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Nissan #ProJackets Golf Report

Oct. 11, 2016

THE FLATS – Larry Mize, the 1987 Masters champion and now a nine-year veteran on the PGA Tour Champions, earned his best finish of the 2016 season last weekend, tying for third place at the Toshiba Classic in Newport Beach, Calif., posting a 14-under-par score of 199. He rose to 46th on this year’s Schwab Cup points list. The performance also pushed him past $4 million in career earnings on the senior circuit, and past $12 million combined lifetime on the PGA Tour and the Champions Tour.

As the Champions Tour rolls on in 2016, the PGA Tour begins a new season this weekend on the West Coast.

Ollie Schniederjans and Richy Werenski, who both finished in the top 10 in earnings for 2016 on the Web.com Tour, begin enjoying the fruits of their effort this week in Napa wine country when they compete in the opening event of the 2016-17 season, the Safeway Open.

Werenski, 24, who has one PGA Tour event under his belt with the 2015 Barbasol Championship (made the cut), won the 2015 BMW Charity Pro-Am and had three runner-up showings to finish second in Web.com Tour earnings. Schniederjans, 23, won the Air Capital Classic last season and finished seventh in earnings. He has played in 14 PGA Tour events over the past two years since graduating from Georgia Tech, making eight cuts and accumulating $228,692 in earnings.

Here’s a look at the PGA Tour’s 50 newest members.

Players from The 25 and The Finals 25 on the Web.com Tour will now be ‘zippered’ into the priority ranking for the 2016-17 PGA Tour season (No. 1 from The 25, No. 1 from The Finals 25, No. 2 from The 25, and so on.). Thirty-eight of those are in the field this week.

They’ll be joined at the Safeway Open by former Tech stars Matt Kuchar and Roberto Castro, both of whom advanced to the 2016 Tour Championship and finished No. 18 and 21, respectively, in FedEx Cup points, as well as Stewart Cink, Bryce Molder and Cameron Tringale.

With six alumni playing regularly on the PGA Tour, former Yellow Jackets ranked No. 3 in combined earnings in the annual Rivals Cup race. Led by Werenski and Schniederjans, Tech alumni collectively ranked No. 1 on the Web.com Tour.

UPCOMING EVENTS

PGA Tour: Safeway Open • October 13-16, 2016 • Silverado Country Club • Napa, Calif. • Purse: $6,000,000 • Winning Share: $1,080,000 • FedExCup Points: 500
Web.com Tour: Panama Claro Championship • January 28-31 • Panama Golf Club • Panama City, Panama • Purse: $625,000 • Winning share: $112,500
PGA Tour Champions: SAS Championship • October 14-16, 2016 • Prestwood Country Club • Cary, N.C. • Purse: $2,100,000 • Winning Share: $315,000
MacKenzie Tour: season over
PGA Tour China: Clearwater Bay Open • November 3-6, 2016 • Clearwater Bay Golf and Country Club • Hong Kong, China • Purse: ¥1,200,000 • Winning Share: n/a
PGA Tour LatinoAmerica: Roberto De Vicenzo Punta del Este Open Copa NEC • October 13-16, 2016 • Club del Lago Golf • Maldonado, Urugray • Purse: $175,000 • Winning Share: $31,500
SwingThought.com Tour: National Pro Series/The Patriot at Grand Harbor • October 18-21, 2016 • The Patriot at Grand Harbor • Greenwood, S.C.

