Jackets Remain in 3rd Place at ACC Golf Championship – Men’s Golf — Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets

Charlotte, N.C. – Christo Lamprecht is tied for third place individually after carding a 2-under-par 69 Saturday, while No. 16 Georgia Tech posted a second-round score of 282 (-2) and remains in third place at the 70^th Atlantic Coast Conference Men’s Golf Championship.

The Yellow Jackets, at 8-under-par 560, are eight shots off the lead of North Carolina (552, -16), the top seed in the championship, and three strokes ahead of fifth-place Wake Forest (563, -5). Florida State holds second place at 555 (-13), with Duke in fourth at 562 (-6). The top four teams on the leaderboard following Sunday’s final round will advance to the match play semifinals, which will be contested Monday.

Tee times for Sunday’s final round have been moved earlier to 8 a.m. in anticipation of inclement weather in the forecast. Tech, FSU and UNC will be in the last groups to tee off, beginning at 9 a.m. on tee No. 1.

The Yellow Jackets and Demon Deacons are tied for the most all-time ACC championships, with 19 each. Tech won last year’s title with a 3-2 victory over Wake in the championship match, and the Deacons won the 2022 title over the Jackets by the same score.

TECH LINEUP – Bogey free through 36 holes in the championship, Lamprecht made birdies at the par-4 second hole and the par-5 12^th, parring the remaining holes to finish his two rounds at 6-under-par 136, two shots off the lead and tied for third place. The senior from George, South Africa has a career-high finish of a tie for third at 2022 ACC Championship in Panama City, Fla.

Bartley Forrester was unable to duplicate his career-best round from Friday, but made the shot of the day with a pitch-in eagle at the par-4 14^th hole on the way to an even-par 71. The senior from Gainesville, Ga., completed 36 holes at 5-under-par 137 and is tied for fifth place, well ahead of his career-best finish (T22 in 2022).

Freshman Kale Fontenot (Lafayette, La.) started off hot with four birdies in his first five holes, gave them all back with three straight bogeys, but steadied himself and played the final 10 holes at 1-under-par and posted a 1-under-par 70. Fellow freshman Carson Kim (Yorba Linda, Calif.) provided the Jackets’ fourth counting score with a 1-over-par 72.

Sophomore Hiroshi Tai (Singapore) didn’t count Saturday after carding a 73. He and Fontenot are tied for 34^th place overall at 2-over-par 144.