Jackets 14 Under at Amer Ari Intercollegiate – Men’s Golf — Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets

Kohala Coast, Hawai’i – Hiroshi Tai (Singapore) led the Yellow Jackets with a 5-under-par 67 on Thursday and was one of four Jackets under par as No. 17 Georgia Tech stands in 11^th place after carding a 14-under-par team total of 274 in the opening round of the Amer Ari Intercollegiate.

No. 5 Auburn leads after the first 18 holes at 32-under-par after all five Tigers turned in subpar rounds. Auburn holds a five-stroke lead over second-place No. 35 Stanford at 27-under-par (261). No. 15 North Carolina and No. 36 Hawaii-Hilo are the only top-50 teams behind the Yellow Jackets in 12^th and 18^th place, respectively.

Georgia Tech is one of 20 teams that descended upon Hawai’i for the three-day tournament at the Mauna Lani Golf Club for the 36^th edition of the elite tournament. A strong field, the tournament features eight programs ranked in the nation’s top-25.

Round 2 begins at 12:30 p.m. Eastern time on Friday with a shotgun start.

Hiroshi Tai fired a 5-under-par 67 in round one on Thursday. (Photo courtesy of Hawaii-Hilo athletics)

TECH LINEUP – Tai played a nearly flawless round Thursday, recording six birdies against one bogey to lead the Jackets and stand tied for 23^rd individually at five-under-par 67. Sophomore Albert Hansson (Fiskebäckskil, Sweden) fired four birdies on the day to finish four-under-par 68 and is tied for 28^th individually.

Kale Fontenot (Lafayette, La.) follows closely behind, rounding out the day at 3-under-par 69 behind four birdies to one bogey. Benjamin Reuter (Naarden, The Netherlands) delivered the Jackets’ fourth counting score with a two-under-par 70.

Senior Aidan Tran (Fresno, Calif.) concluded Tech’s starting lineup with an even-par 72.

TEAM LEADERBOARD – Auburn had five players enter the clubhouse subpar for the opening day, including Jackson Koivun who stands in second place with a 10-under-par 62, to post a team 32-under-par total of 256, five shots ahead of Stanford (261, -27). No. 7 Arizona State stands in third place after a 23-under-par total 265. No. 16 Texas Tech and No. 11 Oklahoma State are tied in fourth place at 267 (-21).

Nineteen of the 20 teams competing are under par after the opening round Thursday.

INDIVIDUAL LEADERBOARD – Pepperdine’s Mahanth Chirravuri owns a one-stroke lead over Koivun (Auburn) after posting an 11-under-par 61. Koivun stands in second place, while Luke Potter (Texas) and Michael Mjaaseth (Arizona State) are tied for third-place at 9-under-par 63. Four players…