SAN JOSE, Calif. – The field is set for the Morgan Hill Regional as the NCAA announced the teams and individuals that will compete at the six men's golf regional sites Wednesday morning. At this regional, 13 teams and 10 individuals are set to compete at The Institute Golf Club in Morgan Hill, hosted by San José State, on May 15-17.
Pepperdine is the regional's No. 1 seed and ranked sixth nationally. The Waves won the 2021 National Championship and the 2021 and 2023 Western Intercollegiate titles. The regional also features four conference champions - BYU, West Coast Conference; Charlotte, Conference USA; Grand Canyon, Western Athletic Conference; Northern Colorado, Big Sky Conference.
The field has a combined five national championships among four programs - Pepperdine - 2; Arizona, BYU, California - 1.
The 10 individuals also competing at the regional include student-athletes from six schools in California - Fresno State, LMU, Southern California, Santa Clara, San José State and Sacramento State.
The Bay Area is also well-represented at the regional as California will compete as a team and Julien Paltrinieri from Santa Clara and Caleb Shetler from San José State will compete as individuals.
The participants will compete in 54 holes of stroke play beginning with 18 holes on Monday, May 15. Tee times begin each day at 7:30 a.m., and the course at The Institute Golf Club will play at 7,561 yards for the three rounds.
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The top-five teams and low individual, not on an advancing team, from the regional will advance to the NCAA Championships, May 26-31, at the Grayhawk Golf Club in Scottsdale, Ariz.
Teams (seeded in the following order):
- Pepperdine
- Florida State
- Mississippi State
- Arizona
- Louisville
- Baylor
- Missouri
- BYU
- North Carolina State
- California
- Charlotte
- Grand Canyon
- Northern Colorado
Individuals (seeded in the following order):
- Matthew Manganello, Fresno State
- Matthew Sutherland, Fresno State
- Riley Lewis, Loyola Marymount University
- Javier Barcos, Utah
- Mahanth Chirravuri, Southern California
- Julien Paltrinieri, Santa Clara
- Caleb Shetler, San José State
- Pono Yanagi, Washington State
- Jackson Rivera, Southern California
- Casey Leebrick, Sacramento State
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