THE FLATS – Georgia Tech’s Bartley Forrester, Christo Lamprecht and Hiroshi Tai have been named to the Academic All-District At-Large Team announced Tuesday by the College Sports Communicators. The Tech trio, each of whom were named to the ACC All-Academic Golf Team last month, are also finalists for Academic All-America honors (student-athletes denoted by asterisk in link … [Read more...]
Lamprecht Named ACC Golf Scholar-Athlete of the Year
CHARLOTTE, Nc. – Georgia Tech’s Christo Lamprecht has been named the Atlantic Coast Conference Rod Myers Scholar-Athlete of the Year for men’s golf, and a program-record six Yellow Jackets have earned a place on the conference’s All-ACC Academic Golf Team announced Monday by the ACC. The Scholar-Athlete of the Year award is named after Rod Myers, Duke’s men’s golf coach from … [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...]
Tech’s NCAA Run Ends with Loss to FSU
CARLSBAD, Calif. – Georgia Tech got match victories from Bartley Forrester and Carson Kim Tuesday afternoon, but lost one match in extra holes and the other two at the 17th hole as the Yellow Jackets fell to Florida State, 3-2, in the semifinals of the NCAA Men’s Division I Golf Championship. After reaching the semifinals of NCAA match play for the third time and second year … [Read more...]
Lamprecht Named Finalist for Jack Nicklaus Award
NORMAN, Okla. – Georgia Tech’s Christo Lamprecht is among five finalists who were named Thursday for the 2024 NCAA Division I Jack Nicklaus National Player of the Year Award presented by Workday. It is the third national player of the year award for which the Yellow Jacket senior has been named a finalist. He joins Luke Clanton of Florida State, Nick Gabrelcik of North … [Read more...]
Tech Golf Seeded 13th at NCAA Championship
THE FLATS – Georgia Tech has been seeded No. 13 for the 2024 NCAA Division I Men’s Championship finals and will be paired with No. 14 East Tennessee State and No. 15 California for the first two rounds when competition begins Friday at the Omni LaCosta Resort and Spa. Appearing in the finals for the 33rd time in program history, and 32nd time since 1985, the Yellow Jackets, … [Read more...]
Lamprecht Named to Haskins Award Final Watch List
COLUMBUS, Ga. – Georgia Tech’s Christo Lamprecht, recently named the Atlantic Coast Conference Player of the Year and the winner of the Byron Nelson Award, is among 10 golfers named Friday to the final watch list for the 2024 Fred Haskins Award, given annually to the nation’s top male United States collegiate golfer. Collegiately, Lamprecht has won the OFCC/Fighting Illini … [Read more...]
Tech Advances to NCAA Golf Championship
CHAPEL HILL, Nc. – Seniors Christo Lamprecht and Bartley Forrester each fired 4-under-par 66 Wednesday, leading Georgia Tech to a 7-under-par round of 273 to finish in fourth place at the NCAA Chapel Hill Regional. The Yellow Jackets thus advance to the NCAA Championship for the fifth straight year and will make their 32nd all-time appearance in the championship when they … [Read more...]
Tech Golf Set for NCAA Chapel Hill Regional
THE FLATS – Georgia Tech’s No. 17-ranked golf team begins its quest to advance to the NCAA Men’s Division I Golf Championship for the 34th time Monday when the Yellow Jackets compete in the NCAA Chapel Hill Regional, which begins Monday at Finley Golf Club in Chapel Hill, N.C. A total of 81 teams and 45 individuals are competing the next three days at six different regional … [Read more...]