Two teams from the SEC (Alabama and
Auburn), three schools from the Pac-12 (USC,
UCLA and California) and Texas from the Big 12
all received top seeds in their respective
regions when the 2012 NCAA Men's Golf
Regionals were announced Monday evening.
Regionals will be played at six sites around the
country May 17-19.
Texas is the top-ranked team in the
Golfweek/Sagarin Rankings, while Alabama and
Auburn are Nos. 2 and 3, respectively. UCLA
and USC round out the top 5, while Cal is No.
7.
Note: The low five teams and the low
individual not on those teams from each
regional will advance to the May 29-June 3
NCAA Championship at Riviera Country Club in
Pacific Palisades, Calif.
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Here are this year's hopefuls (81 teams and 45
individuals) to dethrone back-to-back
champions Augusta State:
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SOUTHEAST
University of Georgia GC, Athens
Teams: 1. Alabama, 2. North Florida, 3. New
Mexico, 4. Georgia, 5. Iowa, 6. East Carolina,
7. Long Beach State, 8. Augusta State, 9.
Wake Forest, 10. Houston, 11. Texas-
Arlington, 12. N.C.-Wilmington, 13. Loyola
(Md.)
Individuals: Joe David (Ole Miss), Jacobo
Pastor (Charleston Southern), Trey Valentine
(South Florida), Chad Ramey (Mississippi
State), Sebastian Soderberg (Coastal
Carolina), Brandon Pena (Florida Gulf Coast),
James Beale (Mercer), David Denlinger
(Charleston Southern), Kamito Hirai (Winthrop),
Clay Myers (Jackson State)
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EAST
Grandover Resort (East Course), Greensboro,
N.C.
Teams: 1. Auburn, 2. UNLV, 3. Florida, 4.
Duke, 5. Indiana, 6. Liberty, 7. SMU, 8. Texas
Tech, 9. Tulsa, 10. Lamar, 11. Louisiana-
Lafayette, 12. Charlotte, 13. George
Washington, 14. Mount St. Mary’s
Individuals: Vaita Guillaume (Campbell), Sam
Ryder (Stetson), Rhys Enoch (East Tennessee
State), Casey O’Toole (Samford), Leo
Garcia (Sacred Heart)
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CENTRAL
University of Michigan GC, Ann Arbor, Mich.
Teams: 1. USC, 2. Oregon, 3. Kent State, 4.
Virginia, 5. Baylor, 6. Oklahoma State, 7.
Kennesaw State, 8. TCU, 9. Purdue, 10. North
Carolina State, 11. Notre Dame, 12. Ohio
State, 13. Navy
Individuals: Peter Williamson (Dartmouth), Matt
Thompson (Michigan), Sebastian MacLean
(Xavier), Erik Van Rooyen (Minnesota), Dan
Ellis (Michigan State), Tyler Merkel (Ball
State), Charlie Bull (Akron), Chad Ebert (Wis.-
Green Bay), William Park (Army), Greg Matthias
(Delaware)
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SOUTH
CENTRAL
The Club at Olde Stone, Bowling Green, Ky.
Teams: 1. UCLA, 2. Arkansas, 3. Texas
A&M, 4. Clemson, 5. North Texas, 6.
Chattanooga, 7. Memphis, 8. Virginia Tech, 9.
Northwestern, 10. Iowa State, 11. Colorado
State, 12. Jacksonville State, 13. Penn, 14.
Alabama State
Individuals: 1. Jace Long (Missouri), 2. Justin
Dorward (Louisville), 3. Adam Hofmann
(Vanderbilt), 4. Emilio Cuartero (Missouri), 5.
Anthony Bradley, (Austin Peay)
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SOUTHWEST
Jimmie Austin OU Golf Club, Norman, Okla.
Teams: 1. Texas, 2. Georgia Tech, 3.
Washington, 4. Florida State, 5. Oklahoma, 6.
St. Mary’s (Calif.), 7. Illinois, 8. Middle
Tennessee, 9. South Carolina, 10. San Diego,
11. Arizona, 12. Sacramento State, 13. IUPUI ,
14. Loyola (Ill.)
Individuals: 1. Martin Simonsen (Texas-El
Paso), 2. Kevin Lucas, Nevada, 3. Mitchell
McLeroy (Stephen F. Austin), 4. Scott Willman
(Nebraska), 5. Alfred Kerstis (Arkansas-Little
Rock)
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WEST
Stanford GC, Stanford, Calif.
Teams: 1. California, 2. Stanford, 3. San Diego
State, 4. Central Florida, 5. LSU, 6. Alabama-
Birmingham, 7. Wichita State, 8. Tennessee, 9.
Oregon State, 10. Southeastern Louisiana, 11.
San Francisco, 12. San Jose State, 13. UC
Davis
Individuals: 1. Zac Blair (BYU), 2. Justin Shin
(New Mexico State), 3. Josh Anderson,
Pepperdine, 4. Alex Edfort (Pacific), 5. Justin
Keiley (BYU), 5. Allan Jun (UC Irvine), 6. Mason
Casper (Utah Valley), 7. Johnny MacArthur,
Pepperdine, 8. Jarred Bossio (Idaho), 9.
Zachery Fullerton, New Mexico State