Las Vegas, N.V. – Longtime Georgia Tech men’s golf coach Bruce Heppler has been named to coach the United States team at the 2015 Palmer Cup, while former Ryder Cup player Jean Van de Velde will lead the European team. The annual Ryder Cup-style competition will be played June 12-14,2014 at Rich Harvest Farms in Sugar Grove, I.L. This will be the second appointment as head … [Read more...]
Georgia Tech Men’s Golf Blows Past Field at Makai
Princeville, Hawaii – Anders Albertson and Jacob Joiner each fired 7-under-par 65 Tuesday, November 5th, 2014, helping Georgia Tech shoot 24-under-par collectively and run away with the championship of the Warrior Princeville Makai Invitational. In winning its second tournament of the fall, 11th-ranked Tech posted a 54-hole total of 809, 55 strokes under par. The raw score … [Read more...]
Georgia Tech Men’s Golf Rallies to Finish 7th at USCC
Alpharetta, G.A. – Freshman Chris Petefish shot a 4-under-par 68, and Ollie Schniederjans added a 69 Sunday October 19th, 2014, leading Georgia Tech to a final-round 281 (-7) total and a seventh-place tie at the United States Collegiate Championship (USCC) at The Golf Club of Georgia. The 15th-ranked Yellow Jackets also counted a 71 (-1) from freshman Jacob Joiner and a 73 … [Read more...]
Georgia Tech Men’s Golf Finishes 6th At Jerry Pate National Intercollegiate
Vestavia Hills, AL. – Ollie Schniederjans fired his third round under 70 for the tournament Tuesday, October 7th, 2014, and tied for second place individually, but Georgia Tech tumbled back to a sixth-place finish at the Jerry Pate National Intercollegiate. Tech, ranked No. 2 in the nation in the latest golf coaches’ poll, was 2-under-par at the turn Tuesday and within … [Read more...]
Georgia State Panthers Men Finish Tied for 10th at Jerry Pate National Intercollegiate
VESTAVIA HILLS, AL. – The Georgia State golf team followed up a strong second round with an even better third round to finish tied for 10th at the Jerry Pate National Intercollegiate on Tuesday, October 8th,2014. The Panthers shot a final round 3-over 283, tied for the fifth-lowest round of the day as only one team broke par. The Panthers had a pair of under par rounds, led by … [Read more...]
Georgia Tech Men’s Golf and Vandy Square at Dick’s Collegiate Challenge Cup
Kingston Springs, TN. – Vincent Whaley and Ollie Schniederjans scored big individual victories Saturday, September 20th, 2014, and third-ranked Georgia Tech squared its match with No. 7 Vanderbilt, 2-2-1, in the conference challenge portion of the DICK’S Sporting Goods Collegiate Challenge Cup. The event concluded on Sunday, September 21st, with a unique Atlantic Coast … [Read more...]
Bulldogs win opener in California; Tech 2nd in Carpet Capitol, Schniederjans medalist
Georgia and Georgia Tech both got off to successful starts to the 2014-15 college golf season, with the Bulldogs winning an 8-team event played at Pebble Beach and the Yellow Jackets taking 2nd in the annual Carpet Capital Collegiate at The Farm outside Dalton. The Bulldogs won the Carmel Cup by five strokes over Vanderbilt, finishing with a 17-under 1063 total. Each team … [Read more...]
GA Tech’s Ollie Schniederjans’ No. 1 in World Rankings
Enters U.S. Amateur after strong recent showings Ollie Schniederjans’ excellent summer adventure is just about to come to an end, but the Georgia Tech senior from Powder Springs has one more very important scene to play before heading back to school. After making a big splash in his first leap into the professional golf pool and two weeks of quality golf in England, … [Read more...]
Dogwood Southeastern Am on June schedule
Before the 2014 U.S. Amateur Championship is played at Atlanta Athletic Club August 11-17, two other venerable Georgia courses will host amateur events that will attract strong fields including many of the state’s top collegiate players. The Country Club of Columbus will again be site of the Southeastern Amateur June 11-14, with Atlanta’s Druid Hills Golf Club hosting the … [Read more...]