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...]
No. 11 Georgia Tech Golf Tees Off Fall Season In Tennessee
THE FLATS – Georgia Tech’s golf team, preseason ranked No. 11 in the Bushnell/Golfweek coaches poll, opens its 2024 fall schedule Friday at the Visit Knoxville Collegiate at Tennessee National Golf Club in Loudon, Tenn., outside of Knoxville. The tournament kicks off a five-event fall slate that will take the Yellow Jackets to Tennessee, Illinois and Texas, with the final two … [Read more...]
Tech Golf Ranked No. 11 Ahead of Fall Season
THE FLATS – Led by reigning NCAA Champion Hiroshi Tai and three other returning golfers who played significant roles in helping Georgia Tech reach the semifinals of the 2024 NCAA Championship, the Yellow Jackets have been ranked No. 11 ahead of the fall season in the Bushnell/Golfweek Coaches Poll. Tech faces this schedule following the loss of the world’s top amateur … [Read more...]
Kale Fontenot Wins East Lake Cup Individual Title
THE FLATS – Freshman Kale Fontenot fired a 4-under-par 68 Monday to capture the men’s individual championship at the ninth-annual East Lake Cup at the Atlanta Athletic Club. The fifth-ranked Yellow Jackets posted a 2-over-par team total of 290 and earned the No. 3 seed in the four-team bracket for match play which begins Tuesday morning. Tech gets a rematch in one semifinal … [Read more...]
Georgia Tech Golf Splits Team for Two Events This Week
THE FLATS – Coming to the end of its fall schedule, Georgia Tech’s golf team competes on both coasts this weekend, with one group of players participating in the prestigious East Lake Cup event Monday through Wednesday at the Atlanta Athletic Club in Johns Creek, Ga., and the other half of the team competing in the Cypress Point Classic Monday and Tuesday in Monterrey, … [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...]
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...]
Jackets Qualifying for U.S. Amateur
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...]