  PLAYER LAST WEEK SEASON STATS
 ANDERS ALBERTSON
 Woodstock, Ga.
 Turned pro:
2015
 Career earnings: 
$82,9455
 Years at Georgia Tech: 2011-15
 High School: Etowah
 Status: Web.com Tour
  Last Week
did not play
n/a
 Money rank
n/a
Earnings
n/a
 BO ANDREWS
 Raleigh, N.C.
 Turned pro:
2014
 Career earnings: 
n/a
 Years at Georgia Tech: 2010-14
 High School: Fike
 Status: SwingThought/PGA Tour LatinoAmerica
  Last Week
did not play
n/a
 Money rank
26 (SW.com)
Earnings
$14,808
 ROBERTO CASTRO
 Alpharetta, Ga.
 Turned pro:
2007
 Career earnings: 
$6,720,887
 Years at Georgia Tech: 2003-07
 High School: Milton
 Status: PGA Tour
 Last Week
n/a
n/a
 FedEx/Money Rank
n/a
Earnings
n/a
 STEWART CINK
 Duluth, Ga.
 Turned pro:
1995
 Career earnings: 
$34,206,017
 Years at Georgia Tech: 1991-95
 High School: Bradshaw (Florence, Ala.)
 Status: PGA Tour
 Last Week
n/a
n/a
 FedEx Rank
n/a
Earnings
n/a
 DREW CZUCHRY
 Auburn, Ga.
 Turned pro:
2015
 Career earnings: 
n/a
 Years at Georgia Tech: 2010-14
 High School: home schooled
 Status: SwingThought.com
  Last Week
did not play
n/a
 Money rank
63
Earnings
$7,662
 J.T. GRIFFIN
 Wilson, N.C.
 Turned pro:
2011
 Career earnings: 
$52,151
 Years at Georgia Tech: 2007-11
 High School: Fike
 Status: SwingThought.com
  Last Week
did not play
n/a
 eGolf/ST Money rank
66
Earnings
$6,262
 CHESSON HADLEY
 Raleigh, N.C.
 Turned pro:
2010
 Career earnings: 
$3,887,642
 Years at Georgia Tech: 2006-10
 High School: North Raleigh Christian Academy
 Status: Web.com Tour
 Last Week
n/a
n/a
 FedEx Rank
n/a
Earnings
n/a
 SHUN YAT HAK
 Hong Kong, China
 Turned pro:
2013
 Career earnings: 
n/a
 Years at Georgia Tech: 2012-13
 High School: Lake Mary (Fla.) Prep
 Status: PGA Tour China
  Last Week
did not play
n/a
 Money rank
14
Earnings
¥207,029
 MATT KUCHAR
 Sea Island, Ga.
 Turned pro:
2000
 Career earnings: 
$38,044,997
 Years at Georgia Tech: 1997-2000
 High School: Seminole (Lake Mary, Fla.)
 Status: PGA Tour
 Last Week
n/a
n/a
 FedEx Rank
n/a
Earnings
n/a
 TROY MATTESON
 Austin, Texas
 Turned pro:
2003
 Career earnings: 
$10,059,890
 Years at Georgia Tech: 2000-03
 High School: L.C. Anderson
 Status: Web.com Tour
 Last Week
n/a
n/a
 FedEx/Money Rank
n/a
Earnings
n/a
 LARRY MIZE
 Columbus, Ga.
 Turned pro:
1980
 Career earnings: 
$12,006,609
 Years at Georgia Tech: 1975-79
 High School: unknown
 Status: PGA Tour Champions
 Last Week
T-3
65-69-65—199 (-14)
 Schwab Cup Rank
46
Earnings
$324,671
 BRYCE MOLDER
 Scottsdale, Ariz.
 Turned pro:
2001
 Career earnings: 
$11,622,028
 Years at Georgia Tech: 1998-2001
 High School: Conway (Ark.)
 Status: PGA Tour
 Last Week
n/a
n/a
 FedEx Rank
n/a
Earnings
n/a
 SETH REEVES
 Duluth, Ga.
 Turned pro:
2014
 Career earnings: 
$15,966
 Years at Georgia Tech: 2010-14
 High School: Peachtree Ridge
 Status: MacKenzie Tour
 Last week
n/a
n/a
 Money rank
n/a
Earnings
n/a
 OLLIE SCHNIEDERJANS
 Powder Springs, Ga.
 Turned pro:
2015
 Career earnings: 
$507,819
 Years at Georgia Tech: 2011-15
 High School: Harrison
 Status: PGA Tour
  Last Week
n/a
n/a
  Money rank
n/a
Earnings
n/a
 KYLE SCOTT
 Johannesburg, South Africa
 Turned pro:
2011
 Career earnings: 
$25,946
 Years at Georgia Tech: 2009-11
 High School: Edenglen
 Status: Web.com Tour
  Last Week
n/a
n/a
  Money rank
n/a
Earnings
n/a
 NICHOLAS THOMPSON
 Coral Springs, Fla.
 Turned pro:
2005
 Career earnings: 
$5,729,979
 Years at Georgia Tech: 2001-05
 High School: Stoneman Douglas
 Status: Web.com Tour
 Last Week
n/a
n/a
 FedEx Rank
n/a
Earnings
n/a
 CAMERON TRINGALE
 Laguna Niguel, Calif.
 Turned pro:
2009
 Career earnings: 
$8,920,023
 Years at Georgia Tech: 2005-09
 High School: Mission Viejo
 Status: PGA Tour
 Last Week
n/a
n/a
 FedEx Rank
n/a
Earnings
n/a
 MINGHAO WANG
 Xian, China
 Turned pro:
2013
 Career earnings: 
n/a
 Years at Georgia Tech: 2008-13
 High School: Celebration Academy
 Status: PGA Tour China
 Last week
did not play
n/a
  Money rank
n/a
Earnings
n/a
 MATT WEIBRING
 Plano, Texas
 Turned pro:
2002
 Career earnings: 
$1,635,583
 Years at Georgia Tech: 1999-2002
 High School: Bishop Lynch
 Status: Web.com Tour
 Last Week
n/a
n/a
 Money Rank
n/a
Earnings
n/a
 RICHY WERENSKI
 South Hadley, Mass.
 Turned pro:
2014
 Career earnings: 
$413,856
 Years at Georgia Tech: 2011-14
 High School: Fike
 Status: PGA Tour
  Last Week
n/a
n/a
  Money rank
n/a
Earnings
n/a
 JAMES WHITE
 Acworth, Ga.
 Turned pro:
2012
 Career earnings: 
$40,109
 Years at Georgia Tech: 2008-12
 High School: Harrison
 Status: SwingThought.com
  Last Week
did not play
n/a
 Money Rank
8
Earnings
$27,848

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