THE FLATS – Recent Georgia Tech graduates Bartley Forrester and Ross Steelman and rising senior Christo Lamprecht are among 11 current and former Yellow Jackets in the professional ranks who are set to compete Monday in golf’s longest day, final qualifying for the 123rd U.S. Open Championship, which will be played June 15-18 at the Los Angeles Country Club in Los Angeles, Calif.
Final qualifying, which are 36-hole events, take place Monday at 10 different sites around the United States, with golfers vying to fill 53 remaining spots in the 156-player field. Already in the field are PGA Tour pros Matt Kuchar, who is in as one of the top 60 players in the Official World Golf Ranking, and Paul Haley II, who qualified two weeks ago in Dallas, Texas.
Forrester, Lamprecht and Steelman all were members of the 2022-23 Georgia Tech team that won the Atlantic Coast Conference Championship in Pinehurst, N.C., won the NCAA Salem (S.C.) Regional and advanced to the match play finals at the NCAA Championship in Scottsdale, Ariz. All three made the All-ACC team, and Lamprecht is a first-team All-American.
All three were exempt through local qualifying after each advanced to match play at the U.S. Amateur last summer. Steelman, from Columbia, Mo., finished the 2022-23 year at No. 4 in the PGA Tour University rankings, and has thus earned status on the Korn Ferry Tour this summer. Forrester and Lamprecht each have another year to play for the Yellow Jackets.
Forrester and Lamprecht are among 45 players competing at Hawks Ridge Golf Club in Ball Ground, Ga., Monday along with former Jacket All-Americans Roberto Castro and Andy Ogletree. Steelman is in the field at Springfield (Ohio) Country Club along with former Tech star Vincent Whaley (class of 2017).
Other Tech touring pros attempting to qualify Monday include J.T. Griffin (class of 2011) and Chesson Hadley (class of 2010) at Old Chatham Golf Club in Durham, N.C., Stewart Cink (class of 1995) at Brookside Golf Club and The Lakes Golf Club in Columbus, Ohio, Cameron Tringale (class of 2009) at Canoe Brook Country Club in Summit, N.J. and Richy Werenski (class of 2014) at Lambton Golf and Country Club in Toronto, Ontario.
Andy Ogletree was the last returning Georgia Tech player to compete in the U.S. Open in 2020. (photo by Chris Keane/USGA)
YELLOW JACKETS IN FINAL QUALIFYING
Roberto Castro (37, Atlanta, Ga., qualifying in Roswell, Ga.) – Ten-year PGA Tour veteran who has not played regularly since the 2020-21…
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