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Yahoo
13-05-2025
- Sport
- Yahoo
Kansas State men's golf receives 10th NCAA Regional bid and third in the last four seasons
After a year's absence, the Kansas State men's golf team received its third postseason bid in four seasons Wednesday as the No. 10 seed in the NCAA Bremerton Regional. It will be the 10th postseason appearance in program history for the Wildcats, who will compete in the 14-team regional May 12-14 at Gold Mountain Golf Club in Bremerton, Washington. The top five teams, plus the top individual from a non-qualifying team, will advance to the NCAA Golf Championship May 23-28 at Omni La Costa Resort in Carlsbad, California. Advertisement "It's definitely a goal of ours to be a team that is consistently in regionals, and we've gotten to the point now where we have made it three out of four years," K-State coach Grant Robbins said. "We've been in the discussion for six years in a row now, either making a regional or being one of the first two or three teams out. "We have gotten to that point consistently, and now it's time to take that next step." Related: Kansas State women's golf ends eight-year postseason drought with NCAA Regional bid Related: Kansas State women's golfer Sophie Bert claims medalist honors in Big 12 Championship Advertisement With the men's berth, both of K-State's golf teams have qualified for the postseason. Last week, the Wildcat women were selected as the No. 5 seed in the Lexington Regional, set for May 5-7 in Lexington, Kentucky. The Wildcat men, who are No. 57 in the latest National Collegiate Golf rankings, nearly qualified for the NCAA Championship during their last regional appearance in 2023, when they were sixth in the Bath (Mich.) Regional. Seniors Nicklaus Mason, Kobe Valociek and Cooper Schultz have led this year's K-State team, with Mason's season scoring average of 71.68 ranking eighth in school history. Valociek, a transfer from Virginia Tech, has a 72.32 average and Schultz is close behind at 72.32. K-State is one of five Big 12 teams in the Bremerton Regional, joining No. 1 seed Arizona State, No. 3 Utah, No. 6 Colorado and eighth-seeded Kansas. Advertisement Arne Green is based in Salina and covers Kansas State University sports for the Gannett network. He can be reached at agreen@ or on X (formerly Twitter) at @arnegreen. This article originally appeared on Topeka Capital-Journal: Kansas State men's golf claims third NCAA Regional bid in four seasons
USA Today
24-04-2025
- Sport
- USA Today
Eager for KFC, Jasmine Koo is feasting on competition again at the Chevron Championship
Eager for KFC, Jasmine Koo is feasting on competition again at the Chevron Championship THE WOODLANDS, Tex. — On Wednesday, Jasmine Koo's focus was squarely on fast food chicken. After learning that her college golf team had been selected for the Lexington Regional in the upcoming NCAA Tournament, the USC freshman came up with dinner plans that you might expect from a college student. "We're going to Kentucky for regionals, and when that regionals got picked I texted into our team group chat and I was like, 'We have to go to KFC. We have to go to KFC,'" Koo said. "So that's basically it. Course looks good. Fits our team." On Thursday, however, Koo wasn't worrying about chicken, but instead made her second start at the 2025 Chevron Championship, the first LPGA major of the 2025 schedule. It's a tournament the funny phenom has had success in — a year ago, she was the low amateur at the Club at Carlton Woods when she got a bounce for the ages off some sponsor signage on the finishing hole. Although the sign she hit has since been removed, Koo didn't need it in the first round, firing an impressive 2-under 70 that had her in solid position through the opening day of play. "My game felt really good today. I think I did a really good job staying patient," she said after a round that paired five birdies with three bogeys. "There were some shots that I didn't really like, but overall stayed really patient. Caddie helped with that. Made some smart decisions coming in." Last year, Koo did get that lucky bounce, but she also played well throughout the week, finishing at 3 under, 10 strokes behind eventual champion Nelly Korda. The California native felt right at home in Texas, and she carried that same confidence on Thursday, when she fought back quickly after making mistakes. She said there were plenty of lessons she leaned on from last year's showing. "I think one thing is that I don't have to have my A-plus game to perform out here," Koo said. "I think that's really helped me, because last year I was surprised with kind of like what the cut line score was, kind of how reachable the field was, and just like that realization made me more calm today. "I wasn't as nervous, as rushed to get something going." Koo, who said she worked a little extra on her chipping in advance of this event, got a little extra boost in the form of USC assistant coach Beth Wu, who played on the Epson Tour after a stellar collegiate career at UCLA. "The support has been great," Koo said. "With Beth out here, too, after a three-putt she'll be like, it's okay. When you come back you'll be in speed jail, but it's okay. Just focus on the next hole. Kind of like that relieves the pressure and makes everything very happy. "I think the advice she gives us isn't very — what the public would think it is. I think it's mostly guidance, what do I need to know or how do I access this LPGA portal, just like the little nitty stuff like that. I think she's helped a lot. She's helped also kind of just being more comfortable around like the LPGA players. Just be like, hey, I was in their shoes too. I mean, you're around me every day. Why are you nervous?"
