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...]
Yamaha Atlanta Open Results
MILTON, GA —Ted Moon, a PGA Associate at TPC Sugarloaf, won the 105th playing of the Yamaha Atlanta Open presented by Audi Atlanta and Mizuno USA on Tuesday at Echelon Golf Club. Moon defeated amateur Brock Hoover from Woodstock by three shots. Moon, started the second round tied for ninth, four shots behind first round leader R.B. Clyburn. Moon came out swinging on the … [Read more...]
Tech Ties for 6th at Golf Club of Georgia
Alpharetta, Ga. – Junior Connor Howe fired a 4-under-par 68, and freshman Benjamin Reuter added a 3-under-par 69 Sunday, leading 13th-ranked Georgia Tech to a 6-under-par total of 282 and a tie for sixth place with Virginia on the final leaderboard at the 15th Golf Club of Georgia Collegiate. Tech’s B team earned some bragging rights, however, posting a 9-under-par 279 in … [Read more...]
Tech Golf Heads North for Windon Memorial Classic
THE FLATS – Having risen to No. 8 in the most recent coaches poll following its season-opening win at the Maui Jim Intercollegiate two weeks ago, Georgia Tech’s golf team travels to the Chicago area for the Windon Memorial Classic Monday and Tuesday in Glencoe, Ill. Head coach Bruce Heppler’s 27th Tech team set a team and individual 54-hole scoring record in capturing the … [Read more...]
Tech Holds on to Win Maui Jim Intercollegiate
Scottsdale, Ariz. – Connor Howe shot a weekend-low 5-under-par 65, and Christo Lamprecht fired a 4-under 66 Sunday, enabling 17th-ranked Georgia Tech to fend off a back-nine rally by Clemson and capture a one-stroke victory over the Tigers at the Maui Jim Intercollegiate. The Yellow Jackets led the tournament wire-to-wire and posted a 54-hole team score of 796, which … [Read more...]
Tech Leads by 4 at Maui Jim Intercollegiate
Scottsdale, Ariz. – Christo Lamprecht and Ben Smith fired 7-under-par rounds of 63 Saturday, and 17th-ranked Georgia Tech tied a team record for low 18-hole round (262) to take a four-shot lead after 36 holes at the Maui Jim Intercollegiate. Lamprecht and first-round leader Ross Steelman stand 1-T2 on the individual leaderboard with Ben Smith tied for sixth place as the … [Read more...]
Jackets Grab Early Lead at Maui Jim Intercollegiate
Scottsdale, Ariz. – Led by Ross Steelman’s 8-under-par 62, Georgia Tech’s golf team posted its lowest score in seven years, a 16-under-par 264, and grabbed a two-shot lead over Clemson after the opening round of the Maui Jim Intercollegiate. With three players under par, the Yellow Jackets compiled their lowest team round since posting a 264 at the Warrior Princeville Makai … [Read more...]
Jackets Aiming for U.S. Amateur Spots
THE FLATS – Coming off a busy and successful week of amateur competition for Georgia Tech’s golfers, qualifying for the 121st United States Amateur Championship begins Tuesday for three Yellow Jackets, and five other members of the team are competing in the Southern Amateur in West Point, Miss. Nine current and former Jackets are attempting to qualify for the U.S. Amateur … [Read more...]