Georgia Tech #ProJackets Golf Report

THE FLATS – Four Georgia Tech pros and one current Yellow Jacket tee it up at the 119^th U.S. Open Championship this week … Matt Kuchar logs 106^th top-10 finish after challenging at the RBC Canadian Open … more in this week’s #ProJackets Report.

Five players will represent Georgia Tech at the U.S. Open this week, which begins Thursday at Pebble Beach Golf Links in Pebble Beach, Calif., led by Matt Kuchar, a two-time winner on the PGA Tour this season. Kuchar currently ranks No. 1 on the PGA Tour in FedEx Cup points, has eight top-10 finishes in seven starts and sits No. 12 in the Official World Golf Ranking.

The 1997 U.S. Amateur champion is making his 17^th U.S. Open start, having played the weekend eight straight years before missing the cut last year at Shinnecock Hills. Kuchar’s best finish in the U.S. Open is a tie for sixth in 2010, the last time the national championship was held at Pebble Beach.

Roberto Castro, Chesson Hadley and Ollie Schniederjans, as well as rising Tech junior Noah Norton, all made the U.S. Open field via the qualifying route. Hadley, in his fifth season as a fully-exempt PGA Tour memberm tied for seventh place to claim one of 14 spots available last week at the sectional qualifier in Columbus, Ohio, and will compete for the second straight year.

Schniederjans and Norton tied for first place in Ball Ground, Ga., while Castro tied for third, giving the Yellow Jackets three of the four spots available there. Castro, in his seventh year on the PGA Tour, is competing in his sixth U.S. Open, while Schniederjans, a third-year PGA Tour member, is competing in his second U.S. Open as a pro, third overall. Norton, who played Pebble Beach in the 2018 U.S. Amateur, is playing his first U.S. Open.

Roberto Castro will play in the U.S. Open for the sixth time.

 

PGA Tour: In the midst of his best season on the PGA Tour at age 40, Matt Kuchar challenged last weekend for his 10^th PGA Tour victory, sharing the 54-hole lead at the RBC Canadian Open before slipping to a tie for fourth place. Kuchar grabbed the lead with rounds of 65-63 on Thursday and Friday, kept a share of it after a 69 Saturday, but shot even-par 70 on Sunday.

Kuchar posted his eighth top-10 finish in 17 starts this year and the 106^th of his career. He has a 120-point lead in the FedEx Cup standings over Rory McIlroy, who won the Canadian Open going away on Sunday. Brooks Koepka is 369 points behind, and Xander Schauffle is 562 points in arrears. The U.S. Open champion receives 600 FedEx Cup points.

Also at the Canadian Open, Cameron Tringale tied for 11^th place (-9), his best finish this year in a non-team event (he and Roberto Castro tied for fifth at the two-man Zurich Classic of New Orleans), and moved inside the top 125 (117^th) in FedEx Cup points. Castro tied for 35^th in Canada.

Web.com Tour:  J.T. Griffin was the only Yellow Jacket to play the weekend at the BMW Charity Open last week in Greer, S.C., tying for 24^th place in the event (-12), which was shortened to 54 holes because of weather. The finish was Griffin’s second best of the year behind his fifth-place performance at the LECOM Suncoast Classic, and he has made the cut in four of nine starts.

Vincent Whaley, who missed the cut, remains well inside the top 25 in Web.com points (17^th).

Very cool setting around 18 at Hamilton. Good show @RBCCanadianOpen See ya at Pebble!!

— Roberto Castro (@cicioCASTRO) June 9, 2019

#ProJackets – @ollie_gt & @cicioCASTRO look ahead after success in U.S. Open qualifier – FORE Georgia https://t.co/6NyriqU1ww via @FOREGeorgia pic.twitter.com/pcaioGzDRC

— Georgia Tech Golf (@GTGolf) June 11, 2019

FedEx Cup Points Update		Web.com Points Update
Matt Kuchar (1)		Vincent Whaley (17)
Chesson Hadley (71)		Paul Haley II (60)
Richy Werenski (108)		J.T. Griffin (87)
Cameron Tringale (117)		Nicholas Thompson (91)
Roberto Castro (135)		Chris Petefish (168)
Anders Albertson (160)
Ollie Schniederjans (164)
Stewart Cink (175)
Seth Reeves (179)

 

UPCOMING EVENTS

• PGA Tour:  U.S. Open • June 13-16, 2019 • Pebble Beach Golf Links • Pebble Beach, Calif. • Purse: $12,500,000 • FedExCup Points: 600
• Web.com Tour:  Lincoln Land Championship • June 13-16, 2019 • Panther Creek Country Club • Springfield, Ill. • Purse: $550,000
• PGA Tour Champions:  American Family Insurance Championship • June 21-23, 2019 • University Ridge Golf Club • Madison, Wis. • Purse: $2,000,000
• Mackenzie Tour:  GolfBC Open • June 13-16, 2019 • Gallagher’s Canyon Golf & Country Club • Kelowna, British Columbia • Purse: $200,000
• PGA Tour China:  Suzhou Open • June 13-16, 2019 • Jinji lake Golf Club • Suzhou, Jiangsu
• All Pro Tour:  Cooper Communities NWA Charity Classic • June 12-15, 2019 • Bella Vista Ridge Country Club • Bella Vista, Ark. • Purse: $125,000
• SwingThought Tour:  Belmont Lake Club • June 18-20, 2019 • Rocky Mount, N.C.
• G Pro Tour:  Thomasville Open • June 11-13, 2019 • Colonial Country Club • Thomasville, N.C.

