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Georgia Tech #ProJackets Golf Report

THE FLATS – Jackets make a rebound at the Waste Management Phoenix Open, five players compete on the weekend … Vincent Whaley is 3-for-3 in cuts made on the Web.com Tour … This and more in the Georgia Tech #ProJackets Golf Report.

After going 0-for-8 in cuts made at the Desert Classic the previous weekend, Georgia Tech alumni rebounded last weekend with five of six playing the weekend at the TPC Scottsdale – Matt Kuchar, Chesson Hadley, Ollie Schniederjans, Stewart Cink and Richy Werenski all took home paychecks.

Matt Kuchar continued his high-level play by tying for fourth place, the 101st top-10 finish of his stellar career, and maintaining his No. 2 standing in the FedEx Cup race. Kuchar, who has won twice this season, weathered a final-round 75 when all the scores rose with poor weather, and finished five shots behind champion Rickie Fowler.

Hadley (No. 40 in FedEx Cup points) ended a string of three straight missed cuts and tied for 20th place, while Ollie Schniederjans posted his best finish of the season to date (T33) and made the biggest jump in the FedEx Cup standings. Cink (No. 106) tied for 50th, and Werenski (No. 42) tied for 60th.

Anders Albertson, who missed the cut at the Waste Management event last weekend, tries again this week at famed Pebble Beach Golf Links for the AT&T Pebble Beach Pro-Am. David Duval, who still competes occasionally while handling his analyst duties for Golf Channel, is in the field along with Hadley, Kuchar and Werenski.

Roberto Castro, Seth Reeves and Cameron Tringale, all of whom took last weekend off, are in the field giving the Yellow Jackets eight alumni in the field at Pebble Beach.

Web.com Tour: Vincent Whaley made his third straight cut on the Web.com Tour last weekend, tying for 42nd place at the Country Club de Bogota Championship in Bogota, Columbia as that tour swings through South and Central America. Whaley, a rookie who guaranteed himself eight starts by finishing among the top 40 at the Web.com Q-School finals, has earned more than $70,000, most of that by finishing second at the Great Abaco Classic, sits at No. 5 in the new Web.com Tour points standings and has become one of the players to watch each week.

UPCOMING EVENTS

PGA Tour:  AT&T Pebble Beach Pro-Am • February 7-10, 2019 • Pebble Beach Golf Links • Pebble Beach, Calif. • Purse: $7,600,000 • FedExCup Points: 500

Web.com Tour:  The Panama Championship • February 7-10, 2019 • Panama Golf Club • Panama City, Panama • Purse: $625,000

PGA Tour Champions:  Oasis Championship • February 8-10, 2019 • The Old Course at Broken Sound • Boca Raton, Fla. • Purse: $1,700,000

Mackenzie Tour:  MacKenzie Tour Q-School – Central • February 26-March 1, 2019 • TPC San Antonio • San Antonio, Texas • Purse: n/a

PGA Tour China:  three global qualifying tournaments set for February and March

All (formerly Adams) Pro Tour:  Coke Dr. Pepper Open • March 13-16, 2019 • Oak Wing Golf Club • Alexandria, La. • Purse: $150,000

G Pro Tour:  The Fox Club • March 5-6, 2019 • Palm City, Fla.

