Golf Finishes 10th at Cabo Collegiate – Men’s Golf — Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets

Los Cabos, Mexico – Albert Hansson (Fiskebäckskil, Sweden) carded his best round of the tournament on the final day with a 4-under-par 67 as Georgia Tech golf finished in 10^th place at the Cabo Collegiate with a team score of 860 (+8).

No. 11 Oklahoma State (830, -22) claimed the tournament title with a solid finish on Tuesday, recording the lowest team round of the afternoon with an 8-under-par 276 to slide back into first-place and earn a one-stroke victory over second-place No. 9 Arkansas (831, -21).

The competitive field in Los Cabos featured 10 programs ranked in the latest Scorecard rankings – No. 5 Vanderbilt, No. 7 Arizona State, No. 9 Arkansas, No. 11 Oklahoma State, No. 13 Ole Miss, No. 17 Georgia Tech, No. 18 Tennessee, No. 20 Stanford, No. 27 Arizona State and No. 36 Florida State. Cal, Houston, Loyola (Md.), Rice and UC Santa Barbara round out the field.

In addition to the team title, for the third year in a row – and fourth overall – the tournament provided the individual champion, Preston Stout (Oklahoma State), exemption to play on the PGA TOUR.  This year’s winner earns an exemption to play in the World Wide Technology Championship at Diamante Cabo San Lucas in November.

Georgia Tech returns to action at the Pauma Valley Invitational, March 16-18, in Pauma Valley, Calif.

Aidan Tran finished tied for 25th at 214 (+1). (Photo courtesy of Darren Carroll/Cabo Collegiate)

TECH LINEUP – Recording seven birdies and just three bogeys on the day, Hansson posted his best performance of the tournament at 4-under-par 67. The sophomore jumped 25 spots on the individual leaderboard to finish tied for 42^nd at 218 (+5).

Senior Aidan Tran (Fresno, Calif.) eagled hole one and birdied another three, but a bogey and two doubles left the Jacket at even-par 71 on Tuesday. Tran claimed Tech’s best finish in a tie for 25^th at 214 (+1).

Kale Fontenot (Lafayette, La.) finished 1-over on the final day to tie for 72^nd (+14), while Hiroshi Tai (Singapore) and Benjamin Reuter (Naarden, The Netherlands) logged 8-over-par rounds of 79. Tai tied for 35^th at 216 (+3), while Reuter tied for 49^th at 220 (+7).

TEAM LEADERBOARD – Entering Tuesday three strokes off the lead, No. 11 Oklahoma State saw three sub-par rounds on the final day to jump back into the lead and take home the team title with a team total of 830 (-22).

No. 9 Arkansas finished second after a 4-under-par 280 completed a three-day total of 831 (-21) for the Razorbacks. Rice placed…