The NCAA announced the six NCAA Men's Golf Regional sites Monday and the participating teams selected to each field. Auburn was selected to host the Auburn Regional, which will be held at Auburn University Club May 15-17.
The Auburn Regional field also consists of defending champion Alabama, Virginia Tech, Texas, New Mexico, BYU, Kennesaw State, Colorado, Louisville, UNC-Greensboro, UC-Davis, Sam Houston State, St. John's and Alabama State.
Individuals Blake Morris from Ole Miss, JD Tomlinson from Florida, Jared Bettcher from Troy, Marco Iten from Austin Peay, and Theodore Lederhausen from Harvard will also be included in the field.
The low five teams and the low individual not on those teams will advance from each regional onto the NCAA Championships in Wichita, Kan. May 23-28.
Auburn is fresh off a third-place finish at the SEC Championships at St. Simons Island, Ga. last weekend. The Tigers shot a school-record 829, paced by senior Niclas Carlsson's 5-under, which was good for a four-way tie for fifth individually.
This season, Auburn has won three tournaments, placing first at the Mobile Bay Intercollegiate, the Tiger Invitational, and the Hootie at Bulls Bay Intercollegiate.
In their last four tournaments, the Tigers have won two, placed second and placed third respectively.
They are hoping this momentum carries over into postseason play, as they look to qualify for the NCAA Championships for the third consecutive year.
This is the fifth straight regional appearance for Auburn, and the third time they have hosted a regional. The last time, 2003, resulted in a 10th place finish for the Tigers.
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