Tech has produced more than its fair share of 18-hole masters. Those in need of evidence need not look further than PGA competitor Matt Kuchar. He graduated from Tech with multiple All-ACC accolades in 1999 and has since risen to professional stardom, capped by a Players’ Championship win in 2012.
Thus exists the impetus for Tech’s unheralded but ambitious Club Golf team, headed by third-year Sterling DeSantis.
While not as time-consuming as Division I golf, Club Golf is often still a major time commitment. DeSantis said that practice happens “three days a week, from 3 o’clock to about 8 o’clock,” and the team participates in “a couple of weekends a semester.