ALPHARETTA, Ga. – No. 18 Georgia Tech saw two top-10 finishes from Aidan Tran and Hiroshi Tai at the Golf Club of Georgia Collegiate and the Yellow Jackets rallied to finish tied for fourth as a team in the elite tournament.
The Yellow Jackets got two subpar rounds on the day from Tai and Benjamin Reuter at Golf Club of Georgia’s Lakeside Course, and Tech was one of only three teams to beat par on a chilly and windy overcast day. Tai carded a 3-under-par 69, while Reuter logged a 1-under-par 71 on Sunday. No. 1 Virginia claimed the team title with a team total of 840 (-24) over the three-day tournament.
This year’s Golf Club of Georgia Collegiate Invitational marked the 19th edition of the tournament and featured another competitive 14-team field. The strong field of competition included five teams that played in the 2025 NCAA Championship, six ranked in the latest Scorecard NCAA Golf Rankings and six in the Bushnell/Golfweek Coaches Poll. Twelve teams are currently ranked among the top-50 in the Scoreboard rankings.
Georgia Tech closed out its fall season at its home tournament and returns to action with its spring slate.
TECH LINEUP – Part of the first pod to tee off early this morning, Georgia Tech had a strong finish with four players recording a birdie on hole 18. Tai recorded the lowest Yellow Jacket round of the day with a 3-under-par 69. The senior birdied holes eight and nine to make the turn at 2-under-par and also birdied holes 17 and 18 to finish 3-under for the day and moved nine spots on the leaderboard to finish tied for fourth with a 72-hole total 210 (-6).
Reuter logged his best round of the tournament on Sunday, posting a 1-under-par 71 on four birdies and three bogeys. The redshirt-senior made the turn at 2-under-par and birdied hole 18 for a 71 on the day, placing him in a tie for 57th with a three-round total of 225 (+9).
Aidan Tran turned in an even-par 72 to record a top-10 finish. After making the turn 2-over-par, the Yellow Jacket recorded three birdies, including No. 18, to go 2-under on the back nine and finish even-par and in a fourth-place tie with teammate Tai at 210 (-6).
Sophomore Albert Hansson turned in a 3-over-par 75 for the final round and finished tied for 47th at 223 (+7). Georgia Tech also saw a 6-over-par 78 from Kale Fontenot, which did not count towards the team’s total on Sunday. Fontenot finished in a tie for47th, alongside teammate Hansson, at 223 (+7).
Brady Rackley IV posted a 2-under-par 70 to finish tied for 66th at 229 (+13) and Rawson Hardy shot a 10-over-par 82 to tie for 62nd at 228 (+12).
TEAM LEADERBOARD – No.1 Virginia took home the team title, solidifying its win with a 7-under-par 281 on Sunday. The Cavaliers, the first team to win the tournament three times, finished the tournament with a team total of 840 (-24), a 15-stroke victory over second-place Duke. The Blue Devils fired a 7-over-par final round, but maintained its second-place standing, posting an 855 (-9) for the tournament. USC took third-place at 857 (-7) and Georgia Tech and Pepperdine tied for fourth at 859 (-5).
Charlotte and Florida State were the only other teams to finish under-par for the tournament. Charlotte finished 6th at 861 (-3) and Florida State took 7th at 863 (-1).
INDIVIDUAL LEADERBOARD – Bryan Kim of Duke made the jump into first and pulled away with a two-stroke victory for the individual title. Kim and Pepperdine’s Mahanth Chirravuri were tied for the lead down the stretch, but Kim birdied the final two holes to finish 11-under-par (205) for the tournament. Chirravuri finished second two strokes behind at 207 (-9).
Virginia’s Ben James finished third at 208 (-8), while Tran and Tai both tied for fourth-place at 210 (-6). Three players finished tied for 6th-place at 211 (-5) – Edan Cui (Stanford), Gabriel Palacios (Utah) and Bryan Lee (Virginia) – and five players tied for 9th to round out the top 10 leaderboard.
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