[Men's Golf] Men's Golf | NCAA Regional Round 1 Results for Trevecca Trojans
NASHVILLE – The Trevecca Nazarene University men's golf team opened play at the 2017 NCAA-II Central/Midwest Super Regional Monday with an opening round 299.
The 299 is Trevecca's average round for the year, but as Director of Golf David Head said, "While we shot a good round, an ok round, we are not playing in an average event and an average round is not good enough to compete here. We must go lower tomorrow to make an impact."
The Trojans are 19th of 20 teams in the field after the first round of the NCAA regional. There are 108 individual golfers with Trevecca's Payton Williams the top Trojans in 62nd place. The 299 is the eighth (of 18) best round of the year for the Trojans.
Head added, "We did not score well on the par five holes and with the great conditions we should have taken advantage of those opportunities cut strokes. We worked on the short game following the round and expect better play on Tuesday."
Trevecca's Five
# | Name | Avg. RD | RD 1 | RD 2 | Total | RD 3 | Total |
19 | Trevecca | (299.62) | 299 | ||||
t62 | (76.61) | 73 +1 | |||||
t82 | (74.55) | 75 +3 | |||||
t82 | (75.62) | 75 +3 | |||||
t89 | (74.91) | 76 +4 | |||||
t89 | (78.50) | 76 +4 |
Payton Williams is second in the field with a two-under par average (2.60) on the par three holes. Landon Cottrell and John Leverton are tied for eighth in the field with 13 pars.
Payton Williams paced the Trojans with a one-over 73, it is his third (of 16) best round of the year. The 75 by Larken Whittemore and Trevor Lay is the eighth (of 14) best round for Whittemore this year and ninth (of 18) best for Lay. The 76 for Landon Cottrell and John Leverton are the ninth (of 16) and the best (of 4) respectively.
The Awarii Dunes Golf Course (web) in Axtell, Neb. is playing to a par of 72 over 7001 yards. There are 54 holes over three days. The second 18 is Tuesday with a final round of 18 on Wednesday.
NCAA D2 Midwest/Central Regional (LIVE SCORING)
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Tuesday the Trevecca men will tee off from hole #10 at 1:05 PM and for the second day in a row play along side Minnesota State Mankato and a group of individual golfers that made the field.
Trevecca qualified for the regional for the second time in just its third full season of NCAA Division II play. Trevecca, the 2017 Great Midwest Athletic Conference (G-MAC) champion, is the 10th seed in the Midwest, the Trojans are the only Great Midwest Athletic Conference team to make the field. Trevecca has won the G-MAC title five consecutive seasons.
The three-day, 54-hole tournament, hosted by the University of Nebraska Kearne. The event is free and open to the public. Live results will be available at LIVE SCORING
There are 10 teams and four individuals from the Midwest Region. Tiffin University, who will join the G-MAC in two seasons, is one of five GLIAC teams representing the Midwest in the field. Four GLVC teams to made the Midwest field. Missouri-St. Louis earned the top seed, with GLVC-champ Bellarmine and Maryville earning the fourth and eighth seeds, respectively. GLIAC-champ Grand Valley (2-seed) and G-MAC-champ Trevecca (10) round out the Midwest field.
The Central Region is made up of schools from the MIAA, NSIC (Northern Sun Intercollegiate Conf.) and GAC (Great American Conf.). The Midwest Region is represented by the GLVC (Great Lakes Valley Conf.) GLIAC (Great Lakes Intercollegiate Conf.) and G-MAC (Great Midwest Athletic Conf.).
The NCAA selected 80 teams stretching across eight different regions to compete at the regional tournament level.
At a minimum, the top three teams and the top two individuals not affiliated with a team from each regional (regardless of region) will advance to the 2017 NCAA-II Men's Golf Championships slated for May 22-26 at Reunion Resort in Kissimmee, Fla. The finals will be hosted by the Sunshine State Conference and Central Florida Sports Commission.
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