 PLAYERLAST WEEKSEASON STATS
 ANDERS ALBERTSON
 Woodstock, Ga.
 Turned pro:
2015
 Career earnings: 
$362,088
 Years at Georgia Tech: 2011-15
 High School: Etowah
 Status: PGA Tour
  Last Week
missed cut
75-73—148 (+6)
 2018 Money rank
72
Earnings
$350,808
 ROBERTO CASTRO
 Alpharetta, Ga.
 Turned pro:
2007
 Career earnings: 
$6,825,641
 Years at Georgia Tech: 2003-07
 High School: Milton
 Status: PGA Tour
 Last Week
did not play
n/a
 2018 Money Rank
119
Earnings
$232,056
 STEWART CINK
 Duluth, Ga.
 Turned pro:
1995
 Career earnings: 
$37,539,067
 Years at Georgia Tech: 1991-95
 High School: Bradshaw (Florence, Ala.)
 Status: PGA Tour
 Last Week
T-50
69-70-70-72—281 (-3)
 2018 FedEx Cup Rank
102
Earnings
$236,554
 DREW CZUCHRY
 Auburn, Ga.
 Turned pro:
2015
 Career earnings: 
n/a
 Years at Georgia Tech: 2010-14
 High School: home schooled
 Status: no status
  Last Week
did not play
n/a
 Money rank
n/a
Earnings
n/a
 DAVID DUVAL
 Denver, Colo.
 Turned pro:
1993
 Career earnings: 
$19,196,243
 Years at Georgia Tech: 1989-93
 High School: Jacksonville (Fla.) Episcopal
 Status: no status
 Last Week
did not play
n/a
 2018 FedEx Cup Rank
n/a
Earnings
n/a
 J.T. GRIFFIN
 Wilson, N.C.
 Turned pro:
2011
 Career earnings: 
$31,798
 Years at Georgia Tech: 2007-11
 High School: Fike
 Status: no status
  Last Week
did not play
n/a
  Money rank
n/a
Earnings
n/a
 CHESSON HADLEY
 Raleigh, N.C.
 Turned pro:
2010
 Career earnings: 
$7,027,619
 Years at Georgia Tech: 2006-10
 High School: North Raleigh Christian Academy
 Status: PGA Tour
 Last Week
T-20
71-65-70-70—276 (-8)
 2018 FedEx Cup Rank
29
Earnings
$833,710
 SHUN YAT HAK
 Hong Kong, China
 Turned pro:
2013
 Career earnings: 
¥251,305
 Years at Georgia Tech: 2012-13
 High School: Lake Mary (Fla.) Prep
 Status: PGA Tour China
  Last Week
did not play
n/a
 2018 Order of Merit
37
Earnings
¥170,385
 PAUL HALEY
 Dallas, Texas
 Turned pro:
2011
 Career earnings (Web.com): 
$348,201
 Years at Georgia Tech: 2007-11
 High School: Highland Park
 Status: Web.com Tour
 Last Week
missed cut
73-71—144 (+3)
 Web.com Points Rank
T-70
Earnings
$4,712
 MATT KUCHAR
 Sea Island, Ga.
 Turned pro:
2000
 Career earnings: 
$46,557,037
 Years at Georgia Tech: 1997-2000
 High School: Seminole (Lake Mary, Fla.)
 Status: PGA Tour
 Last Week
T-4
67-65-65-75—272 (-12)
 2018 FedEx Cup Rank
2
Earnings
$2,849,060
 TROY MATTESON
 Austin, Texas
 Turned pro:
2003
 Career earnings: 
$10,111,266 (PGA+Web)
 Years at Georgia Tech: 2000-03
 High School: L.C. Anderson
 Status: no status
 Last Week
did not play
n/a
 2018 FedEx cup Rank
n/a
Earnings
n/a
 LARRY MIZE
 Columbus, Ga.
 Turned pro:
1980
 Career earnings: 
$12,683,811 (PGA + Champions)
 Years at Georgia Tech: 1975-79
 High School: unknown
 Status: PGA Tour Champions
 Last Week
did not play
n/a
 2018 Schwab Cup Rank
n/a
Earnings
n/a
 CHRIS PETEFISH
 Danville, Calif.
 Turned pro:
2018
 Career earnings: 
$4,180
 Years at Georgia Tech: 2014-18
 High School: Scottsdale [Ariz.] Christian Academy
 Status: no status
  Last Week
did not play
n/a
 2018 Money Rank
n/a
Earnings
n/a
 MICHAEL PISCIOTTA
 Alpharetta, Ga.
 Turned pro:
2018
 Career earnings: 
n/a
 Years at Georgia Tech: 2014-18
 High School: Alpharetta
 Status: G Pro Tour
  Last Week
did not play
n/a
 2018Money Rank
n/a
Earnings
n/a
 SETH REEVES
 Duluth, Ga.
 Turned pro:
2014
 Career earnings: 
$200,854
 Years at Georgia Tech: 2010-14
 High School: Peachtree Ridge
 Status: PGA Tour
 Last week
did not play
n/a
 2018 Money rank
133
Earnings
$200,854
 OLLIE SCHNIEDERJANS
 Powder Springs, Ga.
 Turned pro:
2015
 Career earnings: 
$3,556,290
 Years at Georgia Tech: 2011-15
 High School: Harrison
 Status: PGA Tour
  Last Week
T-33
67-69-69-73—278 (-6)
  2018 FedEx Cup rank
176
Earnings
$88,320
 NICHOLAS THOMPSON
 Coral Springs, Fla.
 Turned pro:
2005
 Career earnings (PGA + Web.com): 
$6,542,142
 Years at Georgia Tech: 2001-05
 High School: Stoneman Douglas
 Status: Web.com Tour
 Last Week
missed cut
71-71—142 (+1)
 Web.com Points Rank
84
Earnings
$4,476
 CAMERON TRINGALE
 Laguna Niguel, Calif.
 Turned pro:
2009
 Career earnings: 
$9,912,312
 Years at Georgia Tech: 2005-09
 High School: Mission Viejo
 Status: PGA Tour
 Last Week
did not play
n/a
 2018 FedEx Cup Rank
190
Earnings
$41,714
 RICHY WERENSKI
 South Hadley, Mass.
 Turned pro:
2014
 Career earnings: 
$2,608,514
 Years at Georgia Tech: 2011-14
 High School: Heritage Academy (Hilton Head, S.C.)
 Status: PGA Tour
  Last Week
T-60
69-69-73-73—284 (E)
  2018 FedEx Cup rank
42
Earnings
$630,144
VINCENT WHALEY
Fayetteville, Ga.
Turned pro:
2017
Career earnings:
$70,005
Years at Georgia Tech: 2013-17
High School: McKinney Boyd
Status: Web.com Tour
Last Week
T-42
69-70-70-70—279 (-4)
Web.com Points Rank
5
Earnings
$70,005

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