THE FLATS – Georgia Tech’s golf team, ranked No. 22 in the nation, makes its 28th-straight NCAA Regional appearance as it heads to the NCAA Bermuda Run Regional this week, competing Monday through Wednesday for a spot in the NCAA Championship. The Yellow Jackets seek to reach the NCAA Championship Finals for the 34th time in program history, and 33rd time since 1985, in a competitive field.
The Bermuda Run regional features 14 teams competing over 54 holes of stroke play to determine five teams that will advance to the NCAA Championship, which will take place May 29 – June 3 at the Omni La Costa Resort in Carlsbad, Calif. Bermuda Run is one of six NCAA Regionals taking place around the country this week, with the top five teams after 54 holes advancing from each one to the NCAA Finals.
The Bermuda Run regional includes several familiar faces with No. 1 seeded Virginia (ACC champion), Wake Forest (host team) and NC State all selected to the regional. Amongst the field are eight teams ranked in the top 50 in the Scoreboard NCAA Golf rankings. In order of seed, the field also includes Ole Miss (10/SEC champion), Pepperdine (15/West Coast champion), Southern California (28), Wake Forest (32), Mississippi State (39), Little Rock (47/Ohio Valley champion), NC State (53), Kentucky (59), Houston (65), Richmond (121/Atlantic 10 champion), Navy (186/Patriot League champion) and Presbyterian (Big South champion).
The other regional sites and their top seeds are Auburn at Athens, Ga. (University of Georgia Golf Course), Texas at Bryan, Texas (Traditions Club), Florida at Columbus, Ohio (OSU Golf Course), Arkansas at Corvallis, Ore. (Trysting Tree Golf Club), and Oklahoma State at Marana, Ariz. (The Gallery Golf Club).
Georgia Tech will open the Bermuda Run Regional on Monday at 8 a.m. off the 10th tee with Southern California and Wake Forest. Virginia, Ole Miss and Pepperdine get the regional started off hole No. 1 at 7:30 a.m.
TECH LINEUP
Georgia Tech will travel a similar starting five lineup to the Tar Heel State: Hiroshi Tai (Singapore), Aidan Tran (Fresno, Calif.), Albert Hansson (Fiskebäckskil, Sweden), Kale Fontenot (Lafayette, La.) and Benjamin Reuter (Naarden, The Netherlands). Brady Rackley IV (Atlanta, Ga.) will serve as Tech’s alternate.
Coming off a quarterfinal run in the ACC Championship, the Yellow Jackets recorded a strong finish in the final round of stroke play, battling wind and rain for half the round to finish tied for third….
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