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South Dakota State University Athletics
Monday, May 16
Kohler, Wisconsin
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South Dakota State University
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NCAA Regional Tournament
Men’s Golf Opens NCAA Play Monday
5/13/2016 8:18:00 AM | Men's Golf
Jackrabbits in Wisconsin
NCAA TOURNAMENT TIME
• South Dakota State is making its first appearance in the NCAA Division I Men's Golf Championship. The Jackrabbits are a No. 13 seed in the Kohler Regional May 16-18.
• The Jackrabbits advanced to the NCAA Championship as an automatic qualifier after winning the 2016 Summit League Championship May 1-3 in Newton, Kan.
• SDSU's starting lineup consists of juniors Grant Smith and Trevor Tobin and freshmen Felipe Strobach, Alejandro Perazzo and Jaxon Lynn. The lineup has started the last two tournaments.
• Smith earned his second All-Summit League honor April 30, being named to the first team. Strobach picked up second-team honors. Smith and Strobach are the first Jackrabbit teammates to be honored in the same year since Geoff Mead and Trent Peterson were named to the league's first team in 2008-09.
• The Jackrabbits' 296.97 stroke average is second best all-time at South Dakota State and leads The Summit League.
• Smith, who tied for 29th at the 2015 U.S. Open Sectional Qualifier, ranks fourth at SDSU in career stroke average (74.44).
FOLLOW THE JACKRABBITS
• The Kohler Regional Tournament Central is available at go.mu.edu/NCAAKohler. Follow the Jackrabbits hole-by-hole on Golfstatresults.com.
REGIONAL FORMAT
• The 54-hole Kohler Regional consists of 13 teams and 10 individuals not on those teams. The low five teams and the low individual not on those teams from each regional will advance to the finals.
• The finals will be held May 27-June 1 at Eugene Country Club in Eugene, Oregon. The University of Oregon is the host institution for the 2016 championships.
TOURNAMENT SCHEDULE (subject to change)
• Sun., May 15—Practice Rounds begin at 8 a.m. CT (No. 1, No. 10)
• Mon., May 16—8 a.m. CT, paired by NCAA seed (No. 1, No. 10)
• Tues., May 17—8 a.m. CT, paired by tournament rank (No. 1, No. 10)
• Wed., May 18—7:30 a.m. CT, paired by tournament rank (No. 1, No. 10)
JACKRABBITS, KOHLER, WISCONSIN
• South Dakota State has some familiarity with Kohler after playing in the Whistling Straits Intercollegiate last year. In the season opener, the Jackrabbits placed third in the seven-team tournament. Grant Smith shot a one-over par 145 on the par-72, 7,201-yard course.
AGAINST THE FIELD
• South Dakota State Director of Golf Casey VanDamme did an overhaul of the Jackrabbit's schedule for 2015-16.
• The second-year mentor started with hosting The Jackrabbit, bringing in an elite field of golfers for a three-day event at The Dunes course at Prairie Club in Valentine, Neb.
• The Jackrabbits finished fifth against a field that included then-No. 5 McNeese State, then-No. 10 Arizona State, then-19 Texas A&M, then-No. 39 South Florida, then-No. 42 Missouri and then-No. 79 Oregon.
• Tobin and Smith finished third and fifth, respectively, while the Jacks finished ahead of McNeese State and Missouri.
• SDSU has competed against 13 teams ranked in the top 50 by GolfWeek this season (Arizona State, Texas A&M, McNeese State, South Florida, Oregon, Texas, California, New Mexico, Washington, Michigan State, Tennessee, Saint Mary's, Pepperdine).
BLACKWOLF RUN
• Par-72, 7,123-yards. Features 4 par 3s, 10 par 4s and 4 par 5s.
• Blackwolf Run Meadow Valleys course was recently listed among the top-100 in Golf Digest's ranking of America's Greatest Public Golf Courses.
• Regarded as one of Pete Dye's crowning achievements, Blackwolf Run has hosted a number of professional championships: the Andersen Consulting World Golf Championships in 1995, 1996 and 1997 as well as the U.S. Women's Open in 1998 and 2012.
