Forrester Earns Top-10 Finish at Ben Hogan Collegiate – Men’s Golf — Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets

Fort Worth, Texas – Bartley Forrester notched his sixth career top-10 finish and fifth in the last two years, after carding a 2-over-par 72 in the final round of the Ben Hogan Collegiate Invitational and tying for sixth place. Georgia Tech, meanwhile, shot a 5-over-par team score of 285 Tuesday and finished in a tie for 12^th place in its third event of the fall season.

The senior from Gainesville, Ga., who held the 36-hole lead by one shot, aiming for his third career victory, posted a 54-hole total of 206 (-4), four strokes off the lead.

The Yellow Jackets return to action Oct. 21-23, concluding their fall campaign by hosting the Golf Club of Georgia Collegiate Invitational at its home course in Alpharetta, Ga.

TECH LINEUP – Christo Lamprecht set the pace for the Yellow Jackets in Tuesday’s final round, recording four birdies and one bogey on the way to a 3-under-par 67 as Tech posted a 5-over-par team total of 285. Forrester and Connor Howe each shot 2-over-par 72, while freshman Aidan Tran added a 4-over 74. Freshman Hiroshi Tai shot 75 and did not count toward the team score.

Lamprecht, coming off a victory in the Jackets’ most recent outing at the Inverness Intercollegiate, tied for 27^th place individually at 212 (+2), while Tran and Tai tied for 65^th at 220 (+10) and Howe tied for 74^th at 224 (+14).

Christo Lamprecht paced the Jackets in the final round with a 3-under-par 67. (photo by Ross Obley)

TEAM LEADERBOARD – In a field stacked with 13 teams ranked in the top 25 of the most recent coaches’ poll, No. 13 North Carolina came away with the team trophy, posting a 5-under-par 275 Tuesday for a 54-hole total of 825 (-15). That was good for a nine-stroke victory over No. 7 Texas Tech, which also shot 275 Tuesday and put up a 6-under-par total of 834.

No. 25 Pepperdine and No. 6 Arizona State tied for third place at 835 (-5), while top-ranked Vanderbilt came in fifth at 1-under-par 839.

From a tie for the lead after 18 holes, Tech fell back to 10^th after 36 holes and a tie for 12^th at the end, 30 strokes behind the winning Tar Heels, tied with No. 2 Oklahoma.

INDIVIDUAL LEADERBOARD – Three Tar Heels placed among the top 10 individuals, but Gustav Frimodt of the host TCU tram grabbed medalist honors, firing a 65 Tuesday to finish at 8-under-par 202, one stroke better than Pepperdine’s William Mouw (203, -7).

The Tar Heels’ Austin Greaser tied for third place at 6-under-par 204 with Vanderbilt’s Gordon Sargent and Texas’…