Day One Recap From NCAA Men’s Golf Regional

Arizona State is one of seven teams within nine shots of the lead at the Rancho Santa Fe Men’s Golf Regional held at The Farms Golf Club after the first round Monday.

ASU shot 6-over 286, with North Florida leading the way at 3-under 277. Josele Ballester, Wenyi Ding and Connor Williams are all tied for 13th at 1-over 71

ASU will tee with Washington and South Florida starting at 8:55 a.m. Tuesday in the second of three rounds.

THE FORMAT

Six 54-hole regional tournaments will be conducted May 13-15. Thirteen teams and 10 individuals not on those teams will compete at each of three regionals while the other three regionals will have 14 teams and five individuals not on those teams. The top five teams and the low individual not on those teams from each regional will advance to the finals. Team and individual medalist titles will be decided May 24-29 at Omni La Costa Resort & Spa in Carlsbad, California. Texas is the host institution for the 2024 championships.

REGIONAL ALWAYS TOUGH

NCAA golf regional action annually is a time when several possible championship contenders don’t make it through to NCAA Championships. The following note puts into perspective how difficult it is to advance…eight of the Top-30 Golfstat teams did not make the cut in 2023: #7 Auburn, #8 Oregon, #11 Arizona, #19 UCF, #20 Iowa State, #21 Florida, #23 Ohio State and #29 Kentucky.

NCAA MEN’S GOLF RANCHO SANTA FE REGIONAL

THE FARMS GOLF CLUB

FIRST ROUND (MAY 13)

PAR 70/6,962 YARDS

MAY 13-15, 2024

North Florida 277/-3

Oklahoma State 278/-2

California 280/E

Oklahoma 284/+4

San Diego 285/+5

West Virginia 285/+5

Arizona State 286/+6

Washington 290/+10

South Florida 293/+13

Chattanooga 294/+14

Kansas 297/+17

Wright State 298/+18

Seton Hall 302/+22

Winthrop 305/+25

ABOUT THE FIELD

The Pac-12 champion Sun Devils are the top regional seed in the 14-team Rancho Santa Fe field held at The Farms Club, with West Coast Conference champion University of San Diego as the host. ASU will be joined by Washington, Oklahoma, California, Oklahoma State, North Florida, Chattanooga, South Florida (AAC champion), West Virginia, Kansas, Wright State (Horizon League champion), Seton Hall (Big East champion) anad Winthrop (Big South champion). ASU has won back-to-back regionals, is 97-under in that time and has won or tied for a NCAA regional title nine times. ASU tied with Arizona in 1991 and tied with New Mexico in 1998. It won the title outright in 1995, 1999,…