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| The Bulldogs were all smiles after finishing second in the Tempe Regional on Saturday. |
The Georgia men's golf team advanced to the NCAA Championships by finishing second in the Tempe Regional on Saturday at the ASU Karsten Golf Course.
The NCAAs will take place May 28-June 2 at the Capital City Club's Crabapple Course in Alpharetta.
Georgia will be making its 44th appearance at the NCAAs. The Bulldogs have advanced 15 times in 17 years under Coach Chris Haack, who led Georgia to the 1999 and 2005 national titles and to runner-up finishes in 2007 and 2011. Since the Regionals format was adopted in 1989, the Bulldogs have moved onto the NCAAs 18 times.
The Bulldogs finished the Tempe Regional with a score of 13-under 827, including a 7-under 273 on Saturday.
"We could not be happier," Haack said. "These guys did such a great job this week, especially the last two rounds when anything could happen. Our goal has been to return to the NCAAs, and we are excited that we now have that opportunity, especially with it being so close to home."
Lee McCoy finished fourth individually at 7-under 203, followed by Joey Garber in 13th at 3-under 207 and Nicholas Reach in 20th at 1-under 209. Keith Mitchell wound up at 2-over 212 and T.J. Mitchell finished at 12-over 222.
The NCAAs format consists of 54 holes of stroke play to determine the medalist and the eight teams advancing to the single-elimination match play rounds.
In other news:
With a score of 9-under, Justin Bolli came in fourth in the HP Byron Nelson Championship to pace the Bulldogs in the field. Brendon Todd and Harris English were 17th at 4-under, Brian Harman was 27th at 2-under and Erik Compton was 33rd at 1-under. Ryuji Imada did not made the cut. Bolli, Compton, English, Harman and Chris Kirk are in the field for this week's Crowne Plaza Invitational at Colonial in Fort Worth, Texas.
In the Web.com Tour's BMW Charity Pro-Am, Hudson Swafford came in ninth at 19-under, followed by Kevin Kisner in 14th at 17-under. Scott Parel, Richard Scott and Paul Claxton did not make the cut. The Mexico Championship will take place this week with Claxton, Kisner, Parel, Scott and Swafford in the field.
