General: Arrived at Georgia Tech as the No. 9-ranked player in a strong Florida junior contingent … Ranked No. 42 overall and No. 23 in the class of 2020 in the Golfweek/Sagarin Boys ratings as of June, 2020 … Played in 10 collegiate events and had success on the amateur circuit, winning twice … Received his bachalor’s degree from Tech in industrial engineering on May 4, 2024 … Hometown (Orlando suburb) pronounced “oh-VEE-do” … Earned Faculty honors and Dean’s List honors in 2022-23
2023-24: Tournament Results
Competed in five events, including three in the spring … Posted a tie for 12th, playing as an individual but the highest among the Jackets, at the Linger Longer Invitational (211, -5) … Got a spot in the Tech lineup for the Calusa Cup, where he tied for 26th (225, +9) … Led the Jackets with a tie for ninth place, his first career top-10 finish, at the Golf Club of Georgia Collegiate Invitational (211, -5) in the fall … Also competed at the Olympia Fields/Fighting Illini Invitational where he tied for 44th place (145, +5) … Went 1-2 in match play at the Cypress Point Classic … Has a stroke average of 71.57 over 14 rounds
2023 Amateur Results: Finished third at the Golf Pro Payments Georgia Open (278, -10) in Richmond Hill, Ga. … Tied for 40th place at the Azalea Invitational (290, +6) … Tied for 25th place at the Dogwood Invitational (282, -6) … Tied for 40th place at the Rice Planters Amateur (218, +2)
2022-23: Tournament Results
Played in three of Tech’s four fall events compiling a 74.11 stroke avergae over nine rounds … Top finish was a tie for 24th in the Maui Jim Individual Event in Arizona … Also tied for 38th at the Inverness Intercollegiate and 58th at the Golf Club of Georgia Collegiate.
2022 Amateur Highlights: Won the Rice Planters Amateur in a sudden-death playoff (birdie on 1st playoff hole) over teammate Andy Mao, finished 54 holes at 205 (-11) … Tied for first (279, -9) at the New Year’s Invitational in Tampa, Fla., but lost the title in a playoff with Remi Chartier of East Tennessee State … Tied for 45th place at the Monroe Invitational (289, +9) and 54th at the Porter Cup (292, +12).
2021-22: Tournament Results
Played in two fall events, but wound up with the team’s low scoring average over six rounds (69.50) … Finished strong with a tie for 13th place at the Golf Club of Georgia Collegiate (210, -6) … Tied for 37th (207, -3) competing as an individual at the Maui Jim Intercollegiate … Finished fall No. 121 in the Golfstat rankings.
2021 Amateur Highlights: Outlasted a 56-player field of top pros and amateur players to win the Yamaha Atlanta Open at Pinetree Country Club in Kennesaw, Ga. (69-69–138), won a three-man playoff on the first hole … Finished 13th in the GCAA Summer Amateur Series event in Raleigh, N.C. (222, +9) … Tied for 26th at the Georgia Amateur Championship (287, +3) … Tied for 39th at the Southeastern Amateur in Columbus, Ga. (213, +3).
2020-21: Did not play in a collegiate event in the spring … Dean’s List student in the fall and spring.
2020 Amateur Highlights: Posted a pair of top-10 finishes in fall amateur events, including a tie for ninth at the Forest Hills GCAA Amateur in Augusta, Ga., the week before the Masters (212, -4) … Tied for ninth at the Carolina Trace GCAA Amateur (218, +2).
High School: Earned all-conference honors all four years at Hagerty High School, and as a junior won the Seminole Athletic Conference Championship and the region title before finishing second in the class 3A state championship … Named to the 2019 Transamerica Scholastic All America team … 2018 Transamerica Scholastic All American Academic honorable mention … National Merit Scholars semi-finalist
Junior/Amateur Golf: Posted three top-5 finishes, a fourth in the top-10, and six top-20 finishes overall in 14 junior events in 2019, including a fourth-place finish at the AJGA Callaway Ollie Schniederjans Invitational and a fifth-place finish at the AJGA Rome Junior Invitational. Kramer also finished 32nd the Junior Boys PGA Championship and 29th at the AJGA Wyndham Invitational, considered major national events.
Coach Bruce Heppler says: “He’d rather putt in the dark than worry about going out. He worked a lot on his strength last summer, and once that strength came along, with his very good fundamentals, he took off. He played in almost every junior tournament last year and was very competitive. He’s sound fundamentally and really excited about being here.”
Low | Par/- | Finish Top | ||||||||||
Season | Rounds | Strokes | 54-holes | Round | Rounds | Events | 1 | 5 | 10 | W-L | W-L% | Average |
2021-22 | 6 | 417 | 207 | 67 | 5 | 2 | – | – | – | 115-48 | .706 | 69.50 |
2022-23 | 9 | 667 | 222 | 71 | 4 | 3 | – | – | – | 76-117 | .394 | 74.11 |
2023-24 | 14 | 1002 | 210 | 69 | 10 | 5 | – | – | 1 | 249-149 | .626 | 71.57 |
Totals | 29 | 2086 | 207 | 67 | 19 | 10 | – | – | 1 | 440-314 | .584 | 71.93 |