INDIANAPOLIS---The NCAA Division I Men's Golf Committee has selected the teams and individuals that will participate in the 2004 NCAA Division I Men's Golf Championships.
The championships will be conducted June 1-4 at Cascades Golf Course, The Homestead in Hot Springs, Virginia. Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University is the host institution for this year's championships.
Three regional tournaments, encompassing the current nine regions, will be conducted May 20-22. A total of 27 teams and six individuals have been selected for each regional competition with 10 teams and two individuals advancing from each regional to the championships finals.
Listed below are the teams and individuals selected to participate in the championships. Teams winning automatic qualification are designated by their conferences in parentheses.
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. Alabama-Birmingham 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. North Carolina-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 (Maryland) (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
Conferences receiving automatic qualification into the 2004 NCAA Division I Men's Golf Championships are: Atlantic Coast Conference, Atlantic Sun Conference, Atlantic 10 Conference, Big East Conference, Big South Conference, Big Ten Conference, Big 12 Conference, Big West Conference, Colonial Athletic Association, Conference USA, Horizon League, Ivy Group, Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference, Mid-American Conference, Mid-Continent Conference, Missouri Valley Conference, Mountain West Conference, Northeast Conference, Ohio Valley Conference, Pacific-10 Conference, Patriot League, Southeastern Conference, Southern Conference, Southland Conference, Southwestern Athletic Conference, Sun Belt Conference, West Coast Conference and Western Athletic Conference.
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