The Flats – For its final regular season event before defending its Atlantic Coast Conference title later this month, the Georgia Tech golf team will compete in the Calusa Cup Sunday through Tuesday at Calusa Pines Golf Club. Head to Naples, Florida to compete in the
The Yellow Jackets, ranked 15th in the Scoreboard College Rankings and 11th in the Bushnell/GCAA Coaches Poll, are looking for their first tournament win in 2023-24 at the venue where they won two years ago. Tech University has two second-place finishes at the University of Georgia Golf Club and the Water Sound Invitational, and two third-place finishes at the Olympia Fields/Fighting Illini Invitational and the East Lake Cup. Masu. The Jackets have finished fourth, fourth and fifth in the past three tournaments this spring.
Tech will play in the Calusa Cup without its top players and seniors. Christ Lamprecht (George, South Africa), has an invitation to the Masters Tournament after winning last summer's Amateur Championship. The 6-foot-8 Lamprecht, currently ranked No. 1 amateur in the world, will compete in the annual Georgia Cup on Sunday at Georgia Golf Club. The match pits the U.S. Amateur against the British Amateur champion, who will then travel. Headed to Augusta to participate in Masters Week activities.
Hiroshi Tai has finished in the top 20 six times from 2023 to 2024. (Photo courtesy of Clyde Crick)
Tech lineup – Head Coach bruce heplerat the age of 29th In his first year coaching the Yellow Jackets, he used the same starting lineup for all five spring tournaments, but made adjustments for the Calusa Cup in light of Lamprecht's absence.
Tech's lineup will be led by seniors. Bartley Forrester (Gainesville, Georgia)tied for 12th placeth At Tech's latest event, The Goodwin, he achieved his best finish since tied for eighth at the Amer Ali Intercollegiate in the spring. He was No. 2 for the Jackets this spring, followed by a sophomore. Hiroshi Tai (Singapore), Tech University's second-highest player on the Scoreboard NCAA Golf Rankings at No. 100. He finished in the top 20 six times in a row before finishing tied for 68th with the Jackets.th At Goodwin.
The rest of the lineup includes freshmen. Cale Fontenot (Lafayette, Louisiana)ranked 124th, included in the tech lineup for all spring events, sophomore Aidan Tran (Fresno, California)Has played in six tournaments this year, and is a senior Aidan Kramer (Oviedo, Florida), I've seen four actions. Fontenot won the stroke play title at the East Lake Cup in the fall and finished 14th in the spring.th At the Water Sound Invitational.Tran has competed in four spring events as an individual, tied for 12.th Highest place at the Ringer Longer Invitational. Kramer finished in the top 10 at the Georgia Golf Club Invitational in the fall and has played in one spring event as an individual.
Tournament information – Georgia Tech has appeared in the Calusa Cup twice, winning by eight strokes over Florida in 2022 and finishing runner-up behind first-place Oklahoma in 2021. bartley forrester In 2022, he shared medalist honors with Fred Biondi of the Gators.
The event features five of the eight teams currently in the top 50 of the Scoreboard NCAA Golf Rankings, including Florida (16), Georgia Tech (15), Georgia (22), Iowa and Miami of Ohio. It features a limited but powerful field of participation. , Nebraska, Purdue (30th) and Wake Forest (34th).
The tournament will be held at Calusa Country Club and will be 7,320 yards long with a par of 72. Play begins at 12:00 PM ET on Sunday and Monday, with the final round beginning at 8:00 AM on Tuesday. Each team has five players, the bottom four scores each day count toward the team total, and the tournament is played on Sunday, Monday, and Tuesday, 18 holes each, for a total of 54 holes.
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Georgia Tech's golf team now has 29 members.th During his one year under head coach Bruce Hepler, he won 72 tournaments.Hepler is 10thth-Longest serving head coach in Division I men's golf. Yellow Jacket's Atlantic Coast Conference Championship he has won 19 times, NCAA Championships he has appeared in 33 times and he has been a national runner-up five times. Connect with Georgia Tech Golf on social media by liking his Facebook page or following him below. Twitter (@GTGolf) And Instagram. For more information about Tech Golf, visit Ramblinwreck.com.
