Georgia Tech #ProJackets Golf Report

THE FLATS –Matt Kuchar and Harris English finished third at last weekend’s QBE Shootout … Three former Yellow Jackets teeing it up this weekend for the PNC Father-Son Challenge … More details below in this week’s Georgia Tech #ProJackets Report.

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KUCHAR AND ENGLISH FINISH THIRD AT QBE SHOOTOUT

Georgia Tech All-American and nine-time PGA Tour winner Matt Kuchar former Georgia All-American Harris English came up shot in their bid to win a fourth title together at the QBE Shootout, an unofficial PGA Tour event last weekend at Tiburon Golf Club in Naples, Fla.

But Kuchar and English posted scores of 57-66-62 in the multi-format team event and finished in third place, just two shots behind Jason Kokrak and Kevin Na, who birdied 12 of their final 13 holes to come from behind and take the crown at 33-under-par.

Besides the 2017 tournament, when they finished ninth, Kuchar and English have won this event in 2013, 2016, and 2020, and finished second in 2014 and 2015. The most successful pairing in Shootout history, this team has also recorded two runner-up finishes (2014, 2015).

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TECH WELL REPRESENTED AT PNC FATHER-SON CHAMPIONSHIP

Matt Kuchar, Stewart Cink and David Duval are all entered in the field for the annual PNC Father-Son championship at the Ritz-Carlton Golf Club, Dec. 16-19 in Orlando, Fla. Cink and Duval (and their sons) have both won this event, and are among 20 major golf champions in the field this week.

Cink and his son Reagan, a Georgia Tech graduate who was on his father’s bag for most of the 2020-21 PGA Tour season, including a pair of victories. Stewart and his younger son, Connor, won the 2013 PNC Championship.

Kuchar and his son Cameron, who tied for fifth in the PNC Championship last December, are paired again this weekend along with Duval and his son, Brady, who caddied for David at the Furyk & Friends event on the PGA Tour Championship in the fall. Duval and his stepson, Nick Karavites, won the 2016 PNC Championship.

More on the PNC Championship

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STRAFACI TEEING UP FOR BIG MONEY GOLF CLASSIC

With a $400,000 purse and $100,000 to the winner, the Big Money Golf Classic gets underway Wednesday at Orange County National Golf Club in Orlando, Fla., with former Yellow Jacket and 2020 U.S. Amateur champion Tyler Strafaci in the field along with J.T. Griffin, who has spent the past three years on the Korn Ferry Tour

Ready for next week! https://t.co/3wvbZMa742

— Ty Strafaci (@TyStrafaci) December 9, 2021

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UPCOMING EVENTS

• PGA Tour:  Sentry Tournament of Champions • January 6-9, 2022 • Plantation Course at Kapalua • Kapalua, Hawai’i • Purse: $8,000,000 • FedEx Cup points: 500
• Korn Ferry Tour:  The Bahamas Great Exuma Classic • January 16-19, 2022 • Sandals Emerald Bay Golf Club • Great Exuma, The Bahamas • Purse: $750,000
• PGA Tour Champions:  PNC Championship • December 16-19, 2021 • Ritz-Carlton Resort • Orlando, Fla. • Purse: $1,085,000 (unofficial)
• Forme Tour:  2021 schedule completed
• All Pro Tour:  Coke Dr. Pepper Open • March 9-12, 2022 • Oak Wing GC/Links on the Bayou • Alexandria, La. • Purse: 162,500
• G Pro Tour:  Daytona Open • February 22-24, 2022 • LPGA International • Daytona Beach, Fla.
• SwingThought Tour:  Okefenokee Country Club • March 2-3, 2023 • Okefenokee Country Club • Waycross, Ga.

#PROJACKETS ON SOCIAL MEDIA

Fun time this weekend at the @OmniGrovePark. It was nice to get away solo with the wife, but awesome to spend some time as a family tonight before school this week. I love being home for the holidays! pic.twitter.com/i6xok3sGzd

— Chesson Hadley (@chessonhadley) December 13, 2021

This is so sad. We went to school together at Georgia Tech. He was so kind and thoughtful. I was happy to see him have the success he did in the NFL. Thoughts and prayers go out to his family and friends. https://t.co/K878MPQyoX

— Chesson Hadley (@chessonhadley) December 10, 2021

“Golf is hard…and maybe it’s not for everyone” – CPG on #GrowTheGame. Tag a friend who should probably take up tennis. @ClubProGuy @usta https://t.co/WCF2NaZPkk

— Roberto Castro (@cicioCASTRO) December 9, 2021

.@CharlieRymerPGA sat down to write his letter to santa this year and decided to record it too!

Listen to this episode of Balls in the Air here ➡️https://t.co/8nkbHTFQVa. pic.twitter.com/7Scggjd0Fj

— Myrtle Beach Golf (@MyrtleBeachGolf) December 9, 2021