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Alabama Men’s Golf Set to Tee Off 2021 NCAA Stillwater Regional
5/16/2021 10:00:00 AM | Men's Golf
The Crimson Tide is the No. 6 seed and will open Regional play at 8 a.m. CT on Monday morning
STILLWATER, Okla. – The Alabama men's golf team returns to postseason action Monday morning when it opens play at the 2021 NCAA Men's Golf Stillwater Regional, hosted by Oklahoma State. The No. 6-seeded Crimson Tide will tee off round one of the three-day, 54-hole regional at 8 a.m. CT and will be paired alongside No. 4 seed Notre Dame and No. 5 seed SMU on the par 72, 7,502-yard Karsten Creek Golf Course.
The course is a familiar one to the No. 6 seed Crimson Tide as it was the site of UA's national runner-up finish in 2018. That year, Alabama reached the finals before falling to Oklahoma State on its home course in the championship match. Seniors Wilson Furr and Davis Shore were both freshmen on that team.
The top five teams from the regional championship and low individual not on an advancing team will advance to the NCAA Division I Men's Golf Championships, hosted by the Arizona State University at Grayhawk Golf Club in Scottsdale, Ariz., May 28-June 2.
The Lineup
- Wilson Furr and Thomas Ponder, ranked No. 48 and No. 56 respectively in the updated Golfweek individual rankings, will be competing in the top two slots for the Crimson Tide
- Ponder leads the team with a 71.03 stroke average with Furr just behind at 71.15, however, Furr's average vs. par (-0.19) is slightly ahead of Ponder's (-0.07)
- Canon Claycomb has also been a steady force for this year's team, averaging 72.00 strokes per round, which ranks third on the team, and +1.00 average vs. par
- Davis Shore maintains a 72.13 stroke average (+0.88 average vs. par) in the six tournaments in which he competed this season after being limited midway through the spring with a back injury
- JP Cave rounds out the starting five after starting in seven of the Tide's nine tournaments this season while maintaining a 74.40 per round average
- Tyler Lipscomb has earned a spot to the NCAA Regionals as the team alternate after averaging 73.33 strokes per round in four tournaments played this year
NCAA Regional Information
- The 13-team field is headlined by No. 1 seed Oklahoma State, who is ranked No. 6 in the nation, while No. 2 seed Illinois, No. 3 Auburn, No. 4 SMU and No. 5 Notre Dame round out the region's top-five seeds
- In addition to the sixth-seeded tide, the other remaining teams in the Stillwater Regional include: No. 7 Baylor, No. 8 Sam Houston State, No. 9 Arkansas Little Rock, No. 10 Ole Miss, No 11 Northwestern, No. 12 College of Charleston and No 13 Middle Tennessee State
- Alabama has won an NCAA Regional four times: 2009 Galloway (N.J.) Regional, 2012 Athens (Ga.) Regional, 2013 Baton Rouge (La.) Regional and 2014 NCAA Auburn (Ala.) Regional)
- Of the six regionals being held, three will have 13 teams and 10 individuals not on those teams will compete at each while the other three regionals will have 14 teams and five individuals not on those teams
- With this year's selection, the Crimson Tide will make its 16th consecutive appearance in NCAA Regional play under head coach Jay Seawell, and the 24th appearance overall. The 2020 NCAA Men's Golf Championships were not played due to the global pandemic.
The Crimson Tide has advanced to nationals 11 times under head coach Jay Seawell, including seven of the last nine seasons. Alabama has won the national championship twice (2013 and 2014) and has finished runner up on two occasions (2012 and 2018).
Live scoring for the championship can be found at Golfstat.com. The final day of regional play (May 19) will have expanded television coverage on the Golf Channel.
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