May 10, 2010

The Mizzou men's golf team has earned a bid to the NCAA Regional in San Diego, Calif. It is the first trip Regionals for Missouri since 2006 and the ninth regional postseason appearance all-time. The San Diego Regional will be played at Carlton Oaks Golf Club May 20-22 and will be hosted by San Diego State University.

The 2009-2010 season has been on of the most successful for the Mizzou men's golf team in recent years. The Tigers have finished in the top three in all five of their spring tournaments, including back-to-back tournament titles at the George Washington Invitational (March19-20) and the C&F Intercollegiate (March 22-23). The also won their opening tournament of the fall, the Turning Stone Intercollegiate.

Six 54-hole regional tournaments will be conducted May 20-22. Thirteen teams and ten individuals not on those teams will compete at each of three regionals while the other three regionals will have 14 teams and five individuals not on those teams. The low five teams and the low individual not on those teams from each regional will advance to the finals.

The finals will be conducted June 1-6 at The Honors Course in Chattanooga, Tennessee. The University of Tennessee at Chattanooga is the host institution for this year's championships.

The participants in the NCAA San Diego Regional are listed below.

Teams:
1. Oregon
2. UNLV
3. Augusta State
4. Tennessee
5. San Diego State
6. California
7. Chattanooga
8. UCF
9. Arizona
10. UC Irvine
11. Missouri
12. New Mexico State
13. Oral Roberts

Individuals:
1. Tom Whitney, Air Force
2. Scott Travers, Santa Clara
3. Nate Barbee, Kansas
4. Nick Delio, Cal State Northridge
5. Lloyd du Preez, Arkansas State
6. Zack Fischer, Texas-Arlington
7. Pierre-Alexis Rolland, Lamar
8. Justin Bardgett, Colorado
9. Jared Becher, Nevada
10. Paul Apyan, Southern Mississippi