Georgia Tech #ProJackets Golf Report

THE FLATS – Nine former Georgia Tech players competed last weekend on the The PGA Tour and Korn Ferry Tour events as the tours continued their comebacks from the Covid-19 shutdown, and seven of them played weekend golf … Nine Jackets in the fields for this weekend’s events … More details below in this week’s Georgia Tech #ProJackets Report.

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THE LATEST

Daniel Rapaport in Yahoo! Sports writes how “The 2019-’20 FedEx Cup season hardly resembles its usual self. A global pandemic, and the resulting three-month moratorium on PGA Tour events, will have that effect. What was originally a 49-event schedule with four majors and the Olympics sprinkled in has been truncated to 36 events that count only a fan-less PGA Championship in the major department.”  Read more

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JACKETS AT RBC HERITAGE

All three of the Yellow Jacket pros entered in last weekend’s RBC Heritage in Hilton Head, S.C. – Matt Kuchar, Chesson Hadlay and Stewart Cink – made it through to the weekend and played well.

Kuchar, who won this event in 2014, closed out a solid weekend with an 11-under-par total of 273, but finished well back in a tie for 41^st place as the Harbour Town Golf Links surrendered cumulative scores of 15-under-par to 21 competitors, including winner Webb Simpson (-22).

Hadley tied for 58^th at 8-under 276, while Cink, a two-time winner of the event, tied for 62^nd at 6-under 278. Recent graduate Andy Ogletree, again competing as an amateur on a sponsor exemption, narrowly missed the cut for the second straight week, while Cameron Tringale withdrew shortly before the event began.

Cink returns to the site of another of his PGA Tour victories this week with the Travelers Championship in Cromwell, Conn., competing along with Tringale and Richy Werenski.

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Kuchar’s caddie, John Wood, talks about the PGA Tour’s return, getting along with his former bosses and his side hobbies in this Golf Digest podcast.

The Orlando Sentinel’s series on central Florida sports history focused Sunday on Kuchar, who was born on that date in 1978.

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JACKETS AT KING & BEAR CLASSIC

Georgia Tech went 6-for-6 in cuts made at the King & Bear Classic, played last weekend at the World Golf Village in St. Augustine, Fla., but like the RBC Heritage, the scores were so low that none of them were in contention on Sunday.

Ollie Schniederjans, making his first start since before the Covid-19 pandemic shut down pro golf, led the way with a T-32 finish, posting a 16-under-par score of 272. That was 10 shots behind the winning score.

J.T. Griffin (-11) and Vincent Whaley (-10) both reached double digits under par, but finished only T-62 and T-66, while Anders Albertson (T-71) and Richy Werenski (78^th) also played the weekend. Nicholas Thompson, 6-under-par through 54 holes, withdrew prior to the final round.

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The Korn Ferry Tour is the first to head to the Western United States with the Utah Championship this weekend, where Albertson, Griffin, Schniederjans and Thompson are competing. Seth Reeves is back after a week off, and Paul Haley II returns to action for the first time since the shutdown.

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ELSEWHERE

Michael Pisciotta was the only other Yellow Jacket in action in the last week, tying for 31^st at a SwingThought Tour event in Rocky Mount, N.C.  Full leaderboard

#PROJACKETS ON SOCIAL MEDIA

Nice little @GTGolf paring tomorrow with KUUUUUCH! Game feels good heading into the weekend.

— Chesson Hadley (@chessonhadley) June 20, 2020

So good!

I would not be where I am today without GT golf. This place is an amazing opportunity for young men to get prepared for professional golf. The track record proves that. And if pro golf doesnt work out, you’ll be prepared for whatever’s next with your degree. https://t.co/DQoNdi54DV

— Chesson Hadley (@chessonhadley) June 16, 2020

Tough to miss out on the first week back after such a long break, but tremendous memories at Hilton Head. Excited to play in the @RBC_Heritage for the 21st time! pic.twitter.com/gePvtDYFTC

— Stewart Cink (@stewartcink) June 17, 2020

All the looking at the grass and tapping it down after you miss an 8 footer has to stop – first of all you can fix spike marks now, and second of all, just tap in and move on that’s not the last 8 footer you’ll miss.

— Roberto Castro (@cicioCASTRO) June 18, 2020

 

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Got a little tune up from @scotthamiltongolf before heading out to Utah. Tightened up the backswing some, up and out didn’t work great.

A post shared by JT Griffin (@jt_griffin) on Jun 22, 2020 at 12:53pm PDT

UPCOMING EVENTS (subject to change)

• PGA Tour:  Travelers Championship • June 25-28, 2020 • TPC River Highlands • Cromwell, Conn. • Purse: $7,400,000 • FedEx Cup points: 500
• Korn Ferry Tour:  Utah Championship • June 25-28, 2020 • Oakridge Country Club • Farmington, Utah • Purse: $650,000
• PGA Tour Champions:  Bridgestone Senior Players Championship • July 9-12, 2020 • Firestone Country Club • Akron, Ohio • Purse: $2,800,000
• Mackenzie Tour:  remainder of 2020 season cancelled
• PGA Tour Series – China:  tba
• PGA Tour LatinoAmerica:  all events postponed
• All Pro Tour:  Cooper Communities NWA Charity Classic • June 24-27, 2020 • Bella Vista Village Country Club • Bella Vista, Ark. • Purse: $120,000
• Emerald Coast Tour:  Rocky Bayou • July 26-28, 2020 • Niceville, Fla.
• G Pro Tour:  Mimosa Open • June 23-25, 2020 • Mimosa Hills Country Club • Morganton, N.C.
• SwingThought Tour:  Ravisloe Country Club • June 30-July 1, 2020 • Chicago, Ill.