AUGUSTA, GA – The Augusta men's golf program was selected Wednesday afternoon to compete in the NCAA Stanford Regional, as announced live on GOLF Channel.
Augusta has qualified for 23 NCAA regionals in program history. This will be the Jaguars' second consecutive appearance under head coach Steven Paine.
Hosted by Stanford University, the regional will be held at the Cardinal's Stanford Golf Course (Par 70 / 6,727 yards). The 54-hole event will be contested May 13-15, with 18 holes of competition set for each day.
Augusta is the region's No. 11 seed and will be joined by: (1) Florida State, (2) Ole Miss, (3) Illinois, (4) Texas A&M, (5) Stanford, (6) UCLA, (7) SMU, (8) Missouri, (9) Fresno State, (10) UNLV, (12) Liberty, (13) Sacramento State and (14) Siena.
The low five teams and low individual not on a qualifying team from each of the six NCAA regional sites will advance to compete at the NCAA Championship on the North Course at Omni La Costa Resort & Spa in Carlsbad, California, May 24-29. Illinois is in search of the program's 15th NCAA Championship berth in the last 16 tournaments dating back to 2008 (no championship was held in 2020).
The other five regional sites are: Birck Boilermaker Golf Course (West Lafayette, Ind.; host: Purdue), The Farms Golf Club (Rancho Santa Fe, Calif.; host: San Diego), UNC Finley Golf Course (Chapel Hill, N.C.; host: North Carolina), University Club (Baton Rouge, La.; host: LSU), and The University of Texas Golf Club (Austin, Texas; host: Texas).
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