2009·10 Men's COLF QT
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2009·10 men's COLF QT Contents/Quick Facts PAGE INDEX 2010 Outlook 3 2008-09 Final Statistics 5 ACC Championship 74 ACC Championship Teams 76 ACC Honors 44 Administration 23 All-Americans 35 All-America Scholars 42 All-Conference Selections 46 Amateur, Professional Competition 45 Carpet Capital Collegiate 30 Georgia Tech Players ............................................... Bo Andrews .....................................................20 John-Tyler Griffin .............................................14 Chesson Hadley ...............................................12 Paul Haley .......................................................15 William Miller ...................................................17 Seth Reeves .....................................................21 Kyle Scott .........................................................16 Minghao Wang .................................................18 James White ....................................................19 Golf Facilities 27 Hall of Fame Inductees 66 Head Coach Bruce Heppler 6 Head Coaching History 46 QUICK FACTS Head-to-Head Under Heppler 81 Official Name Georgia Institute of Technology Home Courses inside covers Location Atlanta, Ga. Individual, Team Records 68 Founded 1885 International Competition 42 Enrollment 19,404 Letterwinners 82 Media Information 2 Colors Old Gold and White National Collegiate Champions 39 Nicknames Yellow Jackets, Rambling Wreck National Players of the Year 38 Official Athletics Website Ramblinwreck.com GEEORGIAORGIA TEECHCH GGOLFOLF NCAA Championship/Regionals 70 Conference Atlantic Coast (ACC) Players in Professional Golf 43, back cover WWOULDOULD LLIKEIKE TTOO TTHANKHANK President Dr. G.P. “Bud” Peterson Roster 2 Director of Athletics Dan Radakovich TTHEHE FFOLLOWINGOLLOWING SSPONSORSPONSORS Scholarship Program 32 Faculty Athletics Rep. Dr. Sue Ann Bidstrup Allen Team Awards 66 Head Coach Bruce Heppler (15th year) FFOROR TTHEIRHEIR CCONTINUOUSONTINUOUS Team History At-A-Glance 83 Office Phone (404) 894-0961 Tech’s All-Time Greats 47-65 Email [email protected] SSUPPORTUPPORT OOFF TTHEHE YEELLOWLLOW Tee Club 33 Assistant Coach Christian Newton (3rd year) JAACKETCKET PPROGRAMROGRAM: This is Georgia Tech 22 Office Phone (404) 894-4423 Tournament Champions 67 Email [email protected] TTitleistitleist Tournament Information 4 Golf Office Fax (404) 385-0463 PPinging United States Collegiate Championship 31 Year-by-Year Results 84 Lettermen Returning/Lost 5/4 FFootjoyootjoy 2008-09 Final National Ranking 7th 2008-09 ACC Finish 1st CCallawayallaway GolfGolf The Georgia Tech golf media guide is 2008-09 Central Regional Finish T3rd CClevelandleveland GGolfolf published as a service to the media. 2008-09 NCAA Finals T10th Editing and design: Mike Stamus ACC Championships Eleven GGolfolf PPrideride GGripsrips Editorial Assistance: Cheryl Watts (1985, ‘91, ‘92, ‘93, ‘94, ‘99, 2001, ‘02, ‘06, LLamkinamkin GripsGrips Cover design: Summit Athletic Media, Charlotte, ‘07, ‘09) N.C. NCAA Regional Championships Four MMizunoizuno GolfGolf Photography: Action photos of current players (1991, ‘98, ‘99, 2002) OOakleyakley by Sam Morgan, Sideline Sports, Mike Stamus NCAA Top-10 Finishes 14 and Andrew Weber. Player head shots and team Highest NCAA Finish 2nd in 1993, 2000, ‘02, ‘05 SSoftspikesoftspikes photo by Rob Felt. PGA player photos courtesy NCAA Championship Appearances 24 TTayloraylor MadeMade of PGA Tour, Walker Cup photos courtesy of the (1947, ‘85, ‘86, ‘87, ‘88, ‘89, ‘90, ‘91, ‘92, ‘93, United States Golf Association, Palmer Cup photos ‘94, ‘95, ‘98, ‘99, 2000, ‘01, ‘02, ‘03, ‘04, ‘05, TTruerue TTemperemper courtesy of the Golf Coaches Association of America. All-America portraits by Ken Modak. ‘06, ‘07, ‘08, ‘09) TTeameam EEffortffort All-America Honorees 56 Printing: EBSCO Media, Inc. of Birmingham, Ala. www.ramblinwreck.com 1 Media Information MEDIA SERVICES Current Results/Information Up-to-date statis- tics, tournament results, features and other news can be obtained online by logging onto www.ram- blinwreck.com. Advances on tour- naments and daily results also are posted here, and they are e-mailed to local and national media. Media interested in receiving e-mails or in need of photographs can call the Georgia Tech Sports Information Office (golf con- tact - Mike Stamus) at 404-894-5445. Sports Information Office Located on the first floor of the Arthur GGEORGIAEORGIA TTECH’SECH’S 22009009 AACCCC CCHAMPIONSHAMPIONS B. Edge Athletics Center on the corner FRROMOM LLEFTEFT - HHEADEAD CCOACHOACH BRRUCEUCE HEEPPLERPPLER, CAAMERONMERON TRRINGALEINGALE, JOOHNHN--TTYYLERLER GRRIFFINIFFIN, of Techwood Drive and Boddy Dodd Way. The proper mailing address is Sports CHHESSONESSON HAADLEYDLEY, DAAVIDVID DRRAGOOAGOO, JAAMESMES WHHITEITE, ADDAMAM COOHANHAN, AASSISTANTSSISTANT CCOACHOACH Information Office, Georgia Tech Athletic CHHRISTIANRISTIAN NEEWTONWTON. Association, 150 Bobby Dodd Way, N.W., Atlanta, Ga., 30332-0455. The office fax number is 404-894-1248. 