Georgia Tech Golf Summer Notebook

2021 Georgia Tech Amateur Results

THE FLATS – Georgia Tech’s golf team, which had nine of its members competing in three states and two countries last week, finished off the busy stretch by having four players finish among the top 11 finishers at the 59^th Northeast Amateur in Rumbord, R.I.

Junior Connor Howe (Ogden Utah) closed a stellar tournament with a Saturday round of 65 and finished at 6-under-par 270 on the par-69 Wannamoisett Country Club, three shots off the pace set by Pepperdine’s Dylan Menante, who posted four subpar rounds and a 9-under-par total of 267.

Rising senior Ben Smith (Novi, Mich.) and recent graduate Noah Norton (Chico, Calif.) tied for eighth place at 3-under-par 273. Smith closed with a 66, and Norton, who was just one shot off the lead after 54 holes, posted a closing 73. Incoming transfer Ross Steelman (Columbia, Mo.) shot a finishing 64 and posted a 2-under-par total of 274 to tie for 11^th place.

Connor Howe made a bid for his second major amateur title with a closing 65 Saturday at the Northeast Amateur. (photo by Clyde Click)

 

GCAA SUMMER AMATEUR SERIES

Earlier last week, rising junior Bartley Forrester (Gainesville, Ga.) made a challenge to win a Golf Coaches Association of America Summer Amateur Series event in Raleigh, N.C., coming up two shots shy and finishing second with a 3-under-par score of 210. NC State’s Carter Graf won the event with a 5-under-par 208 at the Wolfpack’s home Lonnie Poole Golf Course. Rising junior Luka Karaulic (Dacula, Ga.) also played well, finishing in fifth place at even-par 213, while sophomore Aidan Kramer (Oviedo, Fla.) finished 13^th at 222 (+9).

ELSEWHERE

Rising junior Andy Mao (John’s Creek, Ga.) was the Jackets’ lone representative at the Rice Planters Amateur in Mt. Pleasant, S.C., finishing in 20^th place at 2-under-par 214 … Benjamin Reuter, an incoming freshman from the Netherlands who is one of the top European junior players, tied for 36^th place at the European Amateur Championship in Guyancourt, France, posting a 3-under-par total of 281.

COMING UP

Luke Karaulic and Andy Mao are the only Yellow Jackets competing this week, both at the GCAA Amateur Series event in Loudon, Tenn. No Yellow Jackets are in the field for the North and South Amateur, won last summer by Tyler Strafaci. Next week, six Jackets in the field for the Monroe Invitational in Pittsford, N.Y., including recent graduates Will Dickson (Providence, R.I.) and Noah Norton, rising sophomore Christo Lamprecht (George, South Africa), Ben Smith and Ross Steelman.

Bartley Forrester was the runner-up at last week’s GCAA Summer Amateur Series event in Raleigh, N.C. (photo by Tim Cowie)

 

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