THE FLATS – Georgia Tech golfer Hiroshi Tai won the NCAA individual championship last spring, earning him a spot in the 2024 U.S. Open and the 2025 Masters, and earned first-team All-America honors. For his feats, Tai was named Male Golfer of the Year at the Singapore Golf Association (SGA) Annual Gala and Awards dinner Thursday at the Sentosa Golf Club.
Tai, a junior, became Tech’s fourth all-time national collegiate champion last spring when he earned a one-stroke victory at the NCAA Championship in Carlsbad, Calif. The three-time collegiate tournament winner was a first-team All-American by the Golf Coaches Association and a second-team choice by Golfweek magazine last year, finishing the spring ranked No. 38 in the Scoreboard NCAA individual rankings. He finished out of the top 25 only once in 12 events while playing No. 3 in the Tech lineup. The Singapore native enters the fall No. 22 in the World Amateur Golf Ranking.
He earned pre-season honors by three organizations ahead of the start of the 2024 fall season, named to the Fall Watch List for the Fred Haskins Award and to pre-season All-America lists by Golf Channel and Golfweek magazine.
Tai is one of 25 collegiate golfers on the watch list for the Haskins Award, for which Christo Lamprecht was a finalist last year, and won by former Tech All-Americans David Duval, Stewart Cink, Matt Kuchar and Bryce Molder.
Tai became Tech’s fourth national collegiate individual champion last spring. (photo by Tim Cowie)
Full Steam Ahead
Full Steam Ahead is a $500 million fundraising initiative to achieve Georgia Tech athletics’ goal of competing for championships at the highest level in the next era of intercollegiate athletics. The initiative will fund transformative projects for Tech athletics, including renovations of Bobby Dodd Stadium at Hyundai Field (the historic home of Georgia Tech football), the Zelnak Basketball Center (the practice and training facility for Tech basketball) and O’Keefe Gymnasium (the venerable home of Yellow Jackets volleyball), as well as additional projects and initiatives to further advance Georgia Tech athletics through program wide-operational support. All members of the Georgia Tech community are invited to visit atfund.org/FullSteamAhead for full details and renderings of the renovation projects, as well as to learn about opportunities to contribute online.
ABOUT GEORGIA TECH GOLF
Georgia Tech’s golf team is in its 30th year under head coach Bruce Heppler, winning 73 tournaments in his tenure. The Yellow Jackets have won 19 Atlantic Coast Conference Championships, made 33 appearances in the NCAA Championship and been the national runner-up five times. Follow Georgia Tech Golf on social media by liking their Facebook page, or following on X (@GTGolf) and Instagram. For more information on Tech golf, visit Ramblinwreck.com.
