Pinehurst, N.C. – After finishing as runner-up in five tournaments this year, Georgia Tech finally came away winners Monday when the Yellow Jackets downed Wake Forest, 3-2, in the championship match of the 69th Atlantic Coast Conference Men’s Golf Championship at the Country Club of North Carolina. Senior anchor Ross Steelman secured the title for the Yellow Jackets by sinking … [Read more...]
All Three Jackets Advance to Match Play at U.S. Amateur
Paramus, N.J. – All three Georgia Tech entries – Christo Lamprecht, Bartley Forrester and Ross Steelman – have advanced to the 64-player bracket for match play at the 122nd U.S. Amateur Championship. It is the sixth straight year that at least one Yellow Jacket has advanced to match play, including 2019 and 2020, when Andy Ogletree and Tyler Strafaci lifted the Havemeyer … [Read more...]
Tech Falls in Heartbreaker in ACC Golf Championship
Panama City, Fla. – Freshman Benjamin Reuter pushed Wake Forest’s Alex Fitzpatrick to the 21st hole before succumbing in final and deciding match, as 11th-ranked Georgia Tech took a heartbreaking 3-2 loss to No. 17 Wake Forest in the championship match of the 68th Atlantic Coast Conference Men’s Golf Championship. Bidding to win a conference-record 19th ACC title, the Yellow … [Read more...]
Thompson, Team USA Retain Walker Cup
JUNO BEACH, Fla. -- Georgia’s Davis Thompson and his United States teammates defeated Great Britain & Ireland 14-12 to retain the Walker Cup on Sunday at Seminole Golf Club. The Walker Cup is the amateur version of the Ryder Cup. The United States now leads the overall series 38-9-1. “This is the pinnacle of amateur golf, and it was such an honor to be a part of it,” … [Read more...]
Strafaci Repeats as Ben Hogan Award Golfer of the Month
Fort Worth, Texas — Georgia Tech’s Tyler Strafaci is the first golfer ever to claim back-to-back Ben Hogan Award Golfer of the Month honors, the Ben Hogan Trophy Award Foundation has announced. Strafaci, who was named the Ben Hogan Award July Golfer of the Month after victories at the North & South Amateur and the Palmetto Amateur, collected the August accolade following … [Read more...]