ALPHARETTA, Ga. – Ranked No. 9 in the first fall Scoreboard NCAA Golf Ranking, Georgia Tech’s golf team continues its fall season with its home tournament, the Golf Club of Georgia Collegiate Invitational, which will be contested Friday through Sunday at the Golf Club of Georgia’s Lakeside Course. Tech has a victory under its collective belt at the Olympia Fields/Fighting … [Read more...]
Lamprecht, Tai Named First-Team All-Americans
CARLSBAD, Calif. – Georgia Tech’s Christo Lamprecht and Hiroshi Tai were named Division I PING First-Team All-Americans Wednesday by the Golf Coaches Association of America in partnership with Golf Channel at the NCAA Division I Championship. It was the second straight year Lamprecht has made the team, and Tai joined him after winning the individual title at NCAA … [Read more...]
Lamprecht Named Semifinalist for Ben Hogan Award
THE FLATS – Georgia Tech’s Christo Lamprecht, the world’s top-ranked amateur player, is one of 10 of the nation’s most accomplished collegiate golfers across all levels who have been named semifinalists for the 2023 Ben Hogan Award presented by PNC Bank. The joint announcement was made Wednesday by the Hogan Trophy Award Foundation, the Friends of Golf (FOG) and the Golf … [Read more...]
Tech Finishes Runner-up at Golf Club of Georgia
Alpharetta, Ga. – Christo Lamprecht fired a 7-under-under-par 65 Sunday to pace Georgia Tech to a 9-under-par round of 279, and the 12th-ranked Yellow Jackets finished as the runner-up for the second straight year at the Golf Club of Georgia Collegiate Invitational. In chilly and breezy conditions Sunday, Tech started the round in third place, six shots off the lead of East … [Read more...]
Christo Lamprecht Named First-Team All-American
THE FLATS – Georgia Tech’s Christo Lamprecht, currently ranked among the top 10 players in men’s college golf all spring, has been named a First-Team All-American by the Golf Coaches Association of America. The 2023 Division PING First-Team All-Americans are Ludvig Åberg of Texas Tech, NCAA Champion Fred Biondi of Florida, Adrien Dumont de Chassart of Illinois, David Ford of … [Read more...]
Five Jackets Make GCAA All-Region Golf Team
Norman Okla. – All five starters for the 11th-ranked Georgia Tech golf team – seniors Bartley Forrester, Connor Howe and Ross Steelman, junior Christo Lamprecht and freshman Hiroshi Tai – have named to the PING All-East Region team selected by the Golf Coaches Association of America. The GCAA announced the selections of the best collegiate players across six regions (top 25 … [Read more...]
Three Jackets Make All-ACC Golf Team
Greensboro, N.C. – Georgia Tech’s Connor Howe, Christo Lamprecht and Ross Steelman have been named to the All-Atlantic Coast Conference Men’s Golf Team, announced Thursday by the conference office. The Tech trio are among fifteen student-athletes who were honored on the all-conference team, with Lamprecht and Howe earning spots for the second straight year. Steelman made the … [Read more...]
Lamprecht Named ACC Co-Golfer of the Month
Greensboro, N.C. – After finishing as the individual runner-up twice in two events, Georgia Tech golfer Christo Lamprecht has been named the Atlantic Coast Conference Golfer of the Month for March, sharing the honor with Virginia freshman, Ben James. A junior from George, South Africa, Lamprecht posted his fifth and sixth top-10 finishes of the year and led the Yellow Jackets … [Read more...]
Lamprecht Keys International Team to Palmer Cup Victory
THE FLATS – Georgia Tech rising junior Christo Lamprecht turned out to be a key member of the International team in helping his side complete a 33-27 victory over Team USA in the 2022 Arnold Palmer Cup in Geneva, Switzerland. The native of George, South Africa did not earn automatic qualification for the International team based on points – he ranked seventh and the top six … [Read more...]