The Flats – 12 as they strive to defend their Atlantic Coast Conference title and earn another berth to the NCAA Championship in 2023.thNo. 1 ranked Georgia Tech heads to the Florida Gulf Coast this week to compete in the Water Sound Invitational in Panama City Beach.
The Yellow Jackets, ranked 12th in Scoreboard's college rankings and 9th in the Bushnell/GCAA Coaches Poll, finished 6th against a heavy field at the spring Amer Ali Intercollegiate Top Open, ranking higher than Tech-In University. This was the second best team in the world. They are higher in the scoreboard's college rankings than teams ranked below. Tech had a strong fall season, finishing second at the Golf Clubs of Georgia Invitational, third at the Olympia Fields/Fighting Illini Invitational and East Lake Cup, and winning the Ben Hogan Collegiate Invitational. I came in 8th place.
The fourth annual event, which began in 2021, saw 12 teams compete over three days (Monday through Wednesday) at Sharks Tooth Golf Club at Watersound Resort, with all participating teams competing in the Atlantic Coast Conference or Atlantic Coast Golf Club. Participate from the conference. Southeastern Conference. Seven of the 12 teams are ranked in the top 25 and eight teams are ranked in the top 50 in the current Scoreboard NCAA Golf Rankings.
After leading the Yellow Jackets to 19 in the program.th Head coach who won the Atlantic Coast Conference and finished runner-up at last spring's NCAA Championships. bruce hepler Three starting pitchers return for 29 games.th Season at The Flats, including seniors. Bartley Forrester (Gainesville, Georgia) and Christ Lamprecht (George, South Africa) and second year student Hiroshi Tai (Singapore), each ranked among the top 100 amateur players in the world. They formed the foundation of the Tech lineup from 2023 to 2024.
18 holes will be played each day, starting at 10 a.m. ET on Mondays and Tuesdays and 8:30 a.m. ET on Wednesdays.
Bartley Forrester led the Yellow Jackets to an eighth-place finish at the Ameer Ali Intercollegiate. (Photo provided by Mario Terrana)
Tech lineup – All three of Tech’s returning starters (Lamprecht, Forester, Ty) are in the lineup for the Water Sound Invitational along with freshmen. Cale Fontenot (Lafayette, Louisiana) and Carson Kim (Yorba Linda, California)the same lineup that competed in Amer Ali Intercollegiate last week to kick off spring.
Lamprecht is currently ranked No. 1 in the amateur world and No. 2 in the Scoreboard University Rankings. The 6-8 senior won two games in the fall, winning the Olympia Fields/Fighting Illini Invitational and the Ben Hogan Collegiate Invitational, and tied for 14th.th He won last week's Golf Club of Georgia College Invitational and Ameer Ali Intercollegiate. He boasts a team-best stroke average of 68.33 and is on pace to set a Tech record for his program.
Forrester, ranked 96th on the scoreboard, led the Yellow Jackets in Hawaii last week and finished tied for eighth with a total of 15 under and 201, the second-lowest 54-hole score of his career. He finished in the top 10 at Olympia Fields and had two top 20 finishes in the fall.Thailand, ranking 105th, tied for 18thth After finishing 14th place, seated at Ameer Alith They put on the best show of fall at a golf club in Georgia.
Fontnot tied for 55th placeth Kim tied for 79th in Hawaii.thHowever, in the final round, both players posted strong scores of 65 and 67 respectively.
2nd grade Aidan Tran (Fresno, California)competed in two fall events and tied for 49th place.th He plays as an individual at Georgia Golf Club.
Tournament information – Georgia Tech has been to the Water Sound Invitational for four consecutive years, winning by five strokes over Alabama in 2022 before finishing one stroke behind Vanderbilt last February. At last year's tournament, Christo Lamprecht tied for second place, with Ross Steelman and Hiroshi Tai also finishing in the top 10.
The tournament follows a traditional collegiate 54-hole, 5-count-4, stroke-play format, with 18 holes played every Sunday, Monday, and Tuesday. The event will be held at the 7,246-yard (par 72) Sharkstooth Golf Course, which was the site of his 2022 ACC Championship.
The 12-team field includes six Atlantic Coast Conference teams: Clemson, No. 13 Florida State, No. 12 Georgia Tech, Notre Dame, North Carolina State, and No. 10 Virginia, as well as No. 11 Alabama and No. 3 Vanderbilt. , No. 18 Mississippi State, No. 27 Ohio State, Oklahoma State, and Penn State.
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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.
