A few articles on the Buffs heading to the regionals-
Cubuffs.com (David Plati) preview now out -
http://cubuffs.com/news/2018/5/12/mens-golf-buff-men-ready-for-ncaa-west-regional.aspx
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Buff Men Ready For NCAA West Regional
CU Looking To Return To The NCAA Finals For The First Time Since 2002
STOCKTON, Calif. — The University of Colorado men's golf team arrived here Saturday ahead of the NCAA West Regional with the goal to snap a 15-year drought: getting the Buffaloes back to the NCAA Finals for the first time since 2002.
The West/Stockton Regional begins Monday, with coach
Roy Edwards' team getting in a few practices back home in Boulder around final exams and graduation ceremonies. With those now behind them, the Buffs can now focus on finishing in the top five of 13 teams competing here, which would earn CU that trip to the NCAA Finals. Colorado has knocked at that door several times over the past 15 season but hasn't been able to walk through it.
Colorado, ranked No. 42 in the nation (GolfStat; No. 44
Golfweek) is the No. 7 seed in the field, its second-highest since the regionals went to six sites in 2009. This is the sixth straight year the Buffaloes have qualified for the NCAA postseason, and the 22nd time in the 30-year history of regional play. The goal of advancing to the championship finals has been the focus of the team since preseason practices began last August.
"I think that is something that has been driving us all year," Edwards said. "It's motivated our work-ethic and our preparation. It's not just getting there, it's doing some damage once we get there, and doing so first at the regional. We're going to get to the Finals dependent on how well we prepare and focus through next Wednesday."
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Colorado will be represented by seniors
Spencer Painton,
Yannik Paul and
John Souza, sophomores
Ross Macdonald and
Daniel O'Loughlin, and freshman
Trevor Olkowski. All six competed in the Pac-12's with Macdonald and Paul tying for second Souza for 16th. Olkowski is actually an alternate, as the format is the traditional "5-for-4," with the best four scores used to compute the team score; for the first time in NCAA regional play, teams can bring a sixth player who can be substituted for any of the active five up to 10 minutes prior to any round.
Paul leads the team in stroke average with a 70.19 figure, third-best among the 85 players set to compete. He currently leads the team in 21 statistical categories, and is on a record pace for the overall and spring season averages. O'Loughlin follows at 71.59 (17th in the field), and then Painton (71.76, 19th), Macdonald (72.19, 30th) and Souza (72.59, 39th). Olkowski's average is 73.27, which if he should play, would be the seventh-best in the field by a freshman.
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LSU, ranked sixth nationally, is the top seed in the West Regional, followed by No. 7 Alabama, No. 18 Stanford, No. 19 Southern California, No. 30 Oregon, No. 31 TCU, No. 42 Colorado, No. 43 Kansas, No. 54 Kennesaw State, No. 55 Iowa State, No. 94 UNC-Greensboro, No. 135 UC Irvine and No. 193 North Dakota State; the latter three teams earned automatic bids by winning their conference championships.
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After Sunday's practice round, regional play will begin at 8:30 a.m. mountain time on all three competition days. For the first round, the Buffaloes will be paired with Kansas and Kennesaw State and will start on the No. 1 tee for the first round at 9:25. The weather forecast at this point is calling for temperature in the low 80s, but with potential winds up to 15 miles per hour from the northwest. Wind could make things interesting on several holes, as six basically run east-west and the other dozen north-south.
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There are also a couple other articles available about a couple individual Buffs teeing it up tomorrow -
Cubuffs.com (Neill Woelk) on sophomore
Ross Macdonald -
http://cubuffs.com/news/2018/5/4/me...en-set-for-ncaa-west-regional.aspx?path=mgolf
Buffzone.com (Brian Howell) on senior
Yannik Paul -
http://www.buffzone.com/other-cu-sports/ci_31873027/buffs-yannik-paul-playing-his-best-golf-going
