{"id":20034,"date":"2026-06-12T18:05:10","date_gmt":"2026-06-12T18:05:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/golf\/20034\/"},"modified":"2026-06-12T18:05:10","modified_gmt":"2026-06-12T18:05:10","slug":"tai-earns-all-acc-golf-honors-mens-golf-georgia-tech-yellow-jackets","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/golf\/20034\/","title":{"rendered":"Tai Earns All-ACC Golf Honors \u2013 Men&#8217;s Golf \u2014 Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>THE FLATS \u2013 Georgia Tech\u2019s Hiroshi Tai concludes his collegiate career earning All-Atlantic Coast Conference honors, as the league office announced its annual men\u2019s golf accolades on Friday.<\/p>\n<p>A mainstay in Tech\u2019s lineup his entire collegiate career, Tai participated in all 11 events this season, helping the Yellow Jackets capture a share of the Pauma Valley Invitational, reach match play of the ACC Championship and earn their 28th straight NCAA regionals berth. The 2024 NCAA Division I Individual National Champion, Tai has produced an illustrious collegiate career since his arrival on The Flats in January 2022.<\/p>\n<p>Tai, who earned PING All-East Region accolades by Golf Coaches Association of America earlier this month, was also named a Byron Nelson Award finalist in May. He led the Yellow Jackets in stroke average (70.24), top-10 finishes (4) and rounds in the 60s (12) this season. Tai highlighted his senior campaign with a fourth-place tie at Tech\u2019s home tournament, Golf Club of Georgia Collegiate, while also tying for 6th at the Ford Collegiate and tying for 8th at Pauma Valley Invitational. The Singapore native recorded his fourth top-10 finish at the ACC Championships, tying for 10th at the conclusion of stroke play. Tai was Tech\u2019s highest ranked player on the NCAA Scoreboard Clippd rankings, and currently is No. 65. The all-ACC nod is his first.<\/p>\n<p>Tech concluded the season with its 35th NCAA regional appearance in 37 years, competing in the NCAA Winston-Salem Regional. The Yellow Jackets finished the season ranked No. 22 in the final Bushnell\/Golfweek Division I Coaches Poll and No. 25 in the NCAA Scoreboard Clippd poll.<\/p>\n<p>   <a href=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/golf\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/aHR0cHM6Ly9yYW1ibGlud3JlY2suY29tL3dwLWNvbnRlbnQvdXBsb2Fkcy8yMDI2LzA2LzIwMjYwNjExX0dPTEZfQWxsLUFDQ19U.png\" data-fancybox=\"article\"> <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/golf\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/aHR0cHM6Ly9yYW1ibGlud3JlY2suY29tL3dwLWNvbnRlbnQvdXBsb2Fkcy8yMDI2LzA2LzIwMjYwNjExX0dPTEZfQWxsLUFDQ19U.png\" alt=\"\"\/> <\/a>   <\/p>\n<p>2026 All-ACC Men\u2019s Golf Team<br \/>Ziqin Zhou, So., California<br \/>Ethan Evans, Sr., Duke<br \/>Bryan Kim, Jr., Duke<br \/>William Love, Sr., Duke<br \/>Tyler Weaver, Jr., Florida State<br \/>Hiroshi Tai, Sr., Georgia Tech<br \/>Carson Bertagnole, Fr., North Carolina<br \/>Niall Sheils Donegan, Jr., North Carolina<br \/>Jacob Modleski, Jr., Notre Dame<br \/>William Sides, Sr., SMU<br \/>Dean Greyserman, Sr., Stanford<br \/>Jay Leng, So., Stanford<br \/>Paul Chang, Gr., Virginia<br \/>Ben James, Sr., Virginia<br \/>Bryan Lee, Sr., Virginia<\/p>\n<p>2026 ACC Men\u2019s Golfer of the Year<br \/>Ben James, Sr., Virginia<\/p>\n<p>2026 ACC Men\u2019s Golf Freshman of the Year<br \/>Carson Bertagnole, North Carolina<\/p>\n<p>2026 ACC Men\u2019s Golf Coach of the Year<br \/>Bowen Sargent, Virginia<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Alexander-Tharpe Fund<\/p>\n<p>The Alexander-Tharpe Fund is the fundraising arm of Georgia Tech athletics, providing scholarship, operations and facilities support for Tech\u2019s 400-plus student-athletes. Be a part of the development of Yellow Jackets that thrive academically at the Institute and compete for championships at the highest levels of college athletics by supporting the <a href=\"https:\/\/atfund.org\/athletic-scholarship-fund\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Annual Athletic Scholarship Fund<\/a>, which directly provides scholarships for Georgia Tech student-athletes. To learn more about supporting the Yellow Jackets, visit <a href=\"http:\/\/www.atfund.org\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">atfund.org<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>ABOUT GEORGIA TECH GOLF<\/p>\n<p>Georgia Tech\u2019s golf team is in its 31st year under head coach Bruce Heppler, winning 74 tournaments in his tenure. 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 <a href=\"http:\/\/www.facebook.com\/georgiatechgolf\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Facebook page<\/a>, or following on <a href=\"http:\/\/www.twitter.com\/GTGolf\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">X (@GTGolf)<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/georgiatechgolf\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Instagram<\/a>. For more information on Tech golf, visit <a href=\"http:\/\/www.ramblinwreck.com\/sports\/m-golf\/geot-m-golf-body.html\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Ramblinwreck.com<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>   <script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><script async src=\"\/\/www.instagram.com\/embed.js\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"THE FLATS \u2013 Georgia Tech\u2019s Hiroshi Tai concludes his collegiate career earning All-Atlantic Coast Conference honors, as the&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":20035,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[253,246,245,240,247,244,241,44,242,243,254,255,250,248,251,206,252,249],"class_list":["post-20034","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-news","tag-featured","tag-georgia-tech-football","tag-georgia-tech-sports","tag-georgia-tech-yellow-jackets","tag-georgia-tech-yellow-jackets-news","tag-georgia-tech-yellow-jackets-sports","tag-georgia-tech-yellow-jackets-tickets","tag-golf","tag-gt","tag-gt-tickets","tag-headlines","tag-men-s-golf","tag-official-gear-georgia-tech-yellow-jackets","tag-official-georgia-tech-yellow-jackets-sports","tag-schedules","tag-scores","tag-stats","tag-yellow-jackets-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/golf\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20034","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/golf\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/golf\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/golf\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/golf\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=20034"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/golf\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20034\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/golf\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/20035"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/golf\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=20034"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/golf\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=20034"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/golf\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=20034"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}