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Georgia Tech #ProJackets Golf Report

THE FLATSStewart Cink ties for 12th at the Masters, earning himself a trip back to Augusta National in 2022 … Luke Schniederjans achieves status on the Mackenzie Tour in Canada … More below in this week’s Georgia Tech #ProJackets Report.

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CINK PLAYS SOLIDLY THROUGHOUT AT THE MASTERS

Veteran PGA Tour pro Stewart Cink, with his son Reagan on his bag, enjoyed a fruitful week at Augusta National Golf Club, firing a 2-under-par 286 over the 72 holes to tie for 12th place at The Masters. The seven-time winner on the PGA Tour had earned his spot in the field by winning the Safeway Open last fall, and his finish at Augusta earned him a return trip for his 20th appearance in 2022.

Cink, now 47 years old, has had a better finish at The Masters only twice before, placing 10th in 2006 and tying for third in 2008. He surpassed $40 million in career PGA Tour earnings in the process. He shot an opening 74, but came back with a 69 on Friday to make the cut, then finished 72-71 on the weekend. He was the oldest player among those to finish under par.

Matt Kuchar, playing his 14th Masters, and Larry Mize, playing his 38th, as well as amateur Tyler Strafaci, were not able to make it to the weekend.

Cink and Kuchar are among the past champions who will tee it up this week at the RBC Heritage at Harbour Town Golf Links in Hilton Head, S.C. Cink won the tournament in 2000 and 2004, while Kuchar took home the trophy and the plaid jacket that goes to the winner in 2014. Chesson Hadley and Richy Werenski also return to action this week.

Watch Cink’s round 2 of 69 in under three minutes

A Grateful Cink has his son on the bag

Stewart Cink on his memorable first Masters week

The Cink player-caddie pairing: It’s a blast

Letter from Augusta: Golfing at the Masters a generation game for the Strafaci family

Just try to get smile off Tyler Strafaci’s face after tough opening round

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KUCHAR GOES REVERSE ARMLICK WITH NEW PUTTER

A new putting stroke resulted in a significant putter shift for Matt Kuchar at the Masters. Kuchar opted to try a stroke in which he arm-locked the putter to his right arm instead of his left, and he needed a new putter to accommodate the shift.

Kuchar visited Bettinardi’s Tinley Park, Ill., headquarters during the week of the BMW Championship last August and has been testing different heads, shaft angles and such since. Bettinardi’s design team and tour director, David Kubiak, have worked on the concept of right arm-lock with Kuchar for several months, experimenting with several head shapes and loft/lie angles.

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OGLETREE SIDELINED BY HIP SURGERY

Five months ago Andy Ogletree was sitting alongside Dustin Johnson in Butler Cabin as low amateur of the Masters Tournament.

On Tuesday, two days before the start of another Masters, Ogletree, now professional, announced that he recently underwent hip surgery. He is expected to miss several months, according to his surgeon, Dr. Benton Emblom of The Hip Center at Andrews Sports Medicine in Birmingham, Alabama.

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KORN FERRY TOUR RESUMES IN LAS VEGAS

Four Yellow Jackets – J.T. Griffin, Paul Haley II, Seth Reeves and Ollie Schniederjans – are in the field this week for the Korn Ferry Tour event in Las Vegas, the MGM Resorts Championship at Paiute Golf Resort.

Reeves currently holds the highest ranking among the former Tech players in the field at No. 22, with Haley at No. 29 and Schniederjans at No. 39. The top 25 in points at the end of the regular season will receive PGA Tour cards for 2021-22.

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ELSEWHERE

Luke Schniederjans achieved partial status on the MacKenzie Tour (PGA Tour Canada) last weekend when he tied for fifth place at the tour’s qualifying school event at Callaway Gardens in Pine Mountain, Ga. The 2020 Tech graduate, who has two PGA Tour starts under his belt, shot 68-66-67-72 for a 7-under-par total of 273. Schniederjans is exempt through the first half of the Mackenzie Tour season, though the tour has one more qualifying even tto come in early June, and the regular-season schedule has not yet been announced. James Clark and Drew Czuchry fell short of qualifying, tying for 40th and 53rd, respectively.

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UPCOMING EVENTS

  • PGA Tour:  RBC Heritage • April 15-18, 2021 • Harbour Town Golf Links • Hilton Head, S.C. • Purse: $7,100,000
  • Korn Ferry Tour:  MGM Resorts Championship at Paiute • April 16-18, 2021 • Paiute Golf Resort – Sun Mountain Golf Club • Las Vegas, Nev. • Purse: $600,000
  • PGA Tour Champions:  Chubb Classic • April 16-18, 2021 • Tiburon Golf Club • Naples, Fla. • Purse: $1,600,000
  • All Pro Tour:  Fore the Kids • April 14-17, 2021 • Brownwood Country Club • Brownwood, Texas • Purse: $130,000
  • G Pro Tour:  St. Augustine Classic • April 13-15, 2021 • The Palencia Club • St. Augustine, Fla.
  • SwingThought Tour:  ST 19 Stonebridge Golf Club • April 14-16, 2021 • Stonebridge Golf Club • Charlotte, N.C.

