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Nissan #ProJackets Golf Report

June 29, 2016

THE FLATS – Ollie Schniederjans rolled in an 18-foot birdie putt on the second extra hole to defeat former Mackenzie Tour – PGA TOUR Canada Order of Merit winner J.J. Spaun and PAC-12 freshman of the year Collin Morikawa in a playoff at the Air Capital Classic presented by AETNA. The 23-year-old Schniederjans’ first Web.com Tour win moves him up to No. 3 on the money list.

“I felt like it was probably a 20 percent chance of making it,” said Schniederjans, about the 18-foot left-to-right putt. “I just wanted to pure the heck out of it and see what happens. It went in beautifully; it was incredible.”

With the putt, the former Tech All-American evened his playoff record for 2016 at 1-1, having lost one to Brad Fritsch at the Servientrega Championship in Colombia earlier this season. He also became the second former Tech player to win on the Web.com Tour this year, joining Richy Werenski, who won the BMW Charity Pro-Am in May. Like Werenski, who is No. 2 on the Web.com Tour money list, Schniederjans earned $112,500 to virtually guarantee himself a spot in the Tour’s top 25 money winners at the end of the season and a PGA Tour card for 2016-17.

Schniederjans played the last 46 holes of the Air Capital Classic without making a bogey to earn his first victory in his 11th start this season. He is the ninth first-time winner this season. At age 23 years, 11 days, he became the youngest winner on Tour this season, and his victory is the 22nd on Tour by a Georgia Tech Yellow Jacket. Schniederjans tied the course record at with a bogey-free 61 on Saturday (Gavin Coles – 2006). The 9-under score was his lowest round on Tour. His first Tour start came back at the 2014 Air Capital Classic, where he carded 64-71-65-67—267 (13-under) for a T5 as an amateur.

Wow! Thanks everyone for the congratulations. On my way to @PGATOUR. Amazing feeling. @excelsm @CallawayGolf @mattegreybrand @frazierdeeter

Ollie Schniederjans (@ollie_gt) June 26, 2016

His Tech teammate, Anders Albertson, continued to battle his way toward the top 25, tying for 39th place, but slipped to 38th on the money list. Werenski, Troy Matteson and Matt Weibring missed the cut.

The Web.com Tour takes this weekend off, but returns to action in New York state July 7-10 for the LECOM Health Challenge, where Nicholas Thompson returns to competition after a long layoff after having surgery to repair a torn meniscus in his knee. Thompson, who played in a U.S. Open sectional qualifier three weeks ago, plans to play five Web.com Tour events in the next seven weeks. PGA Tour: Only three Tech alums were in the field last weekend for the Quicken Loans National, where Roberto Castro (T-62) and Chesson Hadley (T-64) both took home checks while Cameron Tringale missed the cut. Castro was playing for the first time since tying for 11th at the Memorial Tournament.

The PGA Tour splits this week, with Matt Kuchar playing in the World Golf Championships-Bridgestone Invitational in Akron, Ohio, while Hadley, Tringale, Troy Matteson and Bryce Molder play in the Barracuda Championship in Reno, Nev., which uses a modified Stableford scoring format.

MacKenzie Tour: Seth Reeves missed his first cut in four events this summer on the MacKenzie Tour, carding rounds of 76-70. The Tour takes this week off before moving to Winnepeg next week.

Amateur update: Rising senior Vincent Whaley posted his second top-10 finish in three amateur events this summer, tying for seventh play at the Northeast Amateur last weekend in Rumford, R.I. He shot 3-under-par 273 on the par-69 Wannamoisett Country Club. Whaley earlier tied for eighth at the Monroe Invitational. Several Yellow Jackets are in the field for this week’s Dogwood Invitational at Druid Hills Golf Club in Atlanta, which begins Wednesday.

UPCOMING EVENTS

World Golf Championships: WGC-Bridgestone Invitational • June 30-July 3, 2016 • Firestone Country Club (South Course) • Akron, Ohio • Purse: $9,500,000 • Winning Share: $1,620,000 • FedExCup Points: 550
PGA Tour: Barracuda Championship • June 30-July 3, 2016 • Montreux Golf & Country Club • Reno, Nev. • Purse: $3,200,000 • Winning Share: $576,000 • FedExCup Points: 300
Web.com Tour: LECOM Health Challenge • July 7-10, 2016 • Peak’n Peak Rst (Upper Couse) • Findlay Lake, N.Y. • Purse: $600,000 • Winning share: $108,000
PGA Tour Champions: DICK’S Sporting Goods Open • July 8-10, 2016 • En-Joie Golf Club • Madison, Wis. • Purse: $2,000,000 • Winning Share: $300,000
MacKenzie Tour: Players Cup • July 7-10, 2016 • Niakwa Country Club • Winnepeg, Manitoba • Purse: $175,000 • Winning Share: $31,500
SwingThought.com Tour: National Pro Series/Grand Island Golf Club • July 13-16, 2016 • Grand Island Golf Club • Albany, Ga.

