THE FLATS – Georgia Tech’s golf team was honored by the Golf Coaches Association of America Tuesday with a Platform Gold GCAA Outstanding Team Academic Award. The Jackets are one of three Atlantic Coast Conference programs and 19 from the Power 4 conferences to have earned a place on the President’s Special Recognition list, awarded to programs with an average team GPA of 3.5 … [Read more...]
Three Tech Golfers Honored as All-America Scholars by GCAA
THE FLATS – Georgia Tech’s Kale Fontenot, Carson Kim and Hiroshi Tai have been named Cobalt Golf All-America Scholars by the Golf Coaches Association of America. This is the second-career All-America Scholar honor for Tai and the first for Fontenot and Kim, all three of whom were named to the academic all-Atlantic Coast Conference team earlier this month. The Yellow … [Read more...]
Five Jackets Garner All-ACC Academic Honors
THE FLATS – Five Yellow Jackets have been awarded with academic all-conference honors the Atlantic Coast Conference announced today. Juniors Hiroshi Tai and Aidan Tran alongside sophomores Kale Fontenot and Carson Kim and freshman Albert Hansson were each named to the All-ACC Academic team, marking the sixth time in program history that at least five Jackets earned the honor, … [Read more...]
Tech Falls in Playoff at NCAA Golf Championship
Carlsbad, Ca. – Georgia Tech fell to Wake Forest by a single stroke Monday morning in their playoff for the right to advance to Monday’s final round of stroke play at the NCAA Championship, but due to their standing on the leaderboard after 54 holes, Hiroshi Tai and Carson Kim were among the nine individuals who advanced. Tai, tied for 14th place after 54 holes (1-under-par … [Read more...]
Jackets Punch Their Ticket to California
AUBURN, Ala. – Georgia Tech’s golf team is headed for the NCAA Championship Finals for the sixth straight year and for the 34th time in program history. Carson Kim (sophomore/Yorba Linda, Calif.) shot a 1-under-par 71 for Georgia Tech’s only subpar round Wednesday, and the Yellow Jackets posted a 6-over-par round of 294 but held their position to finish as the fifth and last … [Read more...]
Tech Golf Heads to NCAA Auburn Regional
THE FLATS – Georgia Tech’s golf team, ranked No. 25 in the nation, begins its quest to reach the NCAA Championship Finals for the 33rd time in program history, and the 32ndtime since 1985, when the Yellow Jackets compete in the NCAA Auburn (Ala.) Regional Monday through Wednesday at the Auburn University Club. Thirteen teams will compete over includes 54 holes of stroke play … [Read more...]
Tech Golf to Compete in NCAA Auburn Regional
THE FLATS – Georgia Tech’s No. 25-ranked golf team has received an at-large bid to the NCAA Men’s Division I Golf Regionals and has been made the No. 5 seed at the Auburn Regional, which will be played May 12-14 at the Auburn University Club in Auburn, Ala. The NCAA announced on Wednesday afternoon all 81 teams and 45 individuals who will competing for spots in the NCAA … [Read more...]
Tech Falls to UVA at ACC Golf Championship
BOWLING GREEN, Ky. – Georgia Tech was unable to hold leads in its last two matches out, and top-seeded Virginia outlasted the No. 8-seeded Yellow Jackets in the other three to score a 3-0 victory over Tech Sunday in the quarterfinals of the Atlantic Coast Conference Men’s Golf Championship. Officially, freshman Albert Hansson (Fiskebäckskil, Sweden), sophomore Kale Fontenot … [Read more...]
Tech Golf Aims for ACC Championship
THE FLATS – Georgia Tech’s golf team, ranked No. 25 in the nation, begins the chase for its 20th all-time Atlantic Coast Conference championship Thursday when the 71st ACC Men’s Golf Championship gets underway at The Club at Olde Stone in Bowling Green, Ky. Fifteen teams will compete for the championship, which includes 54 holes of stroke play to determine eight teams that … [Read more...]