SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. – Georgia Tech golf finished NCAA Championship runner-up after battling No. 2-seeded Florida in the national championship match Wednesday afternoon, falling 3-1, at the Grayhawk Golf Club. Florida won the first pairing of the match (Yuxin Lin d. Christo Lamprecht, 4&3), before the Yellow Jackets gained momentum, taking the lead on the four remaining … [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...]
Tech Golf Wins NCAA Salem Regional Going Away
Salem, S.C. – Connor Howe and Hiroshi Tai set the tone with twin 6-under-par 66 scores Wednesday, and 11th-ranked Georgia Tech shattered a pair of school 54-hole scoring records after posting a 21-under-par round of 267 Wednesday to win the NCAA Salem Regional. After setting a program record for 18-hole scoring in an NCAA post-season round Tuesday (266, -22), the No. 2-seed … [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...]
Tech Gets a Win and a Tie in Ramblin’ Wreck Match Play
Alpharetta, Ga. – Connor Howe and Hiroshi Tai each won two individual matches Saturday, while Christo Lamprecht, Bartley Forrester, Ross Steelman and Aidan Tran each won one as 12th-ranked Georgia Tech scored a 5-3 victory over No. 26 Ohio State and tied No. 84 Charlotte, 3-3, at the Golf Club of Georgia. The Yellow Jackets played the 49ers in a six-player match and the … [Read more...]
Georgia Tech is Runner-Up at The Goodwin
San Francisco, Calif. – Christo Lamprecht shot 3-under-par 67 and Connor Howe added a 1-under-par 69, but 11th-ranked Georgia Tech could not keep pace with No 13 Oklahoma on the back nine Saturday at TPC Harding Park and finished second to the Sooners at The Goodwin. After finishing as a runner-up four times this year, including three this spring, the Yellow Jackets entered … [Read more...]
Georgia Tech Heads West for The Goodwin
THE FLATS – Georgia Tech’s 11th-ranked golf team returns to action for its fifth event of the spring season, making its third appearance in The Goodwin, set to take place Thursday through Saturday at TPC Harding Park in San Francisco for the second time in the tournament’s history since 1968. Head coach Bruce Heppler will send his starting five and one individual against a … [Read more...]
Tech is Runner-up at Linger Longer Invitational
Eatonton, Ga. – Ross Steelman fired an 8-under-par Tuesday, Christo Lamprecht added a 5-under-par 67, and No. 11 Georgia Tech played a stellar closing round and earned a second-place finish at the Linger Longer Invitational. Tech, which began the day in fourth place, closed with a 7-under-par round of 281 Tuesday, a score bettered only by 20th-ranked Alabama, which pulled away … [Read more...]
Georgia Tech Competes in Linger Longer Invitational
THE FLATS – Georgia Tech’s 11th-ranked golf team returns to action following a three-week break by competing in the Linger Longer Invitational at Great Waters at Reynolds Lake Oconee in Eatonton Ga. The tournament begins Sunday and runs through Tuesday, 18 holes each day. Tee times begin at 8:30 p.m. Eastern time each day, with groups teeing off both No. 1 and No. 10 … [Read more...]