THE FLATS – Six current and former Georgia Tech golfers begin a busy week in amateur golf Monday and Tuesday, attempting to qualify for the 122nd United States Amateur Championship with a 36-hole final qualifier at the Standard Club in Johns Creek, Ga. Current Yellow Jackets Bartley Forrester, Connor Howe, Aidan Kramer, Andy Mao and Hiroshi Tai are competing along with … [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...]
Bae Becomes A Two-Time All-American
ATHENS, Ga. — Jenny Bae, who led the Georgia women’s golf team in virtually every statistic during the 2021-22 season, has been selected as an All-American by Golfweek Magazine for the second consecutive year. She was named to the publication’s honorable mention team. A senior from Suwanee, Ga., Bae recorded four top-10 and seven top-20 individual finishes in 11 tournaments … [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 Golf Completes Another Top-10 Year
THE FLATS – On the strength of five tournament victories, including an NCAA regional triumph, and a 12th-place finish in the NCAA Championship, Georgia Tech has finished the 2021-22 year ranked No. 10 in the nation in the Golfweek/Sagarin Index and No. 11 by Golfstat. It is the 19th time since 2000, when national rankings began to be kept, that the Yellow Jackets have finished … [Read more...]
Georgia’s Phillips Named First-Team All-American
NORMAN, Okla. --- Georgia senior Trent Phillips has been selected as an NCAA Division I PING First-Team All-American, according to an announcement Tuesday by the Golf Coaches Association of America. Phillips, a native of Inman, S.C., earned All-America honors for the fourth time. He was a First Teamer in 2020 and 2022, a Second Teamer in 2019, and an Honorable Mention pick … [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...]
Phillips’ Career Comes To An End As Bulldogs Place 12th At NCAAs
SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. --- With a short tap-in for par and ardent hugs from his coaches, teammates, and father, the noteworthy career of Georgia golfer Trent Phillips came to an end on Monday in the NCAA Championships at Grayhawk Golf Course. Phillips rewrote the Bulldogs’ record book during his stint in Athens. He finished with a career scoring average of 70.35, eclipsing the … [Read more...]
Bulldogs Advance To NCAA Match Play
SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. — The Georgia women’s golf team had a simple goal for the 2022 NCAA Championships – securing a tee time for every day. After the Bulldogs shot the second-best round at the national championships in program history on Monday, the Bulldogs moved one step closer to doing so. “It’s just another day and another tee time,” head coach Josh Brewer said after his … [Read more...]