Michael Kim
By Cassie Stein, Golfweek
California, Alabama, UCLA, Texas, New
Mexico
and Washington are the No. 1 seeds heading
into the NCAA
postseason, which begins May 16. They are
among the 81 teams that will make up the six
NCAA Regional
fields.
The No. 1 team in the country and Pac-12
Conference champion California is on top of
the
Pullman
Regional. TCU and Pac-12 rival USC round out
the top three seeds. The Golden Bears are
looking to set
the record for victories in a season with 11.
The
team picked up No. 10 at the Pac-12
Conference
Championship last week.
Alabama, No. 2 in the Golfweek/Sagarin
College
Rankings, is the No. 1 seed at Baton Rouge
Regional to be
played at the University Club of Baton Rouge.
SEC rivals, Florida and host LSU, are the
second
and third
seeds, respectively. Alabama won the SEC
Conference Championship by two shots.
UCLA is the top seed in the Tempe Regional.
Two East Coast power teams, ACC champions
Duke and
Georgia, are the second and third seeds. UCLA
is No. 4 in the Golfweek/Sagarin College
Rankings.
No. 3 in the Golfweek Rankings, Texas, leads
the charge in the Arkansas Regional at The
Blessings Golf
Club. Host Arkansas and Big-12 challenger
Oklahoma State are the other top seeds in the
regional. Texas
is the defending NCAA National Champions
after
edging Alabama at Riviera.
In the Columbus Regional, New Mexico will
take
the No. 1 seed at The Ohio State University
Golf
Club –
Scarlet Course followed by Stanford and
Auburn. New Mexico is coming off a
dominating
performance at
the Mountain West Conference Championships.
The Lobos won by eight shots.
Rounding out the top seeds is Washington in
the Tallahassee Regional. Two ACC schools,
Georgia Tech
and Florida State, follow suit as the second
and
third seeded teams. Washington is looking for
its fourth
victory of the season.
In addition to the 81 teams that make up the
regional fields, 45 individuals will compete.
Regional
championships consist of 54 holes to be
played
on May 16-18. The low five teams and the low
individual
not on those teams will advance to the
National
Championship at The Capital City Club's
Crabapple Course
in Atlanta, Ga., May 28-June 2.
Regional fields and individuals are listed
below,
with automatic qualifiers listed in
parentheses:
• • •
Pullman Regional
Palouse Ridge GC, Pullman, Wash.
TEAMS
• 1. California (Pac-12 Conference)
• 2. TCU
• 3. USC
• 4. St. Mary’s (Calif.) (West Coast
Conference)
• 5. Virginia Tech
• 6. BYU
• 7. North Texas (Sun Belt Conference)
• 8. Baylor
• 9. San Diego State
• 10. Ball State
• 11. Memphis
• 12. Pacific (Big West Conference)
• 13. Princeton (The Ivy League)
• 14. St. Francis (Pa.) (Northeast Conference)
INDIVIDUALS
• 1. Ryan Williams, Sacramento State
• 2. Tyler Raber, UC Davis
• 3. Mason Casper, Utah Valley
• 4. Taeksoo Kim, Boise State
• 5. Jordan Weir, Sacramento State
• • •
Baton Rouge Regional
University Club of Baton Rouge (La.)
TEAMS
• 1. Alabama (Southeastern Conference)
• 2. Florida
• 3. LSU
• 4. Mississippi State
• 5. Houston (Conference USA)
• 6. Northwestern
• 7. Tennessee
• 8. South Alabama
• 9. Coastal Carolina (Big South Conference)
• 10. Alabama-Birmingham
• 11. Wichita State (Missouri Valley
Conference)
• 12. Southeastern Louisiana (Southland
Conference)
• 13. Houston Baptist (America Sky
Conference)
INDIVIDUALS
• 1. Jonathan Grey, Georgia State
• 2. Tomasz Anderson, Jacksonville State
• 3. Alex Ellis, College of Charleston
• 4. Kamito Hirai, Winthrop
• 5. Blake Morris, Mississippi
• 6. Sam Bernstein, Yale
• 7. Josh Lorenzetti, College of Charleston
• 8. Josh Waters, Long Island-Brooklyn
• 9. Steve Burak, Fairfield
• 10. Chris House, Navy
• • •
Tempe Regional
ASU Karsten Golf Course, Tempe, Ariz.
