The 2019-20 college golf season resumes in early February, with Georgia Tech the highest ranked of the state’s Division 1 teams at No. 3 in the Golfstat rankings entering the Spring schedule. Georgia ended the Fall ranked 19thand appears to be the only other state team in line for an at-large berth in the NCAA Championship. Augusta (82) and Georgia Southern (92) are the only … [Read more...]
College roundup: Tech Wins Match Play Event to Conclude Fall Season
The Fall schedule of the 2019-20 college golf season has concluded, with the state’s top team – GeorgiaTech– closing out its Fall campaign with its third victory in four starts. The Yellow Jackets won a match play event at Cypress Point in California, rolling to victories over Cal, UCLA and Duke to capture the 8-team tournament. Tech did not lose a match in the first two … [Read more...]
College roundup: Georgia Tech, Georgia Score Early Season Victories
Both Georgia Tech and Georgia won tournaments in September to get their 2019-20 seasons off to successful starts. Georgia Tech opened its season with a victory in the annual Carpet Capital Collegiate, a tournament hosted by the Yellows Jackets at The Farm outside Dalton. In their next start, Tech tied for first with Baylor in an event played at Olympia Fields in … [Read more...]
Tech, Georgia Shoot for NCAA Title with Veteran, Talented Squads
Both Georgia Tech and Georgia begin the 2019-20 golf season with top-10 rankings, as the two teams aim for a national title with veteran rosters. Despite the loss of All-American Steven Fisk, Georgia Southern has hopes of a return to the NCAA Championship, while the state’s other Division 1 programs hope for better results this season. GEORGIA TECH was ranked fourth in … [Read more...]
Georgia Tech’s Andy Ogletree Wins U.S. Amateur Championship
Georgia Tech senior Andy Ogletree captured the 2019 U.S. Amateur Championship at Pinehurst Resort Sunday, rallying from a sizeable early deficit to defeat Vanderbilt senior John Augenstein 2&1 in the 36-hole title match. Augensetein won holes 2 through 5 in succession on Pinehurst’s No. 4 course, the latter three with birdies, to jump out to a 4-up lead. After Ogletree … [Read more...]
College round-up: Tech Captures ACC; Southern Loses in Match Play
Georgia Tech won the Atlantic Coast Conference championship to earn a spot in the NCAA Regionals, which will be played May 14-15 at six sites around the country, one of them in Athens at the UGA course. Georgia Southern won the stroke play title of the Sun Belt Conference, but lost in the semifinals of match play and will hope for an at-large bid to Regionals. Georgia … [Read more...]
Georgia Tech Golf Wins Clemson Invitational
Salem, S.C. – Andy Ogletree shot a final-round 8-under-par 64 while three other Yellow Jackets broke 70 Sunday, and No. 8 Georgia Tech dominated the final round with a 19-under-par 269 to score an 11-stroke victory at the Clemson Invitational. Tech scored its 54th tournament victory during the tenure of head coach Bruce Heppler, its second win this spring and fifth of the … [Read more...]
Georgia Tech Finishes 12th at Valspar Collegiate
Palm City, Fla. – Andy Ogletree fired a career-low round of 63 (8-under-par) in the closing round Monday afternoon, and No. 9 Georgia Tech posted a 2-under-par total of 282 in the afternoon round to finish 12th at the Valspar Collegiate Invitational. TECH LINEUP – Tech began the day in eighth place in a field stacked with top-25 teams, but slipped four positions after … [Read more...]
Linger Longer, Schenkel Tournaments to be Played This Month
Two of the longest-running college tournaments in Georgia will be played March 15-17, with five of the state’s seven Division 1 golf programs competing. The 14th annual Linger Longer Invitational will be played at Reynolds Landing, with the Georgia Bulldogs in the field along with Augusta and co-hosts Mercer and Kennesaw State. The same weekend, Georgia Southern will host … [Read more...]