Georgia will begin its quest for another national championship May 14-16 at the NCAA Regional hosted by the University of San Diego, according to an announcement Monday by the NCAA Division I Men’s Golf Committee.
The Bulldogs are seeded sixth in the San Diego Regional, which will be held at The Farms Golf Club in Rancho Santa Fe, Calif. Thirteen teams will compete in the Regional, with the top five teams advancing to the NCAA Championships May 29-June 3 in Bradenton, Fla.
Joining the Bulldogs and the host and ninth-seeded Toreros will be No. 1 seed Arizona State, No. 2 seed Georgia Tech, No. 3 seed Oklahoma, No. 4 seed New Mexico, No. 5 seed Virginia, No. 7 seed East Tennessee State, No. 8 seed Ole Miss, No. 10 seed Idaho, No. 11 seed St. Mary’s College of California, No. 12 seed Wichita State and No. 13 seed Eastern Kentucky. Georgia Tech (ACC), East Tennessee State (Southern), Idaho (Big Sky), Wichita State (Missouri Valley) and Eastern Kentucky (Ohio Valley) won their respective conference titles.
"We are definitely looking forward to playing in the San Diego Regional," Georgia coach Chris Haack said. "The field is a strong one, and we'll have to be at our best to be one of the teams to advance. As usual, there is no margin for error at this time of the season. We'll have to practice hard in the coming days and come into this event extremely focused."
The Bulldogs were invited to an NCAA Regional for the 26th time in 27 years since the format was introduced for the 1989 season. In the previous 25 years, Georgia has advanced to the NCAAs 19 times. The Bulldogs have been invited to an NCAA Regional in all 19 of Haack's seasons and have moved onto the NCAAs in 16 of the previous 18 campaigns. Haack led the Bulldogs to the 1999 and 2005 national titles and to runner-up finishes in 2007 and 2011.
The other Regional sites are The Sagamore Club in Noblesville, Ind.; Finley Golf Course in Chapel Hill, N.C.; The Rawls Course in Lubbock, Texas; Gold Mountain Golf Club in Bremerton, Wash.; and The Course at Yale in New Haven, Conn.
• Last week, Georgia's Lee McCoy received two honors as he was named First-Team All-Southeastern Conference by the league office and to the United States team for the 2015 Pan American Games. McCoy was named First-Team All-SEC for the first time in his career. McCoy is the 42nd Bulldog to earn First-Team All-SEC distinction. Under Haack, the Bulldogs have had at least one First-Team pick in 17 out of 19 seasons. The inaugural golf portion of the Pan Am Games will take place July 16-19 on the South Course at Angus Glen Golf Club in Toronto. Earlier, McCoy was named to the United States Palmer Cup Team that will compete June 12-14 in Illinois and he was one of the 10 semifinalists for the Ben Hogan Award.
• Eight Bulldogs are in action this week in the Travelers Championship -- Brendon Todd, Russell Henley, Chris Kirk, Bubba Watson, Brian Harman, Kevin Kisner, Erik Compton and Harris English.
The other Regional sites are The Sagamore Club in Noblesville, Ind.; Finley Golf Course in Chapel Hill, N.C.; The Rawls Course in Lubbock, Texas; Gold Mountain Golf Club in Bremerton, Wash.; and The Course at Yale in New Haven, Conn.
• Last week, Georgia's Lee McCoy received two honors as he was named First-Team All-Southeastern Conference by the league office and to the United States team for the 2015 Pan American Games. McCoy was named First-Team All-SEC for the first time in his career. McCoy is the 42nd Bulldog to earn First-Team All-SEC distinction. Under Haack, the Bulldogs have had at least one First-Team pick in 17 out of 19 seasons. The inaugural golf portion of the Pan Am Games will take place July 16-19 on the South Course at Angus Glen Golf Club in Toronto. Earlier, McCoy was named to the United States Palmer Cup Team that will compete June 12-14 in Illinois and he was one of the 10 semifinalists for the Ben Hogan Award.
• Eight Bulldogs are in action this week in the Travelers Championship -- Brendon Todd, Russell Henley, Chris Kirk, Bubba Watson, Brian Harman, Kevin Kisner, Erik Compton and Harris English.
