award. Kirk, 38, took a leave of absence from the TOUR in May of 2019 to address issues of alcohol abuse and depression. He returned to the TOUR later that year after a break of more than six months, regained exempt status in 2021 through a Major … [Read more...]
Georgia Signs Three in 2024 Class
ATHENS, Ga. — The University of Georgia men’s golf team has signed three players to its 2024 class – Billy Abdow, James Earle and Matt Moloney – head coach Chris Haack announced Monday afternoon. “I think Billy, James and Matt will come in and immediately challenge for playing time,” Coach Haack said. “All three of them are really talented, so it wouldn’t surprise me to see … [Read more...]
Lamprecht Named to Final Fall Haskins Award Watch List
Columbus, Ga. – Georgia Tech’s Christo Lamprecht, who posted a victory and a runner-up finish among four fall tournaments, is among 20 golfers named Thursday to the final fall watch list for the 2024 Fred Haskins Award, given annually to the nation’s top male United States collegiate golfer. The senior from George, South Africa, won the Olympia Fields/Fighting Illini … [Read more...]
Georgia Tech Golf Signs Two from Sweden
THE FLATS – Albert Hansson and Didrik Ringvall Bengtsson, two top European amateur players from Sweden, have signed letters-of-intent to join Georgia Tech’s golf program, Yellow Jacket head coach Bruce Heppler announced Wednesday. Hansson is ranked No. 55 in the World Amateur Golf Rankings and No. 2 in Europe, while Ringvall Bengtsson sits No. 770 in the WAGR and No. 181 in … [Read more...]
Jackets Topple Florida in East Lake Cup Consolation
Johns Creek, Ga. - Two match victories proved to be just enough to give fifth-ranked Georgia Tech a 2-1-2 victory over No. 20 Florida in the consolation match Tuesday and secure the Yellow Jackets a third-place finish at the ninth annual East Lake Cup. Sophomore Hiroshi Tai (Singapore) was able to get the first point for the Yellow Jackets with a 2&1 victory over the … [Read more...]
Georgia Finishes Sixth, van Wyk in Eighth at Ka’anapali Collegiate
LAHAINA, Hawaii — The Georgia men’s golf team finished the Ka’anapali Collegiate Classic in sixth place with a 31-under 821 with Ben van Wyk earning his second-straight top-10 finish on Saturday at the Royal K?'anapali Course. The Bulldogs were paced by Beck Burnette and van Wyk during round three on the par-71, 6,700-yard layout. The graduate students both shot a five-under … [Read more...]
Kale Fontenot Wins East Lake Cup Individual Title
THE FLATS – Freshman Kale Fontenot fired a 4-under-par 68 Monday to capture the men’s individual championship at the ninth-annual East Lake Cup at the Atlanta Athletic Club. The fifth-ranked Yellow Jackets posted a 2-over-par team total of 290 and earned the No. 3 seed in the four-team bracket for match play which begins Tuesday morning. Tech gets a rematch in one semifinal … [Read more...]