Golf Prepares for NCAA Regionals in Albuquerque

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WEST POINT, N.Y. – After winning the Patriot League Championship and earning an automatic bid to the NCAA Regional Tournament, the 12th-seeded Army West Point golf team will continue its season in Albuquerque, N.M., at the Championship Course from May 16-18. The low five teams at the end of the 54-holes will advance to the NCAA Championships in Eugene, Ore.

The Albuquerque Regional will be contested at the UNM South Championship Course, designed by Robert (Red) Lawrence. The 7,562 yard course was built in 1967 and features blue and rye grass in the fairways and a mix of Bent and Poa Annua grass on the greens. The course was the site of the NCAA Men's National Championships in 1976, 1992 and 1998 for the NCAA Women's National Championships in 1987 and 2008. The course will host a 2017 women's NCAA regional as well.

Among the many honors the course has earned include:

*Golf Week Best Courses You Can Play State-by-State, #7, 2015
*Golf Week Best Golf Courses, Campus Courses, #21, 2014
*Best Public Golf Course in New Mexico, #5, Golf.com, 2014
*"Top 40 Daily Fee Courses in America" Golf & Travel Magazine, 2000-01
*"A four-star award in Places to Play" Golf Digest Magazine, 2000-01
*"Fourth Best Course in New Mexico" Golf Digest Magazine, 2001
*"#1 College Course Open to Non-members" New England Financial Journal, 1999
*"Top 100 Courses You Can Play" Golf Magazine, 1996, 1998-99
*"America's Best Public Golf Courses, Top 25" Golf Digest, 1988

The top two seeds for the regional are at-large selections from the Pac-12 in USC and Arizona State. USC is ranked 10th in the latest Golfweek rankings, and Arizona State is 18th. The number three seed South Florida, the winner of the American Athletic Conference, is ranked 11th. San Diego State and Texas A&M, which round of the top five seeds, are ranked 23rd and 27th, respectively.

Army returns to the regional as a team for the 11th time overall and the first time since 2011 when the Black Knights finished in 13th at the Omni Tucson National Course in Tucson, Ariz. Individuals William Park and Peter Kim qualified as individuals in 2012 and 2014, respectively.

Dean Sakata, Marcus Plunkett, Kim, Eric Peng and Justin Pagila will represent the Black Knights in Albuquerque Monday through Wednesday. This group, along with teammate Matt Plunkett, won the Patriot League Championship Title two weeks ago by 22-strokes.

Fans can follow the action on the Golf Channel or on GolfStat here: http://www.golfstatresults.com/public/leaderboards/gsnav.cfm?pg=participants&tid=9972.

Seeds	Teams
1.	University of Southern California
2.	Arizona State University
3.	University of South Florida [American Athletic Conference]
4.	San Diego State University
5.	Texas A&M University, College Station
6.	North Carolina State University
7.	University of New Mexico
8.	Texas Tech University
9.	Texas Christian University
10.	University of Iowa
11.	Liberty University [Big South Conference]
12.	U.S. Military Academy [Patriot League]
13.	Cleveland State University [Horizon League]
14.	Wagner College [Northeast Conference]

	Individuals
1.	Hayden Shieh, Santa Clara University
2.	Patrick Fishburn, Brigham Young University
3.	Frederik Dreier, University of Texas at El Paso
4.	Trevor Clayton, California State University, Fresno
5.	Nicholas Dilio, Saint Peter's University

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Golf Prepares for NCAA Regionals in Albuquerque

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Players Mentioned

Peter Kim

Justin Pagila

Eric Peng

Marcus Plunkett

Matt Plunkett

Dean Sakata

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