Tech Golf Finishes 8th at Visit Knoxville Collegiate – Men’s Golf — Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets

Loudon, Tenn. – Freshman Albert Hansson (Fiskebäckskil, Sweden) shot a 1-under-par 69 Sunday to pace Georgia Tech, and the 11^th-ranked Yellow Jackets closed with a 1-over-par round of 281 and placed eighth at the Visit Knoxville Collegiate.

Defending NCAA Champion Hiroshi Tai (Singapore), who shot 1-over-par 71 in the final round at Tennessee National Golf Club, tied for 12^th place individually at 2-under-par 208, 10 shots off the pace, while Hansson (1-under-par 209) tied for 18^th in his collegiate debut. Tech’s 5-over-par team total of 845 was 28 strokes off the pace of champion LSU.

Tech returns to action Sept. 20-22 at the Olympia Fields/Fighting Illini Invitational at Olympia Fields, Ill.

TECH LINEUP – Hansson, who finished the summer ranked No. 27 in the World Amateur Golf Ranking, recorded three birdies and one bogey on the way to his team-low round Sunday. Tai birdied three holes but was unable to remain under par for his round after a double-bogey at the par-3 17^th. Each player birdied 11 of his 54 holes in the tournament.

Tech counted an even-par 70 from junior Aidan Tran (Fresno, Calif.) and a 1-over-par 71 from redshirt junior Benjamin Reuter (Naarden, The Netherlands) Sunday, while sophomore Carson Kim (Yorba Linda, Calif.) posted a 74. Reuter finished in a tie for 40^th place at 215 (+5), while Tran tied for 48^th at 216 (+6), and Kim tied for 66^th at 222 (+12).

Defending NCAA champion Hiroshi Tai was Tech’s top finisher, tying for 12th place. (photo by Clyde Click)

TEAM LEADERBOARD – The tournament remained a two-team race between LSU, the first-round leader, and Ole Miss, the 36-hole leader. The Tigers (817, -23) posted an even-par round Sunday to regain the lead and win the event by two strokes over the Rebels (819, -21), who shot 3-over-par in the final 18 holes.

They lapped the rest of the 16-team field. Host Tennessee and South Carolina tied for third place at 4-under-par 836. Mississippi State (+1), South Florida (+3), Charlotte (+3), Tech (+5), Indiana (+9) and Charleston (+10) rounded out the top 10 teams in the 16-team field.

INDIVIDUAL LEADERBOARD – LSU’s Algot Kleen (12-under-par 198) shot 3-under-par 67 Sunday to score a four-stroke victory over Ole Miss’ Cameron Tankersley (8-under-par 202).

Four players – Tennessee’s Lance Simpson, Ole Miss’ Michael La Sasso, USF’s Jake Peacock and Mississippi State’s Garrett Endicott – tied for third place at 6-under-par 204.

Twenty of the 92 players in the…