2009-10 Yellow Jackets Roster Name Ht Wt. Cl. Hometown (High School/College) Interview Policy Bo Andrews 6-1 165 Fr. Raleigh, N.C. (Ravenscroft) Interviews with members of the Georgia John-Tyler Griffin 6-0 160 Jr.-R Wilson, N.C. (Fike) Tech golf team can be arranged through the Sports Information Office by contact- Chesson Hadley 6-4 160 Sr. Raleigh, N.C. (North Raleigh Christian Academy) ing Mike Stamus. Golfers’ phone numbers Paul Haley 5-10 163 Jr.-R Dallas, Texas (Highland Park) are not provided to members of the media, William Miller 6-1 152 So.-R Venetia, Pa. (Sewickley Academy) and media are asked not to call the golfers Seth Reeves 6-3 165 Fr. Duluth, Ga. (Peachtree Ridge) directly. Head coach Bruce Heppler can Kyle Scott 6-1 180 Jr. Edenglen, Jonannesburg, South Africa (West Florida) be reached in his office (404-894-0961) weekday mornings when the team is not Minghao Wang 6-2 193 So. Reunion, Fla. (Celebration Academy) traveling. James White 5-11 154 So. Acworth, Ga. (Harrison) Head Coach: Bruce Heppler (Brigham Young, 1985), 15th season MEDIA RELATIONS CONTACT Assistant Coach: Christian Newton (Georgia Southern, 2002), 3rd season INFORMATION Office Phone (404) 894-5445 Office Fax (404) 894-1248 2009-10 Schedule Official Website Ramblinwreck.com Sept. 11-13 Carpet Capital Collegiate, Rocky Face, Ga. Facebook Facebook.com/gtathletics Sept. 25-27 Mason Rudolph Intercollegiate, Franklin, Tenn. Twitter Twitter.com/gtathletics Assistant AD/Media Relations Dean Buchan Oct. 10-12 Brickyard Collegiate, Macon, Ga. Associate SID Mike Stamus (golf contact) Oct. 25-26 UNCG Bridgestone Collegiate, Greensboro, N.C. Assistant SID Dan Goldberger Feb. 3-5 UH-Hilo Invitational, Kohala Coast, Hawaii Assistant SID Seth Gerard Feb. 21-23 Puerto Rico Classic, Rio Grande, Puerto Rico Assistant SID Mike Huff Mar. 12-14 Southern Highlands Collegiate, Las Vegas, Nev. Stamus at home (404) 218-9723 E-mail [email protected] Mar. 26-28 Linger Longer Invitational, Greensboro, Ga. Apr. 23-25 ACC Championship, New London, N.C. Mailing and Overnight Package Address: May 20-22 NCAA Regional, Woodstock, Ga.* Georgia Tech Athletic Association June 1-6 NCAA Championship, Ooltewah, Tenn. 150 Bobby Dodd Way, N.W. *Georgia Tech hosting regional at Capital City Club/Crabapple Course Atlanta, Ga. 30332-0455 2 Georgia Tech Golf 2009-10 2009-10 Outlook GGreaterreater TThanhan tthehe SSumum ooff iitsts PParts?arts? HHepplereppler ooptimisticptimistic hhisis YYellowellow JJacketsackets hhaveave tthehe ccollectiveollective ttalentalent ttoo ccontendontend espite the departure of two senior regulars, “The thing that he brings to the table is that, Done of whom was a first-team All-American when he plays well, his ability level allows him to in 2009, the optimism in the golf office at Geor- win tournaments. When he’s right, then he is the gia Tech is palpable this fall. number one guy on the top-5 team.” Head coach Bruce Heppler, whose pro- Griffin demonstrated early on an ability to gram extended its string of consecutive years handle the tougher golf courses on which Tech in the NCAA Tournament to 12 last spring and has played. The Wilson, N.C., native broke into finished the year ranked No. 7 in the Golfweek/ the Jackets lineup at the Southern Highlands Sagarin Performance Index, is quite optimistic Collegiate in the spring of his freshman year and about this year’s team, which includes five re- has not missed an event since, posting three top-10 turning letterwinners and three newcomers. finishes in 20 events. The Yellow Jackets, who won their third “He’s gotten close to playing winning golf,” Atlantic Coast Conference title in four years last Heppler said. “But to be an All-American you can’t spring, lost two seniors who played regularly in have a 35th or a 45th-place finish. The consistency three-time All-American Cameron Tringale and needs to be at a higher level, and I think he’s close lefty David Dragoo. Chesson Hadley, a 2008 to doing that.” second-team All-American who shook off a Heppler saw glimpses of great play a year ago poor fall to record three top-20 finishes in the from a pair of freshmen in James White (Acworth, spring, returns as the team’s only senior. CHHESSONESSON HAADLEYDLEY Ga.) and Minghao Wang (Reunion, Fla.). Wang had Other returnees who played regularly a top-20 finish at the Isleworth-UCF Collegiate in the in the spring are junior John-Tyler Griffin, fall, but it was White who emerged as a solid force who played every event a year ago and had in the spring, logging