Rocky Face, Ga. – Ollie Schniederjans and Anders Albertson each fired even-par 72 in Sunday’s final round, and Georgia Tech inched up a couple more positions to finish tied for 11th place at the Carpet Capital Collegiate golf tournament at The Farm Golf Club.
Tech, which was projected as high as No. 4 in pre-season rankings announced last week, posted a 6-over-par total of 294 Sunday and completed 54 holes at 22-over-par 886, tied with South Carolina and North Carolina. Seth Reeves shot a 74 for the Yellow Jackets, and Richard Werenski added a 76 in Sunday’s round.
“It was a struggle for us the entire weekend,” said head coach Bruce Heppler. “We neither played nor looked like a team ranked in the top 10, and we have a lot of work to do in the next week before we play again.”
Texas, which shot a 22-under-par 266 in Saturday’s second round, posted a 4-over-292 Sunday in clear, but breezy conditions on the 7,012-yard, par 72 layout, and was good enough to hold off Georgia for a 5-stroke win. The No. 2-ranked Longhorns finished the tournament at 13-under-par 851, while the 17th-ranked Bulldogs (294 Sunday) completed 54 holes at 8-under 856.
Top-ranked Alabama (292 Sunday) was a distant third at 1-over 865, followed by LSU and Clemson (tied at +7). Wake Forest (+8) was sixth, Chattanooga (+11) was seventh, and Tennessee (+12), the only team to break par Sunday, was eighth. Seven teams in the 15-team field were ranked in Golfweek’s pre-season top 25.
Schniederjans, a sophomore from Powder Springs, Ga., finished the Carpet Capital Collegiate at 3-over 219, tied for 19th place. It was his sixth career top-20 finish. Albertson tied for 40th at 7-over 223, while Werenski tied for 45th at 8-over 224.
Brandon Stone of Texas (12-under 204) held onto his 36-hole lead by carding an even-par 72 Sunday, and won by two strokes over teammate Jordan Spieth and Georgia’s T.J. Mitchell (-10).
Tech is off this week and resumes its fall schedule with the PING/Golfweek Preview Invitational, Sept. 23-25 at the Capital City Club Crabapple in Alpharetta, Ga.
CARPET CAPITAL COLLEGIATEThe Farm Golf Club, Rocky Face, Ga.Final Results
TEAM LEADERBOARD 1 Texas 293 266 292 851 -13 2 Georgia 278 284 294 856 -8 3 Alabama 284 289 292 865 +1 T4 LSU 286 287 298 871 +7 T4 Clemson 292 281 298 871 +7 6 Wake Forest 288 286 298 872 +8 7 Chattanooga 292 286 297 875 +11 8 Tennessee 299 290 287 876 +12 9 North Florida 291 288 300 879 +15 10 Kennesaw State 293 296 294 883 +19 T11 South Carolina 296 296 294 886 +22 T11 Georgia Tech 301 291 294 886 +22 T11 North Carolina 291 293 302 886 +22 14 Auburn 289 290 311 890 +26 15 Middle Tennessee St. 292 315 296 903 +39
INDIVIDUAL LEADERS 1 Brandon Stone Texas 69 63 72 204 -12 T2 Jordan Spieth Texas 70 66 70 206 -10 T2 T.J. Mitchell Georgia 65 68 73 206 -10 T4 Bobby Wyatt Alabama 67 72 70 209 -7 T4 Stephen Behr Clemson 71 69 69 209 -7 6 Ben Greene Kennesaw State 70 70 70 210 -6 7 MJ Maguire North Florida 70 68 73 211 -5 T8 Lee McCoy Georgia 68 71 73 212 -4 T8 Michael McGowan North Carolina 69 69 74 212 -4 10 Justin Thomas Alabama 72 70 71 213 -3 T11 Liam Johnston Chattanooga 70 70 74 214 -2 T11 Stewart Jolly LSU 72 71 71 214 -2 T11 Mike Nagy Tennessee 70 71 73 214 -2 T14 Thomas Birdsey Wake Forest 73 73 70 216 E T14 Dykes Harbin South Carolina 69 75 72 216 E T14 Curtis Thompson LSU 71 70 75 216 E
GEORGIA TECH SCORES T19 Ollie Schniederjans (1) 74 73 72 219 T40 Anders Albertson (4) 73 78 72 223 T45 Richy Werenski (5) 79 69 76 224 T51 Bo Andrews (3) 75 71 79 225 T76 Seth Reeves (2) 82 80 74 236 T62 Shun Yat Hak (individual) 79 72 77 228
