
The UNM men's golf team has secured a 4-seed in the Bryan Regional, taking place from May 18-20 at Traditions Club in Bryan, Texas.
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The Lobos are headed to Aggieland.
Bryan Regional
May 18-20
Traditions Club (Texas A&M)
Bryan, Texas
Wednesday, New Mexico menâs golf was announced as the 4-seed in the Bryan Regional of the NCAA Division I Championship, one of six regionals scheduled for May 18-20.
Hosted by Texas A&M, UNM will play as an at-large entrant at Traditions Club, a par-72, 7,146-yard Nicklaus design. The Lobos will compete with 13 other teams â including top-seeded Texas, led by former UNM coach John Fields â for one of five qualifying spots at the NCAA finals (May 29-June 3).
Third-year head coach Jake Harrington said heâs previously coached tournaments at Traditions, calling it a âreally hard test of golfâ and a course that forces golfers to hit their targets.
âItâs tight off the tee,â said Harrington, who has advanced to a regional in all three seasons at UNM. âIf you get off the beaten path, you get into a lot of trouble.â
UNMâs selection comes a day after a narrow loss to UNLV at the Mountain West Championship. After starting the day eight strokes back of the eventual league champs, the Lobos closed with 20-under-par 268 â the second-best final round in conference championship history â to come from behind and force a one-hole playoff.
UNM also played all three rounds of the Mountain West Championship without Mesa Falleur, the Lobosâ number-one golfer. Harrington said he made the decision to hold the senior out with back soreness, and expects him to be ready for a regional appearance.
Falleur, the Lobosâ highest-ranked NCAA golfer, previously dealt with back soreness at the start of the season.
âItâs just one of those things; we didnât wanna stress it,â Harrington added. âRegionals are obviously the most important thing (and) if we had to sacrifice one of them, it was gonna be (the conference championship). Regionals is the biggest tournament of the year and not to say we didnât want to win conference, (because) we did.
âWe wanted to win more than anybody, but I wasnât gonna jeopardize Mesaâs future if he wasnât 100%.â
The one silver lining of missing Falleur? Harrington feels it âbattle testedâ his lineup, one already known to be among the programâs deepest in recent memory.
Consider: Thayer Plewe and Wyatt Provence both tied for eighth place at the Mountain West Championship, just the second top 10 finish for either this season. Emil Albers also finished tied for 12th at 8 under par, his first tournament in the red since September.
âWeâre going to take some confidence out of it ⊠We just started off too slow, and we know that and we need to fix that because you canât spot teams at regionals that many shots,â Harrington said. âItâs a lesson learned and one that weâre going to take to heart and really drive home.â
NMSU: The Aggies are sending one individual to a regional.
The Bryan Regional is scheduled for May 18-20.
The tournament will be held at Traditions Club in Bryan, Texas.
The UNM men's golf team received a 4-seed in the Bryan Regional.
The UNM Lobos men's golf team is participating in the tournament.
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Tuesday, NMSUâs Javier Delgadillo was selected as one of five individuals to play in the Marana Regional at Gallery Golf Club in Marana, Arizona.
The senior from El Paso finished 11 under par at the Conference USA Championship, winning the leagueâs individual title.
Sean Reider covers college football and other sports for the Journal. You can reach him at sreider@abqjournal.com or via X at @lenaweereider.
BRYAN REGIONAL LINEUP
Texas
North Carolina
Tennessee
UNM
Texas A&M
TCU
North Carolina-Wilmington
UNLV
Colorado
Cincinnati
Tennessee-Chattanooga
Miami (OH)
Texas-Rio Grande Valley
Arkansas-Pine Bluff