Georgia Tech #ProJackets Golf Report

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THE FLATS – Six Yellow Jackets teeing it up at Sea Island for the PGA Tour’s final fall event … Cameron Tringale and Andy Ogletree looking ahead to 2025 season in LIV Golf … PGA Tour Q-School enters second stage … Competition round-up … More details below in this week’s Georgia Tech #ProJackets Report.

LAST CHANCE FOR YELLOW JACKETS AT RSM CLASSIC

The PGA Tour fall season comes to a close this weekend with the RSM Classic in St. Simons Island, Ga., and six former Yellow Jackets are in the field looking to gain or cement their exempt status for 2025. The event annually features a strong Georgia Tech representation.

Jackets competing include Anders Albertson, Stewart Cink, Matt Kuchar, Christo Lamprecht, Richy Werenski and Vince Whaley.

Cink still has status on the tour as a tournament winner two years ago. He won on the PGA Tour Champions in 2024 and finished seventh in points on the senior circuit. Kuchar sits No. 106 in FedEx Cup points and has full status for 2025, but is looking for a boost into the Tour’s signature events and eligibility for major championships.

Lamprecht is playing for the second straight week on a sponsor exemption, while Whaley, who finished fifth last week in Bermuda, is on a major medical extension. Albertson and Werenski, who competed on the Korn Ferry Tour this past season, received their spots through a re-ordering of their exemption categories.

Albertson and Lamprecht are playing in the event for the first time.

• Full field for RSM Classic
• FedEx Fall Update

LIV GOLF ENTERS OFF-SEASON PLAYER MOVEMENT PERIOD

As LIV Golf continues to create new pathways for elite players from across the world to compete at golf’s highest levels, the League has entered the offseason window for player movement, free agency and updating team rosters as momentum builds for LIV Golf’s third full season teeing off in February 2025.

LIV Golf’s unique team and individual format features two season-long leaderboards, with points earned at each tournament. The player with the most points at the conclusion of the final stroke-play event, the Individual Championship, is the season’s Individual Champion while final team standings determine seeding for the season-ending Team Championship. Legion XIII’s Jon Rahm won this year’s Individual title in his first season with LIV Golf, and the all-Australian Ripper GC, captained by Cameron Smith, took home the Team Champion title.

The individual standings are broken down into three categories, with final positions determining a player’s status in the league. Former Georgia Tech stars Cameron Tringale and Andy Ogletree are both in the open zone (between No. 25-48) but are expected to remain with the HyFlyers GC.

• Lock Zone: Players finishing in the Top 24 secure an opportunity with the league next season
• Open Zone: Players finishing 25-48 whose contracts are expiring become free agents
• Drop Zone: Players finishing 49 and below are relegated, with chances to earn their spot back next season

More from LIVGOLF.COM

COMPETITION ROUND-UP

PGA TOUR

Georgia Tech alum Vince Whaley finished T5 at the Butterfield Bermuda Championship, jumping 10 spots from No. 123 to No. 113 on the FedExCup Fall standings, a massive stride toward earning 2025 exempt status. The 2017 Tech graduate shot 14-under-par score for the weekend after posting rounds of 67-68-67-68.

Christo Lamprecht, playing on a sponsor exemption, earned his top finish in six Tour events with a tie for 23^rd place at 9-under-par, while Richy Werenski, a Korn Ferry Tour regular in 2024, tied for 42^nd at 6-under-par. Luke Schniederjans, in the field on a sponsor invite, missed the cut.

Butterfield Bermuda Championship leaderboard

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PGA TOUR QUALIFYING SCHOOL

The second stage of PGA Tour Qualifying School gets underway this week with one event in Savannah, Ga., where Ollie Schniederjans is the only Yellow Jacket in the field.

Schniederjans has played 85 events on the Korn Ferry Tour in his career, winning once and posting six top-5 finishes and earning more than $650,000. In 2024, he got 16 starts, posting three top-25 finishes and eight cuts made.

Schedule and leaderboards

UPCOMING EVENTS

• PGA Tour: RSM Classic • November 21-24, 2024 • Sea Island Golf Club • St. Simons Island, Ga. • Purse: $7.6M • FedEx Cup points: 500
• Korn Ferry Tour:  The Bahamas Great Exuma Championship • January 14-17, 2025, 2024 • Sandals Emerald Bay Golf Club • Great Exuma, Bahamas • Purse: $1M • KFT points: 500
• PGA Tour Champions: PNC Championship • December 20-22, 2024 • Ritz-Carlton Golf Club • Orlando, Fla. • Purse: $1.1M
• PGA Tour Americas: season concluded
• Asian Tour/International Series: Link Hong Kong Open • November 21-24, 2024 • Hong Kong Golf Club • Hong Kong, China • Purse: $2M
• LIV Golf Series: Riyadh • February 6-8, 2025 • Purse: $25M
• GPro Tour: Augusta Open • December 3-5, 2024 • Belle Meade Country Club • Thomson, Ga. • Purse: $68,125

#PROJACKETS ON SOCIAL MEDIA

The ability to generate ground reaction forces early in the downswing tends to be a superpower of the biggest hitters in golf.

Safe to say that Christo Lamprecht does this EXTREMELY well.

Full video on YouTube: https://t.co/VsXKo4u9fi pic.twitter.com/TdKH05PEwj

— TPI (@MyTPI) November 16, 2024

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— Charlie Rymer (@CharlieRymerPGA) November 15, 2024

So if you’re an LSU booster you got hit up for $30MM locker rooms, then yearly NIL (after-tax money btw), and tomorrow your phone is going to ring for $60MM to fire BK and another 60 to hire the next guy. Right? Good times.

— Roberto Castro (@cicioCASTRO) November 17, 2024