Tech in 12th After 36 Holes at Golf Club of Georgia – Men’s Golf — Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets

Alpharetta, Ga. – Benjamin Reuter fired a 3-under-par 69, and No. 9 Georgia Tech posted an even-par round of 288 Saturday to move up to 12^th place after 36 holes at the Golf Club of Georgia Collegiate Invitational.

Tech also received a pair of even-par scores Saturday and remained at 8-over-par for the tournament, 24 strokes away from leader UCLA, which shot 8-under-par to overtake Virginia for the 36-hole lead. Reuter is the top Yellow Jacket on the leaderboard at 1-under-par 143, tied for 13^th place.

Sunday’s final round begins at 8:30 a.m. from the first tee and 8:50 a.m. from the 10^th tee. Admission is free.

Tech has a victory under its collective belt at the Olympia Fields/Fighting Illini Invitational, where the Yellow Jackets bested No. 2 Arizona State by a stroke and a 15-team field that included 11 other top-25 teams, and a pair of eighth-place finishes at the Visit Knoxville Collegiate and the Ben Hogan Collegiate Invitational so far this fall.

The 14-team field includes four teams – Tech, Virginia (7) and Vanderbilt (10) – who advanced to match play at the NCAA Championship last May, and eight teams that competed in stroke play. Ten teams are currently ranked among the top-25 in the Scoreboard rankings.

TECH LINEUP – Starting on the 10^th hole, Reuter played the back nine at the Lakeside Course in 3-under-par, then made eagle at the par-5 1^st and birdie at the par-4 2^nd to get to 6-under-par for his round. The redshirt junior from Naarden, The Netherlands double-bogeyed the 3^rd and added one more bogey on the front nine to finish at 69. He is tied for 13^th place after 36 holes.

Defending NCAA champion Hiroshi Tai (Singapore) and freshman Albert Hansson (Fiskebäckskil, Sweden) each delivered even-par 72s to the Yellow Jackets’ effort, while sophomores Carson Kim (Yorba Linda, Calif.) and Kale Fontenot (Lafayette, La.) each carded 3-over-par 75s. Tai is tied for 33^rd place with a 1-over-par total of 145 for 36 holes, while Hansson and Fontenot are tied for 46^th place at 148 (+4).

Among Tech’s individuals, freshman Didrik Ringvall Bentsson (Stockholm, Sweden) posted the low round Saturday with a 2-under-par 70 and is tied for 22^nd place individually at even-par 144. Junior Aidan Tran (Fresno, Calif.) carded a 1-over 73, and Brady Rackley IV (Atlanta, Ga.) shot 76.

Benjamin Reuter is tied for 13th place at 1-under-par 143. (photo by Clyde Click)

TEAM LEADERBOARD – UCLA counted a pair of 68s from Baylor Larrabee and Luke…