The Flats – 4th Spring Event, Georgia Tech’s 14th Event Close to HomethThe 18th ranked golf team heads to Lake Oconee to play against 18 regional powerhouses.th The Linger Longer Invitational will be held Sunday through Tuesday at the Great Water Course in Eatonton, Georgia.
The Yellow Jackets, ranked No. 14 in Scoreboard's college rankings and No. 11 in the Bushnell/GCAA Coaches Poll, are ranked No. 4 this spring after finishing sixth nationally at the Ameer Ali Invitational in Hawaii. are competing in the time zone. , 2nd place went to the Water Sound Invitational in Florida, where they played against a strong team from the South, and 4th place went to California, where they played against a strong team from the West at the RE Lamkin Invitational.
14 teams will compete over three days (Sunday, Monday, and Tuesday) at Reynolds Lake Oconee's Great Water Golf Course. Each team will play 18 holes each day, with tee times starting at 8:30 a.m. ET on the 1st and 10th tees. The current Scoreboard NCAA Golf Rankings Top 50 lists five of the participating teams, including Tech (No. 14), Virginia (No. 13), and defending champion Alabama (No. 16). ) are in the top 25.
Tech returns three starters from the program's 19 winning teamsth They won the Atlantic Coast Conference and were runners-up at last spring's NCAA Championships, including seniors. Bartley Forrester (Gainesville, Georgia) and Christ Lamprecht (George, South Africa) and second year student Hiroshi Tai (Singapore).This spring, he formed the core of Tech's batting lineup along with freshmen. Cale Fontenot (Lafayette, Louisiana) and Carson Kim (Yorba Linda, California).
Hiroshi Tai has finished in the top 10 in each of Tech's past two tournaments. (Photo credit: Ross Obry)
Tech lineup – Head Coach Bruce Hepler, 29 years oldth In his first year coaching the Yellow Jackets, he has used the same starting five in all three spring tournaments and will use the same starting lineup at the Ringer Longer Invitational.
Lamprecht is currently ranked No. 1 in the amateur world, No. 2 in the PGA Tour University Rankings and No. 4 in the Scoreboard University Rankings. The 6-8 senior had two wins in the fall, winning the Olympia Fields/Fighting Illini Invitational and the Ben Hogan College Invitational, but won his third by one stroke at the Water Sound Invitational a month ago. missed out on the victory. He boasts a team-best stroke average of 68.72 and is on pace to set a Tech record for his program.
Forrester, ranked No. 175 on the scoreboard, led the Yellow Jackets Ameer Ali Intercollegiate 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. Ty, who is ranked 83rd in the rankings, has two top 10 finishes this spring, tying for 7th at the Watersound Invitational and tying for 8th at the RE Lamkin Invitational.
Fontenot is tied for 14th place on the scoreboard rankings for 85th place.th 1st place at Water Sound and 23rd place at Lamkin Invitational.Kim tied for 33rd placerd This spring, he achieved the highest ranking at Lamkin.
2nd grade Aidan Tran (Fresno, California)Competed in four events this year, and senior Aidan Kramer (Oviedo, Florida)is responsible for three events and will compete individually in the Linger Longer Invitational.
Tournament information – The Yellow Jackets have finished second (2023 and 2021) and fourth (2013) in their past three appearances at the Ringer Longer Invitational. Alabama defeated Tech by eight strokes in last year's tournament, giving the Crimson Tide six championships in the tournament's 17-year history. This year's tournament will be held at Great Waters, a 7,436-yard, par-72 field.
The format is 54 holes, with 18 holes each day starting at 8:30 a.m. ET with the first and 10 holes.th Each day, the bottom four individual scores out of five count towards the team total.
The 14-team field includes Alabama (16), Augusta, Charlotte, Clemson, Georgia (27), Georgia Tech (14), Georgia State, UNC Greensboro (47), Jacksonville, Kennesaw State, and Louisiana Tech. , Mercer, Virginia (13). ) and Wofford.
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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.