PLAYERPLAYERLAST WEEKDATA
ANDERS ALBERTSON
Hometown: Woodstock, Ga.
Turned pro: 2015
Years at Georgia Tech: 2011-15
Status: PGA Tour
Did not playFedEx Cup points ranking: n/a
YTD earnings: n/a
KFT points ranking: n/a
YTD earnings (KFT): n/a
Career earnings (PGAT): $556,905
Career earnings (KFT): $929,956
STEWART CINK
Hometown: Florence, Ala.
Residence: Duluth, Ga.
Turned pro: 1995
Years at Georgia Tech: 1991-95
Status: PGA Tour/PGA Tour Champions
Did not playSchwab Cup points ranking: 5
YTD Earnings (Champions): $368,500
Career earnings (Champions): $2,095,295
FedEx Cup points ranking: n/a
YTD earnings (PGA Tour): n/a
Career earnings (PGA Tour): $43,905,340
WILL DICKSON
Hometown: Providence, R.I.
Residence: Atlanta, Ga.
Turned pro: 2021
Years at Georgia Tech: 2017-21
Status: Developmental tours
GPro Tour
Sanctuary Championship
T-42 (-5)
GPro points ranking: t68
YTD Earnings (GPro): $1,017
Career earnings (GPro): $59,704
Points ranking (KFT): n/a
YTD earnings (KFT): n/a
DAVID DUVAL
Hometown: Ponte Vedra Beach, Fla.
Residence: Denver, Colo.
Turned pro: 1993
Years at Georgia Tech: 1989-93
Status: PGA Tour Champions
Did not playSchwab Cup Points ranking: 41
YTD earnings (Champions): $91,760
Career earnings (Champions): $744,790
Career earnings (PGAT): $18,983,931
BARTLEY FORRESTER
Hometown: Gainesville, Ga.
Residence: Atlanta, Ga.
Turned pro: 2025
Years at Georgia Tech: 2019-24
Status: Developmental tours
GPro Tour
Sanctuary Championship
missed cut
GPro points ranking: 17
YTD earnings: $3,521
J.T. GRIFFIN
Hometown: Wilson, N.C.
Residence: Marietta, Ga.
Turned pro: 2011
Years at Georgia Tech: 2007-11
Status: Korn Ferry Tour
Did not playFortinet Cup points: n/a
YTD earnings (Canada): n/a
Career earnings (Canada): $29,836
Career earnings (KFT): $187,056
CHESSON HADLEY
Hometown: Raleigh, N.C.
Turned pro: 2010
Years at Georgia Tech: 2006-10
Status: PGA Tour
Did not playFedEx Cup points ranking: n/a
YTD earnings: n/a
Career earnings: $12,352,126
SHUN YAT HAK
Hometown: Hong Kong
Turned pro: 2013
Years at Georgia Tech: 2012-13
Status: PGA Tour China
Did not play
PAUL HALEY II
Hometown: Dallas, Texas
Turned pro: 2011
Years at Georgia Tech: 2007-11
Status: PGA Tour
Did not playKFT Points ranking: 113
YTD earnings (KFT): $4,580
Career earnings (PGAT): $837,353
Career earnings (KFT): $1,102,785
CONNOR HOWE
Hometown: Ogden, Utah
Residence: Atlanta, Ga.
Turned pro: 2023
Years at Georgia Tech: 2018-23
Status: PGA Tour Canada
Did not playKFT points ranking: n/a
YTD earnings (KFT): n/a
Fortinet Cup points ranking: n/a
YTD earnings (PGAT Americas): n/a
MATT KUCHAR
Hometown:
Lake Mary, Fla.
Residence: Sea Island, Ga.
Turned pro: 2000
Years at Georgia Tech: 1997-2000
Status: PGA Tour
Did not playFedEx Cup points ranking: 122
YTD earnings: $323,314
Career earnings (PGAT): $60,551,771
CHRISTO LAMPRECHT
Hometown: George, South Africa
Turned pro: 2024
Years at Georgia Tech: 2000-24
Status: Korn Ferry Tour
Did not playKFT points ranking: 12
YTD earnings: $131,008
Career earnings (KFT): $173,512
ANDY MAO
Hometown: Johns Creek, Ga.
Turned pro: 2024
Years at Georgia Tech: 2020-24
Status: developmental tours
GPro Tour
Sanctuary Championship
missed cut
GPro points ranking: n/a
YTD earnings: n/a
LARRY MIZE
Residence: Columbus, Ga.
