Georgia Tech Set for ACC Golf Championship

THE FLATS – Seeking the 19^th convention championship in program historical past, Georgia Tech’s golf workforce begins post-season competitors this weekend with the 69th Atlantic Coast Convention Males’s Golf Championship, which can be performed Friday by way of Monday (April 21-24) on the Nation Membership of North Carolina in Pinehurst, N.C.

The Yellow Jackets have captured 10 of the final 16 championships, most just lately successful the 2019 title on the Outdated North State Membership in New London, N.C. It was the 18^th in program historical past, tying Wake Forest for essentially the most in convention annals. The Demon Deacons received their 19^th all-time title final yr, edging the Jackets, 3-2, within the championship match in Panama Metropolis, Fla.

At No. 12 within the present Golfstat nationwide rankings, Georgia Tech sits behind North Carolina (No. 2) and Florida State (No. 6) and is the No. 3 seed within the championship, which begins with 36 holes of stroke play on Friday. Virginia (No. 16) is the one different ACC workforce within the high 25 of the present Golfstat rankings, whereas defending champion Wake Forest (No. 29), Louisville (No. 30) and Duke (No. 35) reside inside the highest 50. NC State (No. 53), Clemson (No. 54) and Notre Dame (No. 56) are simply outdoors the highest 50.

The Yellow Jackets are paired with the Tar Heels and Seminoles for the primary two rounds on Friday, which begins at 7:30 a.m., using break up tees with steady play by way of 36 holes of golf. The teams involving Tech, UNC and FSU start play at 8:30 a.m. on the primary tee. Saturday’s third spherical tees off at 9 a.m., with pairing based mostly on 36-hole scores.

In final yr’s ACC Championship, Tech completed second within the 54-hole stroke-play portion of the championship, then defeated Florida State, 3-1-1, to advance to the championship match. The Yellow Jackets completed second by eight strokes to North Carolina within the 54-hole stroke play portion of the championship, whereas Christo Lamprecht and Ross Steelman completed third and sixth, respectively, individually to steer the Jackets.

TEAM UPDATE – Tech has been ranked as excessive as No. 8 this spring within the Golfstat rankings, and presently sit No. 12 after logging two extra runner-up finishes on the Linger Longer Invitational and The Goodwin. However the Jackets maintain a season-high No. 7 spot within the Golfweek/Sagarin Index, having performed the nation’s Eleventh-toughest schedule with an 21-23-3 mark in opposition to the nation’s high 25 groups by that measure.

Statistically, Tech ranks ninth nationally in common particular person rating, No. 2 in final-round scoring common, No. 10 in par-3 scoring, and No. 14 in par-4 and No. 17 in par-5 scoring.

Heppler will area the identical beginning lineup that has competed within the Jackets’ first 4 tournaments this spring, together with All-American Christo Lamprecht and fifth-year senior Connor Howe, who’re the one Yellow Jackets to be part of the beginning 5 for each occasion this yr.

Lamprecht, a 6-8 junior from South Africa who’s a semifinalist for the Ben Hogan Award, received the Inverness Invitational within the fall and has completed within the high 10 in every of Tech’s 4 spring occasions, together with runner-up finishes on the Watersound Invitational, Linger Longer Invitational and The Goodwin. Howe, from Ogden, Utah, has recorded top-10 finishes in Tech’s final two occasions (Linger Longer Invitational, The Goodwin).

Additionally competing are freshman Hiroshi Tai of Singapore, a two-time winner within the fall (Maui Jim particular person occasion, Golf Membership of Georgia Collegiate), tied for ninth at Watersound for his finest end this spring; senior Ross Steelman (Columbia, Mo.), who has completed 12^th or higher in every of Tech’s 4 spring occasions; and senior Bartley Forrester (Gainesville, Ga.), who tied for 14^th at Watersound and 11^th at The Goodwin.

Sophomore Benjamin Reuter (Naarden, The Netherlands), who has competed in 5 occasions this yr and has a pair of top-10 finishes, is the Yellow Jackets’ alternate participant.

Lamprecht (No. 9) and Steelman (No. 18) and are Tech’s high two gamers within the Golfstat rankings, whereas Lamprecht charges No. 5 and Steelman 13^th within the Golfweek/Sagarin Index. Howe is listed among the many high 100 in each rankings (No. 60 in Golfstat, No. 71 Golfweek/Sagarin).

Christo Lamprecht has completed within the high 10 in every of Tech’s 4 spring occasions. (photograph by Clyde Click on)

TOURNAMENT INFORMATION – The ACC Championship returns to the state of North Carolina for the primary time since 2019, when Georgia Tech received its most up-to-date title on the Outdated North State Membership in New London, N.C., which has hosted the championship 22 instances. The 2020 occasion, which was set for Outdated North State Membership, was cancelled because of COVID-19.

Persevering with a four-year rotation to totally different websites inside the ACC footprint, this yr’s championship is being held on the Nation Membership of North Carolina in Pinehurst, N.C. This may mark the eighth time that Pinehurst has performed host to the ACC Males’s Golf Championship and the second time on the Nation Membership of North Carolina, which first hosted in 1966. Final yr’s occasion was held at Shark’s Tooth Golf Course at Watersound Membership in Panama Metropolis, Fla., preceded by the 2021 championship on the Capital Metropolis Membership’s Crabapple Course in Milton, Ga. Subsequent yr’s championship can be held on the Charlotte (N.C.) Nation Membership.

The course will play to a par of 72 and measure 7,301 yards for the ACC Championship, which is being performed for the third time below a mix stroke play/match play format Friday by way of Monday. The championship used the normal 54-hole, stroke-play format from 1980 to 2019 (the championship was not held in 2020 because of COVID-19). All 12 competing groups (Miami, Pittsburgh and Syracuse don’t sponsor males’s golf) will play 54 holes of stroke play, 36 holes Friday and 18 holes Saturday, with the usual low 4 particular person rounds counting towards the workforce’s each day rating every spherical. The highest 4 groups after 54 holes are seeded in a match play bracket, with the semi-final matches to happen Sunday, and the championship match Monday. Every match can be 18 holes and contain all 5 gamers from every workforce. The format is just like the best way the NCAA Championship has been performed yearly since 2009. Play begins at 7:30 a.m. Friday, and 9 a.m. Saturday by way of Monday.

BROADCAST INFORMATION – Sunday’s semifinal matches and Monday’s championship match can be streamed reside on the ACC Community Additional platform, obtainable on the ESPN app, starting at 9 a.m. every day.

Friday, April 21, 2023

• 7:30 a.m. – 9:18 a.m. First Spherical Stroke Play Tee Occasions (Cut up Tees)
• Second Spherical Stroke Play (Cut up Tees)
• Steady play from first spherical. No re-pairing between rounds.

Saturday, April 22, 2023 

• 9:00 a.m. – 10:48 a.m. Third Spherical Stroke Play Tee Occasions (Cut up Tees)
• Particular person Champion Awards Ceremony at Conclusion of Play
• Semifinal Crew Match Play Lineup Bulletins

Sunday, April 23, 2023 

• 9:00 a.m. – 10:48 a.m. Semifinal Match Play Tee Occasions (All off #1)
• Championship Crew Match Play Lineup Bulletins at Conclusion of Play

Monday, April 24, 2022 

• 9:00 a.m. – 9:48 a.m. Championship Match Play Tee Occasions (All off #1)
• Crew Champion Awards Ceremony at Conclusion of Play

Ross Steelman has completed twelfth or larger in all 4 stroke play occasions this spring. (photograph by Clyde Click on)

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