Ollie Schniederjans, Anders Albertson and two other former Georgia Tech golfers were among 10 players with Georgia ties who earned exempt status for the 2016 Web.com Tour in the qualifying finals played Dec. 10-13. The finals were played at PGA National in Palm Beach Gardens, Fla., with the Jack Nicklaus-designed Champions course that annually hosts the PGA Tour Honda … [Read more...]
Three Tech Golfers Named All-America Scholars
Norman, O.K. – Georgia Tech golfers Anders Albertson, Drew Czuchry and Ollie Schniederjans have all been named Cleveland Golf/Srixon All-America Scholars by the Golf Coaches Association of America. It is the fifth time in Tech golf history that three or more of its players have been named All-America Scholars. Four Tech players earned the distinction in 2014, and three … [Read more...]
Georgia Tech Golf Finishes 11th Straight Top-10 Season
THE FLATS Atlanta, G.A.– Georgia Tech has been ranked in the top 10 of both final major golf rankings, the 11th consecutive season in which the Yellow Jackets have earned a final top-10 ranking in at least one of those polls. Tech’s final ranking for 2014-15 mirrored its NCAA Championship finish, No. 9 in both the Golfstat ratings and Golfweek/Sagarin Index. Since 2000, the … [Read more...]
Albertson Named ACC Scholar-Athlete of the Year
THE FLATS Atlanta, G.A.– Senior Anders Albertson has been named Atlantic Coast Conference Men’s Golf Scholar-Athlete of the Year, and all five members of Georgia Tech’s starting five for the NCAA Championship have been named to the ACC All-Academic golf team, announced Thursday (June 25th, 2015) by the conference office. It is the third time in four years that the … [Read more...]
Three Georgians Helped Lead U.S. to Palmer Cup Victory
Sugar Grove, I.L.-- The U.S. reclaimed the annual Palmer Cup with an 18-12 victory at Rich Harvest Farms in Illinois, with the team featuring three Georgians on the 10-player squad, which was coached by Georgia Tech’s Bruce Heppler. Ollie Schniederjans of Powder Springs and Anders Albertson of Woodstock, two recent Georgia Tech graduates, were part of the U.S. team along … [Read more...]
Schniederjans Named First-Team All-American
Bradenton, F.L. – Georgia Tech’s Ollie Schniederjans, ranked as high as seventh in the nation individually this year, has been named a first-team All-American for the second time by the Golf Coaches Association of America. The PING First-Team All-America honorees for Division I were announced by the GCAA at the NCAA Golf Championship Tuesday morning (June 2nd, 2015), and … [Read more...]
Albertson and Schniederjans Named to U.S. Palmer Cup Team
Norman, O.K. – Georgia Tech seniors Ollie Schniederjans and Anders Albertson have been named to represent the United states in the 2015 Palmer Cup, the annual Ryder Cup-style collegiate competition that will be played June 12-14, 2015, at Rich Harvest Farms outside Sugar Grove, I.L. The Palmer Cup teams for both the United States and Europe were announced live Friday (April … [Read more...]
Georgia Tech Men’s Golf Wins Kepler Intercollegiate
THE FLATS - Atlanta, G.A. - Anders Albertson and Vince Whaley each shot 1-under-par 70 Sunday, April 12th, 2015, sharing medalist honors individually and helping 15th-ranked Georgia Tech to a runaway victory at the Robert Kepler Intercollegiate at The Ohio State University Scarlet Course. TEAM LEADERBOARD – Georgia Tech shot 286 (+2) Sunday, a score bettered by only one … [Read more...]
Georgia Tech Ties for 2nd at Mason Rudolph Championship
THE FLATS, Atlanta, G.A. – Ollie Schniederjans and Anders Albertson each fired even-par 71s Sunday, April 5th, 2015, and earned top-10 finishes, while 15th-ranked Georgia Tech rallied late and earned a tie for second place the Mason Rudolph Championship at the Vanderbilt Legends Club outside Nashville, T.N. TECH LINEUP – The Yellow Jackets birdied 10 holes over their final … [Read more...]