Player Highlights
What kind of guy is Anders Albertson? Well, for a lot of golf insiders the “say no more” moment is when they learn the former Georgia Tech stalwart won the highly competitive Byron Nelson Award, which is given to the graduating college senior whose brilliance on the course is matched by his excellence in the classroom and the community. It was little surprise that Albertson beat out a starry field for the 2015 honor. Excellent GPA? Check. Albertson was named to the Atlantic Coast Conference’s academic honor roll five times. Excellent golf resumé? Well, being selected for Palmer Cup play, along with two individual titles in the ACC Championship and (along with fellow Web.com Tour rookie Ollie Schniederjans) three ACC team titles certainly got voters’ attention. Community service? A partial list of this Yellow Jacket’s volunteer activities includes work on behalf of the Georgia Special Olympics Winter Games, the Children’s Miracle Network’s Dance Marathon and Kids on Campus. Days after the Palmer Cup, Albertson began his pro career with a 4-under par 68 in a SwingThought Tour event. Early this season, after earning exempt status with a T45 in Q-School, Albertson missed three consecutive cuts and failed to break 70 in his first seven rounds. Then, after a first-round 70 at the Brasil Champions in March, something clicked. The Woodstock, Ga., resident fired a 9-under, second-round 62 at São Paulo GC. When Albertson followed that with a pair of weekend 66s, he finished solo third and vaulted to No. 13 on the money list. Suddenly, the rookie was no longer playing like a rookie.
