May 7, 2007
TEMPE, Ariz. — The Vanderbilt men’s golf team earned a bid to the NCAA West Regional Championship, May 17-19, at Arizona State’s Karsten Golf Course, the NCAA Division I Men’s Golf Committee announced Monday.
Under first year Head Coach Tom Shaw, the Commodores are returning to the NCAA Regional for the fourth time in school history. Vanderbilt missed the field a year ago, though then-junior Luke List participated in the event as an individual.
“I think this says a lot about our entire year,” Shaw said. “Competing in the toughest region in the country, our guys really stepped up and played their way into this field. The team is extremely pumped up about the opportunity to take on another challenge.”
The top five seeds in Vanderbilt’s region are Stanford, UCLA, UNLV, Southern California and East Tennessee State. A total of 141 golfers make up the field of the regional event, including 27 teams (of five golfers each) and six individual competitors.
Eight squads from the Southeastern Conference earned postseason berths, including two teams who were sent to the West Region — South Carolina and Vanderbilt. Georgia (East) and Alabama (Central) both earned No. 1 regional seeds. Florida, Tennessee, Auburn and Mississippi rounded out the SEC’s selections.
The 10 best teams and two low individuals not on those teams will advance to the NCAA National Championships, May 30-June 2 at the Golden Horseshoe Golf Club in Williamsburg, Va.
The NCAA’s complete selection release is available here:
http://www.ncaasports.com/golf/mens/story/10170870
Information on ASU Karsten Golf Course is available here:
http://www.asukarsten.com/
Arizona State’s Tournament Headquarters is available here:
http://thesundevils.cstv.com/sports/m-golf/spec-rel/050407aaf.html
Live scoring of the event is available at:
http://golfstatresults.com
2007 NCAA Division I Men’s Golf West Region Championship
Teams:
1. Stanford
2. UCLA
3. UNLV
4. Southern California
5. East Tennessee State
6. Brigham Young
7. Arizona State
8. Wake Forest
9. Arizona
10. UC-Irvine
11. South Carolina
12. Washington
13. Vanderbilt
14. Augusta State
15. Pepperdine
16. San Diego State
17. New Mexico
18. Oregon State
19. Colorado State
20. Oregon
21. California
22. Nevada
23. Denver
24. Penn
25. Detroit
26. Bucknell
27. Monmouth
Individuals:
1. Brian Locke, Loyola Marymount
2. Dustin Pimm, Utah
3. Darrin Hall, San Diego
4. Michael McRae, St. Mary’s (California)
5. Geoff Gonzalez, Cal Poly
6. Thomas Petersson, Pacific