At the Masters with Hiroshi Tai – Men’s Golf — Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets

Photos courtesy of Augusta National Golf Club/The Masters

THE FLATS – Georgia Tech’s Hiroshi Tai is the first Singaporean golfer to compete in the Masters, and the junior Yellow Jacket is the fifth amateur from the Institute to compete in the tournament. Following are some news articles, videos and social media posts to give our fans a peek into his week at Augusta National Golf Club.

SINGAPOREAN GOLFER HIROSHI TAI’S LONG JOURNEY TO THE MASTERS

In the early years of this century, a young boy gets special permission to use the range at the Singapore Island Country Club. He’s five years old, but his immediate love of golf is quickly advertised in his persistence. He won’t leave the range, just hitting bucket after bucket of balls till a blister appears and his finger bleeds.

That boy is now two days away from his Masters debut.

Hiroshi Tai is 23, ready, his putter polished, his golf balls marked with a black line, his ball marker from the East Lake Golf Club where the legendary Bobby Jones, co-founder of the Masters, came from. He is also no longer a boy.

Just ask Georgia Tech’s assistant coach Devin Stanton, a former baseball player from the university who will caddie for him in Augusta and is impressed by his stint in the Navy.

“He did the two years of military service right out of high school,” says Stanton. “And without a doubt, he was the most mature freshman I had ever seen. He came in and he was a grown man.”

In Augusta are Tai’s sister Yoko, a plus-two handicap golfer, and his parents Yukiko and Jacky. He’s Singaporean and she’s Japanese and if Hiroshi can’t speak her language he can understand it. “He knows,” smiles Yukiko, “when I am scolding him in Japanese.”

Singaporean golfer Hiroshi Tai’s long journey to the Masters https://t.co/Bsl5ofxb1o

— ST Sports Desk (@STsportsdesk) April 7, 2025

TAI “HONOURED” TO BE THE FIRST SINGAPOREAN TO PLAY IN THE MASTERS

Hiroshi Tai will make history as the first Singaporean golfer to play in the Masters this week, but the 23-year-old can count on a strong Georgia connection to buoy his bid for low amateur honours at Augusta National.

Tai secured his place in the field for the year’s first major almost a year ago, when he won the NCAA collegiate championship representing Georgia Tech.

It’s the alma mater of US golf great and Augusta National co-founder Bobby Jones – and creates a link to this day between the club and Georgia Tech’s Yellow Jackets teams.

But Tai said on…