 

	PLAYER	LAST WEEK	SEASON 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 74-72—146 (+6)	2018 Money rank 160 Earnings $350,808
	ROBERTO CASTRO  Alpharetta, Ga. Turned pro: 2007 Career earnings: $7,140,252 Years at Georgia Tech: 2003-07 High School: Milton Status: PGA Tour	Last Week T-35 64-71-69-72—276 (-4)	2018 Money Rank 135 Earnings $546,667
	STEWART CINK  Duluth, Ga. Turned pro: 1995 Career earnings: $37,551,851 Years at Georgia Tech: 1991-95 High School: Bradshaw (Florence, Ala.) Status: PGA Tour	Last Week did not play n/a	2018 FedEx Cup Rank 173 Earnings $249,338
	DREW CZUCHRY  Auburn, Ga. Turned pro: 2015 Career earnings: n/a Years at Georgia Tech: 2010-14 High School: home schooled Status: Developmental tours	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: $53,241 Years at Georgia Tech: 2007-11 High School: Fike Status: Web.com Tour	Last Week T-24 70-65-67—202 (-12)	Money rank 87 Earnings $32,345
	CHESSON HADLEY  Raleigh, N.C. Turned pro: 2010 Career earnings: $7,229,445 Years at Georgia Tech: 2006-10 High School: North Raleigh Christian Academy Status: PGA Tour	Last Week did not play n/a	2018 FedEx Cup Rank 71 Earnings $1,035,535
	SHUN YAT HAK  Hong Kong, China Turned pro: 2013 Career earnings: ¥251,305 (PGA Tour China) Years at Georgia Tech: 2012-13 High School: Lake Mary (Fla.) Prep Status: PGA Tour China/Developmental	Last Week did not play n/a	2018 Order of Merit 35 Earnings ¥83,352
	PAUL HALEY II  Dallas, Texas Turned pro: 2011 Career earnings (Web.com): $318,157 Years at Georgia Tech: 2007-11 High School: Highland Park Status: Web.com Tour	Last Week missed cut 71-68—139 (-4)	Web.com Points Rank 60 Earnings $42,962
	MATT KUCHAR  Sea Island, Ga. Turned pro: 2000 Career earnings: $49,701,716 Years at Georgia Tech: 1997-2000 High School: Seminole (Lake Mary, Fla.) Status: PGA Tour	Last Week T-4 65-63-69-70—267 (-13)	2018 FedEx Cup Rank 1 Earnings $5,993,739
	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: $12,774,312 (PGA + Champions) Years at Georgia Tech: 1975-79 High School: unknown Status: PGA Tour Champions	Last Week T-64 75-76-75—226 (+10)	Schwab Cup Rank 78 Earnings $61,903
	CHRIS PETEFISH  Danville, Calif. Turned pro: 2018 Career earnings: $20,053 Years at Georgia Tech: 2014-18 High School: Scottsdale [Ariz.] Christian Academy Status: Developmental tours	Last Week did not play n/a	2018 Money Rank T23 (APT)/53 (SWT)/165 (Web) Earnings $11,595 (Web.com + APT)
	MICHAEL PISCIOTTA  Alpharetta, Ga. Turned pro: 2018 Career earnings: n/a Years at Georgia Tech: 2014-18 High School: Alpharetta Status: Developmental tours	Last Week missed cut (APT) 74-72—146 (+6)	2018Money Rank 64 (SWT) Earnings $338
	SETH REEVES  Duluth, Ga. Turned pro: 2014 Career earnings: $258,023 Years at Georgia Tech: 2010-14 High School: Peachtree Ridge Status: PGA Tour	Last week missed cut 73-74—147 (+7)	2018 Money rank 179 Earnings $258,023
	OLLIE SCHNIEDERJANS  Powder Springs, Ga. Turned pro: 2015 Career earnings: $3,864,033 Years at Georgia Tech: 2011-15 High School: Harrison Status: PGA Tour	Last Week missed cut 70-71—141 (+1)	2018 FedEx Cup rank 164 Earnings $396,062
	NICHOLAS THOMPSON  Coral Springs, Fla. Turned pro: 2005 Career earnings (PGA + Web.com): $6,543,864 Years at Georgia Tech: 2001-05 High School: Stoneman Douglas Status: Web.com Tour	Last Week missed cut 72-70—142 (-1)	Web.com Points Rank 91 Earnings $6,612
	CAMERON TRINGALE  Laguna Niguel, Calif. Turned pro: 2009 Career earnings: $10,502,165 Years at Georgia Tech: 2005-09 High School: Mission Viejo Status: PGA Tour	Last Week T-11 68-68-69-66—271 (-9)	2018 FedEx Cup Rank 117 Earnings $631,567
	RICHY WERENSKI  South Hadley, Mass. Turned pro: 2014 Career earnings: $2,716,194 Years at Georgia Tech: 2011-14 High School: Heritage Academy (Hilton Head, S.C.) Status: PGA Tour	Last Week missed cut 71-70—141 (+1)	2018 FedEx Cup rank 108 Earnings $737,824
	VINCENT WHALEY Fayetteville, Ga. Turned pro: 2017 Career earnings: $107,500 Years at Georgia Tech: 2013-17 High School: McKinney Boyd Status: Web.com Tour	Last Week missed cut 71-71—142 (-1)	Web.com Points Rank<br/ >17 Earnings $107,500

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