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...]
Jackets Prevail at Maui Jim Intercollegiate
Scottsdale, Ariz. – Andy Ogletree birdied five of his final seven holes, and Tyler Strafaci scored three straight birdies at 15, 16 and 17 Sunday, leading No. 7 Georgia Tech from behind to capture the team title at the Maui Jim Intercollegiate in Scottsdale, Ariz. It is the 54th tournament victory for Yellow Jackets in their 24th season under head coach Bruce Heppler, kept … [Read more...]
Georgia Tech Captures 17th ACC Golf Championship
New London, N.C. – Tyler Strafaci rode a hot back nine to a final-round 68, and Chris Petefish dealt the clinching blow with a birdie at 18 Sunday as fifth-ranked Georgia Tech outlasted No, 15 Clemson to win the 65th Atlantic Coast Conference Men’s Golf Championship at the Old North State Club. Petefish, who teed off the 18th hole with the Yellow Jackets’ just one shot ahead … [Read more...]
Georgia Tech Golf Finishes 3rd at Irish Creek Collegiate
Kannapolis, N.C. – Chris Petefish fired a 1-over-par 72 Sunday to pace third-ranked Georgia Tech to a closing score of 9-over-par 293 and a third place finish at the Cabarrus County Irish Creek Collegiate. Petefish and fellow senior Jacob Joiner (74 Sunday) tied for 12th place individually to lead the Yellow Jackets. TECH LINEUP – Georgia Tech continued to struggle in cold and … [Read more...]
Georgia Tech Golfers Finish 4th at Valspar Collegiate
Palm City, Fla. – Senior Chris Petefish and sophomore Tyler Strafaci each shot 2-under-par 70 Tuesday, and third-ranked Georgia Tech counted three scores of par of better in the final round to finish in fourth place at the Valspar Collegiate Invitational in Palm City, Fla. TEAM LEADERBOARD – Scores rose with higher winds Tuesday at The Floridian National Golf Club as only … [Read more...]
Jackets Tie for 5th at Amer Ari Invitational
Waikoloa, Hawai’i – Senior Jacob Joiner fired a 3-under-par 69 Saturday, but the rest of the third-ranked Yellow Jackets were unable to keep pace as Georgia Tech finished in a tie for fifth place at the Amer Ari Invitational. TECH LINEUP – After going 20-under-par through 36 holes, the Yellow Jackets were unable to gain any traction Saturday on the Kings Course at the … [Read more...]
Georgia Tech Golf Signs Two 2018 Prospects
THE FLATS – Two highly-regarded junior golfers from the class of 2018 – Connor Howe of Ogden, Utah, and Luka Karaulic of Lawrenceville, Ga. – have signed national letters-of-intent to play at Georgia Tech, head coach Bruce Heppler announced Friday. Howe, ranked as high as 41st nationally in the class of 2018, and Karaulic, ranked as high as No 180, have enjoyed … [Read more...]
Georgia Tech Ties for 4th at Golf Club of Georgia Collegiate
Alpharetta, Ga. – Jacob Joiner and Andy Ogletree each fired a 2-under-par 70 Sunday as fourth-ranked Georgia Tech posted a 3-under-par 285 in the final round Sunday, finishing in a tie for fourth place at the 12th annual Golf Club of Georgia Collegiate at the Golf Club of Georgia. The Yellow Jackets completed their fall schedule with two wins, a second- and a fourth-place … [Read more...]