The 2019 Georgia Amateur returns to Ansley Golf Club’s Settindown Creek for a third time July 11-14, with no clear favorite among the 144-player field. A strong field of mid-amateurs will be looking to win the event for the first time since Dalton’s David Noll scored his second GSGA Championship title in 2011. But a sizeable contingent of college players will endeavor to … [Read more...]
Strong Field of Georgia College Golfers Highlights Dogwood Invitational
The annual Dogwood Invitational returns to Druid Hills GC with an earlier date this year, with the 2019 tournament scheduled for June 5-8, several weeks earlier than its usual pre July 4th dates. The change moves the Dogwood away from conflicts with other national amateur events, and sets it as the first major amateur tournament of the season following the conclusion of the … [Read more...]
College round-up: Tech Captures ACC; Southern Loses in Match Play
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 Captures 18th ACC Golf Championship
New London, N.C. – Luke Schniederjans and Noah Norton each fired 4-under-par 68s Sunday as No. 8 Georgia Tech defended its Atlantic Coast Conference Championship in record fashion at the Old North State Club, and captured its 18th all-time conference title in men’s golf. When the Yellow Jackets won their first ACC Championship in 1985, Wake Forest had already won 18. Tech … [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...]
Georgia Tech Finishes 12th at Valspar Collegiate
Palm City, Fla. – Andy Ogletree fired a career-low round of 63 (8-under-par) in the closing round Monday afternoon, and No. 9 Georgia Tech posted a 2-under-par total of 282 in the afternoon round to finish 12th at the Valspar Collegiate Invitational. TECH LINEUP – Tech began the day in eighth place in a field stacked with top-25 teams, but slipped four positions after … [Read more...]
Linger Longer, Schenkel Tournaments to be Played This Month
Two of the longest-running college tournaments in Georgia will be played March 15-17, with five of the state’s seven Division 1 golf programs competing. The 14th annual Linger Longer Invitational will be played at Reynolds Landing, with the Georgia Bulldogs in the field along with Augusta and co-hosts Mercer and Kennesaw State. The same weekend, Georgia Southern will host … [Read more...]
Georgia Tech Golf Finishes 6th at Southern Highlands
Las Vegas, Nev. – Andy Ogletree shot a 1-under-par 71 Tuesday to complete his second straight top-10 individual finish, but No. 4 Georgia Tech posted a 7-over-par closing round of 295 Tuesday and plummeted to a sixth-place finish at the Southern Highlands Collegiate golf tournament. TECH LINEUP – Ogletree played the front nine 5-under-par, but made four bogeys with no … [Read more...]
Georgia Tech Shares Title at Puerto Rico Classic
TECH LINEUP – Schniederjans played his best round since the opening day of the Golf Club of Georgia Collegiate in the fall. Recording six birdies against a pair of bogeys along the way to a 4-under-par par 68, which improved his position individually to a tie for 15th place at 214 (-2). The junior from Powder Springs, Ga., has three top-10 finishes this year and two other … [Read more...]