  PLAYER LAST WEEK SEASON STATS
 ANDERS ALBERTSON
 Woodstock, Ga.
 Turned pro:
2015
 Career earnings: 
$69,988
 Years at Georgia Tech: 2011-15
 High School: Etowah
 Status: Web.com Tour
  Last Week
T-39
67-67-74-65=273 (-7)
 Money rank
38
Earnings
$69,988
 BO ANDREWS
 Raleigh, N.C.
 Turned pro:
2014
 Career earnings: 
n/a
 Years at Georgia Tech: 2010-14
 High School: Fike
 Status: SwingThought.com
  Last Week
T-32 (missed cut)
71-70=141 (-1)
 Money rank
27
Earnings
$11,985
 ROBERTO CASTRO
 Alpharetta, Ga.
 Turned pro:
2007
 Career earnings: 
$5,745,865
 Years at Georgia Tech: 2003-07
 High School: Milton
 Status: PGA Tour
 Last Week
T-62
71-71-73-70=285 (+1)
 FedEx/Money Rank
41
Earnings
$1,545,552
 STEWART CINK
 Duluth, Ga.
 Turned pro:
1995
 Career earnings: 
$34,095,857
 Years at Georgia Tech: 1991-95
 High School: Bradshaw (Florence, Ala.)
 Status: PGA Tour
 Last Week
did not play
n/a
 FedEx Rank
150
Earnings
$327,695
 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
53 (missed cut)
77-70=147 (+5)
 Money rank
60
Earnings
$5,337
 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
 FedEx Rank
T-227
Earnings
n/a
 JOHN-TYLER 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
T-12
70-70-70-66=276 (-8)
 eGolf/ST Money rank
58
Earnings
$6,262
 CHESSON HADLEY
 Raleigh, N.C.
 Turned pro:
2010
 Career earnings: 
$3,780,500
 Years at Georgia Tech: 2006-10
 High School: North Raleigh Christian Academy
 Status: PGA Tour
 Last Week
T-64
68-73-70-75=286 (+2)
 FedEx Rank
158
Earnings
$406,224
 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
T-21
72-70-72=214 (-2)
 Money rank
69
Earnings
¥13,440
 PAUL HALEY
 Dallas, Texas
 Turned pro:
2011
 Career earnings: 
$348,201
 Years at Georgia Tech: 2007-11
 High School: Highland Park
 Status: Web.com Tour
 Last Week
did not play
n/a
 Money Rank
n/a
Earnings
n/a
 MATT KUCHAR
 Sea Island, Ga.
 Turned pro:
2000
 Career earnings: 
$36,745,353
 Years at Georgia Tech: 1997-2000
 High School: Seminole (Lake Mary, Fla.)
 Status: PGA Tour
 Last Week
did not play
n/a
 FedEx Rank
21
Earnings
$2,520,035
 TROY MATTESON
 Austin, Texas
 Turned pro:
2003
 Career earnings: 
$10,033,641
 Years at Georgia Tech: 2000-03
 High School: L.C. Anderson
 Status: Web.com Tour
 Last Week
missed cut
71-67=138 (-2)
 FedEx/Money Rank
144
Earnings
$10,155
 LARRY MIZE
 Columbus, Ga.
 Turned pro:
1980
 Career earnings: 
$11,850,290
 Years at Georgia Tech: 1975-79
 High School: unknown
 Status: PGA Tour Champions
 Last Week
T-74
69-82-68=219 (+3)
 Schwab Cup Rank
52
Earnings
$168,352
 BRYCE MOLDER
 Scottsdale, Ariz.
 Turned pro:
2001
 Career earnings: 
$11,587,633
 Years at Georgia Tech: 1998-2001
 High School: Conway (Ark.)
 Status: PGA Tour
 Last Week
did not play
n/a
 FedEx Rank
59
Earnings
$1,318,989
 SETH REEVES
 Duluth, Ga.
 Turned pro:
2014
 Career earnings: 
$6,364
 Years at Georgia Tech: 2010-14
 High School: Peachtree Ridge
 Status: MacKenzie Tour
 Last week
missed cut
77-70=146 (+2)
 Money rank
30
Earnings
$6,364
 OLLIE SCHNIEDERJANS
 Powder Springs, Ga.
 Turned pro:
2015
 Career earnings: 
$473,865
 Years at Georgia Tech: 2011-15
 High School: Harrison
 Status: Web.com Tour
  Last Week
1 (playoff)
68-67-61-67=263 (-17)
  Money rank
3
Earnings
$245,173
 KYLE SCOTT
 Johannesburg, South Africa
 Turned pro:
2011
 Career earnings: 
$14,507
 Years at Georgia Tech: 2009-11
 High School: Edenglen
 Status: Web.com Tour
  Last Week
did not play
n/a
  Money rank
140
Earnings
$9,977
 NICHOLAS THOMPSON
 Coral Springs, Fla.
 Turned pro:
2005
 Career earnings: 
$5,720,607
 Years at Georgia Tech: 2001-05
 High School: Stoneman Douglas
 Status: PGA Tour/Web.com
 Last Week
did not play
n/a
 FedEx Rank
T-231
Earnings
n/a
 CAMERON TRINGALE
 Laguna Niguel, Calif.
 Turned pro:
2009
 Career earnings: 
$8,760,743
 Years at Georgia Tech: 2005-09
 High School: Mission Viejo
 Status: PGA Tour
 Last Week
missed cut
73-70=143 (+1)
 FedEx Rank
104
Earnings
$904,516
 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
missed cut
70-74=144 (+4)
 Money Rank
T-215
Earnings
n/a
 RICHY WERENSKI
 South Hadley, Mass.
 Turned pro:
2014
 Career earnings: 
$332,381
 Years at Georgia Tech: 2011-14
 High School: Fike
 Status: Web.com Tour
  Last Week
missed cut
69-70=139 (-1)
  Money rank
2
Earnings
$263,470
 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
10
Earnings
$20,363

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