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Tech Golfers Finish 4th at Maui Jim Intercollegiate
Scottsdale, Ariz. – Connor Howe, Christo Lamprecht and Aidan Tran every fired 5-under-par rounds of 65 Sunday, and Georgia Tech shot 16-under-par 264, the low group spherical of the day, and completed in fourth place on the Maui Jim Intercollegiate.
Tech jumped 5 spots on the leaderboard with its efficiency Sunday, passing Washington, Tennessee, Oregon and San Diego State and wound up 11 strokes off the tempo of Auburn, which led wire-to-wire and captured a five-stroke victory over Arizona State.
Connor Howe’s closing 65 earned him a tie for third place individually, a profession excessive, and a career-low 54-hole rating of 197 (13 below par).
TECH LINEUP – Howe posted rounds of 65-67-65 within the event, getting an eagle and 5 birdies in his closing spherical Sunday. The senior from Ogden, Utah tied for the fourth-best 54-hole rating in program historical past and beat his earlier finest whole by seven strokes. His earlier finest end was a tie for seventh, which he achieved 3 times final yr.
Ross Steelman, who offered Tech’s fourth counting rating Sunday with a 1-under-par 69, tied for 21st place at 6-under-par 204. Tran, a freshman enjoying his first collegiate occasion, birdied seven holes in his spherical of 65 Sunday, and Bartley Forrester, whose spherical of 70 Sunday didn’t rely for Tech regardless of making two eagles, tied for twenty-fourth place at 5-under-par 205.
Lamprecht birdied his first 5 holes Sunday on the way in which to his 65, and tied for 44th place at 1-under-par 209.
Tech led the event discipline in par-5 scoring for the event (-21), with Howe, Forrester and Steelman every at 6-under-par to steer the sphere. The Jackets additionally completed third in whole birdies (72) and tied for essentially the most eagles (3), all of which got here Sunday.
Senior Connor Howe posted one of the best end (T3) and the bottom rating (-13) of his profession. (photograph by Todd Drexler)
TEAM LEADERBOARD – Auburn shot an 11-under-par spherical of 269 Sunday and completed 54 holes at 45-under-par 795, with three gamers ending among the many prime 11 on the person leaderboard. The Tigers’ rating was one shot higher than the Yellow Jackets’ profitable rating at this occasion final September, and 5 away from Arizona State (800, -40).
Florida State completed third at 805 (-35), adopted by Tech (806, -34) and Washington (809, -31). Tennessee (812, -28), Oregon (815, -25), San Diego State (816, -24), Arizona (819, -21) and Wake Forest (821, -21) rounded out the highest 10 within the 18-team discipline.
INDIVIDUAL LEADERBOARD – Tennessee freshman Caleb Surratt shot 65 Sunday and grabbed the person title with an 18-under-par rating of 192, three photographs higher than Florida State’s Cole Anderson (195, -15). Tech’s Howe and Auburn’s Evan Vo tied for third place at 13-under-par 197, whereas Arizona State’s Ryggs Johnston, Oregon’s Greyson Leach and San Diego State’s Shea Lague tied for fifth at 198 (-12).
Fifty of the 90 gamers within the discipline completed below par.
TOURNAMENT INFORMATION – The Yellow Jackets competed within the Maui Jim Intercollegiate for the fifth time, having gained the event in 2018 and 2021 following finishes of sixth and second the 2 years prior. Georgia State hosted the 18-team occasion, which was contested over 54 holes. The group occasion was performed at Mirabel Golf Membership, a 7,118-yard, par-70 format in Scottsdale, Ariz., in the identical neighborhood as Grayhawk Golf Membership, web site of the NCAA Championship final spring and in every of the subsequent two years.
A companion 54-hole occasion for people not of their groups’ beginning lineups was staged concurrently on the Outlaw Course at Desert Mountain. Three Tech gamers participated within the particular person competitors, and freshman Hiroshi Tai gained the title with a 14-under-par rating of 202.
Taking part groups embrace Arizona, Arizona State, Auburn, Clemson, East Tennessee State, Florida State, Georgia State, Georgia Tech, Louisville, New Mexico, NC State, Oregon, San Diego State, Tennessee, UCLA, UNLV, Washington and Wake Forest. Georgia Tech (3), Arizona State (5), Tennessee (10), Florida State (11), Wake Forest (24), Oregon (26), East Tennessee State (27) and Washington (30) are all listed amongst Golf Channel’s pre-season prime 30 groups.
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