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Georgia Tech is Runner-Up at The Goodwin
San Francisco, Calif. – Christo Lamprecht shot 3-under-par 67 and Connor Howe added a 1-under-par 69, however 11th-ranked Georgia Tech couldn’t hold tempo with No 13 Oklahoma on the again 9 Saturday at TPC Harding Park and completed second to the Sooners at The Goodwin.
After ending as a runner-up 4 instances this 12 months, together with three this spring, the Yellow Jackets entered Saturday’s last spherical with a one-shot lead and battled neck and neck with the Sooners over the primary 9 holes. However Oklahoma pushed forward on the flip and held its lead, and Tech dropped 5 photographs on the ultimate gap to complete six strokes again.
The Jackets return to motion April 21-24 on the Atlantic Coast Convention Championship in Pinehurst, N.C.
TECH LINEUP – Lamprecht, a junior from George, South Africa, and Howe, a senior from Ogden, Utah, posted the Yellow Jackets’ solely subpar rounds Saturday at TPC Harding Park, hampering Tech’s possibilities to maintain tempo with Oklahoma. Senior Bartley Forrester (Gainesville, Fla.) shot 1-over-par 71, whereas senior Ross Steelman (Columbia, Mo.) and freshman Hiroshi Tai (Singapore) every shot 4-over-par 74.
Lamprecht put collectively a powerful end with three birdies in his final 4 holes to shoot 67 and put up a 7-under-par whole of 203 for the match, good for second place. The junior from George, South Africa has three runner-up finishes this spring and 6 top-10 finishes, together with one victory, for 2022-23. Howe posted a 3-under-par whole of 207 for the 54 holes and tied for seventh place, his second top-10 in Tech’s final two occasions.
Steelman and Forrester tied for 11th place at 209 (-1), whereas Tai tied for 88th place at 219 (+9). Benjamin Reuter (Naarden, The Netherlands), competing as a person, tied for 32nd place at 212 (+2).
Connor Howe has completed within the high 10 in every of Tech’s final two tournaments. (photograph by Ross Obley)
TEAM LEADERBOARD – Oklahoma had the day’s finest spherical, a 6-under-par 274, behind a 5-under-par 65 from Patrick Welch and a 3-under-par 67 from match medalist Ben Lorenz. The Sooners completed the match at 18-under-par 822, six strokes away from Georgia Tech, which compiled a 54-hole whole of 828 (-12).
No. 8 Stanford, the match host, took third place at 1-under-par 839, adopted by San Francisco at 841 (+1), with California and San Diego tying for fifth place at 842 (+2).
Southern California (846, +6), Oregon and Santa Clara (every at 847, +7) and Washington (849, +9) rounded out the highest 10 within the 28-team area.
INDIVIDUAL LEADERBOARD – Oklahoma’s Lorenz accomplished a wire-to-wire victory with a final-round 67 and a match whole of 201 (-9), two photographs forward of Georgia Tech’s Lamprecht (203, -7). Washington’s Bo Peng (204, -6) and Colorado’s Dylan McDermott (205, -5) took third and fourth locations.
Oklahoma’s Welch and California’s Sampson Zheng tied for fifth at 206 (-4), whereas the Yellow Jackets’ Howe (207, -3) tied for seventh place with three others.
Tech’s Forrester and Steelman had been a part of a five-player tie for 11th place at 209 (-1).
TOURNAMENT INFORMATION – Georgia Tech made its third look at The Goodwin, named for legendary head coach who led the Cardinal program from 1987-2000. Stanford’s function residence match is being performed to one of many nation’s elite programs, with TPC Harding Park internet hosting the occasion for the second time at school historical past after serving as headquarters in 2018. TPC Harding Park has performed host to quite a few PGA Tour occasions, together with the 2009 Presidents Cup and the 2020 PGA Championship. TPC Harding Park was arrange as a 6,939-yard, par-70 structure.
Tech, No. 8 Stanford and No. 13 Oklahoma had been the very best ranked groups within the 28-team area, which additionally consists of Brigham Younger, California, Cal Poly, Florida Atlantic, Georgia Tech, Howard, Lipscomb, Little Rock, Mercer, Nevada, Northern Illinois, Oklahoma, Oregon, Saint Mary’s, San Diego, San Francisco, San Jose State, Santa Clara, Southern California, SMU, UC Davis, UCLA, Utah, Washington and Washington State.
The highest 12 finishers this week can be given computerized invites to the 2024 occasion.
Host Stanford has received the match 16 instances for the reason that inaugural occasion in 1968. Previous particular person winners embody main golf champions Tom Watson and Corey Pavin, in addition to veteran PGA Tour professionals like Duffy Waldorf and Billy Mayfair, and youthful professionals like Nick Taylor, Patrick Rodgers, Maverick McNealy and Brandon Wu.
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