THE FLATS – Georgia Tech golfer Hiroshi Tai won the NCAA individual championship last spring, earning him a spot in the 2024 U.S. Open and the 2025 Masters, and earned first-team All-America honors. For his feats, Tai was named Male Golfer of the Year at the Singapore Golf Association (SGA) Annual Gala and Awards dinner Thursday at the Sentosa Golf Club. Tai, a junior, … [Read more...]
Georgia Tech Golf Set for Ben Hogan Collegiate
THE FLATS – Georgia Tech’s golf team, ranked No. 17 in the Bushnell/Golfweek coaches poll, continues its 2024 fall schedule Monday and Tuesday at the Ben Hogan Collegiate Invitational. The event will be contested at Colonial Country Club in Fort Worth, Texas. Tech is coming off an impressive victory just a week ago at the Olympia Fields/Fighting Illini Invitational, where … [Read more...]
No. 17 Georgia Tech Golf Heads to Chicagoland
THE FLATS – Georgia Tech’s golf team, ranked No. 17 in the Bushnell/Golfweek coaches poll, continues its 2024 fall schedule this weekend at the Olympia Fields/Fighting Illini Invitational. The 18th annual event will be contested Friday through Sunday at the Olympia Fields Country Club in Olympia fields, Ill. The 15-team field includes four teams – Tech (No. 11 in the … [Read more...]
Georgia Tech Golf’s Heppler Extended, New Assistant Coaches Hired
THE FLATS – Georgia Tech golf head coach Bruce Heppler has signed a five-year contract extension and the Yellow Jackets have officially named Jeff Paton and Evan Smith as assistant coaches, Tech announced on Monday. Heppler’s contract extension runs through the 2028-29 season. In his 30th year as head coach, Heppler has led the Yellow Jackets to 14 Atlantic Coast Conference … [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...]
Lamprecht Honored as Gary Player International Golfer of the Year
NORMAN, Okla. – Georgia Tech’s Christo Lamprecht was honored once again Wednesday by being named a recipient of the Gary Player International Golfer of the Year Award presented by FlightScope. The award was established for the first time this year, and is being given to five outstanding college golfers from outside the United States by the Golf Coaches Association of … [Read more...]
Georgia Tech Golf Receives Team Academic Award from GCAA
NORMAN, Okla. – With a 3.57 combined grade-point average in 2023-24 and a roster highlighted by the Atlantic Coast Conference Scholar-Athlete of the Year and three Academic All-Americans, Georgia Tech’s golf team was honored by the Golf Coaches Association of America Tuesday with a GCAA Outstanding Team Academic Award. A total of 240 team across NCAA Divisions I, II and III, … [Read more...]
Three Tech Golfers Honored as All-America Scholars by GCAA
NORMAN, Okla. – Georgia Tech’s Bartley Forrester, Christo Lamprecht and Hiroshi Tai have been named Cobalt Golf All-America Scholars by the Golf Coaches Association of America. Forrester, who competed in 2023-24 as a graduate student, has been so honored for the fourth time in his career, a first for a Georgia Tech player, while Lamprecht, who graduated in May, received the … [Read more...]