Fresno State's ninth-place finish at the West Regional, and Tulsa's third place-finish, along with SMU's Franklin Hatchett in the central, earned invites to the NCAA Championship. The Men's Golf Championship is going to be held in Columbus, Ohio, beginning May 29.
WESTFresno State finished in ninth place in the west regional, 15 strokes over par for a 879 finish. The Bulldogs had three players place in the top-29. WAC Player of the Year Nick Watney finished third carding rounds of 74-69-71-214(-2). Jonathan Echols tied for 14th at 217(+1), while Dustin Smith tied for 29th and with a score of 220(+4).
Nevada settled for 16th place with a final round 298 in carding an 890, missing qualifying for the NCAA Championships by eight strokes. Sprague Kolp, Mike Haack and Ian Hagen tied for 44th shooting a six-over 222, while Carlos Concha shot a 74 and a 224 to tie for 60th.
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Chris Baryla, the lone WAC individual in the west, finished with a 221, but did not qualify for the championship.
Host New Mexico men's golf team fired a tournament-low 284 on its home course to tie Washington for the team crown. The Lobos and Huskies finished the 54-hole tournament at 8-over 872. The three-day NCAA West Regional concluded
Saturday at the University of New Mexico Championship Golf Course in Albuquerque, New Mexico. The course is a Par 72 and 7, 368 yards.
CENTRALThe
Tulsa men's golf team joined the TU women golfers by qualifying for the NCAA Championships with a third-place finish on Saturday at the NCAA Central Regional. The Hurricane carded a final round 297 and finished the three-day event with a 12-over par 876 total.
The Hurricane, who began day in sixth-place, finished 11 strokes behind co-champions Oklahoma State and Purdue. Tulsa snapped a string of six years of failing to qualify for the NCAA Championships. Chris Noel finished 12th, carding a final round 72 for an even-par 216 total, while Billy Lowry shot a one-over par 218 for 17th.
Individually, Purdue's Lee Williamson won medallist honors with a seven-under par 209 score, after carding an even-par 72 today.
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SMU men's golf team posted a third and final round score of 308 (+18) to finish 14th. The Mustangs were unable to improve from its 12th place position at the beginning of the day, finishing 14th overall.
Franklin Hatchett finished tied for fifth in individual play with a final round 71 to finish three-under for the tournament. He earned a bid to the NCAA championship with his finish.
Brock Mulder ended the tournament with a 76, placing him in a tie for 26th overall. Jerome Theunis fired his highest round of the tournament with a 77, finishing tied for 62nd with a 226. Ryan Abbate also recorded a personal high round for the tournament with a final round 82.
The NCAA Championship is going to be held at the Scarlet Course in Columbus, Ohio, May 29-June 1.
For information on the NCAA Championship, go to www.ncaachampionships.com