Panama City, Fla. – No. 21 Georgia Tech was one of only four teams to finish under par on Thursday and sits in fourth after round one of stroke play at the Atlantic Coast Conference Championship. Albert Hansson (Fiskebäckskil, Sweden) and Benjamin Reuter (Naarden, The Netherlands) led the Yellow Jackets, both with subpar rounds, as Tech carded a 1-under-par team total 287 to open its quest for its 20th ACC title at Shark’s Tooth Golf Club.
Hansson and Reuter were two of only 20 golfers to finish under par in the opening round. The pair of Jackets are tied for 14th individually, just five strokes off the individual leader, SMU’s Williams Sides (66, -6). Tech, the No. 4 seed in the tournament, is 12 strokes off the team leader, No. 17 Stanford (275, -13). The Cardinal hold a 10-stroke lead over second-place No. 31 Wake Forest (285, -3).
Fifteen teams are competing for the prestigious ACC title, which includes 54 holes of stroke play to determine eight teams that qualify for match play. Twelve teams entered the tournament ranked among the top 50 in the Scoreboard NCAA Rankings, with five of those, including the Yellow Jackets, ranked in the top 25.
The ACC Championship returns to the state of Florida for the third time in the history of the championship, and will be played at the Shark’s Tooth Golf Club (par 72, 7,199 yards) for the second time in five seasons. Georgia Tech has had success in ACC Championships played in Florida, capturing the title in 2001 and finishing runner-up in 2022.
Round 2 continues on Friday with action beginning at 8 a.m. CT. The Yellow Jackets will tee off hole No. 1 beginning at 9:17 a.m. CT and will be paired with Duke and Florida State.
Albert Hansson and Benjamin Reuter both carded subpar rounds on Thursday and are tied for 14th individually. (Photos by Andy Mead)
TECH LINEUP – Reuter played the back nine (Tech’s opening nine) with just one bogey before gaining ground on the front nine with a trio of birdies to one bogey. Reuter completed the round at 1-under-par 71.
Sophomore Hansson played the back nine even with a birdie and bogey and went 2-under-par with birdies on holes No. 3 and 8 before closing out the round with a bogey on nine for his 1-under-par showing. Reuter and Hansson are in a seven-way tie for 14th entering second round action.
Junior Kale Fontenot (Lafayette, La.) also had a strong showing, playing the Shark’s Tooth Golf Club even on Thursday. After going 2-over-par on the back nine,…
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