Gators Headed to North Carolina for NCAA Regionals
Monday, May 4, 2015 | Men's Golf
GAINESVILLE, Fla. – The University of Florida men's golf team's quest to qualify for the NCAA Championship will go through the Chapel Hill, N.C., Regional, the NCAA announced Monday morning.
Florida was chosen as a No. 7 seed in the North Carolina Regional, which will be played at the University of North Carolina Finley Golf Course. Hosted by the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, the tournament will be held May 14-16.
The North Carolina Regional is one of six 54-hole regional tournaments that will be held across the country. Three regionals consist of 13 teams and 10 individuals, while the other three include 14 teams and five individuals.
In each NCAA Regional, the low five teams and the low individual from a non-advancing team will advance to the NCAA Championship tournament, which will be played May 29-June 3 at The Concession Golf Club in Bradenton, Fla.
Florida at the NCAA Regionals
- Since the NCAA Regional competition inception in 1989, UF has received a NCAA Regional bid 26 of 27 times
- Florida has gone on to advance to the NCAA Championship 25 times
- The Gators have won an NCAA Regional title five times, most recently in 2011
- In the team's most recent Regional showing in 2013, the Gators finished as runner-up
- J.D. Tomlinson was the only Gator who competed at the NCAA Regional in 2014, qualifying as an individual and finishing tied for 34th
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Head Coach JC Deacon
“I'm very excited. It's nice being close to home and being able to play on some similar grass that we play on down here in Florida and that we're very used to. I think our team's peaking, and it's at the right time of year. All seven of us are extremely excited about the opportunity.”
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NCAA Chapel Hill, N.C., Regional Field
1. Florida State
2. Stanford
3. UNC, Chapel Hill
4. Kennesaw State
5. Wake Forest
6. Clemson
7. FLORIDA
8. Georgia Regents
9. UNC, Charlotte
10. McNeese State
11. Penn State
12. Miami (OH)
13. Loyola, Maryland
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Individuals
1. Zach Seabolt, Winthrop
2. JT Poston, Western Carolina
3. Trey Rule, Mercer
4. Ben Wheeler, Coastal Carolina
5. Ashton Van Horne, Belmont University
6. Andrew Dorn, Coastal Carolina
7. Ryan Cornfield, South Carolina Upstate
8. Dawson Armstrong, Lipscomb
9. Isaiah Logue, Liberty University
10. Brendon Caballero, University of Tennessee at Martin
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Up Next: The NCAA Regional Championship will be held May 14-16 at six sites around the country. The Gators will compete at the University of North Carolina Finley Golf Course in Chapel Hill, N.C.
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