Turned pro: 1980
Years at Georgia Tech: 1975-79
Status: PGA Tour Champions
Did not playSchwab Cup points ranking: n/a
YTD earnings: n/a
Career earnings (Champions): $5,166,866
Career earnings (PGAT): $7,947,092
ANDY OGLETREE
Hometown: Little Rock, Miss.
Residence: Roswell, Ga.
Turned pro: 2020
Years at Georgia Tech: 2016-20
Status: Asian Tour
Did not playLIV standings: 45
YTD earnings (LIV): $507,200
Order of Merit (Asian Tour): n/a
YTD earnings (Asian Tour): n/a
Career earnings (LIV): $3,897,375
CHRIS PETEFISH
Hometown: Danville, Calif.
Turned pro: 2018
Years at Georgia Tech: 2014-18
Status: Korn Ferry Tour
GPro Tour
Sanctuary Championship
T-7 (-12)
GPro points ranking: t30
YTD earnings (GPro): $3,165
Career earnings (KFT): $342,455
Career earnings (PGA Tour Canada): $21,118
SETH REEVES
Hometown: Duluth, Ga.
Turned pro: 2014
Years at Georgia Tech: 2010-14
Status: Korn Ferry Tour
Did not playKFT points ranking: 168
YTD earnings (KFT): $7,450
Career earnings (PGAT): $233,065
Career earnings (KFT): $866,633
LUKE SCHNIEDERJANS
Hometown: Powder Springs, Ga.
Residence: Alpharetta, Ga.
Turned pro: 2020
Years at Georgia Tech: 2016-20
Status: MacKenzie Tour/Forme Tour
GPro Tour
Sanctuary Championship
missed cut
Career earnings (Canada): $46,844
OLLIE SCHNIEDERJANS
Hometown: Powder Springs, Ga.
Turned pro: 2015
Years at Georgia Tech: 2011-15
Status: Korn Ferry Tour
Did not playAsian Tour Order of Merit: 30
LIV standings: 49
YTD earnings (LIV): $290,572
YTD Earnings (Asian): $360,000
Career earnings (KFT): $651,113
Career earnings (PGAT): $3,879,653
BEN SMITH
Hometown: Novi, Mich.
Residence: Atlanta, Ga.
Turned pro: 2022
Years at Georgia Tech: 2018-22
Status: developmental tours
Did not playGPro points ranking: n/a
YTD earnings: n/a
ROSS STEELMAN
Hometown: Columbia, Mo.
Residence: Atlanta, Ga.
Turned pro: 2023
Years at Georgia Tech: 2021-23
Status: Korn Ferry Tour
Did not playKFT points ranking: 36
YTD earnings (KFT): $59,175
Career earnings (KFT): $256,042
TYLER STRAFACI
Hometown: Davie, Fla.
Residence: Davie, Fla.
Turned pro: 2020
Years at Georgia Tech: 2016-20
Status: none
Did not playGPro points ranking: n/a
YTD earnings (GPro): $1,045
Career earnings (PGA Tour Americas): $45,761
Career earnings (PGA Tour): $21,111
Career earnings (Canada): $12,970
CAMERON TRINGALE
Hometown: Laguna Niguel, Calif.
Turned pro: 2009
Years at Georgia Tech: 2005-09
Status: LIV Golf/Asian Tour
Did not playLIV standings: 20
YTD Earnings (LIV): $1,048,750
YTD earnings (Asian Tour): $22,700
Career earnings (LIV): $10,395,575
Career earnings (PGAT): $17,310,004
RICHY WERENSKI
Hometown: South Hadley, Mass.
Turned pro: 2014
Years at Georgia Tech: 2011-14
Status: Korn Ferry Tour
Did not playKFT points ranking: 103
YTD earnings (KFT): $16,140
Career earnings (KFT): $648,644
YTD earnings (PGA Tour): n/a
Career earnings (PGAT): $6,765,035
VINCENT WHALEY
Hometown: McKinney, Texas
Residence: Alpharetta, Ga.
Turned pro: 2017
Years at Georgia Tech: 2013-17
Status: PGA Tour
Did not playFedEx Cup points ranking: 143
YTD earnings (PGA Tour): $196,061
Career earnings (PGA Tour): $4,316,033
KFT points ranking: 107
YTD earnings (KFT): $206,369
Career earnings (KFT): $350,642

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