THE FLATS – Georgia Tech’s golf team, ranked No. 25 in the nation, begins the chase for its 20th all-time Atlantic Coast Conference championship Thursday when the 71st ACC Men’s Golf Championship gets underway at The Club at Olde Stone in Bowling Green, Ky. Fifteen teams will compete for the championship, which includes 54 holes of stroke play to determine eight teams that … [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...]
Christo Lamprecht Named ACC Golfer of the Year
CHARLOTTE, Nc. – Georgia Tech’s Christo Lamprecht, the world’s top-ranked amateur golfer, has been named the Atlantic Coast Conference Player of the Year, the sixth Yellow Jacket to win the conference’s top honor. Lamprecht’s honor was announced along with the 2024 All-ACC team announced Thursday after voting by the conference’s 12 men’s golf coaches. Lamprecht, who is on … [Read more...]
Georgia Tech Set to Host Golf Club of Georgia Collegiate
THE FLATS – Looking for its first victory of the fall season and its third the history of its annual home event, Georgia Tech’s golf team returns to action this weekend, hosting the 17th Golf Club of Georgia Collegiate Invitational Friday through Sunday at the Golf Club of Georgia in Alpharetta. Tech comes into its third fall event ranked No. 3 in the Bushnell/Golfweek … [Read more...]
Christo Lamprecht Ascends to No. 1 in World Amateur Golf Ranking
THE FLATS – On the heels of his second collegiate victory last weekend, Georgia Tech’s Christo Lamprecht has risen to the top spot in the World Amateur Golf Ranking published Wednesday. He is the second Yellow Jacket to ascend to the No. 1 position and first since Ollie Schniederjans won the Mark H McCormack Medal in 2015. The senior from George, South Africa, won the Olympia … [Read more...]
Connor Howe Named Golf ACC Scholar-Athlete of the Year
Greensboro, N.C. – Georgia Tech’s Connor Howe and Florida State’s Frederik Kjettrup have been named the 2023 Atlantic Coast Conference Men’s Golf Co-Scholar Athletes of the Year and headline the sport’s All-ACC Academic Team. Joining Howe, a May graduate in business administration, on the All-ACC Academic Team are senior Bartley Forrester and freshman Hiroshi Tai, both … [Read more...]
Christo Lamprecht Named First-Team All-American
THE FLATS – Georgia Tech’s Christo Lamprecht, currently ranked among the top 10 players in men’s college golf all spring, has been named a First-Team All-American by the Golf Coaches Association of America. The 2023 Division PING First-Team All-Americans are Ludvig Åberg of Texas Tech, NCAA Champion Fred Biondi of Florida, Adrien Dumont de Chassart of Illinois, David Ford of … [Read more...]
Hiroshi Tai Wins Golf Club of Georgia Collegiate
Alpharetta, Ga. – Freshman Hiroshi Tai shot a 3-under-par 69 Sunday and held on to capture medalist honors at the Golf Club of Georgia Collegiate Invitational. Georgia Tech was unable to hold on to its 36-hole lead and came up short by one shot and finished runner-up behind Stanford in the team race. Tai, who graduated from high school in Windermere, Fla., and served a … [Read more...]