TCU, the 2004 Conference USA Men’s Golf Champion, and UAB are among the 81-team field selected to participate in this year’s NCAA Men’s Golf Championship Regionals, May 20-22, it was announced by the NCAA Division I Selection Committee on Monday. Additionally, Houston’s Zach Mowbray was one of six individuals invited to participate in the Central Region. This is the fourth time in eight years that C-USA has had multiple teams receive bids to regional tournaments. The league has had at least one team qualify for NCAA play since 1997.

The Horned Frogs, currently ranked 10th nationally, will compete in the Central Regional hosted by Purdue University at the Birck Boilermaker Golf Complex in West Lafayette, Ind., while the Blazers will travel to New Haven, Conn., for the East Regional hosted by Yale University at the Yale Golf Course. The top 10 squads and the top two individuals on non-qualifying teams from each of the three regionals will advance to the NCAA Championships hosted by Virginia Tech, which will be held June 1-4 at The Homestead's Cascades Course in Hot Springs, Va.

This is the Horned Frogs 15th consecutive NCAA Regional appearance under head coach Bill Montigel, the 2004 C-USA Coach of the Year. TCU, the No. 3 seed in the Central Region, has advanced to the NCAA Championships 12 times in school history, including nine of the past 13 seasons. In 2002, the Horned Frogs’ last trip to the tourney, TCU finished tied for 11th. J.J. Killeen is the only member of that Horned Frog team remaining that advanced to the 2002 national championship.

TCU captured its third consecutive conference crown April 19-21 at the Lake Jovita Golf and Country Club in Dade City, Fla. Adam Meyer, this season’s C-USA Player of the Year, helped the Horned Frogs to the C-USA team championship by leading the individual competition wire-to-wire to capture medalist honors. TCU’s squad also features all-conference selections Colby Beckstrom and Killeen and all-tournament pick David Schultz.

The last time UAB, the 15th seed in this year’s East Region, earned a regional qualifying bid was in 2002. That season, the Blazers finished tied for ninth at the NCAA East Regional in Roswell, Ga., and advanced to the NCAA Championship in Columbus, Ohio, where the Blazers placed 27th out of the top 30 teams in the nation.

UAB finished fourth at this year’s Conference USA Championship. Clark Brown captured all-tournament honors at this year’s C-USA Championship by finishing tied for fourth with a two-over par 218. The Blazers will also count on strong play from all-conference selections, Chris Cousins and Tigh Van Leewuwen, in regional action.

Houston’s Mowbray is the second straight Cougar to participate in NCAA Regional play. Last year, Brett Callas advanced to the national championship after capturing the Central Region Tournament. Mowbray was UH’s top finisher at this year’s C-USA Tournament, posting a three-over par 219, tying him for seventh place.

Four future members of Conference USA also received bids to the NCAA Regionals. WAC Champion SMU and Tulsa will compete in the Central Regional, while Atlantic Sun Champion UCF and UTEP will participate in the West Regional in Sun River, Oregon.

Live scoring updates for regional action will be available at www.golfstat.com.


EAST REGIONAL
Yale Golf Course in New Haven, Connecticut
Hosted by Yale University
Teams (seeded in the following order):
1. Florida
2. Clemson (Atlantic Coast)*
3. Georgia (SEC)*
4. Georgia Tech
5. South Carolina
6. Augusta State
7. Wake Forest
8. Duke
9. Tennessee
10. North Carolina
11. LSU
12. Georgia State
13. Jacksonville State (Ohio Valley)*
14. North Carolina State
15. UAB
16. Auburn
17. Vanderbilt
18. Georgia Southern
19. Penn State
20. Georgetown
21. Towson
22. Rhode Island (Atlantic 10)*
23. Maryland
24. Binghamton
25. Yale
26. Army (Patriot)*
27. Long Island (Northeast)*
Individuals:
1. Lars Brovold, Alabama
2. Billy Hurley, Navy
3. Gareth Maybin, South Alabama
4. Ryan Stinnett, Virginia Tech
5. Robert Dinwiddie, Tennessee State
6. Matt Johnson, Winthrop

CENTRAL REGIONAL
Birck Boilermaker Golf Course in West Lafayette, Indiana
Hosted by Purdue University
Teams (seeded in the following order):
1. Oklahoma State
2. Texas (Big 12)*
3. TCU (C-USA)*
4. Minnesota
5. Oklahoma
6. Kentucky
7. Arkansas
8. Kansas
9. Tulsa
10. Colorado
11. Southern Methodist (WAC)*
12. Texas Tech
13. Kansas State
14. Baylor
15. Texas A&M
16. Xavier
17. Illinois
18. Ohio State (Big Ten)*
19. Purdue
20. Kent State
21. Wichita State (Missouri Valley)*
22. Indiana
23. Lamar
24. Notre Dame (Big East)*
25. Princeton (Ivy)*
26. Western Illinois (Mid-Continent)*
27. Jackson State (SWAC)*

Individuals:
1. Mike Mezei, Texas-San Antonio
2. Tom Johnson, Northwestern
3. Jeremy Lyons, Iowa State
4. Zach Mowbray, Houston
5. Zach Atkinson, North Texas
6. Brandon Brown, Eastern Kentucky

WEST REGIONAL
Crosswater Club at Sunriver Resort in Sunriver, Oregon
Hosted by University of Portland
Teams (seeded in the following order):
1. UCLA
2. Arizona State
3. Arizona (Pac-10)*
4. Southern California
5. Brigham Young
6. California
7. UNLV
8. Washington
9. New Mexico (Mountain West)*
10. Pepperdine (West Coast)*
11. Colorado State
12. Toledo (MAC)*
13. UTEP
14. UCF (Atlantic Sun)*
15. San Diego State
16. Stanford
17. UNC-Wilmington (Colonial)*
18. Furman (Southern)
19. Denver
20. New Mexico State (Sun Belt)*
21. UC Riverside
22. UC Irvine
23. Coastal Carolina (Big South)*
24. Long Beach State (Big West)*
25. Louisiana-Monroe (Southland)*
26. Loyola (Md.) (Metro Atlantic)*
27. Wright State (Horizon)*

Individuals:
1. Matt Kodama, Hawaii
2. Travis Bertoni, Cal Poly
3. Graham DeLaet, Boise State
4. Chad Spencer, Fresno State
5. Joe Lanza, St. Mary's (California)*
6. Garrett Clegg, Utah
* - Denotes Conference Champions