TEAMS
• 1. UCLA
• 2. Duke (Atlantic Coast Conference)
• 3. Georgia
• 4. Texas A&M
• 5. Clemson
• 6. Vanderbilt
• 7. Central Florida
• 8. North Carolina
• 9. Arizona State
• 10. Kennesaw State
• 11. Arizona
• 12. Austin Peay State (Ohio Valley
Conference)
• 13. New Mexico State (Western Athletic
Conference)
• 14. Lehigh [Patriot League]
INDIVIDUALS
• 1. Glen Scher, UC Santa Barbara
• 2. Rufie Fessler, Fresno State
• 3. Cody Blick, San Jose State
• 4. Kyle Westmoreland, Air Force
• 5. Tyler Torano, Loyola Marymount
• • •
Fayetteville Regional
The Blessings GC, Fayetteville, Ark.
TEAMS
• 1. Texas (Big 12 Conference)
• 2. Arkansas
• 3. Oklahoma State
• 4. SMU
• 5. Kent State (Mid-American Conference)
• 6. Illinois (Big Ten Conference)
• 7. Liberty
• 8. Tulsa
• 9. Kentucky
• 10. Colorado
• 11. Indiana
• 12. North Carolina-Wilmington (Colonial
Athletic Association)
• 13. Missouri-Kansas City (The Summit
League)
• 14. Alabama State (Southwestern Athletic
Conference)
INDIVIDUALS
• 1. Chris Gilbert, Kansas
• 2. Mitchell McLeroy, Stephen F. Austin
• 3. Pep Angles, Central Arkansas
• 4. Patrick Newcomb, Murray State
• 5. Paul McConnell, Texas-Arlington
• • •
Columbus Regional
The Ohio State University Golf Club – Scarlet
Course, Columbus, Ohio
TEAMS
• 1. New Mexico (Mountain West Conference)
• 2. Stanford
• 3. Auburn
• 4. South Carolina
• 5. Missouri
• 6. UNLV
• 7. Texas Tech
• 8. Chattanooga (Southern Conference)
• 9. Georgia Southern
• 10. San Francisco
• 11. Virginia
• 12. Charlotte (Atlantic 10 Conference)
• 13. Valparaiso (Horizon League)
INDIVIDUALS
• 1. Scott Fernandez, Iowa State
• 2. Robin Sciot-Siegrist, Louisville
• 3. Chris Selfridge, Toldeo
• 4. Charlie Bull, Akron
• 5. Adam Schenk, Purdue
• 6. Matthew Moseley, Michigan State
• 7. Nathan Kerns, Marshall
• 8. Erik Van Rooyen, Minnesota
• 9. Korey Ward, Xavier
• 10. David Tepe, Cincinnati
• • •
Tallahassee Regional
Golden Eagle G&CC, Tallahassee, Fla.
TEAMS
• 1. Washington
• 2. Georgia Tech
• 3. Florida State
• 4. North Florida (Atlantic Sun Conference)
• 5. Oklahoma
• 6. Wake Forest
• 7. North Carolina State
• 8. Oregon
• 9. Oregon State
• 10. Iowa
• 11. South Florida (Big East Conference)
• 12. San Diego
• 13. Loyola (Md.) (Metro Atlantic Athletic
Conference)
INDIVIDUALS
• 1. Sean Bosdosh, Maryland
• 2. J.T. Poston, Western Carolina
• 3. Maverick Antcliff, Augusta State
• 4. Richard Fountain, Davidson
• 5. Ryan Fricker, Bethune-Cookman
• 6. Trey Rule, Mercer
• 7. Daniel Walker, Richmond
• 8. Edward Figueroa, Florida Gulf Coast
• 9. Alex Wennstam, Augusta State
• 10. Hans Reimers, Mercer