15-05-2025
Texas Tech men's golf advances to fifth straight NCAA national tournament
Calum Scott broke par for the third day in a row and the Texas Tech men's golf team finished fifth at the NCAA Urbana Regional on Wednesday, May 14, qualifying for the NCAA championships final competition for the fifth year in a row.
Scott, low amateur at last year's British Open, followed up rounds of 3-under 68 and 2-under 69 with a 1-under 70 Wednesday at the Atkins Golf Club in Urbana, Illinois. The senior from Nairn, Scotland, finished in a three-way tie for fifth place, four strokes back of individual medalist Hunter Thomson from Michigan, whose 4-under for the second day in a row took him to 10-under.
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Tech sophomore Ben Gregg (69-74-71) tied for 21st at 1-over, and freshman Connor Graham (71-73-71) tied for 27th at 2-over. Tech sophomore Tim Wiedemeyer (71-71-74) finished 3-over, tied for 34th, and senior Charles DeLong (71-76-73) was 7-over, tied for 46th in the field of 87 players.
The NCAA championships final competition is scheduled for May 23-28 at the Omni La Costa Resort & Spa in Carlsbad, California.
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Calum Scott plays his tee shot on the fourth hole during the round of 64 of the 2024 U.S. Amateur at Hazeltine National Golf Club in Chaska, Minn. on Wednesday, Aug. 14, 2024. (Chris Keane/USGA)
There were six 54-hole regionals across the country this week. From each regional, the top five teams and the lowest-scoring individual not on those teams advance.
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Illinois, playing on its home course, and No. 1 seed Oklahoma State tied for the Urbana Regional title at 15-under. The other advancing teams are Nevada-Las Vegas, which finished 6-under, Troy (2-under) and Texas Tech (1-under).
Missing the cut in sixth place was North Carolina, which came in with a No. 10 national ranking and No. 2 regional seed. The Tar Heels finished 7-over.
Thomson was the individual qualifier.
This article originally appeared on Lubbock Avalanche-Journal: Texas Tech men's golf advances to fifth straight NCAA national finals
