Tech Finishes Tied for 6th at OFCC Fighting Illini Invitational – Men’s Golf — Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets

OLYMPIA FIELDS, Ill. – Junior Kale Fontenot shot a 4-under-par 66 Sunday to pace Georgia Tech, and the 18^th-ranked Yellow Jackets closed with a 4-under-par round of 276 to jump three spots and finish tied for sixth at the Olympia Fields/Fighting Illini Invitational. The Yellow Jackets shared sixth-place with Atlantic Coast Conference member Florida State with a seven-over-par team total of 847 for the tournament.

Senior Aidan Tran, who shot an even-par final round 70 on Sunday, tied for ninth individually, five strokes off the individual winner. Tran finished the tournament with a 1-under-par total of 209 and was just one of 16 players in the 81-player field to finish the tournament under par.

As a team, Tech finished with a seven-over-par team total of 847 after recording its lowest round of the tournament on Sunday. Oklahoma State finished strong with a 5-under-par 275 on the final day to jump two spots to claim the title with a 6-under-par team total of 834 over the 54 holes.

Georgia Tech returns to action at the Ben Hogan Collegiate Invitational presented by Charles Schwab, Sept. 29-30, at the Colonial Country Club in Fort Worth, Texas.

TECH LINEUP – Fontenot recorded six birdies and two bogeys on the way to his team-low round on Sunday. Sophomore Albert Hansson also turned in a subpar round on Sunday, finishing 1-under-par 69 behind four birdies and a trio of bogeys.

Georgia Tech also counted Tran’s even-par 70 and a 1-over-par 71 from redshirt-senior Benjamin Reuter, while senior Hiroshi Tai posted a 2-over-par 72 on Sunday.

Tran finished in a tie for 9^th (-1), while Fontenot tied for 19^th (+1) and Tai tied for 24^th (+2). Hansson finished tied for 42^nd (+7) and Reuter tied for 56^th (+10).

TEAM LEADERBOARD – No. 4 Oklahoma State, which stood in third place following two rounds, gained the lead with a 5-under-par 275 round on Sunday to finish with a team total of 834 (-6). OSU jumped No. 10 Florida, the 36-hole leader, and No. 19 Texas Tech on the final day to claim the title. Florida finished two strokes off the lead with a 4-under-par team total of 836 following a 7-over-par final round on Sunday. Texas Tech was 1-over-par on the final 18 holes to finish with a team total of 837 (-3). Illinois was the only other team to finish under-par for the tournament at 838 (-2) to finish fourth.

Texas (+4), Georgia Tech (+7), Florida State (+7), Arizona State (+8), Loyola Marymount (+13) and Alabama (+13) rounded out the top 10 teams in the field.

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