Penley’s Tigers Head to Atlanta for ACC Tournament
Clemson, S.C. Clemson, ranked in the top five in the nation in all three college golf rankings, will head to Atlanta, Georgia to compete in the 2021 ACC Men’s Golf Championship at the par 70 Capital City Club Crabapple Course. For the first time, the conference will use a format that includes stroke play and match play.
The 12 ACC teams will play 36 holes of stroke play on Friday, April 23, and 18 holes of stroke play on Saturday, April 24. The ACC individual champion will be crowned Saturday after the 54 holes of stroke play have been completed. The top four teams after the 54 holes of stroke play will advance to the semifinals of match play on Sunday. The championship will be determined on Monday, April 26 when the two semifinal winners compete in a match play championship.
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Christo Lamprecht fired a closing 2-under-par 70 Tuesday to finish in a tie for third place, including an eagle at the final hole that helped lift Georgia Tech into a second-place finish at the Calusa Cup golf tournament.
Will Dickson shot 71 Tuesday, and
Ben Smith fired a 73 to finish in a tie for ninth for the Jackets.
Tech, which began the day just a shot behind No. 2 Oklahoma for the lead after 36 holes, couldn’t keep up with the Sooners Tuesday but did maintain its second-place position with a 1-over-par total of 289. The Yellow Jackets wound up eight strokes behind Oklahoma, but finished ahead of top-ranked Florida State, No. 15 Florida, No. 8 Texas and No. 7 Wake Forest on the final leaderboard.