Fresno State Athletics
Men's Golf Preview: NCAA Regionals (May 16-18)
5/13/2016 12:00:00 AM | Men's Golf
By: Matt Burkholder
mburkholder@csufresno.edu
GoBulldogs.com
Fresno State Men's Golf - Event #13 (Individual Qualifier: Trevor Clayton)
Tournament: NCAA Regionals
Format: Stroke play/54 holes (18 each day)
Host: New Mexico
Dates: May 16-18
Golf Course: Championship Course at University of New Mexico (Par 72, 7,562 yards)
Location: Albuquerque, N.M.
Live Scoring: Golfstat.com
Schedule of Events:
Monday, May 16 - First Round; Tee times begin at 7 a.m. PT off the first tee and 7:20 a.m. PT off the 10th tee.
• Clayton will tee off at 9:01 a.m. PT on the No. 1 tee
Tuesday, May 17 - Second Round; Tee times begin at 7:20 a.m. PT off the first tee and 7 a.m. PT off the 10th tee.
• Based on scoring, individuals will tee off from 8:50-9:20 a.m. PT on the No. 10 tee
Wednesday, May 18 - Final Round; Tee times begin at 6:50 a.m. PT off the first tee and 6:30 a.m. PT off the 10th tee.
• Based on scoring, individuals will tee off from 8:20-9:04 a.m. PT on the No. 10 tee
Albuquerque Regional Teams:
(Conference automatic qualifiers are indicated in parenthesis next to the institution)
1. No. 3 USC
2. No. 11 Arizona State
3. No. 15 South Florida (American Athletic Conference)
4. No. 22 San Diego State
5. Texas A&M
6. North Carolina State
7. New Mexico
8. Texas Tech
9. TCU
10. Iowa
11. Liberty (Big South Conference)
12. U.S. Military Academy (Patriot League)
13. Cleveland State (Horizon League)
14. Wagner (Northeast Conference)
Individuals:
1. Hayden Shieh, Santa Clara
2. Patrick Fishburn, BYU
3. Frederik Dreier, UTEP
4. Trevor Clayton, Fresno State
5. Nicholas Dilio, Saint Peter's
How Clayton can advance (format):
The low five teams and the low individuals not on those teams will qualify for the NCAA Championships, May 27 to June 1 at Eugene Country Club in Eugene, Ore. - meaning the lowest 54-hole score among the individuals from the teams that place outside the top five and the six individual qualifiers will vie for the single individual spot available for the final.
2016 NCAA Men's Golf Championship Sites:
(6) Regionals -- May 16-18:
• Tuscaloosa, Alabama, site Ol' Colony Golf Complex (host, Alabama).
• Marana, Arizona, site Gallery Golf Club (host, Arizona).
• Kohler, Wisconsin, site Blackwolf Run Meadow Valleys Course (host, Marquette).
• Albuquerque, New Mexico, site Championship Course at University of New Mexico (host, New Mexico).
• Stillwater, Oklahoma, site Karsten Creek Golf Club (host, Oklahoma State).
• Franklin, Tennessee, site Vanderbilt Legends Club (host, Vanderbilt).
Finals -- May 27-June 1:
• Eugene, Oregon, site Eugene Country Club (host, Oregon).
Notes:
• Clayton enters the NCAA Albuquerque Regional as an automatic qualifier after winning the Mountain West Individual Championship on April 24 with a 9-under-par 209 (66-72-69=207); his first career win.
• Clayton, a junior-transfer, led Fresno State in his first season as a Bulldog with a 72.00 scoring average.
• Clayton was named to the 10-member 2016 All-Mountain West team on April 28.
• One-third of Clayton's rounds were carded in the 60's during the 2015-16 season - 11 of 33.
• Clayton is the first Bulldog to make an individual appearance at the NCAA Men's Golf Championships since Rufie Fessler was selected as an individual participant for the 2013 edition of the golf championship.
• Clayton was the first Bulldog since 2007 to win an individual conference championship - Grant Doverspike (WAC).
• The Albuquerque Regional field of 75 competitors will feature 13 top-100 ranked individuals, while 40 of the 75 are ranked within the Golfstat top 250.
• Of the 14 participating teams, four are top 25 teams and 11 of the 15 are top 100 teams - the Bulldogs were ranked No. 95 as a team on the latest report date (May 11).
• Clayton was unranked on the last Golfstat individual top 250 report date (May 11).
• Weather at the Albuquerque Regional on Monday (High 80F, Low 51F) is forecasted to be mostly sunny with a zero percent chance of rain - winds west at 15-25 mph with occasional gusts up to 40 mph; Tuesday (High 75F, Low 49F) is forecasted to be partly cloudy with a 10 percent chance of rain - winds southeast at 10-20 mph; Wednesday (High 74, Low 50) is forecasted to have a 40 percent chance of scattered thunderstorms in the afternoon - winds east southeast at 10-15 mph.
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