May 19, 2010
2010 SDSU NCAA San Diego Regional Tournament Notes in PDF Format
San Diego State University welcomes 13 teams and 10 individuals to the 2010 NCAA San Diego Regional, slated for May 20-22, at Carlton Oaks Golf Club in Santee, Calif. The Aztecs, who are making their 12th consecutive regional appearance, will be among the field vying for a spot in the NCAA national championships slated for June 1-6 in Chattanooga, Tenn.
SDSU, ranked as high as 23rd in the latest Golfweek/Sagarin ratings, earned the No. 5 seed out of the 13 teams in the San Diego regional. Overall, 81 NCAA Division I schools earned invitations to play in one of the six regional events. The other five regional tournaments will be held concurrently in Alpharetta, Ga. (Georgia Tech host), New Haven, Conn. (Yale), Notre Dame, Ind. (Notre Dame), College Station, Texas (Texas A&M) and Bremerton, Wash. (Washington).
Joining the Aztecs at the par-72, 7,360-yard Carlton Oaks Golf Club will be seven squads ranked in the top 40 nationally with 15 different states represented. The top five teams and the low individual not on an advancing team will move on to nationals from each of the six regionals.
Teams will play 18 holes (54 total) of stroke play each of the three days with a practice round on Wednesday, May 19. Thursday's first round is set to get underway at 8 a.m. PDT with SDSU paired with Tennessee and California at the 10th hole beginning at 8:20 a.m. Friday's second round also starts at 8 a.m., while Saturday's final 18 tees off at 7:30 a.m.
Live hole-by-hole stats will be available on golfstat.com, as well as goaztecs.com for all three rounds. Admission is free to spectators for all three days of the NCAA San Diego Regional.