Jackets Close Fall Slate at Steelwood Collegiate Invitational

THE FLATS – No. 13 Georgia Tech golf returns to action with its final fall tournament this weekend, taking part in the 2026 Steelwood Collegiate Invitational. The two-day tournament will run Saturday, Oct. 31-Sunday, Nov. 1 at the Steelwood Country Club in Loxley, Ala. with South Alabama serving as host.

South Alabama will host 14 teams to complete the playing field this weekend, which features six teams ranked in the top 50 of the latest Scoreboard/Clippd NCAA rankings. The field contains No. 3 Auburn, No. 13 Georgia Tech, Iowa State, Kansas State, Kennesaw State, Maryland, No. 45 Memphis, No. 46 Mississippi State, Nebraska, Rice, No. 47 Rutgers, South Alabama, No. 12 Texas A&M, Virginia and Virginia Tech.

The Yellow Jackets are back in action following their home tournament where they took home team medalist honors for their second win of the fall campaign. Coming down to the final hole, Georgia Tech captured a one-stroke victory over Georgia Southern for its third win of its home tournament since its inception. Andrew Ferworn recorded his best tournament of the season, tying for second-place, just one stroke off co-medalist honors.

The teams will play two rounds on Saturday with a shotgun start at 9 a.m. ET. The final round of competition will take place on Sunday off holes No. 1 and No. 10 beginning at 8:45 a.m. ET.

TECH LINEUP – Tech will conclude the fall slate with a similar lineup, consisting of Andrew Ferworn (Houston, Texas), Albert Hansson (Fiskebäckskil, Sweden), Max Emberson (Thousand Oaks, Calif.), Henry Robards (Ponte Vedra Beach, Fla.) and Carson Baez (Davenport, Fla.).

Ferworn paced the Yellow Jackets in the Golf Club of Georgia Collegiate, recording a 9-under-par 207. The senior concluded the tournament with a 5-under-par showing, just missing co-medalist honors by one stroke.  Hansson, ranked No. 69 in the latest Clippd rankings, picked up his second top-10 finish of the fall, placing ninth at the Golf Club of Georgia Collegiate.

Emberson, who has produced a stellar freshman campaign with two individual titles, tied for 21^st at Tech’s home tournament. The freshman leads Georgia Tech in the Clippd rankings, coming in at No. 23.

Robards earned his first start of the season at the Golf Club of Georgia Collegiate and tied for 46^th. Baez returns to the lineup after missing the last tournament due to illness. Baez will make his fourth appearance as a Yellow Jacket this weekend.

TOURNAMENT INFORMATION – Georgia Tech is competing in the Steelwood Collegiate Invitational for the first time. The 54-hole tournament will run over two days with the teams playing two rounds on Saturday and the final round on Sunday.

The Steelwood Collegiate was started in the fall of 2016 with the goal of helping local and regional charities while showcasing “tomorrow’s Tour Stars” at a premier college event. The Steelwood Golf Course was designed by former U.S. Open Champion Jerry Pate and ranked by GolfWeek as “One of the Top Five Private Golf Courses in Alabama” in 2019.

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Georgia Tech’s golf team begins a new era under head coach Ryan Hybl, who was announced as the program’s sixth head coach in program history in May. In the first tournament under Hybl, the Yellow Jackets swept both the team and individual titles. The Yellow Jackets have won 19 Atlantic Coast Conference Championships, made 34 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.