Georgia Tech #ProJackets Golf Report

THE FLATS – Stewart Cink follows up his victory at the Safeway Open with a strong performance at the Sanderson Farms Championship … Current senior Noah Norton makes the cut in his second Korn Ferry Tour start, along with four other Yellow Jackets … More below in this week’s Georgia Tech #ProJackets Report.

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PGA TOUR UPDATE

Making his second start of the 2020-21 PGA Tour season, Stewart Cink followed up his season-opening victory at the Safeway Open with a tie for 12^th place last weekend at the Sanderson Farms Championship in Jackson, Miss. With his son Reagan still on his bag, Cink shot rounds of 69-69-72-65 for a 13-under-par total of 275 and remains No. 2 on the FedEx Cup points list.

The event will be Reagan’s last looping for his father, however, after Cink announced Sunday he will return to his regular caddie, Kip Henley, for this week’s Shriners Hospitals for Children Open in Las Vegas. Reagan, a recent Georgia Tech graduate, will return to his regular job at Delta Air Lines.

Three other Yellow Jackets made it through to the weekend, with Cameron Tringale tying for 37^th place, Richy Werenski tying for 59^th and Vincent Whaley finishing 64^th. Whaley, in his second season on Tour, sits No. 49 in the current FedEx Cup standings, while Chesson Hadley, who missed the cut, is No. 61.

Cink, Hadley, Tringale and Weresnki are heading to Las Vegas for this week’s event along with Matt Kuchar, making his first start since the U.S. Open.

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KORN FERRY TOUR UPDATE

J.T. Griffin posted his strongest finish in several weeks, tying for 22^nd last weekend at the Savannah Golf Championship as seven current and former Yellow Jackets competed. Griffin shot 14-under-par 274 at The Landings Club, breaking a string of three missed cuts and earning his highest finish since early July at TPC Colorado.

Seth Reeves, a winner on the tour this year with a second-place finish also on his resume, made the cut along with Tech senior Noah Norton and Nicholas Thompson. Paul Haley II, Anders Albertson and Ollie Schniederjans missed the cut.

All six of the Yellow Jackets on the KFT will tee it up one more time – at the Orange County National Championship in Winter Garden, Fla. – before the tour takes a winter break.

Korn Ferry leaderboard

Norton made the most of his two starts on the Korn Ferry Tour, making the cut in both and fashioning a top-10 finish. Norton, a two-time all-ACC performer in his Yellow Jacket career, tied for 66^th place last weekend at the Savannah Golf Championship with a 6-under-par total of 282. Norton had tied for eighth place the previous week at the Wichita Open, for which he had received an exemption into the event as a winner of the Patriot All-American Invitational last winter. The Chico, Calif., earned the start in Savannah by virtue of his top-10 finish.

“I know when I get out of school I’ll be ready to go,” said Norton, who shot 68-68-73-73 at Savannah. “I know what I need to work on and what I need to tighten up.”

Read more in the Savannah Morning News

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LOCALiQ SERIES UPDATE

Chris Petefish who tied for 23^rd, seventh, 47^th and 19^th in four event, but has not played in the series’ first two Florida events and sits 28^th in the points standings. He is in the field for this week’s Classic at the Club at Weston Hills, the final Florida event in the series, after competing last weekend in a SwingThough Tour event in Florida (T5, 142, -2).

The LocaliQ Series, the U.S.-based tournament series designed for members of the PGA Tours in Canada, Latino America and China, culminates in the LocaliQ Series Championship at Nassau, Bahamas the last weekend in October.

LocaliQ Series Leaderboard

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PGA TOUR CHAMPIONS UPDATE

Former Master champion Larry Mize sits at 57^th in Schwab Cup points following his tie for 49^th place at the PURE Insurance Championship at Pebble Beach Golf Links (219, +3) three weeks ago. The senior circuit resumes this week after two weeks off with the SAS Championship in Cary, N.C.

Champions Tour Leaderboard

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ELSEWHERE

Former Jackets James Clark and Drew Czuchry picked up paychecks at last weekend’s Challenge at The Creek, tying for eighth and 18^th, respectively. Clark finished two strokes off the lead, posting an 8-under-par 205 at The Club at Irish Creek, while Czuchry finished the 54 holes in 4-under 209.

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#PROJACKETS ON SOCIAL MEDIA

So much fun working with son @rcinkk on the bag the past two events, incl a 65 in the final round @Sanderson_Champ. Next stop: @kiphenley and VEGAS! @ShrinersOpen pic.twitter.com/K8ERGel7sU

— Stewart Cink (@stewartcink) October 5, 2020

Hit a couple close and made a couple long ones! Mostly due to caddie excellence! @rcinkk @Sanderson_Champ pic.twitter.com/Uxr1Utw2Dw

— Stewart Cink (@stewartcink) October 2, 2020

With his son, Reagan, as his caddie at the ⁦@SafewayOpen⁩ ⁦@stewartcink⁩ , with a bogey-free 65, was proud of this particular moment in the third round. pic.twitter.com/QG7Ytp3KUG

— PGA TOUR Communications (@PGATOURComms) September 12, 2020

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— Charlie (@CharlieRymerPGA) September 29, 2020

UPCOMING EVENTS (subject to change)

• PGA Tour:  Shriner’s Hospitals for Children Open • October 8-11, 2020 • TPC Summerlin • Las Vegas, Nev. • Purse: $7,000,000
• Korn Ferry Tour:  Orange County National Championship • October 8-11, 2020 • Orange County National Golf Center and Lodge • Winter Garden, Fla. • Purse: $600,000
• PGA Tour Champions:  SAS Championship • October 9-11, 2020 • Prestonwood Country Club • Cary, N.C. • Purse: $2,100,000
• LocaliQ Series:  The Classic at the Club at Weston Hills • October 7-9, 2020 • The Club at Weston Hills • Weston, Fla.
• All Pro Tour:  Crown Colony Challenge • October 12-14, 2020 • Crown Colony Country Club • Lufkin, Texas • Purse: $84,000
• G Pro Tour:  Mimosa Challenge • October 13-15, 2020 • Mimosa Hills Golf and Country Club • Morganton, N.C.
• SwingThought Tour:  ST18-Three Ridges Golf Course • October 13-15, 2020 • Three Ridges Golf Club • Knoxville, Tenn.