Atlanta, Georgia – Albert Hanson Scored a 4-under 68, Kale Fontnot He shot a 3-under 69 on Monday, finishing third and fourth in the individual races and leading Georgia Tech’s 14 teams.th– Rank your golf team to the top seeds for the best 10 match playsth The annual East Lake Cup.
The East Lake Cup brings together the 2024 NCAA Championship semifinal teams for three days of stroke and match play competition. Tech’s 8 under par score of 280 was 1 stroke better than 4 strokes.thAuburn and Florida State (7-under 281) met in the championship game of the NCAA Championship last May. Ohio State, ranked 4th in the NCAA semifinals, recorded a 2-over par score of 290 and will be the 4th seed.
The Yellow Jackets and Buckeyes will meet in one semifinal game Tuesday at East Lake Golf Club, while the Tigers and Seminoles will face off in a rematch of the 2024 NCAA Championship title race. Competition begins at 10:40 a.m., with the winners competing in a championship match on Wednesday and the loser playing for third place.
Last year, when the Eastlake Cup was held at the Atlanta Athletic Club, Tech finished third in stroke play, losing to North Carolina in the semifinals and defeating Florida in the third-place game. Fontenot, then a freshman, earned medalist honors.
Tech lineup – Tech started strong, taking an early team lead and briefly trading the lead with FSU on the back nine, but took the lead for good when Hanson dropped a birdie putt on the par-4 16. Ta.th hole. Hanson and Fontenot each birdied the par-5 18th.th A hole that keeps Seminole out.
Hansson, a freshman from Fiskebekskir, Sweden, had his best round of the fall on Monday with five birdies and an eagle. Fontenot, a sophomore from Lafayette, La., who shot a 68 last year at Atlanta Athletic Club, had four birdies and one bogey on Monday’s card.
“I felt pretty good, yeah,” Hanson said. “I’ve been struggling with my short game and putting for the past few months, but I’ve been feeling a little bit better this week. I felt good this morning.”
red shirt junior Benjamin Reuter (Naarden, Netherlands)Tech’s top player, ranked No. 32 in the nation this fall, shot a 2-under 70 for the Jackets while defending his NCAA individual championship. Hiroshi Tai (Singapore) Added 1 over par 73.
junior Aidan Tran (Fresno, California) He had 78 shots, but they didn’t count toward Tech’s team total.
Freshman Albert Hanson led the Jackets with a 4-under 68 on Monday, finishing third individually. (Photo courtesy of Clyde Crick)
team leaderboard – On Monday at the demanding par-72 East Lake Club, 10 of the 20 players in the men’s field broke par, helping the Yellowjackets compile a total of 280 with three of them at 8 under.
Defending NCAA team champion Auburn and runner-up Florida State each had three players under par on Monday, but their fourth player had a higher score and they were tied by one stroke at 7-under 281.
personal leaderboard – Ohio State may have finished fourth in the team race, but sophomore Jack Wojtko had three birdies and an eagle in his final six holes to earn medalist honors with a 6-under 66. He surpassed Auburn University’s Carson Basha. He already entered the clubhouse with a 5-under 67.
Tech’s Hanson finished alone in third place with a 68 (-4), while Fontenot and Florida State teammates Luke Clanton and Patrick McCann tied for fourth with 69 (-3).
East Lake Cup Information – The 10th Eastlake Cup will be held through Wednesday at Eastlake Golf Club, which hosts the final event of the annual PGA Tour’s FedEx Cup Playoffs. The tournament features four teams from each of the men’s and women’s semifinals from the previous year’s NCAA Championships, competing in stroke play and match play. East Lake Golf Club measures 7,195 yards and plays to a par of 72.
Golf Channel and Peacock will provide live coverage of the competition daily from 3pm to 6pm.
Competition schedule
- Tuesday, October 29 (Match Play Semi-Finals): 10:40 a.m. | Golf Channel Coverage: 3:00 p.m.-6:00 p.m. (Live). 8:00pm – 11:00pm (rebroadcast)
- Wednesday, Oct. 31 (Match Play Final and Repechage): 10:40 a.m. |Golf Channel Coverage: 3:00 p.m.-6:00 p.m. (Live). 8:00pm – 11:00pm (rebroadcast)
Men’s team: Auburn, Florida State, Georgia Tech, Ohio State. Women’s team: LSU, Oregon State, Southern California, UCLA
Format – The tournament format features 18 holes of stroke play to determine individual male and female champions and set seeding for team match play. Thereafter, two rounds of match play will determine the team champion, followed by a repechage match to determine third place.
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