Eatonton, Ga. – Ross Steelman fired an 8-under-par Tuesday, Christo Lamprecht added a 5-under-par 67, and No. 11 Georgia Tech played a stellar closing round and earned a second-place finish at the Linger Longer Invitational.
Tech, which began the day in fourth place, closed with a 7-under-par round of 281 Tuesday, a score bettered only by 20th-ranked Alabama, which pulled away from the field on the back nine, posted an 8-under-par 281 and won the tournament by eight strokes. The Yellow Jackets did, however, overtake Georgia and Vanderbilt, finishing six strokes clear of the top-ranked Commodores to finish as a runner-up for the fourth time in 2022-23.
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TECH LINEUP – Lamprecht, who won the Inverness Intercollegiate in the fall, earned his second runner-up finish this spring and a top-10 showing in his fourth straight tournament. The junior from George, South Africa, made only one bogey and birdied six on Tuesday for his 67, and posted a 54-hole total of 208 (-8), two shots off the lead.
Steelman recovered from an opening round of 80 to shoot 72 Monday and a bogey-free 64 Tuesday, earning the senior from Columbia, Mo., a tie for 10th place at even-par 216, his third top-10 in five tournaments in 2022-23. Connor Howe, who shared the first-round lead with a 68, was 7-over-par through eight holes Tuesday, but made a dramatic turnaround, playing his final 11 holes 7-under-par with no bogeys to post a 72. The senior from Ogden, Utah, also tied for 10th place at even par, his best finish since a tie for third at the Maui Jim Intercollegiate in September.
Freshman Hiroshi Tai (Singapore) provided the Yellow Jackets’ fourth counting score Tuesday with a 78, while senior Bartley Forrester (Gainesville, Ga.) shot 79 and finished in a tie for 24th place.
Sophomore Benjamin Reuter (Naarden, The Netherlands) and freshman Aidan Tran (Fresno, Calif.), competing as individuals, shot 69 and 72, respectively, on Tuesday. Reuter also tied for 10th place individually at even par, while Tran tied for 49th.
Connor Howe rolls in a putt for an eagle-2 at the par-4 11th hole Tuesday.
TEAM LEADERBOARD – Alabama and Georgia, each with five victories in the previous 16 years of the Linger Longer Invitational, occupied the top two spots on the leaderboard, separated by one shot when the final round began and remained close through the front nine. But the Crimson Tide pulled away from…
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