SOUTH DAKOTA STATE HISTORY AT NCAA CHAMPIONSHIPS
Division I Individual 2009: South Central Regional;
Trent Peterson, T13, 67-81-78=226
Division II 2003: Northwest Regional; 7th (312-305-320=937),
Low Ind.: T28, Ryan Cooley, 79-75-80=234
Division II Individual 2002: Northwest Regional;
Brian Schultz, T11, 77-77-74=228
• South Dakota State is making its first appearance in the NCAA Division I Men's Golf Championship. The Jackrabbits are a No. 13 seed in the Kohler Regional May 16-18.
• The Jackrabbits advanced to the NCAA Championship as an automatic qualifier after winning the 2016 Summit League Championship May 1-3 in Newton, Kan.
• SDSU's starting lineup consists of juniors Grant Smith and Trevor Tobin and freshmen Felipe Strobach, Alejandro Perazzo and Jaxon Lynn. The lineup has started the last two tournaments.
• Smith earned his second All-Summit League honor April 30, being named to the first team. Strobach picked up second-team honors. Smith and Strobach are the first Jackrabbit teammates to be honored in the same year since Geoff Mead and Trent Peterson were named to the league's first team in 2008-09.
• The Jackrabbits' 296.97 stroke average is second best all-time at South Dakota State and leads The Summit League.
• Smith, who tied for 29th at the 2015 U.S. Open Sectional Qualifier, ranks fourth at SDSU in career stroke average (74.44).
FOLLOW THE JACKRABBITS
• The Kohler Regional Tournament Central is available at go.mu.edu/NCAAKohler. Follow the Jackrabbits hole-by-hole on Golfstatresults.com.
REGIONAL FORMAT
• The 54-hole Kohler Regional consists of 13 teams and 10 individuals not on those teams. The low five teams and the low individual not on those teams from each regional will advance to the finals.
• The finals will be held May 27-June 1 at Eugene Country Club in Eugene, Oregon. The University of Oregon is the host institution for the 2016 championships.
TOURNAMENT SCHEDULE (subject to change)
• Sun., May 15—Practice Rounds begin at 8 a.m. CT (No. 1, No. 10)
• Mon., May 16—8 a.m. CT, paired by NCAA seed (No. 1, No. 10)
• Tues., May 17—8 a.m. CT, paired by tournament rank (No. 1, No. 10)
• Wed., May 18—7:30 a.m. CT, paired by tournament rank (No. 1, No. 10)
JACKRABBITS, KOHLER, WISCONSIN
• South Dakota State has some familiarity with Kohler after playing in the Whistling Straits Intercollegiate last year. In the season opener, the Jackrabbits placed third in the seven-team tournament. Grant Smith shot a one-over par 145 on the par-72, 7,201-yard course.
AGAINST THE FIELD
• South Dakota State Director of Golf Casey VanDamme did an overhaul of the Jackrabbit's schedule for 2015-16.
• The second-year mentor started with hosting The Jackrabbit, bringing in an elite field of golfers for a three-day event at The Dunes course at Prairie Club in Valentine, Neb.
• The Jackrabbits finished fifth against a field that included then-No. 5 McNeese State, then-No. 10 Arizona State, then-19 Texas A&M, then-No. 39 South Florida, then-No. 42 Missouri and then-No. 79 Oregon.
• Tobin and Smith finished third and fifth, respectively, while the Jacks finished ahead of McNeese State and Missouri.
• SDSU has competed against 13 teams ranked in the top 50 by GolfWeek this season (Arizona State, Texas A&M, McNeese State, South Florida, Oregon, Texas, California, New Mexico, Washington, Michigan State, Tennessee, Saint Mary's, Pepperdine).
BLACKWOLF RUN
• Par-72, 7,123-yards. Features 4 par 3s, 10 par 4s and 4 par 5s.
• Blackwolf Run Meadow Valleys course was recently listed among the top-100 in Golf Digest's ranking of America's Greatest Public Golf Courses.
• Regarded as one of Pete Dye's crowning achievements, Blackwolf Run has hosted a number of professional championships: the Andersen Consulting World Golf Championships in 1995, 1996 and 1997 as well as the U.S. Women's Open in 1998 and 2012.
SOUTH DAKOTA STATE HISTORY AT NCAA CHAMPIONSHIPS
Division I Individual 2009: South Central Regional;
Trent Peterson, T13, 67-81-78=226
Division II 2003: Northwest Regional; 7th (312-305-320=937),
Low Ind.: T28, Ryan Cooley, 79-75-80=234
Division II Individual 2002: Northwest Regional;
Brian Schultz, T11, 77-77-74=228
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