THE FLATS – Mississippi native Andy Ogletree competing at Sanderson Farms Championship along with Chesson Hadley and four other Jackets … Tyler Strafaci and three other Jackets in Korn Ferry Tour qualifying this week … More details below in this week’s Georgia Tech #ProJackets Report.
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OGLETREE, HADLEY, FOUR OTHER JACKETS COMPETING IN MISSISSIPPI
Six Yellow Jackets are in the field this week as the PGA Tour resumes its 2021-22 season in Jackson, Miss., with the Sanderson Farms Championship, most notably Mississippi native son Andy Ogletree, who makes his first PGA Tour start since having surgery on his hip back in April.
Ogletree, who is in the field on a sponsor exemption, returned to competition two weeks ago and won the Gaston Championship on the GPro Tour, picking up a first-place check of $15,000.
Also notable is Chesson Hadley, who began his ninth full season on the Tour two weeks ago at the Fortinet Championship. This week, Hadley will play the first two rounds Thursday and Friday, fly to Atlanta to be officially inducted into the Georgia Tech Sports Hall of Fame, and return to the Country Club of Jackson to play rounds 3 and 4.
Also competing this week are Seth Reeves, Cameron Tringale, Richy Werenski and Vincent Whaley. Tringale was the only one of the four to make the cut at the Fortinet Championship.
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FOUR JACKETS IN KORN FERRY QUALIFYING THIS WEEK
The final six events in the first stage of the Korn Ferry Tour qualifying school began Tuesday, with four Georgia Tech alumni beginning the long grind to earn a spot on that circuit for the 2022 season.
James Clark, who has played events on the GPro Tour during the past year, Chris Petefish, who compete on the Forme Tour in 2021 and has status on the Mackenzie Tour (PGA Tour Canada), and Tyler Strafaci, the 2020 U.S. Amateur champion who has eight PGA Tour starts on his resume, all begin their quest Tuesday at the Club at Irish Creek in Kannapolis, N.C.
Noah Norton, who graduated from Tech last spring and earned a pair of starts on the Korn Ferry Tour last fall, including one top-10 finish, is in the field at Dayton Valley Golf Club in Dayton, Nev.
Drew Czuchry made it through the first stage of qualifying last week, tying for 15th place last week at Kinderlou Forest Golf Club in Valdosta, Ga. The 2015 graduate shot 6-under-par 282, including a closing 66 to finish among the top 21 and ties to advance. Second-stage qualifiers take place in mid-October.
Before that, there are 11 more first-stage qualifying events to be held, five of those this week.
Complete Q-School schedule with links to leaderboards
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UPCOMING EVENTS
- PGA Tour: Sanderson Farms Championship • September 30-October 3, 2021 • Country Club of Jackson • Jackson, Miss. • Purse: $7,000,000 • FedEx Cup points: 500
- Korn Ferry Tour: Korn Ferry Tour qualifying, first stage events • September 28-October 1, 2021 • six sites
- PGA Tour Champions: Constellation Furyk & Friends • October 8-10, 2021 • Timuquana Country Club • Jacksonville, Fla. • Purse: $2,000,000
- Forme Tour: 2021 schedule completed
- All Pro Tour: Oakwing Championship • October 18-20, 2021 • Oakwing Golf Club • Alexandria, La. • Purse: $48,000
- G Pro Tour: Mimosa Challenge • October 12-14, 2021 • Mimosa Hills Golf & Country Club • Morganton, N.C.
- SwingThought Tour: ST44 Three Ridges Golf Course • September 29-30, 2021 • Three Ridges Golf Course • Knoxville, Tenn.
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| PLAYER | PLAYER | LAST WEEK | DATA |
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ANDERS ALBERTSON Hometown: Woodstock, Ga. Turned pro: 2015 Years at Georgia Tech: 2011-15 Status: Korn Ferry Tour |
Did not play | KFT points ranking: 64 YTD earnings: $167,402 Career earnings (KFT): $689,238 |
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ROBERTO CASTRO Hometown: Alpharetta, Ga. Turned pro: 2007 Years at Georgia Tech: 2003-07 Status: PGA Tour |
Did not play | FedEx Cup points ranking: n/a YTD earnings: $0 Career earnings: $7,463,260 |
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STEWART CINK Hometown: Florence, Ala. Residence: Duluth, Ga. Turned pro: 1995 Years at Georgia Tech: 1991-95 Status: PGA Tour |
Did not play | FedEx Cup points ranking: n/a YTD earnings: $0 Career earnings: $41,757,459 |
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JAMES CLARK Hometown: Columbus, Ga. Turned pro: 2019 Years at Georgia Tech: 2014-19 Status: developmental tours |
Did not play | Points ranking: T-119 (GPro) YTD earnings: $2,887.50 (GPro) $1,044 (ST) |
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DREW CZUCHRY Hometown: Auburn, Ga. Turned pro: 2015 Years at Georgia Tech: 2010-14 Status: developmental tours |
Korn Ferry Tour 1st stage qualifying 74-70-72-66–282 (-6) |
Points ranking: T-175 (GPro) YTD earnings: $1,800 (GPro) |
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DAVID DUVAL Hometown: Ponte Vedra Beach, Fla. Residence: Denver, Colo. Turned pro: 1993 Years at Georgia Tech: 1989-93 Status: none |
