Vanderbilt, North Carolina, Illinois, Arizona State, Texas Tech and Pepperdine earned top seeds when the NCAA men’s golf committee announced on Wednesday the 81 schools and 45 individuals to play in the six 2023 NCAA Men’s Regional tournaments being held around the country May 15-17.
The top five teams from each regional and the low individual not on those teams advance to the NCAA Championship at Grayhawk Golf Club in Scottsdale, May 26-31.
Texas earned a No. 3 seed in the East Lansing Regional as it aims to defend its team title from a year ago. The last school to repeat as men’s winners was Alabama in 2013 and 2014. Vanderbilt’s Gordon Sargent earned medalist honors a year ago and is trying to put himself in position to be the first back-to-back winner since Phil Mickelson in 1989 and 1990.
This is the 14th year the men’s national championship is including match play to decide the team champion. The tournament begins with a 72-hole stroke-play segment to crown an individual champion (who will earn exemptions into the U.S. Open this summer and next year’s Masters) and whittle the field down to eight schools. Those teams will then compete in a head-to-head match-play bracket.
Thirty-six programs have advanced to match play since the format was adopted in 2009, with Oklahoma State having the most appearances with nine, followed by Illinois and Texas with seven.
AUBURN REGIONAL
Auburn University Club, Auburn, Ala.
Teams (listed by seed; conference champs in brackets)
Vanderbilt
Colorado State
Ohio State
Washington
Chattanooga
Houston [AAC]
Marquette [Big East]
Augusta [Southland]
Siena [MAAC]
Individuals
Alex Goff, Kentucky
Brantley Scott, Troy
Erik Jansson, Jacksonville State
Tobias Jonsson, Mercer
Cameron Clarke, Southern Miss
Brian Ma, Harvard
Jackson Skeen, Tennessee Tech
Luka Naglic, Arkansas State
Hugo Thyr, South Alabama
Killian McGinley, Fairfield
SALEM REGIONAL
The Cliffs at Keowee Falls, Salem, S.C.
Teams (listed by seed; conference champs in brackets)
North Carolina
Georgia Tech [ACC]
San Diego State [Mountain West]
Georgia Southern
New Mexico
Middle Tennessee
Northern Illinois University [Mid-American]
Long Island University [Northeast]
Longwood [Big South]
Individuals
Kieron van Wyk, College of Charleston
Luis Carrera, UCF
Johnny Travale, UCF
Seth Taylor, Coastal Carolina
Bryce Corbett, Radford
EAST LANSING REGIONAL
Eagle Eye GC, East Lansing, Mich.
Teams (listed by seed; conference champs in brackets)
Illinois [Big Ten]
Florida [SEC]
Kansas State
Liberty [ASUN]
Arkansas Little Rock [Ohio Valley]
Michigan State
Illinois State [Missouri Valley]
Purdue University Fort Wayne [Horizon League]
Individuals
Barend Botha, Toledo
Ben Warian, Minnesota
Tyler Goecke, Wright State
Palmer Jackson, Notre Dame
Nathan Han, Columbia
Mikkel Mathiesen, Wright State
Caleb VanArragon, Valparaiso
Nate Stevens, Notre Dame
Anthony Delisanti, Valparaiso
Jack Simon, St. John’s (N.Y.)
LAS VEGAS REGIONAL
Bear’s Best, Las Vegas
Teams (listed by seed; conference champs in brackets)
Arizona State
Stanford [Pac-12]
Oklahoma State
Northwestern
East Tennessee State [Southern]
Cincinnati
San Francisco
UNC Greensboro
Long Beach State [Big West]
Oregon State
Davidson [Atlantic 10]
Kansas City [Summit League]
Lehigh [Patriot League]
Individuals
Caden Fioroni, UNLV
Mac McClear, Iowa
Aidan Thomas, New Mexico State
Garrison Smith, New Mexico State
Brady McKinlay, Utah Valley
NORMAN REGIONAL
Jimmie Austin G.C. at U. of Oklahoma, Norman, Okla.
Teams (listed by seed; conference champs in brackets)
Texas Tech
Oklahoma [Big 12]
Wake Forest
North Florida
UNC Wilmington [Colonial Athletic Association]
Louisiana Lafayette [Sun Belt]
Princeton [Ivy League]
Arkansas-Pine Bluff [SWAC]
Individuals
Luke Gutschewski, Iowa State
Nathan Petronzio, SMU
Bret Gray, Sam Houston
Vicente Marzilio, North Texas
James Swash, Louisiana Tech
MORGAN HILL REGIONAL
The Institute GC, Morgan Hill, Calif.
Teams (listed by seed; conference champs in brackets)
Pepperdine
Florida State
Mississippi State
Louisville
N.C. State
California
Charlotte [Conference USA]
Grand Canyon [WAC]
Northern Colorado [Big Sky]
Individuals
Matthew Manganello, Fresno State
Matthew Sutherland, Fresno State
Riley Lewis, Loyola Marymount
Javier Barcos, Utah
Mahanth Chirravuri, USC
Julien Paltrinieri, Santa Clara
Caleb Shetler, San Jose State
Pono Yanagi, Washington State
Jackson Rivera, USC
Casey Leebrick, Sacramento State