The
University of Florida men's golf team will head to the University Club in Baton
Rouge, La. for the 2013 NCAA South Regionals, the NCAA announced tonight. Play
will begin Thursday, May 16 and run through Saturday, May 18.
Florida
has advanced to the regionals competition every year since its inception in
1989. The team has captured five regional titles and most recently won in 2011.
From there, the team has gone on and participated in the NCAA Championships
every year but one. Currently, the Gators have qualified for the NCAA
Championships in each of the past 12 seasons, the longest current streak in the
nation.
Last
season, the team finished in second place at the East Regional in Greensboro,
N.C. J.D. Tomlinson (Gainesville, Fla.) was the Gators' lowest scorer
for the tournament. He finished in 216 strokes (E) and tied for fifth place.
Six
regionals will be played that weekend with 14 teams at each location. The top
five finishers at each site will earn invitations to the 2013 NCAA
Championships, which will be played at Capital City Club in Woodstock, Ga.
NCAA
South Regional Tournament Field (Golfstat Relative Rankings in Parentheses)
1.
Alabama (2)
2.
Florida (10)
3.
LSU (17)
4.
Mississippi State (23)
5.
Houston (26)
6.
Northwestern (34)
7.
Tennessee (38)
8.
South Alabama (47)
9.
Coastal Carolina (50)
10.
UAB (61)
11.
Wichita State (63)
12.
Southeastern Louisiana (76)
13.
Houston Baptist (140)
Individuals
Jonathan
Grey (Georgia State)
Tomasz
Anderson (Jacksonville State)
Alex
Ellis (College of Charleston)
Kamito
Hirai (Winthrop)
Blake
Morris (Ole Miss)
Sam
Bernstein (Yale)
Josh
Lorenzetti (College of Charleston)
Josh
Waters (LIU Brooklyn)
Steve
Burak (Fairfield)
Chris
House (Navy)