Did not play | Points ranking: n/a YTD earnings: n/a Career earnings: $18,893,931 |
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J.T. GRIFFIN Hometown: Wilson, N.C. Residence: Marietta, Ga. Turned pro: 2011 Years at Georgia Tech: 2007-11 Status: Korn Ferry Tour |
Did not play | KFT points ranking: 82 YTD earnings: $125,078 Career earnings (KFT): $187,056 |
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CHESSON HADLEY Hometown: Raleigh, N.C. Turned pro: 2010 Years at Georgia Tech: 2006-10 Status: PGA Tour |
Did not play | FedEx Cup points ranking: n/a YTD earnings: $940,986 Career earnings: $9,025,721 |
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SHUN YAT HAK Hometown: Hong Kong Turned pro: 2013 Years at Georgia Tech: 2012-13 Status: PGA Tour China |
Did not play | Order of Merit: n/a YTD earnings: n/a Career earnings: ¥251,305 |
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PAUL HALEY II Hometown: Dallas, Texas Turned pro: 2011 Years at Georgia Tech: 2007-11 Status: Korn Ferry Tour |
Did not play | KFT points ranking: 27 KFT Finals ranking: 62 YTD earnings: $295,727 Career earnings (KFT): $640,498 |
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MATT KUCHAR Hometown: Lake Mary, Fla. Residence: Sea Island, Ga. Turned pro: 2000 Years at Georgia Tech: 1997-2000 Status: PGA Tour |
Did not play | FedEx Cup points ranking: 35 YTD earnings: $32,608 Career earnings (PGAT): $52,899,777 |
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TROY MATTESON Hometown: Austin, Texas Turned pro: 2003 Years at Georgia Tech: 2000-03 Status: none |
Did not play | Points ranking: n/a YTD earnings: n/a Career earnings: $9,392,206 |
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LARRY MIZE Residence: Columbus, Ga. Turned pro: 1980 Years at Georgia Tech: 1975-79 Status: PGA Tour Champions |
PGA Tour Champions PURE Insurance Championship 50th 68-74-77–219 (+3) |
Champions Tour points ranking: 71 YTD earnings: $226,892 Career earnings (Champions): $5,101,741 Career earnings (PGAT): $7,947,092 |
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ANDY OGLETREE Hometown: Little Rock, Miss. Residence: Roswell, Ga. Turned pro: 2020 Years at Georgia Tech: 2016-20 Status: none |
Did not play | Points ranking: n/a YTD earnings: n/a Career earnings (PGAT): 0 |
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CHRIS PETEFISH Hometown: Danville, Calif. Turned pro: 2018 Years at Georgia Tech: 2014-18 Status: MacKenzie Tour/Forme Tour |
Did not play | Forme Tour points ranking: 54 YTD earnings (Forme Tour): $4,841 Career earnings (Forme/MacKenzie Tours): $21,118 |
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MICHAEL PISCIOTTA Hometown: Alpharetta, Ga. Turned pro: 2018 Years at Georgia Tech: 2014-18 Status: Developmental tours |
Did not play | Points ranking: n/a YTD earnings: n/a |
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SETH REEVES Hometown: Duluth, Ga. Turned pro: 2014 Years at Georgia Tech: 2010-14 Status: PGA Tour |
Did not play | FedEx Cup points ranking: n/a YTD earnings: $0 Career earnings (KFT): $590,838 Career earnings (PGAT): $309,588 |
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LUKE SCHNIEDERJANS Hometown: Powder Springs, Ga. Residence: Alpharetta, Ga. Turned pro: 2020 Years at Georgia Tech: 2016-20 Status: MacKenzie Tour/Forme Tour |
Did not play | KFT Points ranking: 202 Forme Points ranking: 11 YTD earnings (Forme Tour): $16,073 |
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OLLIE SCHNIEDERJANS Hometown: Powder Springs, Ga. Turned pro: 2015 Years at Georgia Tech: 2011-15 Status: Korn Ferry Tour |
Did not play | KFT Points ranking: 34 YTD earnings: $233.748 Career earnings (KFT): $523,404 Career earnings (PGAT): $3,879,653 |
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TYLER STRAFACI Hometown: Davie, Fla. Residence: Davie, Fla. Turned pro: 2020 Years at Georgia Tech: 2016-20 Status: none |
Did not play | FedEx Cup Points ranking: n/a YTD earnings (PGAT): $21,111 Career earnings (PGAT): $21,111 Career earnings (KFT): n/a |
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NICHOLAS THOMPSON Hometown: Coral Springs, Fla. Turned pro: 2005 Years at Georgia Tech: 2001-05 Status: Korn Ferry Tour |
Did not play | KFT points ranking: 138 YTD earnings: $57,550 Career earnings (KFT): $919,414 Career earnings (PGAT): $5,729,551 |
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CAMERON TRINGALE Hometown: Laguna Niguel, Calif. Turned pro: 2009 Years at Georgia Tech: 2005-09 Status: PGA Tour |
Did not play | FedEx Cup points ranking: 21 YTD earnings: $65,333 Career earnings (PGAT): $14,324,818 |
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RICHY WERENSKI Hometown: South Hadley, Mass. Turned pro: 2014 Years at Georgia Tech: 2011-14 Status: PGA Tour |
Did not play | FedEx Cup points ranking: n/a YTD earnings: $0 Career earnings (PGAT): $5,726,501 |
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VINCENT WHALEY Hometown: McKinney, Texas Residence: Fayetteville, Ga. Turned pro: 2017 Years at Georgia Tech: 2013-17 Status: PGA Tour |
Did not play | FedEx Cup points ranking: n/a YTD earnings: $0 Career earnings (PGAT): $899,863 Career earnings (KFT): $167,469 |