Charlotte, N.C. – Though it led two matches and was tied in two others at the turn, Georgia Tech was unable to score a point Monday morning and lost its ACC Golf Championship semifinal match to Florida State, 4-1, at Charlotte Country Club.
The Seminoles rallied in the first three matches off the tee, ending each of them after 15 holes to clinch its ticket to the finals. ACC co-medalist Frederik Kjettrup downed senior Bartley Forrester (Gainesville, Ga.), Cole Anderson defeated freshman Kale Fontenot (Lafayette, La.) and Tyler Weaver put away sophomore Hiroshi Tai (Singapore), each by 3&2 scores, to get the necessary three points for the victory.
FSU moves on to face North Carolina, which outlasted Wake Forest, 3-2, by winning the individual final match on the 18th hole. The championship match was to begin at approximately 1:30 p.m.
The two matches still underway when FSU captured its third point did not continue and are considered ties, with each team getting a half-point. Senior Christo Lamprecht (George, South Africa) held a three-hole lead with three to play against Luke Clanton in the fifth match, while freshman Carson Kim (Yorba Linda, Calif.) trailed Gray Albright by two holes with three to play.
Next up for the Yellow Jackets is the NCAA Regionals, which will be played at six different sites around the United States May 13-15. Tech will find out its regional assignment live on Golf Channel at 2 p.m. May 1.
Highlights from Monday’s semifinal match between Tech and FSU
MATCH SUMMARY – Fontenot, Tai and Lamprecht each got the upper hand in their matches early. Fontenot led by two holes over Anderson through 11, but dropped the next four in a row and could not recover. Tai’s match was even through nine, but he lost three in a row. Kim and Forrester never led in their matches.
Lamprecht never trailed in his match with Clanton.
Bartley Forrester hits a tee shot during Monday’s semifinal match against Florida State. (photo by Nell Redmond/ACC)
TOURNAMENT INFORMATION – The ACC Championship is being contested at Charlotte (N.C.) Country Club, completing a four-year rotation to different sites within the ACC footprint. Last year’s championship was contested at the Country Club of North Carolina in Pinehurst, N.C., following the 2023 championship at Shark’s Tooth Golf Course at Watersound Club in Panama City, Fla., and the 2021 championship at the Capital City Club’s Crabapple Course in Milton, Ga.
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