BERMUDA RUN, N.C. – No. 22 Georgia Tech carded the low round of the day behind all five Yellow Jackets breaking par on the final round of competition at the NCAA Winston-Salem Regional on Wednesday, as Tech shot a 17-under-par 267 to make the largest jump on the team leaderboard to finish in ninth place. At the conclusion of 54 holes, Georgia Tech finished with a team total 4-under-par 848 to conclude its season making its 28th-straight NCAA Regionals appearance.
As reminiscent of the season, the Jackets saved the best for last. Senior Hiroshi Tai (Singapore) played a flawless round with seven birdies for a 7-under-par 64, the lowest individual round of the day, while fellow classmates Aidan Tran (Fresno, Calif.) and Benjamin Reuter (Naarden, The Netherlands)both posted 4-under-par 67s.
No. 3 Virginia and No. 15 Pepperdine finished in a tie for first at 36-under-par 816, while Virginia’s Ben James captured the individual title at 19-under-par 194.
The Winston-Salem regional included several familiar faces with No. 1 seeded Virginia (ACC champion), Wake Forest (host team) and NC State all selected to the regional. Amongst the field were eight teams ranked in the top 50 in the Scoreboard NCAA Golf rankings. In order of seed, the field included Ole Miss (10/SEC champion), Pepperdine (15/West Coast champion), Southern California (28), Wake Forest (32), Mississippi State (39), Little Rock (47/Ohio Valley champion), NC State (53), Kentucky (59), Houston (65), Richmond (121/Atlantic 10 champion), Navy (186/Patriot League champion) and Presbyterian (Big South champion).
The NCAA regional also marked the conclusion of Georgia Tech head coach Bruce Heppler’s illustrious 31-year career at the helm. Under Heppler’s tutelage, the Yellow Jackets made 28-straight NCAA regionals, 22 NCAA finals and four national runner-up finishes, while capturing 74 tournament victories.
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